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Health Inequities in Manitoba: Is the Socioeconomic Gap

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Chapter 3: Mortality<br />

24 University of <strong>Manitoba</strong><br />

• The disparity between U1 and U5 <strong>in</strong>creased substantially. The rate ratio of U1 compared to U5 was<br />

1.91 <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> first time period and 2.88 <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> last time period, for a statistically significant <strong>in</strong>crease of<br />

50%. The absolute difference of PMR compar<strong>in</strong>g U1 to U5 also statistically significantly <strong>in</strong>creased<br />

by 27% over time, from 2.72 more deaths per 1,000 <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> first time period to 3.46 more deaths per<br />

1,000 <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> last time period.<br />

Lorenz Curves:<br />

Rural over time:<br />

• In T1, 25.6% of <strong>the</strong> premature deaths occurred <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> 20.0% of <strong>the</strong> population <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> lowest<br />

neighbourhood <strong>in</strong>come qu<strong>in</strong>tile group R1, with <strong>the</strong> G<strong>in</strong>i coefficient of 0.058 <strong>in</strong>dicat<strong>in</strong>g a statistically<br />

significant disparity.<br />

• In T5, 29.1% of <strong>the</strong> premature deaths occurred <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> 20.0% of <strong>the</strong> population <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> lowest<br />

neighbourhood <strong>in</strong>come qu<strong>in</strong>tile group R1, with <strong>the</strong> G<strong>in</strong>i coefficient of 0.119 <strong>in</strong>dicat<strong>in</strong>g a statistically<br />

significant disparity.<br />

• The G<strong>in</strong>i coefficient <strong>in</strong>creased from <strong>the</strong> first to <strong>the</strong> last time period (p

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