Table 5
Mean and median birth weight, by geography

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Mean and median birth weight, by geography


Table summary
This table displays the results of mean and median birth weight. The information is grouped by place of residence of mother (appearing as row headers), birth weight and both sexes, calculated using both sexes, males, females, mean, median and grams units of measure (appearing as column headers).

Place of residence of mother Birth weight
Both sexes Males Females
  MeanNote 1 MedianNote 2 MeanNote 1 MedianNote 2 MeanNote 1 MedianNote 2
  grams
Canada 3,364 3,391 3,421 3,455 3,304 3,330
Newfoundland and Labrador 3,436 3,477 3,487 3,540 3,379 3,410
Prince Edward Island 3,392 3,438 3,419 3,486 3,365 3,398
Nova Scotia 3,404 3,430 3,457 3,487 3,347 3,374
New Brunswick 3,396 3,445 3,454 3,506 3,338 3,380
Quebec 3,349 3,375 3,409 3,440 3,286 3,315
Ontario 3,353 3,380 3,409 3,440 3,293 3,320
Manitoba 3,438 3,458 3,488 3,515 3,386 3,402
Saskatchewan 3,431 3,463 3,495 3,530 3,365 3,400
Alberta 3,333 3,366 3,391 3,430 3,271 3,307
British Columbia 3,394 3,415 3,450 3,476 3,334 3,355
Yukon 3,383 3,438 3,424 3,482 3,336 3,375
Northwest Territories 3,533 3,572 3,593 3,657 3,466 3,487
Nunavut 3,329 3,345 3,340 3,366 3,318 3,334
Unknown 2,891 3,005 2,912 3,005 2,876 2,975
1.
Mean birth weight is calculated for Canada, a province or a territory by summing the first weight of each newborn (obtained immediately after birth) and then dividing the sum by the total number of live births in that jurisdiction.
2.
Median birth weight refers to the middle value birth weight when newborns' birth weight is ranked from lightest to heaviest. In the case of an even number of observations, the median is the arithmetic average of the two middle values.
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, Canadian Vital Statistics, Birth Database (CANSIM table 102-4510).
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