For both sexes in Canada, life expectancy increased on average from 77 in 1990 to 82 in 2012. Low-income countries have made the most progress, with an average increase in life expectancy by nine ...

The report's authors also found a narrowing gender gap in life expectancy. Male life expectancy at birth rose by 2.9 years to 78.3 in 2005 to 2007, while among women it increased by 1.8 years to 83.0.

Statistics Canada announced in a report Jan. 28 that life expectancy for males has remained unchanged across the country at an average of 79.9 years, while female life expectancy increased from 84 to ...

Yet that is exactly what is happening, Statistics Canada revealed yesterday (May 30). “Life expectancy at birth did not increase from 2016 to 2017 for either males or females, a first in over ...

Female life expectancy has dropped dramatically as older women reap the rewards of lifestyle choices that have seen them drink and smoke regularly.. For the first time since 1995 the average life ...

But in the rest of Canada, male life expectancy rose to 77.5 from 74.1 and among females it rose to 81.3 from 79.7. Among Inuit men, the main reason for the lower life expectancy was injury, ...

Life expectancy in Canada and other countries around the world is growing, according to a new report from the World Health Organization, with most of the progress apparent in low-income countries. In ...