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Statistics Canada says life expectancy for the average Canadian at birth has fallen for three straight years, from 82.3 years in 2019 to 81.3 in 2022.

The report on deaths shows New Brunswick saw the biggest decline in life expectancy in 2022, dropping to 79.8 years from 80.9 in 2021.

Life expectancy increases when there are fewer deaths in general, or when deaths tend to occur at older ages, or a combination of both.

More than 19,700 Canadians died of COVID-19 last year, the highest number since the pandemic began in 2020.

“This increase may in part be due to the exposure to new highly transmissible COVID-19 variants and the gradual return to normalcy (e.g., reduced restrictions and masking requirements),” the report read.

In 2022, the agency said the increase in deaths among younger age groups can, in part, be attributable to deaths under investigation by a coroner or medical examiner, typically unintentional injuries such as substance-related toxicity deaths, suicides and homicides.

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