From the study period 1996-1999, respiratory disease was the single leading cause of hospitalization among Mi'kmaq, with AARRs far in excess of what was observed for non-Mi'kmaq Nova Scotians.
observed an age-standardized admission rate of 29,347 per 100,000 Mi'kmaq versus 20,951 per 100,000 reference Nova Scotians in the year 1999, yielding an age-adjusted relative risk (AARR) for total hospital admissions of 1.40.