Cancer Care Ontario report finds health inequity relates to higher risk for cancer

A report from Cancer Care Ontario looked at lifestyle choices (tobacco smoking, alcohol consumption, food security, physical activity) that correlate with cancer incidence to determine if certain demographics are more likely to engage in behaviours that result in more cancer diagnoses. Among the report's findings were:

• Ontarians with low income or less education continue to smoke at much higher rates than the rest of the population and are more likely to be exposed to second-hand smoke;
• Ontario households with the lowest incomes are 19 times more likely to be food insecure than households with the highest incomes; and
• First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities have higher smoking rates and are also much more likely to experience food insecurity than non-Aboriginal Ontarians.

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