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- Title: Causes of Widening Life Expectancy Inequalities in Quebec, Canada, 1989-2004 (QUANTITATIVE Research) (Report)
- Author : Canadian Journal of Public Health
- Release Date : January 01, 2011
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 321 KB
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There is an increasingly recognized relationship between health and the socio-economic context in which people live. Material deprivation of areas, whether measured for census tracts, neighbourhoods or regions, has been associated with increased mortality, even after adjusting for individual-level socioeconomic differences. (1) In the province of Quebec, Canada, socioeconomic inequalities in health outcomes have been demonstrated at several geographic scales. (2-5) Neighbourhood characteristics may shape social and economic opportunities and health-related behaviours. Socio-economic context may also influence health more directly through stress, psychosocial factors, food availability, crowding or pollution. (1,6) Recent studies in several industrialized settings, including Quebec, have found that inequalities in life expectancy between affluent and deprived areas have grown. (7-9) Understanding which causes of death are contributing to the growth of these inequalities is important for public health initiatives aiming to equitably improve mortality rates. (10) Potential for these initiatives to succeed is enhanced when there are clear targets for intervention. The objective of this study was to evaluate the age- and cause-specific components contributing to trends in life expectancy inequality between the most- and least-deprived areas in Quebec.
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