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November 2011 online edition

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

The first article, "The healthy immigrant effect and mortality rates," used the 1991 to 2001 Canadian census mortality follow-up study to explore associations between mortality and birthplace and period of immigration. More specifically, one of the objectives was to determine if the results hold for immigrant subgroups, by birthplace and by selected country of origin at the national level and for the three largest census metropolitan areas — Toronto, Montréal and Vancouver.

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

The second article, "The impact of considering birthplace in analyses of immigrant health," illustrates how combining data from several cycles of the Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS) increases analytical power and yields a clearer picture of immigrant health by identifying more precise subgroups. Examples are presented to demonstrate how indicators of health status vary by birthplace and period of immigration. The data are from the 2003, 2005, and 2007/2008 CCHS.

For more information on this article, contact Michelle Rotermann (613-951-3166; michelle.rotermann@statcan.gc.ca), Health Analysis Division.

The November 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.