Health Sciences 3400A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Health Equity, Canada Health Act, Urinary Tract Infection
17 Dec 2018
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In the lowest income quintile, life expectancy is 79. 1 years while in the highest income quintile it is 83 years. Four years might not seem like a lot, but the poorest in canada have a life expectancy of four fewer years. Is this necessary: those in the lowest quintile for education have a 3-year difference from those with the highest levels of education. In montreal, toronto, and vancouver, the rate per 100,000 deaths is 23. 4 vs. 55. 3 in remove areas (more than double) Canada for those with cystic fibrosis is 50. 9 years. This is much bigger than the difference between indigenous and non- In other words it is about morality: we need a conception of justness to determine which disparities in health we should care about, free-standing approach: any and all health inequalities are unjust. Inequalities in the social determinants of health: social justice is a matter of life and death social determinants of health report,
