Estate Planning

Prosper and Live Long

By Hull & Hull LLP

Comparisons of life expectancy across different regions of Canada suggest that Southern, Urban dwellers in mid-size cities tend to live the longest. Northern groups, particularly those with large aboriginal segments, tend to face a much grimmer situation, according to this 2000 article,living approximately 4 years less on average.

Some encouraging news is that the country’s average life expectancy continues to rise. Of particular interest to me: men are approaching women in terms of life expectancy, although we’re not quite there yet. As against the rest of the world, Canada just barely cracks the top ten according to Wikipedia with an average life expectancy of 80.34, trailing number 1 Andorra’s (Andorra - who knew?) average lifespan of 83.52 years.  Swazilanders, with an average lifespan of 39.6 years, have the terrible distinction of being at the bottom of the list.

Women apparently live longer than men in every region except South Asia.

As would be expected, there seems to be an obvious and very strong correlation between level of industrialization and overall wealth and longer lifespan.

Are you feeling optimistic? Try this Life Expectancy Test to get a sense of the factors affecting you.

Thanks for reading.

Sean Graham

Full post as published by Toronto Estate Law Blog on September 19, 2008 (boomark / email).