Indigenous People in Criminal Court in Canada: An Exploration Using the Relative Rate Index

Annex 1. Relative Rate Index Calculation

Annex 1. Relative Rate Index Calculation

Annex 1. Relative Rate Index Calculation

Annex 1. Relative Rate Index Calculation – Text version

This is an image of a flow chart designed to look like an equation. There are three vertical columns. On the left side, there are four boxes. The top two boxes in the left column read:

  1. Number of Indigenous people experiencing the outcome
  2. Number of Indigenous people at risk of experiencing the outcome

Then there is an equal sign leading to a box in the middle column that reads: Rate of Indigenous people experiencing the outcome

There is a thick black line like the dividing line in a fraction.

Below this line, there are two boxes in the left column that read:

  1. Number of White people experiencing the outcome
  2. Number of White people at risk of experiencing the outcome

Then there is an equal sign leading to a box in the middle column that reads: Rate of White people experiencing the outcome

There is an equal sign leading to a box in the right column that reads: Relative Rate Index

There is an arrow that leads from this box to a text box below the equation that reads: Lesser chance of experiencing the outcome (-%) < 1 > (0%) Greater chance of experiencing the outcome (+%).