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Table A-3.1
Total deaths and infant deaths, Canada, provinces and territories, 1981 to 2005

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Year N.L. P.E.I. N.S. N.B. Que. Ont. Man. Sask. Alta. B.C. Y.T. N.W.T. Nvt. Canada
  number
Total deaths
1981 3,230 992 6,958 5,139 42,684 62,838 8,648 7,523 12,823 19,857 141 196 171,029
1986 3,540 1,121 7,255 5,458 46,892 67,865 8,911 8,061 13,560 21,213 113 119 116 184,224
1991 3,798 1,188 7,255 5,469 49,121 72,917 8,943 8,098 14,451 23,977 114 135 102 195,569
1996 3,928 1,268 7,751 5,896 52,336 79,099 9,497 8,765 16,391 27,536 120 152 120 212,880
1997 4,318 1,030 8,044 5,944 54,399 79,541 9,511 8,637 16,452 27,412 123 138 120 215,669
1998 4,230 1,207 8,068 6,305 54,181 80,184 9,815 8,905 16,795 27,978 135 146 142 218,091
1999 4,139 1,137 7,640 6,074 54,592 81,393 9,860 9,044 17,206 28,017 135 162 127 219,530
2000 4,339 1,229 7,879 6,088 53,190 81,290 9,891 8,956 17,273 27,460 156 157 130 218,061
2001 4,151 1,160 7,879 6,062 54,194 81,213 9,734 8,740 17,579 28,353 134 163 123 219,537
2002 4,183 1,236 7,997 6,096 55,534 82,234 9,849 8,906 18,234 28,883 147 169 127 223,603
2003 4,281 1,183 8,064 6,257 54,927 84,207 9,867 9,007 18,585 29,320 133 202 134 226,169
2004 4,308 1,223 8,241 6,247 55,624 83,142 9,903 8,844 18,675 29,923 166 153 121 226,584
2005 4,486 1,118 8,273 6,175 55,787 85,591 9,856 8,850 19,288 30,227 164 148 115 230,132
Infant mortality (deaths  of children aged less than 1 year)
1981 98 25 139 114 807 1,073 191 203 452 424 8 28 3,562
1986 65 13 104 81 604 969 157 157 393 355 12 10 18 2,938
1991 56 13 69 58 578 953 111 126 285 298 6 7 13 2,573
1996 38 8 59 40 396 802 104 112 236 237 0 4 15 2,051
1997 28 7 44 45 444 728 110 114 178 210 4 5 11 1,928
1998 31 12 44 51 425 667 97 91 183 183 2 12 13 1,811
1999 25 10 38 38 361 705 120 79 220 160 1 8 11 1,776
2000 24 5 45 26 340 713 91 82 244 150 1 6 9 1,736
2001 23 10 50 31 349 712 98 68 210 168 3 3 12 1,737
2002 21 2 36 27 346 681 98 67 283 183 3 7 8 1,762
2003 23 7 49 29 322 692 111 76 265 170 2 4 15 1,765
2004 23 6 40 30 342 735 97 74 236 175 4 0 12 1,774
2005 28 3 34 28 353 745 94 99 286 183 0 3 7 1,863
Note:  Nunavut is included in the Northwest Territories before 1986.Source:  Statistics Canada, Health Statistics Division.
Table source: Statistics Canada, 2008, Report on the Demographic Situation in Canada: 2005 and 2006, catalogue number 91-209-X.