Health Inequities in Manitoba: Is the Socioeconomic Gap

Chapter 5: Adult Health
Figure 5.31: Multiple Sclerosis Disparity Rate Ratios by Urban and Rural Income Quintile
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Adjusted by (2002/03-2007/08) Figure 5.31: age & Multiple sex, per Sclerosis 100,000 residents Disparity aged Rate 16+ Ratios by Urban and Rural Income Quintile
Adjusted by (2002/03-2007/08) age & sex, per 100,000 residents aged 16+
2.0
Disparity Rate Ratios
1.5
1.0
0.5
0.0
T1: 1984/85-
1989/90
T2: 1990/91 -
1995/96
T3: 1996/97 -
2001/02
T4: 2002/03 -
2007/08
Urban Disparity Rate Ratios 0.99 0.87 0.82 0.96
Rural Disparity Rate Ratios 0.78 0.71 0.74 0.61
Urban Disparity Rate Ratios T4 to T1: 0.97 (95% CI 0.75, 1.25) NS
Rural Disparity Rate Ratios T4 to T1: 0.79 (95% CI 0.54, 1.15 ) NS
Time Period (fiscal years)
Source: Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, 2010
Figure 5.32: Multiple Sclerosis Disparity Rate Differences by Urban and Rural Income Quintile
Adjusted by (2004-2007) Figure 5.32: age Multiple & sex, per Sclerosis 100,000 Disparity residents aged Rate aged Differences 16+ by Urban and Rural Income Quintile
Adjusted by (2004-2007) age & sex, per 100,000 residents aged aged 16+
50
Disparity Rate Differences
0
-50
-100
-150
-200
T1: 1984/85
-1989/90
T2: 1990/91
-1995/96
T3: 1996/97
-2001/02
T4: 2002/03
-2007/08
Urban Disparity Rate Differences -2.28 -33.86 -53.08 -10.73
Rural Disparity Rate Differences -45.34 -69.57 -70.69 -110.89
Urban Disparity Rate Differences T4 to T1: 4.70, NS
Rural Disparity Rate Differences T4 to T1: 2.45, NS
Time Period (fiscal years)
Source: Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, 2010