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Table 1 Life expectancy at birth and at age 65 by sex, Canada

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Life expectancy at birth and at age 65 by sex, Canada
  At birth At age 65
  both sexes males females both sexes males females
1995-1997 78.4 75.4 81.2 18.2 16.1 20.0
1996-1998 78.6 75.7 81.3 18.2 16.2 20.0
1997-1999 78.8 76.0 81.5 18.3 16.3 20.1
1998-2000 79.0 76.3 81.7 18.5 16.5 20.2
1999-2001 79.3 76.6 81.9 18.7 16.8 20.4
2000-2002 79.6 77.0 82.0 18.9 17.0 20.5
2001-2003 79.8 77.2 82.2 19.1 17.2 20.6
2002-2004 80.0 77.5 82.3 19.2 17.4 20.8
2003-2005 80.2 77.7 82.5 19.4 17.6 20.9
2004-2006 80.5 78.0 82.8 19.7 17.9 21.1
2005-2007 80.7 78.3 83.0 19.8 18.1 21.3
Note(s):
Life expectancies were calculated based on three-year data.