Myocardial infarction in Québec rural and urban populations between 1995 and 1997.

Introduction: There is abundant evidence of health inequities between urban and rural populations. The purpose of this paper is to describe the socioeconomic characteristics of Québec urban and rural populations and the relation between rurality and incidence of myocardial infarction (MI), care management and outcomes.

Methods: Socioeconomic data by census subdivisions were available from the 1996 Canadian census, representing 7,137,245 individuals.