Five Years in the Life Five Years in the Life Five Years in the Life is a Canadian reality television series which aired on CBC Television from 1968 to 1972. The lives of selected Canadian families were profiled in this series with the initial intent to revisit them five years later. However, public interest in the series caused the CBC to revisit featured families more frequently and to profile additional families. Profiled people included an architect, an Inuit artist, a Jamaican immigrant and a lighthouse operator from Newfoundland. The various segments were produced with numerous directors. This half-hour series was broadcast for five seasons as
Life expectancy 71,944 in November 2010 (232 centenarians per million inhabitants). Mental illness is reported to occur in approximately 18% of the average American population. The seriously mentally ill have a 10- to 25-year reduction in life expectancy. The reduction of lifespan has been studied and documented. The greater mortality of people with mental disorders may be due to death from injury, from co-morbid conditions, or from medication side effects. Psychiatric medicines can increase the chance of developing diabetes. Psychiatric medicine can also cause agranulocytosis. Psychiatric medicines also affect the stomach, where the mentally ill have a four times risk of gastrointestinal