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5. Equity (Disparity)
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Income quintile (CIHI) New
Definition:
All units of a population are ranked from lowest to highest by the value of their income. Then, the ranked population is divided into five groups of equal numbers of units, called quintiles.
Source (s):
Canadian Institute for Health Information, National Ambulatory Care Reporting System and Discharge Abstract Database; Statistics Canada, Census 2006; Alberta Health and Welness, Alberta Ambulatory Care Database
Disparity rate ratio (CIHI) New
Definition:
Neighbourhood income quintiles categorize small geographic areas into five roughly equal population groups. Quintile 1 refers to the least affluent neighbourhoods, while quintile 5 pertains to the most affluent neighbourhoods.
Source (s):
Canadian Institute for Health Information, National Ambulatory Care Reporting System and Discharge Abstract Database; Statistics Canada, Census 2006; Alberta Health and Welness, Alberta Ambulatory Care Database
Potential rate reduction (CIHI) New
Definition:
Potential reduction in a health indicator rate that would occur in the hypothetical scenario that each socio-economic group in the jurisdiction experienced the rate of the most affluent socio-economic group.
Source (s):
Canadian Institute for Health Information, National Ambulatory Care Reporting System and Discharge Abstract Database; Statistics Canada, Census 2006; Alberta Health and Welness, Alberta Ambulatory Care Database
