Thursday, March 9, 2006

Life expectancy by age and province

Question

I have a faculty member looking for data for life expectancy if one is a given age and also by province. For example, how long would a male, age 65 be expected to live by province. Is this the same age if a male is 40?

Do the Life expectancy tables provide this information? I wasn't sure how to read them.

Answer
There is a great table in CANSIM - table number 102-0218 - Life expectancy - abridged life table, by age group and sex, three-year average, Canada, provinces, territories, health regions and peer groups, occasional (Years). It is also in E-Stat.

The most recent year is 2001, but it does break down the life expectancy by individual age and province.

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