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Winter flu deaths and same sex unions drive 2017 population trends

This content was published on Jun 28, 2018 An overall uptick in deaths in 2017 reflects a higher than normal fatality rate among seniors due to the winter flu epidemic. This will have a one-off effect on life expectancy, but does not compromise a longer-term upward trend, the FSO noted. In 2017, same-sex unions also went up significantly: nearly 800 same-sex couples chose…