Table 2:

Trends in premature mortality across socioeconomic groups in Canada, 1991–2016

Characteristic	Period; age-standardized mortality rate (per 100 000)					Change, 1991 to 2016
	1991–1996	1996–2001	2001–2006	2006–2011	2011–2016	Absolute	Relative, %
Men
Overall	2922	2478	2131	1945	1735	−1187	−40.6
Income quintile
Q5 (highest)	2055	1640	1347	1233	1064	−991	−48.2
Q4	2430	1995	1694	1486	1287	−1143	−47.0
Q3	2689	2278	1946	1768	1521	−1168	−43.4
Q2	3137	2767	2343	2123	1970	−1167	−37.2
Q1 (lowest)	4533	3921	3524	3282	2979	−1554	−34.3
Education
Postsecondary degree	1873	1478	1285	1114	988	−885	−47.2
Some postsecondary	2632	2218	1955	1862	1688	−944	−35.9
High school diploma	2835	2467	2134	2111	2006	−829	−29.2
Less than high school	3586	3203	2922	2876	2831	−755	−21.0
Women
Overall	1569	1405	1316	1250	1126	−443	−28.2
Income quintile
Q5 (highest)	1206	1059	972	807	717	−489	−40.5
Q4	1328	1207	1051	953	844	−484	−36.4
Q3	1441	1288	1212	1136	996	−445	−30.9
Q2	1557	1413	1315	1296	1195	−362	−23.2
Q1 (lowest)	2214	1979	1942	1967	1802	−412	−18.6
Education
Postsecondary degree	1086	942	871	788	723	−363	−33.4
Some postsecondary	1332	1186	1121	1111	1029	−303	−22.7
High school diploma	1450	1298	1275	1298	1289	−161	−11.1
Less than high school	1878	1752	1766	1928	1842	−36	−1.9