Population segments as a tool for health care performance reporting: an exploratory study in the Canadian province of British Columbia

Table 2 Characteristics of the population by segment, 2015/16

	Segment 1 (82%) Low need			Segment 2 (13%) Multiple morbidities			Segment 3 (3%) Medically complex			Segment 4 (2%) Frail
	Overall	High SES	Low SES	Overall	High SES	Low SES	Overall	High SES	Low SES	Overall	High SES	Low SES
# of people	2,807,725	1,697,453 (60.5%)	1,110,272 (39.5%)	450,197	259,060 (57.5%)	191,137 (42.5%)	117,636	62,944 (53.5%)	54,692 (46.5%)	65,835	35,082 (53.3%)	30,753 (46.7%)
Sex (%)
Female	51.2	51.3	50.9	51.1	49.7	53.0	52.8	52.8	52.8	62.7	61.8	63.8
Age (%)
18–44 years	45.9	44.3	48.4	6.0	5.6	6.5	25.5	25.2	25.7	.	.	.
45–64 years	39.0	40.3	37.0	35.5	35.2	35.8	39.0	38.2	39.9	.	.	.
65–74 years	10.0	10.6	9.2	29.2	30.2	27.8	17.5	18.4	16.5	19.9	20.0	19.8
75+ years	5.1	4.8	5.4	29.4	29.0	29.9	18.0	18.1	17.8	80.1	80.0	80.2
# of Chronic Conditions (Mean, SD)	0.27 (0.44)	0.27 (0.45)	0.27 (0.44)	2.50 (0.79)	2.48 (0.78)	2.53 (0.81)	2.46 (1.47)	2.42 (1.45)	2.50 (1.50)	2.79 (1.68)	2.75 (1.66)	2.85 (1.70)

All p ≤ 0.0001; SES socioeconomic status, low SES income quintiles 1, 2, high SES income quintiles 3, 4, 5

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