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Good neighbourhoods good for health
People in your neighbourhood - their incomes and education levels - could play a major role in your health, a new study shows.
Researchers from the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) studied the health outcomes and behaviours in neighbourhoods of five large cities - Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, Montreal and Halifax.
They considered five characteristics - income, education, recent immigration, people living alone and single parent families and found that people in neighbourhoods with higher incomes and higher education levels were more likely to report excellent or very good health, reported health portal News Medical.
The study found that there was an 11 percent health gap between the five cities with 67 percent of youth and adults in Calgary reporting excellent or good health, 63 percent in Halifax, 59 percent in Vancouver, 58 percent in Montreal and 56 percent in Toronto.
The study found that people in neighbourhoods with higher incomes and higher education levels were more likely to report excellent or very good health. Residents in such areas also reported being more involved in active pastimes and were less likely to smoke.
People in your neighbourhood - their incomes and education levels - could play a major role in your health, a new study shows.
Researchers from the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) studied the health outcomes and behaviours in neighbourhoods of five large cities - Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, Montreal and Halifax.
They considered five characteristics - income, education, recent immigration, people living alone and single parent families and found that people in neighbourhoods with higher incomes and higher education levels were more likely to report excellent or very good health, reported health portal News Medical.
The study found that there was an 11 percent health gap between the five cities with 67 percent of youth and adults in Calgary reporting excellent or good health, 63 percent in Halifax, 59 percent in Vancouver, 58 percent in Montreal and 56 percent in Toronto.
The study found that people in neighbourhoods with higher incomes and higher education levels were more likely to report excellent or very good health. Residents in such areas also reported being more involved in active pastimes and were less likely to smoke.
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