North East LHIN : North East Local Health Integration Network

In Compared to the province of Ontario, a higher part, this is due to the large number of CSDs with very percentage of the North East LHIN population: small populations. [...] In all other maps, the break between the second and third classes is the median of Interpretation of the Maps the data. [...] As a complement, the comments for each map are included and may refer to the value of the variable The first three maps presented in this report set the across the LHIN or to specific CSDs in relation to the context for the remaining maps and results. [...] Figure 1 important determinants of human health are the social provides a visual summary of the entire project, and economic characteristics of communities.9 showing the steps involved in creating the index. [...] A measurement of the associated with health status may not be adequately percentage of the population below the low income cut- captured by an analysis of individuals alone.5,10,12 In off (LICO) not only captures deprivation but is also fact, aggregate measures of health status and the social designed to control for family size and urban/rural determinants of health form one of the basic tools of