An Assessment of Their Health Status and Health Determinants.8 Terminology Used Health: According to the World Health Organization, “health is a state of complete in This Report physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.”9 In the context of this report, health and the determinants of health are measured by a variety of indicators, such as healthy or [...] Income and Education A 2007 study on income and mortality in urban Canada (based on the total population of all Canadian CMAs) found variations among the richest and poorest neighbourhoods.21 For example, in 2001, the disparity in life expectancy between the 20% in Canada’s urban neighbourhoods earning the lowest income and the 20% in Canada’s urban neighbourhoods earning the highest income was ab [...] The provinces of New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island and the territories of Nunavut, the Northwest Territories and the Yukon were excluded from the analyses, given the smaller populations of the two New Brunswick CMAs (Moncton and Saint John) and the absence of CMAs in Prince Edward Island, Nunavut, the Northwest Territories and the Yukon. [...] For complete results on each of the 21 indicators examined in this report for each of the 15 CMAs, please refer to the detailed data tables listed in Appendix D. 38 S E C T I O N. 2 Socio-Economic Status and Health in Canada’s Urban Context British Columbia As part of the regional analysis, the CMAs of Victoria and Vancouver were examined within the region/province of B. C. Patterns and Trends in [...] The four indicators where the Victoria and Vancouver CMAs exhibited similarities were the following: • Asthma in children: The Victoria and Vancouver CMAs exhibited higher ratios than the pan-Canadian ratio (2.0 in the Victoria CMA and 1.7 in the Vancouver CMA, compared with 1.6 across all 15 CMAs); • Anxiety disorders: The Victoria and Vancouver CMAs exhibited higher ratios than the pan-Canadian
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- 9781554653300 9781554653317
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- 171
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