SOC239H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter BRYA: Infant Mortality

• School: UTM
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC239H5
• Professor: Sarath Chandrasekere

Document Summary

Canada: a land of missed opportunity for addressing the social determinants of health (sdh) In general terms, the conditions of life and work (the sdh) to which individuals are exposed are of greater importance as influences both on overall population health and on health disparities within populations. An overview of the canadian population health scene: except for life expectancy a(cid:374)d e(cid:448)e(cid:374) here, ca(cid:374)ada"s ra(cid:374)ki(cid:374)g has (cid:271)ee(cid:374) slippi(cid:374)g i(cid:374) re(cid:272)e(cid:374)t years. Insight into the changing canadian health scene is provided by its infant mortality rate which is often identified as a sensitive indicator of overall population health. I(cid:374) (cid:1005)(cid:1013)(cid:1012)(cid:1004), ca(cid:374)ada"s rate (cid:449)as (cid:1005)(cid:1004)/(cid:1005)(cid:1004)(cid:1004)(cid:1004) (cid:449)hi(cid:272)h ga(cid:448)e it a relati(cid:448)e ra(cid:374)ki(cid:374)g of (cid:1005)(cid:1004)th of (cid:1007)(cid:1004) Oecd nations: ca(cid:374)ada"s de(cid:272)li(cid:374)e to (cid:1009). (cid:1007)/(cid:1005)(cid:1004)(cid:1004)(cid:1004) in 2005 is a significant achievement, but the decline has failed to match that seen in many other oecd nations [20] such that.