HLTA02H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Traffic Collision, Laxative, Amenorrhoea
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Child and adolescent health and environment lecture stuff. 31. (2) the obligation under subsection (1) does not extend to a child who is sixteen years of age or older and has withdrawn from parental control. Inequalities of wealth and income produce unequal life chances. Poverty translates into homelessness, ill health, short life expectancy, malnutrition, amid hunger. A significant number of canadians live in poverty. The number of poor people was nearly 5 million in 2003 and the poverty rate was nearly 16 percent. These income disparities produce an inequality of opportunities and life chances and create negative outcomes for individuals in low-income and poor families. Those with high incomes, for instance, live longer, healthier and more disability-free lives on average than those who are poor. Similar patterns of disease, illness, and mortality prevail for children. Number of years a person would be expected to live based on mortality statistics for a given observation/cohort period.