| Table 3: Perception of extent of social problems facing aboriginal communities in Canada, 1991* | |||||
| No. (and %) of people reporting that they feel the social issue is a problem in the community where they are living | |||||
| Social issue | North American Indian people on Indian reserves and settlements n = 102 075 | North American Indian people off reserves n = 186 295 | Métis people n = 84 155 | Inuit people n = 20 805 | Total|| n = 388 900 |
| Suicide | 35 195 (34.5) | 38 005 (20.4) | 18 200 (21.6) | 8 575 (41.2) | 98 690 (25.4) |
| Unemployment | 79 900 (78.3) | 112 195 (60.2) | 56 330 (66.9) | 15 505 (74.5) | 261 100 (67.1) |
| Family violence | 44 975 (44.1) | 67 820 (36.4) | 32 805 (39.0) | 9 040 (43.5) | 152 435 (39.2) |
| Sexual abuse | 29 555 (29.0) | 40 605 (21.8) | 19 350 (23.0) | 7 305 (35.1) | 95 400 (24.5) |
| Drug abuse | 60 010 (58.8) | 80 390 (43.2) | 38 060 (45.2) | 10 195 (49.0) | 186 425 (47.9) |
| Alcohol abuse | 74 715 (73.2) | 104 280 (56.0) | 49 520 (58.8) | 11 980 (57.6) | 237 680 (61.1) |
| Rape | 16 735 (16.4) | 24 725 (13.3) | 12 305 (14.6) | 5 190 (24.9) | 58 120 (14.9) |
| *Source: Statistics Canada, The Daily, catalogue no. 11-001E. June 29, 1993: 5. © Minister of Industry, 1993.
||Totals are less than the sum of the preceding groups because many native people are included in more than one group. | |||||