NBHC Population Health
November 05, 2018
Life expectancy in Canada could decrease for the same reason it's falling in the U.S., says (sub. req.) a researcher from the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health. Life expectancy stateside is declining slightly for the first time since the Second World War due to an increase of so-called deaths of despair: drug overdoses, suicide or alcohol abuse. CAMH notes the increase in deaths is heavily correlated to areas with poorer and more rural people, adding that a similar trend appears to be taking hold in Canada. It points out that overdose deaths increased to about 4,000 in 2017, while deaths from alcohol-related diseases are also increasing.
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