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Table 1 Crude infant mortality rates in the provinces and territories of Canada in 1965–69 and changes in infant mortality rates between 1965–69 and 1975–79.

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

Province/Territory*

Crude infant mortality rate

 

in 1965–69 per 1,000 live births (rank)

% change 1975–79 vs 1965–69 (rank)

British Columbia

20.7 (1)

-36.6 (9)

Alberta

20.9 (2)

-39.8 (8)

Manitoba

21.7 (3)

-31.9 (10)

New Brunswick

22.3 (4)

-41.3 (6)

Nova Scotia

22.7 (5)

-42.2 (5)

Quebec

23.5 (6)

-46.7 (3)

Saskatchewan

24.6 (7)

-40.9 (7)

Prince Edward Island

25.7 (8)

-45.1 (4)

Yukon

39.2 (9)

-55.6 (1)

Northwest Territories

64.7 (10)

-53.7 (2)

  1. Spearman's rank correlation coefficient = -0.85, P = 0.002 i.e., provinces with higher infant mortality rates in 1965–69 experienced larger reductions in infant mortality over the next decade and this association was statistically significant.
  2. * The infant mortality in Ontario in 1965–69 was 19.4 per 1,000 live births and this declined by 40.2% between 1965–69 and 1975–79. Inclusion of Ontario data gave essentially the same results (correlation coefficient = -0.84, P = 0.001).
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