Province Rural (%) Urban (%) Total number of patients
Alberta 21 79 36664
Manitoba 20 80 21405
Ontario 17 83 83963
Quebec 20 80 4894
Newfoundland and Labrador 28 72 533
Total 18 82 147459
*NDR uses the second digit in the postal code to determine if a patient lives in a rural or urban area.
Province Low-income neighbourhood (%) Middle-income neighbourhood (%) High-income neighbourhood (%) Total number of patients
Alberta 22 61 17 36664
Manitoba 22 61 16 21405
Ontario 25 57 18 83963
Quebec 25 63 12 4894
Newfoundland and Labrador 25 64 11 533
Total 24 59 17 147459

*NDR uses PCCF+ to derive the neighbourhood income quintile before tax (QABTIPPE) from postal codes. We assign the lowest quintile to the low-income neighbourhood, the highest quintile to the high-income neighbourhood and group the rest quintiles (2-4) to the middle-income neighbourhood. For view the original data, please click the display original data button.

Province Q1 (lowest income) (%) Q2 (%) Q3 (%) Q4 (%) Q5 (highest income) (%) Total number of patients
Alberta 22 23 19 19 17 36664
Manitoba 22 21 20 20 16 21405
Ontario 25 20 19 18 18 83963
Quebec 25 21 22 19 12 4894
Newfoundland and Labrador 25 37 13 14 11 533
Total 24 21 19 18 17 147459
Province Low-income neighbourhood (%) Middle-income neighbourhood (%) High-income neighbourhood (%) Total number of patients
Alberta 49 46 44 36664
Manitoba 47 46 41 21405
Ontario 41 41 39 83963
Quebec 27 20 17 4894
Newfoundland and Labrador 31 37 26 533
Total 43 42 40 147459

1Cormorbidities include Depression, Hypertension, COPD, Dementia, Osteoarthritis, Epilepsy, and Parkinsons disease

2NDR uses PCCF+ to derive the neighbourhood income quintile before tax (QABTIPPE) from postal codes. We assign the lowest quintile to the low-income neighbourhood, the highest quintile to the high-income neighbourhood and group the rest quintiles (2-4) to the middle-income neighbourhood. For view the original data, please click the display original data button.

Province Q1 (lowest income) (%) Q2 (%) Q3 (%) Q4 (%) Q5 (highest income) (%) Total number of patients
Alberta 49 48 45 44 44 36664
Manitoba 47 47 45 44 41 21405
Ontario 41 41 40 41 39 83963
Quebec 27 25 17 18 17 4894
Newfoundland and Labrador 31 40 31 31 26 533
Total 43 43 41 41 40 147459