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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of screened cohort (n = 1480 as of August 31, 2014**)

From: Mass screening for chronic kidney disease in rural and remote Canadian first nations people: methodology and demographic characteristics

Community

Age (mean, SD)

Sex (% female)

Fly-in or road access

Population of community eligible to screen (>10 yo)*

Community members screened (N)

# of days of screening

1

45.5 (16.9)

54.9%

Road

421

61

14

2

44.8 (17.9)

59.3%

Road

56

25

4

3

39.7 (15.4)

54.4%

Road

365

170

20

4

39.4 (16.9)

57.1%

Road

554

141

14

5

40.0 (16.8)

64.6%

Fly-in

2876

302

58

6

35.8 (20.6)

55.6%

Fly-in

703

195

18

7

36.4 (19.0)

49.5%

Road

379

94

9

8

35.5 (19.6)

68.5%

Road

1281

185

21

9

40.2 (20.4)

67.5%

Road

800

77

14

10

40.7 (17.5)

60.3%

Fly-in

2819

187

35

11

43.0 (14.7)

65.6%

Fly-in

1361

43

7

  1. *Derived from Status Verification System (SVS) “On-Reserve” Population Totals Report, June 2014 projecting that 75% of population on Reserve is >10 years of age.
  2. **Screening efforts to continue until December 2014.