Life and death

Deaths as of 2008 by deceaseds marital status Divorced Separated 0.8% Widowed

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Were living longer in Canada. The life expectancy for Canadians rose slightly to 80.9 years in 2008, according to Statistics Canada. By comparison, life expectancy in the U.S. is 77.9 years and in Britain its 80 years.
In 2006-2008, men's life expectancy at birth was 78.5 years, up 0.2 years from 2005-2007. Life expectancy at birth for women increased 0.1 years to 83.1 years during the same period.

29.6% Cancer 21.5% Heart disease 5.9% Stroke

4.5% 4.2%
3.1% 2.5%
2.3% 1.6% 1.5% 23.1%
Chronic lower respiratory disease Accidents
Diabetes Alzheimers disease
Inuenza and pneumonia Kidney disease Suicide
Other causes

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35.1%

7.4% Unknown 4.1% 12.8% Single (never married)

39.8%
B.C.
Life expectancy (highest in Canada)

Married

CANADA
Life expectancy

In 2008, there were 120,426 male deaths and 118,191 female deaths registered in Canada. The increase in male deaths from 2007 (1.5%) was slightly larger than the increase in female deaths (1.4%).

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78.5 83.1

TERRITORIES
Life expectancy (lowest in Canada)

79.2 83.6

SASK.
Life expectancy

ALTA.
Life expectancy

72.5 78.5

Life expectancy (second highest in Canada)

QUEBEC

76.9 82.1

78.3 83.0

MANITOBA
Life expectancy

78.6 83.3

N.B.
Life expectancy

NFLD.
Life expectancy

ONTARIO
Life expectancy (second highest in Canada)

77.6 82.7

N.S.
Life expectancy

76.2 80.9

Percentage of deaths in 2008 by month

8.9% 8.4% 9.0% 8.7% 8.3% 7.6% 7.8% 7.8% 7.7%

76.9 82.0

77.4 82.3

79.0 83.4

P.E.I.
Life expectancy

8.4%

8.3%

8.9%

77.5 82.9

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In 2008, 238,617 people died in Canada, up 1.4% from 2007.

Jan.

Feb.

March April

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept. Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

Over the 10-year period, from 1996/1998 to 2006/2008, life expectancy at birth increased by 2.3 years, from 78.6 years to 80.9 years

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The number of infant deaths rose 1.6%, from 1,881 in 2007 to 1,911 in 2008. The number of male infant deaths increased 1.3%, while the number of female infant deaths was up 1.9%.

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There were more deaths in March 2007 than any other month in that year.

In 2008, there were 120,426 male deaths and 118,191 female deaths registered in Canada. The increase in male deaths from 2007 (1.5%) was slightly larger than the increase in female deaths (1.4%).

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749 of those aged 100+ that died were from Ontario. Quebec had the second highest with 431.

38,476 38,943 30,733 22,194 25,509

Number of deaths in 2008 by age group

2,176
0-4

201
5-9

3,392 1,140 1,264 1,282 1,376 2,064

20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39

5,803

8,635

11,334

14,606

17,282 10,191 2,011

10-19

40-44 45-49 50-54 55-59

60-64 65-69

70-74 75-79

80-84 85-89

90-94 95-99

100+

Source: Statistics Canada

SUSAN BATSFORD, GRAPHICS EDITOR, TWITTER @SBATS1; QMI AGENCY