What type of rural? Assessing the variations in life expectancy at birth at small area-level for a small population province using classes of locally defined settlement types

Table 1 Community and population distribution by rurality (settlement types and rural–urban), socioeconomic deprivation, and social isolation in Nova Scotia, 2006

	Number of communities	Population	(%)	Population	(%)	Population total	(%)
	Number of communities	Female		Male	(%)	Population total	(%)
Settlement types
Metro	14	131,065	29.97	147,024	31.32	278,089	30.67
Suburb	15	40,611	9.29	41,081	8.75	81,692	9.01
Big satellite town	14	58,194	13.31	65,786	14.01	123,980	13.67
Mid-size town	16	34,763	7.95	38,952	8.30	73,715	8.13
Small town	32	53,678	12.27	55,960	11.92	109,638	12.09
Village & settlement cluster	64	82,795	18.93	84,128	17.92	166,923	18.41
Sparse settlement	25	34,010	7.78	34,108	7.27	68,118	7.51
Urban–rural
Urban	43	229,870	52.83	253,891	54.36	483,761	53.62
Rural	137	205,246	47.17	213,148	45.64	418,394	46.38
Material deprivation
Lowest	36	152,233	34.99	165,173	35.37	317,406	35.18
2	36	92,891	21.35	100,164	21.45	193,055	21.4
3	36	75,597	17.37	80,960	17.33	156,557	17.35
4	36	66,957	15.39	71,790	15.37	138,747	15.38
Highest	36	47,438	10.9	48,952	10.48	96,390	10.68
Social isolation
Lowest	36	78,841	18.12	79,844	17.1	158,685	17.59
2	36	54,690	12.57	56,397	12.08	111,087	12.31
3	36	77,269	17.76	80,809	17.3	158,078	17.52
4	36	54,956	12.63	57,314	12.27	112,270	12.44
Highest	36	169,360	38.92	192,675	41.25	362,035	40.13
Total	180	435,116	100.00	467,039	100.00	902,155	100.00

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