Health Complications: Economic Levels

Premature Delivery Dept: The result of research conducted at St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto held true across all social and economic levels, said Dr. Marcelo Urquia, but is most pronounced among women in poorer neighbourhoods, according to Montreal Gazette. He noted that Canadianborn women are more likely than newly arrived immigrants to deliver prematurely - defined as delivery before 37 weeks of gestation. Premature infants are more likely to have serious short-and long-term health complications that can impede development and can sometimes be fatal and living in Canada can be bad for maternal health, according to a study that found that immigrant women are more likely to deliver babies prematurely after five years in the country than when they arrived. "This doesn't seem to affect immigrants who stay for a short time, but as immigrants spend many years the risk of developing premature delivery increases," said Urquia, an epidemiologist at the hospital's Centre for Research on Inner City Health. As reported in the news.
@t long term health, montreal gazette