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Health System Matrix: Providing a perspective into the provincial health system

In the majority of conditions, the First Nations prevalence rate was stable or improved between 2008/09 and 2014/15 No Difference with Other Stable Rates Gap Lessened Gap Increased Residents or Lower Rates Breast Cancer Rh. Arthritis CKD Epilepsy CABG Stroke COPD Cancer 1 st Enc Dialysis Heart Failure Osteoarthritis Asthma Alzheimer’s/Dementia AMI Diabetes Osteoporosis Colorectal Cancer Angina Mood Anxiety PTCA* Hypertension* Prostate*

In 2014/15, First Nations had lower rates of attachment to GPs compared to Other Residents First Nations were overrepresented in emergency departments 4

5 First Nations experienced higher rates of hospitalizations for ambulatory care sensitive conditions

Indigenous Health and Well-being Update 6

7 Age Standardized Mortality and Life Expectancy Age Standardized Mortality Rate  Decreased among BC First Nations in 2015 compared with 2005. Average life expectancy among  First Nations in BC has improved slightly, since 2001-2005. At 75.1 years , compared to 83.3  years for other BC residents.

Closing the Gap  The gap in youth suicide rate between Status First nation youth and other residents was reduced by 38 % .  First Nations diabetes prevalence remains greater than non-First Nations in BC; however  The gap decreased and exceeded the target. 8

Two-eyed Seeing “learning to see from one eye with the strengths of Indigenous knowledges & ways of knowing, & from the other eye with the strengths of Western knowledges & ways of knowing… learning to use both these eyes together, for the benefit of all.” Elder Albert Marshall (Mi’kmaw Nation). 

Renewed population health and wellness indicators: the Framework

Office of the Chief Medical Officer Image: Royal BC Museum, Haida Pole 1966, Carvers: Henry Hunt and Tony Hunt, Haida Nation