Life Expectancy

• Average life expectancy lower in B.C. Interior towns than provincial average

  Does where you live in British Columbia dictate how long you will live? Statistics show there's a big gap between the provincial average and some city specific averages.

  Canada

  Dec 8, 2023
  
• Life expectancy in Canada fell for the 3rd year in a row. What’s happening?

  Statistics Canada released new data showing that the life expectancy at birth of Canadians fell, to 81.3 years in 2022 from 81.6 years in 2021. 

  Canada

  Nov 27, 2023
  
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• ‘Our people will die’: Opioid crisis prompts state of emergency in Treaty 6 First Nations

  The Confederacy of Treaty 6 First Nations declared a state of emergency on Monday after their annual general meeting to address the ongoing opioid crisis.

  Health

  Jul 10, 2023
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• ‘A dismal situation’: U.S. life expectancy drops for 2nd year in a row

  The estimated American lifespan has shortened by nearly three years, to 76 years, one month.

  World

  Sep 1, 2022
• Women don’t live longer than men after all? Study challenges life expectancy misconceptions

  Danish researchers have found that men have a high probability of outliving women, calling into question the conventional wisdom that women live longer than men.

  Health

  Aug 3, 2022
• U.S. life expectancy fell by 1.5 years in 2020, largely thanks to COVID-19: CDC

  Deaths from COVID-19 contributed to nearly three-fourths, or 74 per cent, of the decline and drug overdoses were also a major contributor, the CDC said.

  Health

  Jul 21, 2021
• Quebec’s life expectancy drops for both men and women due to COVID-19 crisis

  The Institut de la statistique du Québec says the average life expectancy from birth dropped for both men and women in 2020.

  Health

  Mar 3, 2021
• Canadians worry too much about violent death, not enough about cancer: poll

  You're much more likely to die from heart disease than a car crash, but that's not always what people worry about.

  Health

  Feb 23, 2020
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• Massive 18-year gap in life expectancy between Winnipeg’s richest, poorest neighbourhoods: WRHA

  While the good news is Winnipeggers are living longer, generally, a WRHA report found a huge disparity from neighbourhood to neighbourhood.

  Health

  Dec 19, 2019
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• More Americans are dying in middle age, and it’s pulling down U.S. life expectancy

  Drug overdoses, alcohol abuse and suicide are all behind a recent decline in U.S. life expectancy, a new study has found.

  Health

  Nov 27, 2019