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

Table 5 Excess premature deaths ^a due to the independent and combined effect of material and social deprivation, by cause of death, urban and rural Nova Scotia 1995-2005

URBAN NOVA SCOTIA
Quintile		Cancer	Circulatory system	External causes	Other causes	All causes
Independent effect of material deprivation
	Q1	REF	REF	REF	REF	REF
	Q2	284	208	34	272	798
	Q3	218	158	23	114	513
	Q4	335	282	88	226	932
	Q5	484	549	130	420	1,583
Total:		1,321	1,196	276	1,031	3,825
Independent effect of social deprivation
	Q1	REF	REF	REF	REF	REF
	Q2	217	231	66	232	745
	Q3	390	508	93	486	1477
	Q4	315	478	144	502	1440
	Q5	187	462	192	529	1,371
Total:		1,110	1,679	494	1,749	5,032
Material and Social deprivation combined ^b
Total:		1,987	2,024	576	2,294	6,878
RURAL NOVA SCOTIA
Quintile		Cancer	Circulatory system	External causes	Other causes	All causes
Independent effect of material deprivation
	Q1	REF	REF	REF	REF	REF
	Q2	28	56	73	-33	124
	Q3	224	232	92	116	663
	Q4	474	453	128	265	1,321
	Q5	464	443	180	225	1,311
Total:		1,190	1,185	472	573	3,420
Independent effect of social deprivation
	Q1	REF	REF	REF	REF	REF
	Q2	87	143	47	209	486
	Q3	396	364	131	275	1,166
	Q4	363	386	51	311	1,110
	Q5	634	650	203	712	2,199
Total:		1,480	1,543	431	1,507	4,961
Material and Social deprivation combined ^b
Total:		2,569	2,493	692	2,062	7,815

^aNumber of deaths that would be avoided if all Nova Scotians had the same premature mortality rate as those that are most privileged.
^bThese counts exclude deaths solely due to material or social deprivation.

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