Objective To determine how machine learning has been applied to prediction applications
in population health contexts. Specifically, to describe which outcomes have been studied, …

Socioeconomic status is an important determinant of health, the measurement of which is of
great significance to population health research. However, individual-level socioeconomic …

Background Myocardial infarction mortality has declined since the 1970s, but contemporary
drivers of this trend remain unexplained. The aim of this study was to compare the …

Life satisfaction is increasingly recognized as an important determinant of health; however,
prospective population-based studies on this topic are limited. We estimated the risk of …

Background Mitochondrial disease prevalence has been estimated at 1 in 4000 in the United
States, and 1 in 5000 worldwide. Prevalence in Canada has not been established, though …

Objective Individuals with Type 2 Diabetes are likely to experience multimorbidity and
accumulate multiple chronic conditions over their life. We aimed to identify causes of death and …

Background Premature mortality is a meaningful indicator of both population health and
health system performance, which varies by geography in Ontario. We used the Local Health …

Background Causal inference using area-level socioeconomic measures is challenging
due to risks of residual confounding and imprecise specification of the neighbourhood-level …

Background This study aimed to characterize trends in absolute and relative socioeconomic
inequalities in adult premature mortality between 1992 and 2017, in the context of declining …

Purpose Rates of alcohol‐related harm are higher in rural versus urban Canada. This study
characterized the spatial distribution and regional determinants of alcohol‐related …