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Table 3 Infant mortality rate among live births ≥ 1,000 g in the provinces and territories of Canada in 1985–89 and changes in infant mortality rates between 1985–89 vs 1995–99.

From: Regional disparities in infant mortality in Canada: a reversal of egalitarian trends

Province/Territory*

Infant mortality rate ≥ 1,000 g

 

in 1985–89 per 1,000 live births (rank)

% change 1995–99 vs 1985–89 (rank)

Prince Edward Island

4.6 (1)

-29.6 (7)

Nova Scotia

5.0 (2)

-39.0 (5)

Quebec

5.1 (3)

-39.4 (3)

New Brunswick

5.8 (4)

-41.0 (2)

British Columbia

5.8 (5)

-46.7 (1)

Alberta

6.0 (6)

-39.0 (4)

Manitoba

6.3 (7)

-30.4 (6)

Saskatchewan

6.3 (8)

-13.6 (9)

Yukon

8.7 (9)

-25.3 (8)

Northwest Territories

12.1 (10)

-6.6 (10)

  1. Spearman's rank correlation coefficient = 0.56, P = 0.09 i.e., provinces with higher infant mortality rates among live births ≥ 1,000 g in 1985–89 experienced smaller reductions in infant mortality over the next decade but this association was not statistically significant.
  2. * The infant mortality in Ontario among live births ≥ 1,000 g in 1985–89 was 5.2 per 1,000 live births and this declined by 21.9% between 1985–89 and 1995–99. Inclusion of Ontario data gave a similar result (correlation coefficient = 0.45, P = 0.17).
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