Table 7-1
Live births, by birth weight and geography — Both sexes

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Both sexes: Part 1


Table summary
This table displays the results of both sexes: part 1. The information is grouped by birth weight (appearing as row headers), place of residence of mother and canada, calculated using canada, newfoundland and labrador, prince edward island, nova scotia, new brunswick, quebec, ontario, number and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Birth weight Place of residence of mother
Canada Newfoundland and Labrador Prince Edward Island Nova Scotia New Brunswick Quebec Ontario
  number
Total 380,863 4,915 1,457 8,989 7,391 88,867 140,370
Less than 500 grams 289 13 1 5 12 97 49
500 to 1,499 grams 3,452 48 29 77 74 687 1,364
500 to 749 grams 650 10 7 16 10 143 240
750 to 999 grams 726 12 6 13 17 163 289
1,000 to 1,249 grams 906 9 6 23 19 164 372
1,250 to 1,499 grams 1,170 17 10 25 28 217 463
1,500 to 2,499 grams 19,552 208 65 440 362 4,375 7,555
1,500 to 1,749 grams 1,705 18 6 41 27 353 635
1,750 to 1,999 grams 2,936 28 10 76 68 639 1,123
2,000 to 2,249 grams 5,129 59 23 105 98 1,155 1,998
2,250 to 2,499 grams 9,782 103 26 218 169 2,228 3,799
2,500 to 4,499 grams 350,643 4,512 1,321 8,279 6,814 82,508 128,981
2,500 to 2,749 grams 19,793 229 54 418 374 4,741 7,559
2,750 to 2,999 grams 39,133 465 128 850 626 9,339 14,920
3,000 to 3,249 grams 64,068 676 231 1,389 1,143 15,523 24,058
3,250 to 3,499 grams 76,578 905 290 1,829 1,439 18,602 27,875
3,500 to 3,749 grams 68,117 864 268 1,628 1,405 16,008 24,795
3,750 to 3,999 grams 46,563 738 181 1,184 1,011 10,691 16,689
4,000 to 4,249 grams 25,055 452 127 622 573 5,355 8,981
4,250 to 4,499 grams 11,336 183 42 359 243 2,249 4,104
4,500 grams or more 6,697 133 36 188 128 1,199 2,396
4,500 to 4,749 grams 4,411 88 21 115 79 818 1,579
4,750 to 4,999 grams 1,572 26 8 54 30 268 560
5,000 to 5,249 grams 500 12 6 10 11 81 174
5,250 to 5,499 grams 148 7 1 4 7 17 58
5,500 grams or more 66 0 0 5 1 15 25
Not stated 230 1 5 0 1 1 25
  percent
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Less than 500 grams 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.0
500 to 1,499 grams 0.9 1.0 2.0 0.9 1.0 0.8 1.0
500 to 749 grams 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2
750 to 999 grams 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2
1,000 to 1,249 grams 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3
1,250 to 1,499 grams 0.3 0.3 0.7 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.3
1,500 to 2,499 grams 5.1 4.2 4.5 4.9 4.9 4.9 5.4
1,500 to 1,749 grams 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.5
1,750 to 1,999 grams 0.8 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 0.7 0.8
2,000 to 2,249 grams 1.3 1.2 1.6 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.4
2,250 to 2,499 grams 2.6 2.1 1.8 2.4 2.3 2.5 2.7
2,500 to 4,499 grams 92.1 91.8 90.7 92.1 92.2 92.8 91.9
2,500 to 2,749 grams 5.2 4.7 3.7 4.7 5.1 5.3 5.4
2,750 to 2,999 grams 10.3 9.5 8.8 9.5 8.5 10.5 10.6
3,000 to 3,249 grams 16.8 13.8 15.9 15.5 15.5 17.5 17.1
3,250 to 3,499 grams 20.1 18.4 19.9 20.3 19.5 20.9 19.9
3,500 to 3,749 grams 17.9 17.6 18.4 18.1 19.0 18.0 17.7
3,750 to 3,999 grams 12.2 15.0 12.4 13.2 13.7 12.0 11.9
4,000 to 4,249 grams 6.6 9.2 8.7 6.9 7.8 6.0 6.4
4,250 to 4,499 grams 3.0 3.7 2.9 4.0 3.3 2.5 2.9
4,500 grams or more 1.8 2.7 2.5 2.1 1.7 1.3 1.7
4,500 to 4,749 grams 1.2 1.8 1.4 1.3 1.1 0.9 1.1
4,750 to 4,999 grams 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.4
5,000 to 5,249 grams 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
5,250 to 5,499 grams 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0
5,500 grams or more 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
Not stated 0.1 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Both sexes: Part 2


