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Table 1
Life expectancy and disability-free life expectancy at age 25 highest and lowest quintiles of material and social deprivation, by sex and individual and enumeration area versions of index, Canada, 1991 to 2001

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Deprivation/Version of index Life expectancy Disability-free life expectancy
Men Women Men Women
Years 95% confidence interval Years 95% confidence interval Years 95% confidence interval Years 95% confidence interval
from to from to from to from to
Total 52.6 52.6 52.7 59.0 59.0 59.1 43.3 43.3 43.4 46.9 46.9 47.0
Material deprivation
Individual

Quintile 1

57.7 57.4 58.1 64.8 64.1 65.5 50.7 50.3 51.0 53.7 52.9 54.4

Quintile 5

48.2 48.0 48.3 56.7 56.6 56.8 34.3 34.1 34.5 42.0 41.9 42.2

Quintile 1 minus quintile 5

9.5 9.2 9.9 8.1 7.4 8.9 16.3 16.0 16.7 11.7 10.9 12.4
Enumeration area

Quintile 1

54.8 54.6 54.9 60.3 60.1 60.4 46.5 46.4 46.7 49.0 48.9 49.2

Quintile 5

50.6 50.5 50.7 57.5 57.4 57.6 40.5 40.4 40.7 44.8 44.7 44.9

Quintile 1 minus quintile 5

4.2 4.0 4.4 2.8 2.6 2.9 6.0 5.9 6.1 4.2 4.1 4.4
Social deprivation
Individual

Quintiles 1 to 4

53.3 53.3 53.4 60.4 60.3 60.5 44.3 44.2 44.3 48.0 47.9 48.1

Quintile 5

48.7 48.5 48.8 57.2 57.1 57.3 37.8 37.7 38.0 43.8 43.7 43.9

Quintiles 1 to 4 minus quintile 5

4.7 4.5 4.8 3.2 3.1 3.3 6.4 6.4 6.5 4.2 4.1 4.3
Enumeration area

Quintiles 1 to 4

53.2 53.1 53.2 59.3 59.2 59.4 43.9 43.9 44.0 47.4 47.3 47.5

Quintile 5

50.5 50.3 50.6 58.1 57.9 58.2 40.5 40.4 40.7 45.1 45.0 45.2

Quintiles 1 to 4 minus quintile 5

2.7 2.6 2.8 1.2 1.2 1.3 3.4 3.3 3.5 2.3 2.2 2.3
Source: Census mortality follow-up study, 1991 to 2001.