Health Sciences 3025A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Icu Scoring Systems, Low Birth Weight, Lung Cancer

• School: Western University
• Department: Health Sciences
• Course: Health Sciences 3025A/B
• Professor: culm

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The unequal city 2015: income and health inequalities in toronto. Toronto residents do not all have equal opportunities to be healthy: this study proves it. Some people are more vulnerable to poor health because of their: education, housing, work. Low income groups often have worse health. To(cid:396)onto residents don"t all have e(cid:395)ual oppo(cid:396)tunities to (cid:271)e healthy. This article is about toronto public health and what they do to help reduce the health disparities: addressing unfair and avoidable differences in health outcomes between groups, they released this report and one in 2008. Social and economic circumstances a(cid:272)(cid:272)ount fo(cid:396) 50% of people"s health. Environment, built and natural, accounts for 10: social and economic factors account for the majority of health outcomes. While some differences in health are expected, others can be avoided. Unfair and avoidable differences in health related to social and economic disadvantages are known as health inequities.