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Glad to live in Canada. As of 2016, life expectancy was nearly four years ahead of the US, and trending in the right direction.
by mighty_bander 7y ago
Glad to live in Canada. As of 2016, life expectancy was nearly four years ahead of the US, and trending in the right direction.
- refurb 7y agoHuh? "Life expectancy in Canada has stopped increasing for the first time in more than four decades, due largely to soaring overdose deaths in the Western provinces."[1] [1]https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/british-columbia/article-overdose-crises-lowering-life-expectancy-statistics-canada/ https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/british-columbia/arti...
- mighty_bander 7y agoMy bad, there's a drop two years after the source I looked at. Seems like the problem is international. So I guess the question is: what can we do about it?