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Maternal Deaths and Fetal and Infant Outcome Study in Canada: Feasibility of the Use of the Indian Registries Population
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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 – Indians
Organization(s)
Health Canada
Description of project
The purpose of this feasibility project was to determine whether it was possible to identify maternal deaths and infant outcomes of registered Indians to help monitor and analyze health determinations and outcomes.
Years
Birth years: 1985 – 1995
Number of records or individuals for the cohort
203,000 women born 1937
– 1982
(700 from 1987
– 1993 who died within 1 year of giving birth)
60,000 infants born 1985
– 1995
Main investigator(s)
Dr. Linda Bartlett, Health Canada
Project coordination
Martha Fair and Hélène Aylwin, Occupational and Environmental Health Research Section, Health Statistics Division, Statistics Canada
Project number(s)
1998-009
