Premature mortality due to social and material deprivation in Nova Scotia, Canada

Table 1 Characteristics of study population age 15years and older, by quintile of material and social deprivation, and those of the most and least materially and socially privileged population groups, Nova Scotia ^a

Deprivation quintile		No high school diploma %	Employment rate %	Individual average income $	Living alone %	Separated divorced widowed %	Lone parent %
Material
privileged	Q1	15.5	63.0	34,224	14.1	19.7	12.4
	Q2	24.1	59.2	26,536	10.9	17.6	15.3
	Q3	31.9	54.8	23,785	9.8	17.7	16.3
	Q4	38.5	50.4	21,264	10.0	18.7	17.7
deprived	Q5	50.4	42.8	18,791	9.0	18.5	22.8
Social
privileged	Q1	27.0	58.4	30,096	5.0	11.5	7.5
	Q2	34.1	54.7	25,113	7.1	14.8	12.4
	Q3	36.9	52.3	23,334	8.6	17.4	15.9
	Q4	32.2	51.5	24,406	12.2	20.2	20.0
deprived	Q5	31.2	52.8	22,274	19.9	27.5	27.7
ALL of Nova Scotia: Material and social
most privileged^b	Q1 & Q 1	11.5	66.5	40,498	4.0	9.9	6.8
least privileged^c	Q5 & Q5	47.6	39.5	16,650	12.4	23.7	41.5
RURAL Nova Scotia: Material and social
most privileged	Q1 & Q 1	17.3	65.8	33,345	4.2	10.5	6.3
least privileged	Q5 & Q5	47.3	39.6	17,410	9.8	20.8	34.2
URBAN Nova Scotia: Material and social
most privileged	Q1 & Q 1	7.8	66.1	47,091	4.9	9.9	7.8
least privileged	Q5 & Q5	44.7	45.7	17,009	17.2	27.8	44.6

^aSource: 2001 Census of Canada.
^bInclude those people who are most materially and socially privileged, Q1 & Q1.
^cInclude those people who are least materially and socially privileged, Q5 & Q5.

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