Adnan Abidi/Reuters
Where you live affects your well-being, say experts. In fact, those in Canada’s poorest neighbourhoods are 37 per cent more likely to suffer a heart attack than those in affluent areas.
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HIGHEST
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LOWEST
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| Life expectancy in years – Women | |
| B.C.: 84 | Nfld.: 81 |
| Life expectancy in years – Men | |
| Ontario and B.C.: 79 | Nfld.: 76 |
| Do you have a family doctor? | |
| B.C.: 94% | Quebec: 75% |
| Cancer incidences rate per 100,000 population – Women | |
| Nova Scotia: 388 | Nfld.: 313 |
| Cancer incidences rate per 100,000 population – Men | |
| Nova Scotia: 550 | B.C.: 418 |
| Obesity % of household adult population | |
| Newfoundland: 27.4% | B.C.: 13.5% |
| Daily smokers % of population | |
| Newfoundland: 18.5% | B.C.: 12.3% |
| Heart attacks needing hospitalization rate per 100,000 population | |
| Newfoundland: 347 | B.C.: 169 |
| Source: life expectancy (at birth, 2005-07): StatsCan; family doctor (June 2009): Harris/Decima poll; cancer estimates (2008): Public Health Agency of Canada; obesity (aged 18+, 2008), smoking (aged 12+, 2009): StatsCan’s Canadian Community Health Survey; heart attacks (age standardized, 2008): Canadian Institute for Health Information | |
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