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Prevalence of chronic health conditions among Canadian First Nations youth 2015-2016

Percentage of Canadian First Nations youth with select chronic health conditions from 2015 to 2016

The data displays the percentage of Canadian First Nations youth that had a diagnosed chronic health condition as of 2015-2016. According to the survey, 12.7% of First Nations youth had been diagnosed with allergies as of that time.

Allergies 12.7
Asthma 8.6
Anxiety disorder 8.3
Mood disorder 6.6
Learning disorder 4.8
Speech or language difficulties 4.7
Dermatitis/atopic eczema 3.4
ADD/ADHD 3.4
Blindness or serious vision problems 2.9
Stomach or intestional problems 2.1
Chronic back pain 1.6
Chronic ear infections 1.4
Heart disease 1.2
Anemia (chronic) 1.1
Hearing impairment 0.9
Arthritis (excluding fibromyalgia) 0.7
High blood pressure 0.6
Thyroid 0.5
Kidney problem 0.5
FASD 0.5
Epilepsy 0.4
ASD 0.4
Diabetes 0.4
Developmental disorder 0.4
Cancer 0.4
Emphysema, chroic bronchitis, COPD 0.3