From: Regional disparities in infant mortality in Canada: a reversal of egalitarian trends
Index | Baseline period | Change to | Spearman's correlation coefficient (rho) | P value |
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Crude infant mortality rate | ||||
1945–49 | 1955–59 | 0.01 | 0.99 | |
1955–59 | 1965–69 | -0.55 | 0.10 | |
1965–69 | 1975–79 | -0.85 | 0.002 | |
1965–69 | 1985–89 | -0.90 | <0.001 | |
1975–79 | 1985–89 | -0.25 | 0.49 | |
1985–89 | 1995–99 | 0.20 | 0.58 | |
1985–89 | 2000–02 | 0.30 | 0.40 | |
1995–99 | 2000–02 | -0.33 | 0.35 | |
Infant mortality rate among live births ≥ 500 g* | ||||
1965–69 | 1975–79 | -0.84 | 0.002 | |
1975–79 | 1985–89 | -0.36 | 0.31 | |
1985–89 | 1995–99 | 0.46 | 0.19 | |
1985–89 | 2000–02 | 0.82 | 0.004 | |
1995–99 | 2000–02 | 0.03 | 0.93 | |
Infant mortality rate among live births ≥ 1,000 g | ||||
1985–89 | 1995–99 | 0.56 | 0.09 | |
1985–89 | 2000–02 | 0.77 | 0.009 | |
1995–99 | 2000–02 | 0.13 | 0.73 |