Trends in Income-Related Health Inequalities in Canada

As of February 12, 2024, the Health Inequalities Interactive Tool has been decommissioned. You can still access the technical report, summary report and methodology notes via the links below. If you have any questions, please email populationhealth@cihi.ca.

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The Trends in Income-Related Health Inequalities in Canada project examines whether the health gaps between lower- and higher-income individuals have changed over the past decade. The technical report provides additional analysis, interpretation and contextual information for 16 health indicators. The overall findings of this work can be found in the summary report.

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Over the past decade, health inequalities between Canadians with the lowest and highest income levels did not change for 11 of the 16 indicators CIHI studied.

Public summary: Richer Canadians are generally healthier than poorer Canadians (PDF)

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