Table 1:

Years of life lost (YLLs) from accidental opioid-related deaths across 9 Canadian provinces and territories between 2019 and 2021

Group	2019				2020					2021
Group	Opioid-related deaths	Deaths per million	YLLs	YLLs per 1000	Opioid-related deaths	Deaths per million	YLLs	YLLs per 1000	Opioid- related deaths	Deaths per million	YLLs	YLLs per 1000
Overall^*	3007	83.6	126 115	3.5	5522	151.7	226 106	6.2	6222	170.0	256 336	7.0
Age group, yr
0–19	53	6.7	3861	0.5	94	11.8	6752	0.8	96	12.1	6896	0.9
20–29	600	119.9	34 520	6.9	1020	202.7	58 045	11.5	1123	224.9	64 127	12.8
30–39	859	168.8	41 250	8.1	1535	295.2	72 747	14.0	1834	348.3	87 045	16.5
40–49	624	132.3	24 028	5.1	1278	268.7	48 670	10.2	1431	298.5	54 420	11.4
50–59	630	122.7	18 669	3.6	1130	222.4	32 706	6.4	1252	249.7	36 323	7.2
60–84	241	29.8	3786	0.5	465	55.7	7185	0.9	486	56.4	7525	0.9
Sex
Female	830	46.1	36 696	2.0	1310	72.0	58 140	3.2	1626	88.8	74 811	4.1
Male	2177	121.1	89 419	5.0	4212	231.5	167 966	9.2	4596	251.2	181 525	9.9
Province or territory
British Columbia^†	568	114.1	23 699	4.8	1217	241.8	48 049	9.5	863	169.9	33 335	6.6
Alberta	619	144.2	26 980	6.3	1167	268.6	48 662	11.2	1618	370.2	68 336	15.6
Saskatchewan	109	95.2	4497	3.9	254	220.7	10 721	9.3	322	279.0	13 453	11.7
Manitoba	54	40.3	2434	1.8	248	183.7	10 634	7.9	263	193.0	11 543	8.5
Ontario	1432	100.7	60 001	4.2	2327	161.7	95 835	6.7	2716	187.8	111 633	7.7
Quebec	161	19.4	5938	0.7	229	27.4	8953	1.1	369	44.0	15 078	1.8
New Brunswick	27	35.6	985	1.3	38	49.7	1385	1.8	39	50.6	1541	2.0
Nova Scotia	37	39.0	1581	1.7	39	40.7	1718	1.8	30	31.0	1324	1.4
Northwest Territories	0	0	0	0	3	66.5	149	3.3	2	44.1	93	2.0

↵* Based on 9 Canadian provinces or territories with available data stratified by age and sex.
↵† Includes only opioid-related deaths with completed investigations by the coroner; trends should be interpreted with caution as a substantial number of opioid-related deaths from 2019 to 2021 in British Columbia were still under investigation at the time of analysis.