Health Sciences 1002A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Rudolf Virchow, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Dalton Mcguinty
5 Mar 2017
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Why poverty makes us sick physician backgrounder by the ontario physicians. Populations occupying a lower position in the social hierarchy experience, as a group, worse health. This holds true whether the outcome is morbidity or mortality. Poverty has low life expectancy, infant mortaility higher, have diabetes, , have depression and suffer from a major depressive episode. The increased cardiovascular disease burden due to poverty is comparable to that due to smoking and hypertension. A large study showed that each ,000 increase in neighbourhood income correlated with a 10 per cent decrease in mortality after myocardial infarction. Children living in poverty are particularly susceptible to its deleterious effects. Canadian children living in poverty are more likely to develop a variety of illnesses and injuries, as well as suffer growth retardation and developmental difficulties. They are also more likely to experience hospitalization, mental health problems, and difficulties in school, such as lower school achievement and early school leaving.
