Table 3:

Trends in preventable (avoidable) 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	1523	1241	1070	996	896	−627	−41.2
Income quintile
Q5 (highest)	1026	769	631	590	536	−490	−47.8
Q4	1201	962	816	734	608	−593	−49.4
Q3	1376	1111	967	896	781	−595	−43.2
Q2	1657	1390	1193	1102	1024	−633	−38.2
Q1 (lowest)	2494	2096	1854	1757	1616	−878	−35.2
Education
Postsecondary degree	910	652	560	504	442	−468	−51.4
Some postsecondary	1323	1074	949	944	876	−447	−33.8
High school diploma	1436	1238	1045	1070	1015	−421	−29.3
Less than high school	1929	1672	1561	1564	1577	−352	−18.2
Women
Overall	606	546	511	512	468	−138	−22.8
Income quintile
Q5 (highest)	428	365	327	294	258	−170	−39.7
Q4	474	445	366	350	317	−157	−33.1
Q3	526	461	442	432	393	−133	−25.3
Q2	604	567	530	535	500	−104	−17.2
Q1 (lowest)	945	847	842	901	830	−115	−12.2
Education
Postsecondary degree	316	288	278	256	235	−81	−25.6
Some postsecondary	485	448	406	437	426	−59	−12.2
High school diploma	523	470	488	540	537	14	2.7
Less than high school	780	735	752	878	874	94	12.0