Table 2 Linear regression models on life expectancy at birth (female) and measures of rurality, adjusting for socioeconomic deprivation and social isolation, Nova Scotia 2003–2007

Intercept

83.01***

84.11***

83.59***

82.94***

82.79***

83.06***

83.01***

82.96***

83.14***

83.01***

(82.07, 83.94)

(82.84, 85.39)

(82.54, 84.64)

(81.99, 83.89)

(81.72, 83.86)

(82.13, 83.99)

(82.07, 83.96)

(82.00, 83.92)

(82.21, 84.08)

(82.07, 83.95)

Material deprivation

-0.257*

-0.014

-0.091

-0.210

-0.227

-0.225

-0.260*

-0.251*

-0.146

-0.248*

(-0.493, -0.021)

(-0.315, 0.288)

(-0.362, 0.178)

(-0.465, -0.045)

(-0.473, 0.020)

(-0.463, 0.012)

(-0.499, -0.021)

(-0.489, -0.014)

(-0.402, 0.11)

(-0.495, -0.002)

Social isolation

-0.349**

-0.483***

-0.439***

-0.391**

-0.321*

-0.427**

-0.346**

-0.350**

-0.412***

-0.355**

(-0.585, -0.113)

(-0.738, -0.227)

(-0.683, -0.194)

(-0.642, -0.140)

(-0.566, -0.076)

(-0.680, -0.175)

(-0.586, -0.106)

(-0.587, -0.113)

(-0.653, -0.171)

(-0.585, -0.114)

Rurality

-0.298*

(-0.533, -0.063)

Urban vs rural

-1.067*

(-1.953, -0.180)

Community types

Metro

0.656

(-0.703, 2.015)

Suburb

0.55

(-0.749, 1.851)

Big satellite town

1.099

(-0.204, 2.402)

Mid-size town

-0.095

(-1.266, 1.076)

Small town

0.189

(-0.668, 1.046)

Settlement clusters

-0.788*

(-1.535, -0.042)

Sparse settlements

-0.119

(-1.109, 0.870)

Adjusted R ²

0.076

0.103

0.100

0.075

0.074

0.0851

0.071

0.072

0.093

0.071

F (Pr > F)

8.35 (0.0003)

7.82 (<0.0001)

7.59 (<0.0001)

5.87 (0.0008)

5.79 (0.0008)

6.55 (0.0003)

5.55 (0.0012)

5.61 (0.0011)

7.12 (0.0002)

5.56 (0.0011)