News Item – Canada ‘incredibly average’ on reducing premature mortality compared with peer countries: report

Canada has reduced premature mortality rates tremendously over the past 50 years, but the country is still in the middle of the pack compared with “peer” countries such as Australia, Germany and Japan, according to a new report.

The Canadian Institute for Health Information compared health system performance in Canada to 17 other high-income countries in the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) from 1960 to 2010.

Full article at: CBC News