Text table 4
Infant mortality rate by sex, Canada, provinces and
territories, 2008 and 2009
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| 2008 | 2009 | Difference | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Both sexes | Males | Females | Both sexes | Males | Females | Both sexes | Males | Females | |
| rate | |||||||||
| Canada | 5.1 | 5.5 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 5.1 | 4.7 | -0.2 | -0.4 | 0.1 |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 5.1 | 5.2 | 5.0 | 6.3 | 7.4 | 5.1 | 1.2 | 2.2 | 0.1 |
| Prince Edward Island | 2.0 | 2.7 | 1.4 | 3.4 | 5.5 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 2.8 | 0.0 |
| Nova Scotia | 3.5 | 2.8 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.5 | -0.1 | 0.6 | -0.7 |
| New Brunswick | 3.2 | 4.2 | 2.2 | 5.8 | 5.9 | 5.7 | 2.6 | 1.7 | 3.5 |
| Quebec | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Ontario | 5.3 | 5.9 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 5.3 | 4.7 | -0.3 | -0.6 | 0.0 |
| Manitoba | 6.5 | 6.2 | 6.8 | 6.3 | 6.7 | 5.9 | -0.2 | 0.5 | -0.9 |
| Saskatchewan | 6.2 | 7.8 | 4.6 | 6.7 | 6.8 | 6.7 | 0.5 | -1.0 | 2.1 |
| Alberta | 6.2 | 6.3 | 6.1 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 5.3 | -0.7 | -0.7 | -0.8 |
| British Columbia | 3.7 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 3.9 | -0.1 | -0.8 | 0.5 |
| Yukon | 5.4 | 10.8 | 0.0 | 7.8 | 14.7 | 0.0 | 2.4 | 3.9 | 0.0 |
| Northwest Territories | 9.7 | 19.6 | 0.0 | 15.5 | 10.7 | 20.8 | 5.8 | -8.9 | 20.8 |
| Nunavut | 16.1 | 23.1 | 8.1 | 14.8 | 18.3 | 11.3 | -1.3 | -4.8 | 3.2 |
Note(s):
Infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births.
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, CANSIM table 102-0504.
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