The nurse recognizes that changes in demographics have an influence on health care delivery. According to the 2006 Canadian Census, what is the percentage of the total population that was born outside of the country that year?
a. 16.2% (one in three)
b. 19.8% (one in five)
c. 15.5%
d. 24% (one in six)
B
According to the 2006 Census, approximately 19.8% (one in five) of Canada's total population that year was born outside of the country, the highest level in 75 years.
According to the 2006 Census, 16.2% represents the number of visible minorities that accounted for Canada's total population that year.
According to the 2006 Census, 15.5% of the population's visible minorities in that year were Black.
According to the Statistics Canada, Chinese accounted for 24% of the visible minority popula-tion in 2006.
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