Women’s health is tied to wealth
Printer-friendly versionAccording to a recent story on the Positive Living Society of British Columbia website, a new report on the status of women's health in the province shows that women have gained an additional 3.2 years of life expectancy since 1990, but there are significant disparities based on income.
Said Dr. Perry Kendall, B.C.'s provincial health officer, "If you are in the top 20 per cent of income, you have 9.5 more years of healthy life expectancy."
The report looks at the overall health of women from infancy to old age, based on data collected in 2008. Women's health is improving over-all, with advances in life expectancy and decreases in teen pregnancy, but low-income, aboriginal and immigrant women fare much worse.
Read the story on Positive Living Society of BC’s website.
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