Risk of Death in Canada : What We Know and How We Know It
by Simon P. Thomas (Author), Steve Hrudey (Author)
Paperback: 280 pages Publisher: The University of Alberta Press (Dec. 1, 1997)

Reviewed by Ron Truman, Regulatory Solutions Group

Actuaries can tell you how many Canadians are going to die next year; hit men can name a few names. But until recently, there’s been no middle ground — information that has a personal meaning for a wide variety of Canadians — about the risk of dying in the next 12 months.

University of Alberta environmental health sciences professor, Dr. Steve Hrudey, who led a study of 60 years of Canadian death data, can fill part of that gap.

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