Attempted suicide, chronic disease rates higher among poor: Ont. report

Monday, February 9, 2009 - 15:14 in Health & Medicine

Rates of diabetes, heart disease, chronic bronchitis and mood disorders are as much as 4.5 times higher among Ontarians receiving social assistance than among people not living in poverty, a new report suggests.

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