Health-adjusted life expectancy, at age 65 and income group |
Males |
Females |
Health-adjusted life expectancy |
95% confidence interval |
Coefficient of variation for health-adjusted life expectancy |
Health-adjusted life expectancy |
95% confidence interval |
Coefficient of variation for health-adjusted life expectancy |
Low |
High |
Low |
High |
2001 |
|
Canada |
|
All income groups |
12.7 |
12.6 |
12.9 |
0.5 |
14.4 |
14.2 |
14.5 |
0.5 |
Income group, tercile 1 (lowest) |
12.0 |
11.8 |
12.2 |
1.0 |
14.2 |
14.0 |
14.4 |
0.8 |
Income group, tercile 2 (middle) |
12.9 |
12.7 |
13.2 |
0.8 |
14.3 |
14.1 |
14.6 |
0.8 |
Income group, tercile 3 (highest) |
13.3 |
13.1 |
13.6 |
0.9 |
14.7 |
14.4 |
15.0 |
1.0 |
Newfoundland and Labrador |
|
All income groups |
12.3 |
11.8 |
12.9 |
2.3 |
13.6 |
12.7 |
14.4 |
3.1 |
Income group, tercile 1 (lowest) |
11.6 |
10.6 |
12.6 |
4.2 |
12.8 |
11.4 |
14.2 |
5.6 |
Income group, tercile 2 (middle) |
13.2 |
12.6 |
13.8 |
2.5 |
13.8 |
12.4 |
15.1 |
5.0 |
Income group, tercile 3 (highest) |
12.2 |
11.1 |
13.3 |
4.6 |
14.1 |
12.8 |
15.5 |
4.9 |
Prince Edward Island |
|
All income groups |
12.3 |
11.7 |
13.0 |
2.7 |
15.5 |
14.9 |
16.1 |
2.0 |
Income group, tercile 1 (lowest) |
11.7 |
10.7 |
12.6 |
4.2 |
15.6 |
14.5 |
16.7 |
3.6 |
Income group, tercile 2 (middle) |
12.2 |
11.0 |
13.3 |
4.7 |
15.4 |
14.5 |
16.3 |
2.9 |
Income group, tercile 3 (highest) |
13.2 |
12.2 |
14.1 |
3.8 |
15.3 |
14.3 |
16.4 |
3.5 |
Nova Scotia |
|
All income groups |
11.8 |
11.3 |
12.4 |
2.5 |
14.4 |
13.9 |
14.9 |
1.8 |
Income group, tercile 1 (lowest) |
10.9 |
10.0 |
11.7 |
3.8 |
13.8 |
13.0 |
14.6 |
3.0 |
Income group, tercile 2 (middle) |
12.4 |
11.5 |
13.3 |
3.6 |
14.5 |
13.7 |
15.3 |
2.8 |
Income group, tercile 3 (highest) |
12.4 |
11.3 |
13.6 |
4.7 |
14.8 |
13.8 |
15.7 |
3.3 |
New Brunswick |
|
All income groups |
12.6 |
12.1 |
13.1 |
2.0 |
14.6 |
14.1 |
15.2 |
1.9 |
Income group, tercile 1 (lowest) |
12.6 |
11.7 |
13.4 |
3.6 |
14.5 |
13.6 |
15.3 |
3.0 |
Income group, tercile 2 (middle) |
12.2 |
11.3 |
13.0 |
3.6 |
14.5 |
13.5 |
15.4 |
3.5 |
Income group, tercile 3 (highest) |
12.9 |
12.0 |
13.8 |
3.6 |
15.3 |
14.3 |
16.2 |
3.1 |
Quebec |
|
All income groups |
12.8 |
12.5 |
13.0 |
1.1 |
14.8 |
14.5 |
15.1 |
1.0 |
Income group, tercile 1 (lowest) |
12.1 |
11.6 |
12.6 |
2.0 |
14.8 |
14.4 |
15.2 |
1.4 |
Income group, tercile 2 (middle) |
12.8 |
12.4 |
13.3 |
1.7 |
14.4 |
13.9 |
15.0 |
1.8 |
Income group, tercile 3 (highest) |
13.5 |
13.0 |
14.0 |
1.9 |
15.2 |
14.7 |
15.7 |
1.7 |
Ontario |
|
All income groups |
12.7 |
12.5 |
13.0 |
1.0 |
13.9 |
13.6 |
14.2 |
1.0 |
Income group, tercile 1 (lowest) |
11.8 |
11.3 |
12.2 |
2.0 |
13.5 |
13.1 |
14.0 |
1.6 |
Income group, tercile 2 (middle) |
12.9 |
12.6 |
13.3 |
1.5 |
13.9 |
13.5 |
14.3 |
1.5 |
Income group, tercile 3 (highest) |
13.5 |
13.0 |
13.9 |
1.6 |
14.2 |
13.7 |
14.8 |
2.0 |
Manitoba |
|
All income groups |
12.2 |
11.7 |
12.6 |
2.0 |
14.3 |
13.9 |
14.8 |
1.7 |
Income group, tercile 1 (lowest) |
11.3 |
10.4 |
12.3 |
4.1 |
14.0 |
13.3 |
14.7 |
2.6 |
Income group, tercile 2 (middle) |
12.7 |
12.0 |
13.4 |
2.8 |
15.0 |
14.3 |
15.8 |
2.6 |
Income group, tercile 3 (highest) |
12.4 |
11.7 |
13.1 |
2.8 |
13.8 |
12.9 |
14.7 |
3.3 |
Saskatchewan |
|
All income groups |
12.5 |
12.1 |
12.9 |
1.8 |
14.6 |
14.2 |
15.0 |
1.4 |
Income group, tercile 1 (lowest) |
11.8 |
11.1 |
12.6 |
3.3 |
14.4 |
13.7 |
15.1 |
2.4 |
Income group, tercile 2 (middle) |
