Mortality in a large community-based cohort of inner-city residents in Vancouver, Canada.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Downtown Eastside is a robust and densely populated neighbourhood in Vancouver, Canada, that is characterized by low-income housing and drug use and a high prevalence of HIV infection. We evaluated mortality and excess mortality among the broader community of individuals living in this neighbourhood.

Methods

The Community Health and Safety Evaluation is a community-based study of inner-city residents in the Downtown Eastside who were recruited in 2003 and 2004. Participants' data were linked with data in provincial virology and mortality databases retrospectively and prospectively for the period 1991-2009. Mortality and standardized mortality ratios (SMRs) were calculated for the period 2003-2009 to compare death rates in the study population with rates in the

SUBMITTER: Deans GD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3985976 | biostudies-literature | 2013 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature