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

Saint-Jacques, Nathalie; Dewar, Ron; Cui, Yunsong; Parker, Louise; Dummer, Trevor JB

doi:10.1186/s12939-014-0094-2

International Journal for Equity in Health

Table 2 Population counts, premature death counts, crude premature death rates ^a and associated 95% confidence interval by geographic areas ^b , quintiles of social and material deprivation, and major causes of mortality, Nova Scotia 1995-2005

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

		Cancer				Circulatory system				External causes				Other causes				All causes
				95% CI				95% CI				95% CI				95% CI				95% CI
Geographic area	Population^cCount	Count	Rate	from	to	Count	Rate	from	to	Count	Rate	from	to	Count	Rate	from	to	Count	Rate	from	to
NS	742,580	14,054	172.1	169.2	174.9	9,793	119.9	117.5	122.3	2,646	32.4	31.2	33.7	8,773	107.4	105.2	109.7	35,266	431.7	427.2	436.3
Urban	309,660	5,880	172.6	168.2	177.1	3,991	117.2	113.6	120.9	1,060	31.1	29.3	33.1	3,821	112.2	108.6	115.8	14,752	433.1	426.1	440.1
Rural	432,920	8,174	171.6	167.9	175.4	5,797	121.7	118.6	124.9	1,585	33.3	31.7	35	4,950	103.9	101.1	106.9	20,506	430.6	424.7	436.5
Material
Q1	148,290	2,403	147.3	141.5	153.3	1,504	92.2	87.6	97.0	398	24.4	22.1	26.9	1,522	93.3	88.7	98.1	5,827	357.2	348.1	366.5
Q2	148,365	2,577	157.9	151.9	164.1	1,712	104.9	100.0	110.0	427	26.2	23.7	28.8	1,575	96.5	91.8	101.4	6,291	385.5	376.0	395.1
Q3	148,535	2,838	173.7	167.4	180.2	1,879	115.0	109.9	120.3	551	33.7	31.0	36.7	1,713	104.8	99.9	109.9	6,981	427.3	417.3	437.4
Q4	148,685	2,959	180.9	174.5	187.6	2,184	133.5	128.0	139.3	577	35.3	32.5	38.3	1,893	115.7	110.6	121.1	7,613	465.5	455.1	476.1
Q5	148,705	3,277	200.3	193.5	207.3	2,514	153.7	147.7	159.8	693	42.4	39.3	45.6	2,070	126.5	121.2	132.1	8,554	522.9	511.9	534.1
Social
Q1	147,870	2,221	136.5	130.9	142.3	1,343	82.6	78.2	87.1	351	21.6	19.4	24.0	1,154	70.9	66.9	75.2	5,069	311.6	303.1	320.3
Q2	148,755	2,684	164.0	157.9	170.4	1,727	105.5	100.6	110.6	509	31.1	28.5	33.9	1,489	91.0	86.4	95.7	6,409	391.7	382.1	401.4
Q3	148,250	2,893	177.4	171.0	184.0	2,017	123.7	118.3	129.2	486	29.8	27.2	32.6	1,643	100.8	95.9	105.7	7,039	431.6	421.6	441.8
Q4	148,805	3,283	200.6	193.8	207.5	2,344	143.2	137.5	149.1	601	36.7	33.8	39.8	2,153	131.5	126.0	137.2	8,381	512.0	501.1	523.1
Q5	148,900	2,973	181.5	175.0	188.2	2,362	144.2	138.5	150.1	699	42.7	39.6	46.0	2,334	142.5	136.8	148.4	8,368	510.9	500.0	522.0
Material and Social
Q1 & Q1	51,985	678	118.6	109.8	127.8	358	62.6	56.3	69.4	79	13.8	10.9	17.2	307	53.7	47.8	60	1,422	248.7	235.9	261.9
Q5 & Q5	31,830	777	221.9	206.6	238.1	645	184.2	170.3	199	198	56.6	48.9	65	574	163.9	150.8	177.9	3,194	626.6	600.7	653.4

^aRates per 100,000 people.
^bA total of 8 deaths could not be assigned to a specific urban or rural area.
^c2001 Canadian census population, 15years and older.

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