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Life expectancy1 at birth and at age 65, by sex, Canada, 1997/1999 to 2007/2009

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Life expectancy at birth and at age 65, by sex, Canada, 1997/1999 to 2007/2009


Table summary
This table displays the results of life expectancy at birth and at age 65. The information is grouped by year (appearing as row headers), at birth, males-females gap, at age 65 and both sexes, calculated using both sexes, males, females and years units of measure (appearing as column headers).

Year At birth Males-Females Gap At age 65 Males-Females Gap
Both sexes Males Females Both sexes Males Females
  years
1997/1999 78.8 76.0 81.5 5.5 18.3 16.3 20.1 3.8
1998/2000 79.0 76.3 81.7 5.4 18.5 16.5 20.2 3.7
1999/2001 79.3 76.6 81.9 5.3 18.7 16.8 20.4 3.6
2000/2002 79.6 77.0 82.0 5.0 18.9 17.0 20.5 3.5
2001/2003 79.8 77.2 82.2 5.0 19.1 17.2 20.6 3.4
2002/2004 80.0 77.5 82.3 4.8 19.2 17.4 20.8 3.4
2003/2005 80.2 77.7 82.5 4.8 19.4 17.6 20.9 3.3
2004/2006 80.5 78.0 82.8 4.8 19.7 17.9 21.1 3.2
2005/2007 80.7 78.3 83.0 4.7 19.8 18.1 21.3 3.2
2006/2008 80.9 78.5 83.1 4.6 20.0 18.3 21.5 3.2
2007/2009 81.1 78.8 83.3 4.5 20.2 18.5 21.6 3.1
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Life expectancies were calculated based on three years of data.
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, CANSIM tables 102-0512.
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