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October 2011 online edition

The October 2011 online issue of Health Reports, released today, contains two articles.

The article, "Remaining life expectancy at age 25 and probability of survival to age 75, by socioeconomic status and Aboriginal ancestry," uses data from the 1991 to 2006 Canadian census mortality and cancer follow-up study which tracked deaths in a 15% sample of the population from the 1991 Census. The objectives of this report are to calculate remaining life expectancy at age 25 and the probability of survival to age 75 during the 1991-to-2006 period by income adequacy, by education, by Aboriginal origin, and by residence in shelters, rooming houses and hotels.

For more information on this article, contact Michael Tjepkema (613-951-3896; michael.tjepkema@statcan.gc.ca), or Russell Wilkins (russell.wilkins@statcan.gc.ca; 613-951-5305), Health Analysis Division.

The article, "Official language proficiency and self-reported health among immigrants to Canada," examines the relationship between self-reported official language proficiency of new immigrants to Canada and transitions to poor self-reported health during the first four years in the country. Data are from Longitudinal Survey of Immigrants to Canada.

For more information on this article, contact Edward Ng (613-951-5308; edward.ng@statcan.gc.ca), Health Analysis Division.

The October 2011 online issue of Health Reports, Vol. 22, no. 4 (82-003-X, free), is now available from the Key resource module of our website under Publications.

For information about Health Reports, contact Janice Felman (613-951-6446; janice.felman@statcan.gc.ca), Health Analysis Division.