Some Canadian data on infant mortality by socio-economic group Excerpted from “Socioeconomic...
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Some Canadian data on infant mortality by socio-economic group Excerpted from “Socioeconomic inequality in health outcomes”, presentation by R. Wilkins, Statistics Canada, September 2003
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Some Canadian data on infant mortality by socio-economic
group
Excerpted from “Socioeconomic inequality in health outcomes”, presentation by R. Wilkins,
Statistics Canada, September 2003
Cumulative fetal and infant mortality by weeks since beginning of pregnancy, by maternal
education, Québec, 1990-91
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
16 21 26 31 36 41 46 51 56 61 66 71 76 81
0-10 yrseducation
11 yrs
12-13 yrs
14+ yrs
Weeks since beginning of pregnancy
Per 1000 total births
Mortality rates by maternal language Québec births, 1985-1997
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5
10
15
20
25
French English Inuit NA Ind Other
Maternal language
Stillbirth
Infant
Post-neonatal
Source: Luo et al, pregnancy outcomes among aboriginal women in Quebec
per 1000
Infant Mortality by quintiles of wealth, Canada 1971 - 1996
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4
6
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10
12
14
16
18
20
1971 1976 1981 1986 1991 1996
Q1 - Richest
Q2
Q3
Q4
Q5 - Poorest
per 1,000
Diminishing Disparities in Infant Mortality, Canada 1971 - 1996
Poor-Rich Total-RichExcess
YearRD RR RD RR Deaths
• 19719.8 1.97 4.8 1.47 2028
• 19864.8 1.82 1.7 1.29 666
• 19912.9 1.64 1.3 1.29 577
• 19962.6 1.67 1.3 1.33 513RD = difference in infant mortality rates between rich and poor; RR = ratio of mortality rates, poor : rich;Excess deaths = number of deaths that would have been avoided had death rates for rich applied to all deaths
