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| Prescription medications |
Dental expenses |
Eye glasses or contact lenses |
Hospital charges |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| percent | ||||
| Lowest income quartile | 73.4 | 14.7 | 18.1 | 23.6 |
| Lower middle income quartile | 76.4 | 21.0 | 26.1 | 32.9 |
| Upper middle income quartile | 82.3 | 37.0 | 43.5 | 55.0 |
| Highest income quartile | 83.0 | 47.8 | 51.5 | 66.4 |
| Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey, 2003. | ||||