Canadians are dying of "unspecified causes" at skyrocketing numbers since 2020 - StatCan

According to a recent Statistics Canada report, occurrences of "unspecified causes" of death in the country have skyrocketed since 2020. Not only has this number spiked dramatically, but in 2022, it became the 5th leading cause of death in Canada.

The report shows that in 2019, there were 3,378 cases of "unspecified causes" of death. This number more than doubled to 6,841 in 2020, rose to 9,471 in 2021, and then surged to a whopping 16,043 deaths in 2022.

You can review the report at the link below.

https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/en/daily-quotidien/231127/dq231127b-eng.pdf?st=9fUocyB8