Indigenous people who reported worsening of overall health due to COVID pandemic Canada 2020

In 2020, around 65 percent of Indigenous individuals aged 15 years and older in Canada with a seeing disability reported somewhat or much worse overall health due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This statistic illustrates the percentage of indigenous people in Canada with long-term conditions or disabilities who reported a worsening of overall health since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.

Percentage of indigenous people in Canada with a long-term disability who reported a worsening of overall health since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020*

Characteristic	Indigenous	Non-Indigenous
Seeing	65%	51%
Hearing	56%	45%
Physical	67%	53%
Cognitive	68%	64%
Mental health-related	68%	59%
Other	62%	49%

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Release date

February 2021

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Region

Canada

Survey time period

June 23 to July 6, 2020

Number of respondents

over 13,000

Age group

15 years and older

Special properties

have a long-term condition, difficulty or self-identified as a person with a disability

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

*Somewhat or much worse overall health.

This study presents findings for participants who identified as First Nations, Métis or Inuit, including single and multiple identities. Given the relatively small number of participants, it was not possible to report findings separately for First Nations people, Métis or Inuit or by geographic region. However, the geographic scope of this crowdsource initiative spans all provinces and territories.

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