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Infant mortality rates
| |
1997 |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
| |
Both Sexes |
| Canada |
5.5 |
5.3 |
5.3 |
5.3 |
5.2 |
| Newfoundland |
5.2 |
6.2 |
4.9 |
4.9 |
4.9 |
| Prince Edward Island |
4.4 |
8.0 |
6.6 |
3.5 |
7.2 |
| Nova Scotia |
4.4 |
4.6 |
4.0 |
4.9 |
5.6 |
| New Brunswick |
5.7 |
6.5 |
5.0 |
3.5 |
4.3 |
| Quebec |
5.6 |
5.6 |
4.9 |
4.7 |
4.7 |
| Ontario |
5.5 |
5.0 |
5.4 |
5.6 |
5.4 |
| Manitoba |
7.5 |
6.7 |
8.4 |
6.5 |
7.0 |
| Saskatchewan |
8.9 |
7.1 |
6.3 |
6.8 |
5.5 |
| Alberta |
4.8 |
4.8 |
5.8 |
6.6 |
5.6 |
| British Columbia |
4.7 |
4.2 |
3.8 |
3.7 |
4.1 |
| Yukon Territory |
8.4 |
5.1 |
2.6 |
2.7 |
8.7 |
| Northwest Territories including Nunavut |
13.0 |
12.2 |
10.9 |
18.5 |
13.6 |
| Northwest Territories excluding Nunavut |
6.9 |
17.6 |
12.1 |
8.9 |
4.9 |
| Nunavut |
14.8 |
19.5 |
14.9 |
12.4 |
16.9 |
| Note: The infant mortality rate is calculated as the number of deaths of children less than one year of age per 1,000 live births. |
| Source: Statistics Canada, CANSIM table 102-0030. |
| Last modified: 2004-12-21. |
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