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Theme
Organizations
Description of project
Years
Number of records or individuals for the cohort
Main investigator(s)
Project coordination
Project numbers
Publications
Theme
Infant Mortality – Census
Organization(s)
University of Western Ontario
Description of project
The purpose of this study was to take a s ample of live births, stillbirths and infant death certificates and to link them to 1971 census long forms to determine socio-economic factors associated with the family. The study looked also at trends of infant and prenatal mortality by county for 1970 to1972 and 1978 to1979 in Ontario.
Years
Census: 1971
Number of records or individuals for the cohort
250 stillbirths
300 infant deaths
350 live births
Main investigator(s)
Dr. C. Buck, University of Western Ontario
Project coordination
Elizabeth Coppock, Occupational and Environmental Health Research Section, Health Statistics Division, Statistics Canada
Project number(s)
1985-026
Publications
Coppock E. A Report on the Search for Census Data Pertaining to Households Having a Birth Outcome in 1971. Ottawa: Statistics Canada, Health Statistics Division, Occupational and Environmental Health Research Section; 1988 June.
Buck C. A Study of Regional Differences in Prenatal and Infant Mortality in the Province of Ontario. London, Ontario: University of Western Ontario; 1989 Oct. Project 6606-2759-42 Final Report.
