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Neighbourhood deprivation and regional inequalities in self-reported health among Canadians: Are we equally at risk?

Abstract

Individual-level data from the Canadian Community Health Survey was combined with area-level data from the 2001 Canada Census to explore the relationship between neighbourhood deprivation and regional inequalities in self-reported health (n=120,290). While neighbourhood deprivation was a significant predictor of fair/poor health in all geographic regions (OR=1.11; 95% CI: 1.08, 1.14), living on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts exacerbated the …

Authors

White HL; Matheson FI; Moineddin R; Dunn JR; Glazier RH

Journal

Health & Place, Vol. 17, No. 1, pp. 361–369

Publisher

Elsevier

Publication Date

January 2011

DOI

10.1016/j.healthplace.2010.11.016

ISSN

1353-8292