A comparison of the health status of Riverdale residents with residents of the rest of Toronto based on the Toronto Community Health Survey.
OBJECTIVE
To compare the health status of Riverdale residents with residents of the rest of Toronto.


METHODS
Cross-sectional telephone survey.


METHODS
Toronto. TIME FRAME: October 1988-June 1989.


METHODS
Four hundred and fourteen residents of Riverdale, a residential-industrial area of Toronto, and 866 residents of the rest of Toronto, age 15 years and older in households with telephones.


RESULTS
Respondents in Riverdale compared to respondents in the rest of Toronto were more likely to speak languages other than English, have less formal education, and be of Oriental ethnic origin. Perceived health status varied between the two areas, but no significant difference existed in diagnosed morbidity. Riverdale respondents were much more aware of food and soil contamination than respondents from the rest of Toronto.
Van den Kerkhof
E G
EG
Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, Queen's University.
Langlois
P H
PH
Bernstein
J
J
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004522:Educational Status; D004781:Environmental Exposure; D005260:Female; D005506:Food Contamination; D006304:Health Status; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D007221:Industry; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009017:Morbidity; D009864:Ontario / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D012989:Soil Pollutants; D013689:Telephone
D012989:Soil Pollutants