A homeless person sleeps on a bench in Philadelphia's Franklin Square Park, July 8, 1997.
Researchers say the homeless live longer on Toronto streets than in U.S. cities.
The average age at death was 46 years. The death rate among New York's homeless men between 25 and 44 years old was 39 percent higher than in Toronto, and 48 percent higher in Boston. Philadelphia's death rate among men ages 35 to 54 was 58 percent higher than Toronto's homeless in that age group. In a range of age groups, Toronto's homeless men were two to eight times more likely to die than the Canadian city's general population. The highest differential was among the youngest homeless, those aged 18 to 24.