A new study finds that people who live in Ontario’s poorest neighbourhoods are more likely to suffer avoidable deaths, such as those from a lack of timely medical intervention, for instance, or smoking.A new study finds that people who live in Ontario’s poorest neighbourhoods are more likely to suffer avoidable deaths than those who live in the richest neighbourhoods.
Lead author and Ottawa-based family doctor Austin Zygmunt called the gap “huge,” and noted the disparity grew even as avoidable deaths in Ontario decreased by almost half — a drop mostly due to advances in medical treatment of diseases. Twice as many deaths were considered preventable, which could have been avoided by curbing alcohol and/or tobacco use, for instance, or by getting the flu vaccine. Treatable deaths were those due to diseases including pneumonia, high blood pressure, and breast cancer which can benefit from surgery and medical interventions.
He said that could include focusing flu vaccine promotion or anti-smoking campaigns on populations most at risk. “Right now, the big things are decreasing alcohol and smoking use, promoting things like vaccinations and continuing to offer treatments and surgeries for medical conditions.”Men were nearly twice as likely to have a preventable death than women, with about 66 per cent of their deaths considered preventable.
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