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Clinical Trials and Preclinical Infrastructure Asset Map - Genome BC

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CLINICAL TRIALS AND PRECLINICAL INFRASTRUCTURE ASSET MAP<br />

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APPENDIX 7. GENERAL AND PATIENT POPULATIONS<br />

This Appendix contains three tables:<br />

1. B.C. General Population 2008 (A1)<br />

2. Ethnic Makeup of B.C. Population 2006 (A2)<br />

3. Patient <strong>and</strong> Addiction Populations in B.C. (includes information on numerous diseases) (A3).<br />

TABLE A1. B.C. General Population 2008 ’000s 1<br />

All ages<br />

Both Sexes<br />

0-14 15-64 65+<br />

4,381.6<br />

Males<br />

686.2 3,059.1 636.4<br />

2,172.8<br />

Females<br />

353.7 1,528.5 290.6<br />

2,208.8 332.5 1,530.6 345.8<br />

TABLE A2. Ethnic Makeup of B.C. Population 20062 Total Population 2006 4,074,385 (lower than<br />

previous table as 3 years<br />

earlier)<br />

Total visible minority population 1,008,855 (24.8%)<br />

Chinese 407,225<br />

South Asian 262,290<br />

First Nations (Aboriginals) 3 196,075<br />

Filipino 88,075<br />

Korean 50,490<br />

Southeast Asian 40,690<br />

Japanese 35,060<br />

West Asian 29,810<br />

Latin American 28,960<br />

Black 28,315<br />

Arab 8,635<br />

Multiple visible minority 25,415<br />

Visible minority, not included elsewhere 3,880<br />

1 Statistics Canada. http://www40.statcan.gc.ca/l01/pro01/pro110-eng.htm. Accessed October 22, 2009. See also Statistics Canada.<br />

http://www40.statcan.gc.ca/l01/cst01/demo31a-eng.htm. Accessed December 6, 2009.<br />

2 Statistics Canada. http://www40.statcan.gc.ca/l01/cst01/demo52c-eng.htm. Accessed December 6, 2009.<br />

3 www40.statcan.gc.ca/l01/cst01/demo40c-eng.htm. Accessed March 9, 2010. These are people who reported an Aboriginal identity.<br />

They are not included in the 1,008,855 visible minority population.

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