Dying on the streets

As the data in 6.3% ‘Dying in the Streets’ shows, the median age of 2.4% death for a homeless person in the province is between 40 and 49.1. [...] Since 2008, it has with the regulations, in the circumstances set released three reports on homeless deaths out in the notice, or; outlining the total number, demographic data, and causes of homeless deaths in British (g) in any prescribed circumstances. [...] The overall median age of death are disproportionately represented in homeless of a homeless person in British Columbia is statistics across the province and in Canada. [...] Crisis, a The median age of death for a homeless London-based charity, found the average life individual in British Columbia is between 40 expectancy for homeless individuals in the and 49 years of age, while the average life United Kingdom is 47 years,11 while the National expectancy for the general population in Health Care for the Homeless Council estimated British Columbia is 82.65 years. [...] According to the 2014 Metro Vancouver Homeless Count, 41% of homeless individuals in the region have been homeless for one year or more.29 The longer someone is homeless, the more likely it is that they will suffer from a medical condition compared to the total homeless population: 35% of the chronic homeless in Metro Vancouver reported a physical disability compared to 29% for the total homele