Table 5
Life expectancy at birth in the Inuit-inhabited areas, by sex and region, Canada, 1991, 1996 and 2001
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| Total | Inuvialuit region | Nunavut | Nunavik | Nunatsiavut | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Years | 95% confidence interval | Years | 95% confidence interval | Years | 95% confidence interval | Years | 95% confidence interval | Years | 95% confidence interval | |
| Both sexes † | ||||||||||
| 1991 (1989 to 1993) | 67.8 | (66.8 to 68.8) | 73.1 | (70.5 to 75.7) | 66.9 | (65.6 to 68.2) | 66.5 | (64.3 to 68.7) | 66.7 | (64.2 to 69.2) |
| 1996 (1994 to 1998) | 67.7 | (66.8 to 68.6) | 69.3 | (67.1 to 71.5) | 69.4 | (68.0 to 70.8) | 64.4 | (62.8 to 66.0) | 65.9 | (62.6 to 69.2) |
| 2001 (1999 to 2003) | 66.9 | (66.1 to 67.7) | 70.2 | (67.9 to 72.5) | 68.2 | (67.0 to 69.4) | 62.8 | (61.2 to 64.4) | 65.3 | (62.8 to 67.8) |
| Difference, 1991 to 2001 | -0.9 | (-2.2 to 0.4) | -2.9 | (-6.3 to 0.5) | 1.3 | (-0.4 to 3.0) | -3.7 | (-6.4 to -1.0) | -1.4 | (-5.0 to 2.2) |
| Males | ||||||||||
| 1991 (1989 to 1993) | 66.0 | (64.6 to 67.4) | 68.0 | (64.7 to 71.3) | 66.8 | (64.6 to 69.0) | 63.6 | (60.6 to 66.6) | 64.3 | (60.5 to 68.1) |
| 1996 (1994 to 1998) | 64.8 | (63.6 to 66.0) | 66.2 | (63.1 to 69.3) | 67.2 | (65.3 to 69.1) | 60.6 | (58.5 to 62.7) | 60.9 | (56.7 to 65.1) |
| 2001 (1999 to 2003) | 64.4 | (63.2 to 65.6) | 68.1 | (64.4 to 71.8) | 66.4 | (64.8 to 68.0) | 57.5 | (55.4 to 59.6) | 62.5 | (58.2 to 66.8) |
| Difference, 1991 to 2001 | -1.6 | (-3.5 to 0.3) | 0.1 | (-4.9 to 5.1) | -0.4 | (-3.2 to 2.4) | -6.1 | (-9.7 to -2.5) | -1.8 | (-7.5 to 3.9) |
| Females | ||||||||||
| 1991 (1989 to 1993) | 69.6 | (68.3 to 70.9) | 79.2 | (74.9 to 83.5) | 68.2 | (66.5 to 69.9) | 69.0 | (65.8 to 72.2) | 68.5 | (65.1 to 71.9) |
| 1996 (1994 to 1998) | 71.3 | (70.0 to 72.6) | 73.1 | (69.8 to 76.4) | 70.9 | (69.0 to 72.8) | 69.0 | (66.4 to 71.6) | 73.4 | (68.5 to 78.3) |
| 2001 (1999 to 2003) | 69.8 | (68.7 to 70.9) | 73.1 | (70.0 to 76.2) | 70.0 | (68.3 to 71.7) | 67.3 | (65.1 to 69.5) | 72.2 | (67.8 to 76.6) |
| Difference, 1991 to 2001 | 0.2 | (-1.5 to 1.9) | -6.1 | (-11.3 to -0.9) | 1.8 | (-0.6 to 4.2) | -1.7 | (-0.6 to 4.2) | 3.7 | (-1.8 to 9.2) |
| † calculated from pooled deaths and person-years at risk | ||||||||||
| Data source: Person-years at risk from mid-period census populations; deaths 1989 to 2003 from Canadian Mortality Data Base. | ||||||||||
| 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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