Table 1
Characteristics of births, stillbirths and infant deaths, Quebec, 1989 to 2008
Characteristic | Live birthsNote † | Stillbirths | Infant deaths | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | |
Total | 1,620,270 | 5,560 | 8,100 | |||
Type of community (shared postal codes included with First Nations) | ||||||
First Nations reserve | 16,240 | 1.0 | 90 | 1.6 | 100 | 1.2 |
Cree or Naskapi | 6,860 | 0.4 | 30 | 0.5 | 80 | 1.0 |
Inuit | 5,350 | 0.3 | 30 | 0.5 | 100 | 1.2 |
Non-Aboriginal | 1,591,820 | 98.2 | 5,400 | 97.1 | 7,820 | 96.5 |
Type of community (shared postal codes included with non-Aboriginal) | ||||||
First Nations reserve | 12,170 | 0.8 | 70 | 1.3 | 80 | 1.0 |
Cree or Naskapi | 6,860 | 0.4 | 30 | 0.5 | 80 | 1.0 |
Inuit | 5,350 | 0.3 | 30 | 0.5 | 100 | 1.2 |
Non-Aboriginal | 1,595,890 | 98.5 | 5,420 | 97.5 | 7,850 | 96.9 |
Mothers' age | ||||||
19 or younger | 65,140 | 4.0 | 300 | 5.4 | 560 | 6.9 |
20 to 34 | 1,358,790 | 83.9 | 4,290 | 77.2 | 6,400 | 79.0 |
35 or older | 196,000 | 12.1 | 950 | 17.1 | 1,140 | 14.1 |
Mothers, education | ||||||
9 years or less | 98,580 | 6.1 | 400 | 7.2 | 750 | 9.3 |
10 to 12 years | 510,680 | 31.5 | 1,520 | 27.3 | 2,780 | 34.3 |
13 years or more | 831,080 | 51.3 | 2,160 | 38.8 | 3,330 | 41.1 |
Unknown | 179,940 | 11.1 | 1,470 | 26.4 | 1,240 | 15.3 |
Birth | ||||||
Single | 1,580,670 | 97.6 | 5,180 | 93.2 | 7,010 | 86.5 |
Multiple | 39,600 | 2.4 | 380 | 6.8 | 1,090 | 13.5 |
North-South gradient | ||||||
North | 10,690 | 0.7 | 60 | 1.1 | 160 | 2.0 |
Northern transition | 9,700 | 0.6 | 40 | 0.7 | 70 | 0.9 |
Southern transition | 133,630 | 8.2 | 440 | 7.9 | 750 | 9.3 |
South | 1,466,250 | 90.5 | 5,010 | 90.1 | 7,130 | 88.0 |
Size of community and metropolitan influence | ||||||
1,500,000 or more | 813,900 | 50.2 | 2,830 | 50.9 | 3,860 | 47.7 |
500,000 to 1,499,999 | 203,150 | 12.5 | 630 | 11.3 | 950 | 11.7 |
100,000 to 499,999 | 98,850 | 6.1 | 310 | 5.6 | 550 | 6.8 |
10,000 to 99,999 | 184,120 | 11.4 | 640 | 11.5 | 900 | 11.1 |
10,000 or less (strong metropolitan influence) | 86,400 | 5.3 | 300 | 5.4 | 430 | 5.3 |
10,000 or less (moderate metropolitan influence) | 142,450 | 8.8 | 480 | 8.6 | 760 | 9.4 |
10,000 or less (weak metropolitan influence) | 91,410 | 5.6 | 360 | 6.5 | 640 | 7.9 |
Period | ||||||
1989 to 1993 | 444,280 | 27.4 | 1,320 | 23.7 | 2,540 | 31.4 |
1994 to 1998 | 408,010 | 25.2 | 1,550 | 27.9 | 2,100 | 25.9 |
1999 to 2003 | 364,220 | 22.5 | 1,270 | 22.8 | 1,620 | 20.0 |
2004 to 2008 | 403,760 | 24.9 | 1,410 | 25.4 | 1,840 | 22.7 |
Source: Infant Birth-Death Linked File, 1989 to 2008. |
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