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Table 4 Total drug costs by income decile

From: On the validity of area-based income measures to proxy household income

Entire BC population

Non-senior population

Senior population

 

Mean total drug costs

Percent of total drug costs

Mean total drug costs

Percent of total drug costs

Mean total drug costs

Percent of total drug costs

Deciles measured by CRA validated income

1 ($900–3,750)

743.27

10.39

826.46

15.24

894.61

6.99

2 ($3750–12,000)

615.16

8.60

456.26

8.41

942.67

7.37

3 ($12,000–16,000)

605.19

8.46

332.54

6.13

1059.92

8.28

4 ($16,000–20,000)

681.31

9.53

334.55

6.17

1178.95

9.21

5 ($20,000–29,375)

534.48

7.47

358.74

6.61

1280.50

10.01

6 ($29,375–39,584)

653.91

9.14

411.01

7.58

1352.22

10.57

7 ($29,584–51,250)

705.15

9.86

503.90

9.29

1420.86

11.11

8 ($51,250–67,917)

821.07

11.48

654.20

12.06

1499.01

11.72

9 ($67,917–91,667)

881.27

12.32

741.34

13.67

1565.45

12.24

10 ($91,667–475,000)

912.01

12.75

804.41

14.83

1599.72

12.50

  

100

 

100

 

100

Deciles measured by neighbourhood income

1 ($4,200–20,100)

726.63

10.16

615.32

11.35

1109.80

8.67

2 ($20,100–23,800)

653.33

9.13

499.71

9.21

1189.72

9.30

3 ($23,800–26,500)

697.09

9.75

511.38

9.43

1245.68

9.74

4 ($26,500–29,00)

700.24

9.79

510.90

9.42

1273.95

9.96

5 ($29,00–31,300)

707.28

9.89

523.97

9.66

1271.18

9.94

6 $31,300–33,900)

711.68

9.95

531.67

9.80

1309.01

10.23

7 ($33,900–36,900)

720.97

10.08

540.98

9.97

1323.70

10.35

8 ($36,900–41,300)

722.07

10.09

545.90

10.07

1343.11

10.50

9 ($41,300–48,900)

728.69

10.19

554.05

10.22

1349.44

10.55

10 ($48,900–310,900)

784.83

10.97

589.86

10.87

1378.30

10.77

  

100

 

100

 

100

  1. Note: All numbers are based on the best-case scenario in which all non-registered households are assigned a hypothetical individual-level income decile that is identical to their area-based measure.