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Table of contents

Health of Canadians - Main page
Acknowledgements
Chief Statistician’s Message
Introduction
Health outcomes
1.0 General and mental health status
2.0 Reproductive health
3.0 Chronic conditions
4.0 Mortality
Health behaviours and substance use
5.0 Health behaviours
6.0 Substance use
Access to health care
7.0 Access to a regular health care provider
8.0 Wait time for a minor health problem
9.0 Unmet health care needs
10.0 Use of home care services
11.0 Unmet home care needs
Determinants of health
12.0 Influence of Canada’s demographics on health
13.0 Social determinants of health
Summary and future directions
Data and methods
References

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