11.8 |
11.0 |
12.6 |
3.5 |
14.5 |
13.9 |
15.2 |
2.4 |
Income group, tercile 3 (highest) |
13.5 |
12.9 |
14.1 |
2.2 |
14.6 |
13.9 |
15.3 |
2.4 |
Alberta |
|
All income groups |
12.6 |
12.2 |
13.0 |
1.7 |
14.0 |
13.5 |
14.5 |
1.8 |
Income group, tercile 1 (lowest) |
11.8 |
11.2 |
12.4 |
2.5 |
14.0 |
13.2 |
14.7 |
2.8 |
Income group, tercile 2 (middle) |
13.1 |
12.4 |
13.8 |
2.8 |
13.9 |
12.9 |
14.8 |
3.5 |
Income group, tercile 3 (highest) |
13.1 |
12.3 |
14.0 |
3.3 |
14.1 |
13.3 |
14.9 |
3.0 |
British Columbia |
|
All income groups |
13.3 |
12.9 |
13.6 |
1.3 |
15.1 |
14.7 |
15.4 |
1.2 |
Income group, tercile 1 (lowest) |
13.0 |
12.5 |
13.5 |
2.0 |
14.7 |
14.1 |
15.4 |
2.1 |
Income group, tercile 2 (middle) |
13.2 |
12.6 |
13.8 |
2.3 |
14.7 |
14.1 |
15.3 |
2.0 |
Income group, tercile 3 (highest) |
13.6 |
13.0 |
14.1 |
2.1 |
15.8 |
15.2 |
16.4 |
2.0 |
1. |
Data sources: Statistics Canada, Canadian Vital
Statistics, Death Database; Canadian Community Health Survey, 2000/01;
National Population Health Survey, 1996/97, cross sectional sample, Institutions
component; and 2001 Census |
2. |
Life expectancy is the number of years a person
would be expected to live, starting from birth (for life expectancy at birth)
or at age 65 (for life expectancy at age 65), if the age- and
sex-specific mortality rates for a given observation period (such as a calendar
year) were held constant over the estimated life span. |
3. |
The estimates are based on two years of death
data (2000 and 2001). |
4. |
Health-adjusted life expectancy is a more comprehensive
indicator than that of life expectancy because it introduces the concept of
quality of life. Health-adjusted life expectancy is the number of years in
perfect health that an individual can expect to live given the current morbidity
and mortality conditions. Health-adjusted life expectancy uses the Health
Utility Index (HUI) to weigh years lived in good health higher than years
lived in poor health. Thus, health-adjusted life expectancy is not only a
measure of quantity of life but also a measure of quality of life. |
5. |
To calculate terciles, all the units of a population
are ranked from lowest to highest by the value of their income. Then the ranked
population is divided into three groups of equal numbers of units, called
terciles. The first tercile refers to the lowest third of incomes, while the
third tercile contains the top third incomes. |
6. |
The calculation of health-adjusted life expectancy
and life expectancy by income tercile was based on the ecological approach.
In this method, enumeration areas were assigned to an income tercile based
on household income from the 1996 Census. |
7. |
The 95% confidence interval (CI) illustrates
the degree of variability associated with a rate. Wide confidence intervals
indicate high variability, thus, these rates should be interpreted and compared
with due caution. |
8. |
Data with a coefficient of variation (CV) from 16.6%
to 33.3% are identified by an (E) and should be interpreted with caution.
|
9. |
Data with a coefficient of variation (CV) greater
than 33.3% were suppressed (F) due to extreme sampling variability. |
10. |
The following standard symbols are used in
Statistics Canada publications: (..) for figures not available for a specific
reference period and (...) for figures not applicable. |
11. |
CANSIM table number 01020121. |
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