Table 6
Life expectancy at birth in the Inuit-inhabited areas and all Canada, by sex, selected years
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| Area/Years | Both sexes | Males | Females |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inuit-inhabited areas | |||
| 1991 (1989 to 1993) | 67.8 | 66.0 | 69.6 |
| 1996 (1994 to 1998) | 67.7 | 64.8 | 71.3 |
| 2001 (1999 to 2002) | 66.9 | 64.4 | 69.8 |
| All Canada | |||
| 1926 (1925 to 1927) | 61.4 | 60.5 | 62.3 |
| 1931 (1930 to 1932) | 61.0 | 60.0 | 62.1 |
| 1936 (1935 to 1937) | 62.5 | 61.3 | 63.7 |
| 1941 (1940 to 1942) | 64.6 | 63.0 | 66.3 |
| 1946 (1945 to 1947) | 66.7 | 65.1 | 68.6 |
| 1951 (1950 to 1952) | 68.5 | 66.4 | 70.9 |
| 1956 (1955 to 1957) | 70.1 | 67.7 | 72.9 |
| 1961 (1960 to 1962) | 71.1 | 68.4 | 74.3 |
| 1966 (1965 to 1967) | 71.8 | 68.7 | 75.3 |
| 1971 (1970 to 1972) | 72.7 | 69.4 | 76.5 |
| 1976 (1975 to 1977) | 73.8 | 70.3 | 77.7 |
| 1981 (1980 to 1982) | 75.4 | 71.9 | 79.1 |
| 1986 (1985 to 1987) | 76.4 | 73.0 | 79.7 |
| 1991 (1990 to 1992) | 77.8 | 74.6 | 80.9 |
| 1996 (1995 to 1997) | 78.3 | 75.4 | 81.2 |
| 2001 (2000 to 2002) | 79.5 | 77.0 | 82.0 |
| Note: All Canada life expectancy for both sexes is a simple average of life expectancies calculated for each sex separately. | |||
| Data sources: Inuit-inhabited areas: Person-years at risk estimated from mid- period census populations; deaths 1989 to 2003 from Canadian Mortality Data Base. All Canada: 1926 to 1981 (Nagnur, 1986); 1986 (Statistics Canada, 1991); 1991 (Millar and David, 1995); 1996 (Duchesne, et al. 2002); 2001 (Statistics Canada, 2006). | |||
| Table source: Statistics Canada, 2008, "Life expectancy in the Inuit-inhabited areas of Canada, 1989 to 2003", Health Reports, Vol. 19, No. 1, catalogue number 82-003-XWE. | |||
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