Previous studies have shown that Indigenous people have a shorter life expectancy and were more likely to die prematurely from avoidable causes compared with non-Indigenous people. The article "Mortality among First Nations people, 2006 to 2016" is the first to link census and administrative data to examine the causes of excess mortality of First Nations people at the national level. It also compares mortality for specific age groups and geographic regions between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people as well as between First Nations people living on and off reserve.
