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Data on deaths in Canada are now available for 2006.
From 2001 to 2006, life expectancy at birth rose by 1.2 years, from 79.6 to 80.8 years. During this period, life expectancy for men increased by 1.4 years, whereas life expectancy for women advanced by 0.9.
Available on CANSIM: tables 102-0501 and 102-0511.
Definitions, data sources and methods: survey number 3233.
The publication Deaths, 2006 (84F0211XWE, free), is now available from the Publications module of our website.
For more information, contact Client Services (613-951-1746; fax: 613-951-4198; hd-ds@statcan.gc.ca), Health Statistics Division.
To enquire about the concepts, methods or data quality of this release, contact Shiang Ying Dai (613-951-1759) or Patricia Schembari (951-9502), Health Statistics Division.
