Table 2 Life expectancy at birth and at 65 years according to sex and deprivation decile, and female-male difference in life expectancy according to deprivation decile, Québec, 1989-2004
From: Sex, age, deprivation and patterns in life expectancy in Quebec, Canada: a population-based study
Life expectancy at birth | Life expectancy at 65 years | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1989-1992 | 1995-1998 | 2001-2004 | difference* | 1989-1992 | 1995-1998 | 2001-2004 | difference* | |
Females | ||||||||
Decile 10 (least deprived) | 82.4 | 83.2 | 84.4 | 2.0 | 20.9 | 21.2 | 22.2 | 1.4 |
Decile 1 (most deprived) | 80.0 | 80.4 | 81.4 | 1.4 | 19.6 | 19.5 | 20.2 | 0.6 |
All deciles | 80.7 | 81.0 | 82.2 | 1.4 | 19.8 | 19.8 | 20.6 | 0.8 |
Measures of inequality | ||||||||
Absolute difference between decile 1 and 10 | 2.4 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 2.0 | ||
Slope index of inequality (p-value)† | 1.8 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.9 | ||
(0.008) | (0.028) | (0.022) | (0.115) | (0.25) | (0.216) | |||
Relative index of inequality‡ | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.04 | ||
Adjusted slope index of inequality (p-value)§ | 1.8 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.7 | ||
(0.013) | (0.002) | (0.012) | (0.413) | (0.218) | (0.485) | |||
Males | ||||||||
Decile 10 (least deprived) | 75.9 | 77.6 | 79.8 | 4.0 | 16.4 | 17.0 | 18.7 | 2.3 |
Decile 1 (most deprived) | 72.3 | 73.3 | 75.6 | 3.3 | 14.9 | 15.4 | 16.6 | 1.7 |
All deciles | 73.5 | 74.7 | 76.9 | 3.4 | 15.1 | 15.5 | 16.9 | 1.8 |
Measures of inequality | ||||||||
Absolute difference between decile 1 and 10 | 3.6 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 2.1 | ||
Slope index of inequality (p-value)† | 3.1 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.4 | ||
(0.001) | (0.002) | (0.001) | (0.132) | (0.100) | (0.060) | |||
Relative index of inequality‡ | 0.04 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.07 | 0.08 | ||
Adjusted slope index of inequality (p-value)§ | 3.3 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.5 | ||
(<0.000) | (<0.000) | (<0.000) | (0.226) | (0.055) | (0.005) | |||
Difference between females and males | ||||||||
Decile 10 (least deprived) | 6.5 | 5.5 | 4.6 | -1.9 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 3.6 | -0.9 |
Decile 1 (most deprived) | 7.8 | 7.1 | 5.8 | -2.0 | 4.7 | 4.2 | 3.6 | -1.0 |
All deciles | 7.2 | 6.3 | 5.3 | -1.9 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 3.7 | -1.0 |
Measures of inequality | ||||||||
Absolute difference between decile 1 and 10 | -1.3 | -1.5 | -1.2 | -0.2 | 0.0 | -0.1 | ||
Slope index of inequality (p-value)† | ||||||||
Relative index of inequality‡ | ||||||||
Adjusted slope index of inequality (p-value)§ | -1.6 | -2.1 | -1.7 | -0.5 | -0.7 | -0.8 | ||
(0.003) | (0.000) | (0.000) | (0.210) | (0.052) | (0.008) | |||