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Geographic disparity in premature mortality in Ontario, 1992–1996

Chris A Altmayer1*, Brian G Hutchison2,3,4, Vicki L Torrance-Rynard3, Jeremiah Hurley2,3,5, Stephen Birch2,3 and John D Eyles2,3,6

Author Affiliations

1 Health Research Methodology Program, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada (previous affiliation)

2 Centre for Health Economics and Policy Analysis, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

3 Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

4 Department of Family Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

5 Department of Economics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

6 School of Geography and Geology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

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International Journal of Health Geographics 2003, 2:7 doi:10.1186/1476-072X-2-7

Published: 25 September 2003

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Additional File 1:

Standardized mortality ratios for males by public health unit, ages 0–74, 1992–1996. This table presents standardized premature (ages 0–74) mortality ratios for males by disease chapter at the public health unit level, 1992–1996.

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Additional File 2:

Standardized mortality ratios for females by public health unit, ages 0–74, 1992–1996. This table presents standardized premature (ages 0–74) mortality ratios for females by disease chapter at the public health unit level, 1992–1996.

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Additional File 3:

Demographic, social, economic and health characteristics for public health units and health areas, 1996. This table presents demographic, social and economic characteristics from the 1996 Statistics Canada Census at the public health unit level and health characteristics from the 1996/97 National Population Health Survey at the health area level.

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