Income disparities in health-adjusted life expectancy for Canadian adults, 1991 to 2001

Articles and reports: 82-003-X200900411019
Description:

This article profiles differences in health-adjusted life expectancy across income categories for a representative sample of the Canadian population. Mortality data were obtained from the 1991-2001 Canadian census mortality follow-up study, which linked a 15% sample of the 1991 adult non-institutional population with 11 years of death records from the Canadian Mortality Data Base.

Issue Number: 2009004
Author(s): Finès, Philippe; McIntosh, Cameron N.; Wilkins, Russell; Wolfson, Michael
Main Product: Health Reports
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HTML November 18, 2009
  • Correction: September 9, 2010

    In article "Income disparities in health-adjusted life expectancy for Canadian adults, 1991 to 2001", both English and French, 2 charts, 2 tables and 3 text strings were changed.

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  • Correction: September 9, 2010

    In article "Income disparities in health-adjusted life expectancy for Canadian adults, 1991 to 2001", both English and French, 2 charts, 2 tables and 3 text strings were changed.