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Published in final edited form as: Ann Epidemiol. 2003 Jan;13(1):32–41. doi: 10.1016/s1047-2797(02)00259-4

TABLE 1.

Descriptive profiles of census tract-based income quintile areas in Winnipeg, Manitoba (1991) and Des Moines, Iowa (1990)

Income Groups	Winnipeg, Manitoba^a			Des Moines, Iowa^b
	Low Income Prevalence^c		Median^d Income	Poverty Prevalence^c		Median^d Income
	Range	Median	Median^d Income	Range	Median	Median^d Income
Highest
1	0.40 to 7.99	5.15	$47,090	0.00 to 2.99	2.32	$44,050
2	8.00 to 14.29	11.50	$39,110	3.00 to 5.69	4.60	$36,370
3	14.30 to 19.99	16.45	$32,265	5.70 to 7.79	6.75	$30,165
4	20.00 to 32.59	26.00	$26,043	7.80 to 12.24	9.25	$26,890
5	32.60 to 77.40	45.10	$17,500	12.25 to 44.50	20.00	$19,570
Lowest

^a

Population of 652,395 in 1991: 155 census tracts with a mean population of 4,209 (SD = 1,681).

^b

Population of 392,686 in 1990: 98 census tracts with a mean population of 4,007 (SD = 1,696). Includes Dallas, Polk and Warren Counties.

^c

Percentage of households in census tract with low incomes (Canada) or poor (US).

^d

Census tract median annual household income in US dollars.