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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
Theme
Infant Mortality – Ontario
Organization(s)
University of Western Ontario
Description of project
The purpose of this study was to investigate the variance of the quality of prenatal and postnatal care between regions and over time. Infant deaths were linked to births occurring in 1970 to 1972. Statistics were compared to those from a previous linkage of infant deaths resulting from births in 1978-1979.
Years
Death years: 1970 – 1973 – infant deaths
Birth years: 1970 – 1972
Number of records or individuals for the cohort
6,073 infant deaths (both sexes) linked to approximately 400,000 births
Main investigator(s)
Dr. Carol Buck, University of Western Ontario
Project coordination
Elizabeth Coppock, Occupational and Environmental Health Research Section, Health Statistics Division, Statistics Canada
Project number(s)
1900-056
