Table 2

Population counts and proportion of working age and post-working age deaths according to characteristics of individuals^*

	Working age				Post-working age
	Men		Women		Men		Women
	Total N	% death	Total N	% death	Total N	% death	Total N	% death
Income inequality^†
Gini coefficient
Low	284 900	5.5	284 700	3.1	48 000	48.4	55 200	34.3
Moderate	296 600	5.4	301 000	3.2	51 700	47.5	62 000	35.1
High	292 700	5.5	299 700	3.0	45 100	45.8	55 500	32.1
Atkinson index
Low	271 500	5.6	273 100	3.2	51 900	48.4	57 700	35.2
Moderate	300 200	5.4	302 600	3.0	46 400	47.3	57 500	34.3
High	302 500	5.6	309 700	3.0	46 400	45.9	57 500	32.2
Coefficient of variation
Low	286 400	5.5	287 600	3.0	46 800	48.8	55 400	34.4
Moderate	277 900	5.8	281 600	3.1	49 400	48.2	60 300	33.5
High	309 900	5.2	316 200	3.1	48 600	44.8	56 900	33.8
Income
Low	113 100	8.8	147 600	4.6	32 000	56.2	62 100	40.5
Low-moderate	155 300	5.5	167 400	3.0	41 600	50.5	42 000	32.4
Moderate	189 200	4.9	186 500	2.7	27 100	43.9	26 700	29.8
Moderate-high	205 900	4.7	191 600	2.6	21 600	41.3	21 300	28.8
High	210 700	4.9	192 300	2.9	22 400	38.3	20 600	27.8
Education
No high-school graduation	233 300	8.8	237 900	4.8	80 700	51.2	101 900	36.1
High-school +/- trade certificate	346 900	4.8	331 800	2.7	40 000	44.3	44 900	31.3
Post-secondary non-university	128 100	3.5	183 300	2.3	9400	39.9	18 000	30.6
University degree	165 900	3.9	132 400	2.3	14 600	38.1	7900	27.7
Employment
Employed	723 600	4.1	614 200	2.2	17 900	30.5	9600	18.1
Not employed	70 700	5.6	64 000	2.5	1200	28.4	700	20.0
Not in labour force	79 900	17.7	207 200	5.9	125 600	49.8	162 400	34.9
Immigrant status
Non-immigrant	657 300	5.5	675 600	3.1	100 000	48.9	126 000	34.2
Long term immigrant, >10 y	159 700	6.0	151 600	3.4	41 400	44.7	42 900	33.8
Recent immigrant, ≤10 y	57 200	3.9	58 200	2.6	3400	30.1	3700	26.1
Visible minority
No	783 200	5.7	791 900	3.2	137 800	48.0	165 300	34.3
Yes	91 000	3.4	93 400	2.3	7000	33.3	7400	24.2
Marital status
Legally married	638 400	5.5	617 600	2.9	117 200	45.0	64 900	24.4
Common law	66 000	3.7	63 600	1.7	2000	46.6	1300	26.8
Not married	169 800	6.2	204 100	4.2	25 500	57.4	106 500	39.8
Mean area household income
Low	213 900	6.4	217 200	3.5	34 300	51.6	46 400	37.6
Moderate-low	222 900	5.4	223 800	2.9	33 700	48.4	39 000	34.2
Moderate-high	221 000	5.1	222 500	2.9	35 400	46.1	40 600	32.9
High	216 300	5.1	221 900	3.0	41 400	43.7	46 700	30.9
Provincial region
British Columbia and Territories	114 900	5.2	116 400	3.1	22 600	46.0	25 200	34.5
Prairies	133 900	5.1	134 700	3.2	19 900	46.9	23 900	34.6
Ontario	346 700	5.6	352 000	3.3	59 800	46.7	69 000	34.7
Québec	228 000	5.7	230 700	2.8	34 500	48.6	45 300	31.1
Atlantic	50 800	5.3	51 600	3.0	8000	50.0	9200	38.3
Total	874 200	5.5	885 400	3.1	144 800	47.2	172 700	33.9

↵* Population counts are rounded to the nearest 100 to conform to requirements of the Health Information and Research Division branch of Statistics Canada.
↵† Expressed as population-weighted tertiles for descriptive statistics.