Table summary
This table displays the results of both sexes: part 2. The information is grouped by birth weight (appearing as row headers), place of residence of mother and canada, calculated using canada, manitoba, saskat- chewan, alberta, british columbia, yukon, northwest territories, nunavut, unknown, number and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Birth weight Place of residence of mother
Canada Manitoba Saskat-
chewan		 Alberta British Columbia Yukon Northwest Territories Nunavut Unknown
  number
Total 380,863 15,940 14,241 51,722 44,993 383 711 877 7
Less than 500 grams 289 16 12 69 13 2 0 0 0
500 to 1,499 grams 3,452 148 128 548 328 4 7 10 0
500 to 749 grams 650 30 27 105 55 0 4 3 0
750 to 999 grams 726 23 27 109 61 1 2 3 0
1,000 to 1,249 grams 906 38 34 150 89 0 1 1 0
1,250 to 1,499 grams 1,170 57 40 184 123 3 0 3 0
1,500 to 2,499 grams 19,552 708 674 2,951 2,100 20 27 64 3
1,500 to 1,749 grams 1,705 56 60 277 219 1 3 9 0
1,750 to 1,999 grams 2,936 103 115 446 307 3 6 11 1
2,000 to 2,249 grams 5,129 180 167 777 543 4 5 15 0
2,250 to 2,499 grams 9,782 369 332 1,451 1,031 12 13 29 2
2,500 to 4,499 grams 350,643 14,605 13,028 47,340 41,461 351 652 787 4
2,500 to 2,749 grams 19,793 713 670 2,876 2,069 24 17 49 0
2,750 to 2,999 grams 39,133 1,391 1,272 5,501 4,490 27 53 71 0
3,000 to 3,249 grams 64,068 2,413 2,071 8,886 7,367 65 79 165 2
3,250 to 3,499 grams 76,578 3,041 2,647 10,494 9,083 67 127 179 0
3,500 to 3,749 grams 68,117 2,934 2,628 8,998 8,224 83 148 132 2
3,750 to 3,999 grams 46,563 2,237 1,972 6,010 5,599 43 117 91 0
4,000 to 4,249 grams 25,055 1,193 1,206 3,139 3,241 27 70 69 0
4,250 to 4,499 grams 11,336 683 562 1,436 1,388 15 41 31 0
4,500 grams or more 6,697 460 390 813 909 6 24 15 0
4,500 to 4,749 grams 4,411 287 258 546 593 3 11 13 0
4,750 to 4,999 grams 1,572 111 79 197 228 1 9 1 0
5,000 to 5,249 grams 500 43 37 52 69 1 3 1 0
5,250 to 5,499 grams 148 12 11 11 18 1 1 0 0
5,500 grams or more 66 7 5 7 1 0 0 0 0
Not stated 230 3 9 1 182 0 1 1 0
  percent
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Less than 500 grams 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0
500 to 1,499 grams 0.9 0.9 0.9 1.1 0.7 1.0 1.0 1.1 0.0
500 to 749 grams 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.6 0.3 0.0
750 to 999 grams 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.0
1,000 to 1,249 grams 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0
1,250 to 1,499 grams 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.8 0.0 0.3 0.0
1,500 to 2,499 grams 5.1 4.4 4.7 5.7 4.7 5.2 3.8 7.3 42.9
1,500 to 1,749 grams 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.3 0.4 1.0 0.0
1,750 to 1,999 grams 0.8 0.6 0.8 0.9 0.7 0.8 0.8 1.3 14.3
2,000 to 2,249 grams 1.3 1.1 1.2 1.5 1.2 1.0 0.7 1.7 0.0
2,250 to 2,499 grams 2.6 2.3 2.3 2.8 2.3 3.1 1.8 3.3 28.6
2,500 to 4,499 grams 92.1 91.6 91.5 91.5 92.1 91.6 91.7 89.7 57.1
2,500 to 2,749 grams 5.2 4.5 4.7 5.6 4.6 6.3 2.4 5.6 0.0
2,750 to 2,999 grams 10.3 8.7 8.9 10.6 10.0 7.0 7.5 8.1 0.0
3,000 to 3,249 grams 16.8 15.1 14.5 17.2 16.4 17.0 11.1 18.8 28.6
3,250 to 3,499 grams 20.1 19.1 18.6 20.3 20.2 17.5 17.9 20.4 0.0
3,500 to 3,749 grams 17.9 18.4 18.5 17.4 18.3 21.7 20.8 15.1 28.6
3,750 to 3,999 grams 12.2 14.0 13.8 11.6 12.4 11.2 16.5 10.4 0.0
4,000 to 4,249 grams 6.6 7.5 8.5 6.1 7.2 7.0 9.8 7.9 0.0
4,250 to 4,499 grams 3.0 4.3 3.9 2.8 3.1 3.9 5.8 3.5 0.0
4,500 grams or more 1.8 2.9 2.7 1.6 2.0 1.6 3.4 1.7 0.0
4,500 to 4,749 grams 1.2 1.8 1.8 1.1 1.3 0.8 1.5 1.5 0.0
4,750 to 4,999 grams 0.4 0.7 0.6 0.4 0.5 0.3 1.3 0.1 0.0
5,000 to 5,249 grams 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.1 0.0
5,250 to 5,499 grams 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.0
5,500 grams or more 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Not stated 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0
   
   
Note(s):
See "Data quality, concepts and methodology — Explanatory notes for the tables".
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, Canadian Vital Statistics, Birth Database (CANSIM table 102-4509).
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