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Life expectancy at birth in Canada from 1982 to 2017, by sex

life expectancy at birth, in years 70 72 74 76 78 80 82 84 86 1982 1985 1988 1991 1994 1997 2000 2003 2006 2009 2012 2015 MalesMales FemalesFemales
Source(s):
Canadian Vital Statistics: Death Database (3233) and population estimates (3604).

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Life expectancy at birth in Canada from 1982 to 2017, by sex, life expectancy at birth, in years
  Males Females
1982 72.0 79.1
1983 72.3 79.4
1984 72.7 79.6
1985 72.9 79.7
1986 73.1 79.8
1987 73.3 80.0
1988 73.5 80.1
1989 73.7 80.3
1990 73.9 80.5
1991 74.3 80.7
1992 74.5 80.9
1993 74.7 80.9
1994 74.8 81.0
1995 74.9 80.9
1996 75.1 81.0
1997 75.4 81.1
1998 75.7 81.3
1999 76.0 81.4
2000 76.3 81.6
2001 76.6 81.8
2002 76.9 81.9
2003 77.1 82.0
2004 77.4 82.2
2005 77.6 82.3
2006 77.9 82.6
2007 78.1 82.7
2008 78.3 82.9
2009 78.5 83.0
2010 78.8 83.3
2011 79.1 83.5
2012 79.4 83.7
2013 79.6 83.8
2014 79.7 83.9
2015 79.8 83.9
2016 79.9 84.0
2017 79.9 84.0
Source(s):
Canadian Vital Statistics: Death Database (3233) and population estimates (3604).
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