Posted on 25/09/06
Rural-urban health gap must be bridged
Canadians can forget those stereotypes of hearty living in the delightfully pastoral countryside. As a new report makes alarmingly clear, rural Canadians are simply not as healthy as their urban compatriots. In particular, the rural population is prey to higher death rates, more heart disease and increased likelihood of accidental injury. "The key results point to rural Canadians being slightly less healthy than urban Canadians, and that's reflected in a higher mortality rate," said Marie DesMeules, one of the principal investigators for last week's meticulous 205-page study from the Canadian Institute for Health Information.
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