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Ottawa The average life expectancy of Canadians has fallen as a direct result of Covid-19-related mortality rates, according to a new report from Statistics Canada (StatCan) released today.
Data collected during the pandemic shows that nations’ life expectancy, which has steadily increased since the 1980s, began to decline in 2020 and again in 2021 due to the pandemic.
In 2021, life expectancy at birth fell to 81.6 from 81.7 in 2020.
Men experienced the most significant decline this year: 0.2 years, while women are currently living to an average of 84 years, the study said.
However, the text notes that 59.7 per cent of Canadians report that their general health is excellent.
However, there are reports of an increase in anxiety and other mood disorders, particularly affecting people from the country’s indigenous population.
Likewise, the rate of lung cancer, which is the leading cause of cancer-related death in Canada, fell significantly among men from a reported rate of 72.2 per 100,000 people in 2015 to 62.5 in 2021.
In contrast, among young people between 12 and 17 years of age, physical activity fell by 14 percent.
Of the 81.8 percent of children ages five to 11 whose guardians reported that they had participated in moderate to vigorous physical activity within a week, only 34.9 percent achieved the recommended 60 minutes of daily activity.
StatCan’s findings also included that while 85.5 per cent of Canadians have regular access to a health care provider in 2021, another 14.4 per cent do not.
This corresponds to around 4.7 million people who still need a family doctor.
(Source: Prensa Latina)
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