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Want to live longer? Move to Vancouver.

http://www.cbc.ca/story/science/national/2004/07/28/health_cities04072

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Want to live longer? Move to Vancouver

Last Updated Wed, 28 Jul 2004 18:03:47 EDT

OTTAWA - People in Vancouver already enjoy warmer winters and better

scenery than most of Canada – now they can expect to live longer too,

according to a Statistics Canada study.

FROM MAY 30, 2002: Location plays role in cancer survival: study

Statistics Canada

See table of life expectancies (page 10 of pdf file)

The report released Wednesday, called Health of Canadians Living in

Census Metropolitan Areas, found that the range of life expectancy

varied greatly across Canada with Vancouverites having an average

life expectancy of 81.1 years.

At the other end of the scale, people living in the northern Ontario

city of Sudbury have the shortest life expectancy at 76.7 years,

about the same as those living in Ireland, Portugal or the U.S.

Researchers used self-reported health data from 25 cities across

Canada.

They found that cities with a greater proportion of post-secondary

graduates, higher average family household income and a higher share

of recent immigrants tended to be healthier.

Heavy smoking, drinking, obesity and high blood pressure rates were

linked to lower life expectancy.

Vancouver, and Toronto had the lowest smoking rates, while

more than a third of people aged 12 and over in Sudbury and Trois-

Rivières, Que., said they smoked.

Vancouver and Toronto also had the lowest rates of heavy drinking at

no more than 12 per cent, compared to the Canadian average of 15 per

cent. Chicoutimi-Jonquière, Thunder Bay, St. 's and Sudbury had

rates greater than 20 per cent.

People living in Windsor reported the highest rate of unmet health-

care needs at 18.7 per cent. The border city also reported one of the

lowest rates of family doctors per 100,000.

The study also compared the life expectancy of people in Canada with

that of other members of the Organization of Economic Co-operation

and Development. At 79.4 years, Canadians generally live 2.6 years

longer than Americans but 1.8 years behind the front-runner, Japan.

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