Background: Maternal socioeconomic status (SES) is an important determinant of inequity in
maternal and fetal health. We sought to determine the extent to which associations between …

Objective To examine mortality in a representative nationwide sample of homeless and
marginally housed people living in shelters, rooming houses, and hotels. Design Follow-up study…

Objective: To develop current birth weight norms by gestational age for singleton and twin
births in Canada. Methods: Birth weight data were obtained from vital statistics and health …

The" healthy immigrant effect" observed in other countries also prevails in Canada. Immigrants,
especially recent immigrants, are less likely than the Canadian-born population to have …

Objectives: This article describes changes in income-related differences in mortality in
Canada from 1971 to 1996, including trends by specific causes of death. Data source: Death …

Aim: To examine neighbourhood income differences in deaths amenable to medical care
and public health over a 25-year period after the establishment of universal insurance for …

This article describes various ways of using postal codes and addresses to analyze health
data. It gives examples of files that contain data suitable for coding to small areas, explains …

Background An important step in monitoring progress toward reducing or eliminating
inequalities in health is to determine the distribution of mortality rates across various groups …

Background Birth weight for gestational age is a widely-used proxy for fetal growth. Although
the need for different standards for males and females is generally acknowledged, the …

OBJECTIVE: Early ultrasound scanning estimation of gestational age is known to increase
the reported preterm delivery rate (<37 completed weeks) compared with estimation by date …