Data table for figure 6

Number and rate of infant mortality and neonatal mortality, Canada, 1926 to 2007
Year Total infant mortality Neonatal mortality Total infant mortality Neonatal mortality
number rate per 1,000
1926 24,401 11,091 101.7 46.2
1927 22,810 10,532 94.6 43.7
1928 22,001 10,349 90.3 42.5
1929 22,518 10,430 93.0 43.1
1930 22,692 10,655 90.6 42.6
1931 21,282 10,262 86.1 41.5
1932 18,110 9,208 74.6 37.9
1933 17,033 8,600 74.1 37.4
1934 16,609 8,100 72.8 35.5
1935 16,553 8,070 72.5 35.3
1936 15,448 7,734 67.8 33.9
1937 17,634 7,833 77.4 34.4
1938 15,239 7,519 64.3 31.7
1939 14,612 7,348 61.4 30.9
1940 14,545 7,557 57.6 29.9
1941 16,120 8,101 61.1 30.7
1942 15,592 7,919 55.4 28.1
1943 16,125 8,741 55.0 29.8
1944 16,547 8,680 56.3 29.5
1945 15,786 8,660 52.5 28.8
1946 16,417 9,399 47.8 27.4
1947 17,234 9,861 46.3 26.5
1948 15,970 9,210 44.4 25.6
1949 15,940 8,828 43.4 24.0
1950 15,480 9,079 41.6 24.4
1951 14,708 8,619 38.6 22.6
1952 15,423 9,164 38.3 22.8
1953 14,885 8,928 35.7 21.4
1954 13,922 8,415 32.0 19.3
1955 13,850 8,552 31.3 19.4
1956 14,369 9,065 32.0 20.2
1957 14,527 9,480 31.1 20.3
1958 14,160 9,055 30.2 19.3
1959 13,575 8,841 28.4 18.5
1960 13,044 8,410 27.3 17.6
1961 12,926 8,564 27.2 18.0
1962 12,940 8,783 27.5 18.7
1963 12,262 8,411 26.3 18.1
1964 11,164 7,831 24.6 17.3
1965 9,863 6,835 23.6 16.3
1966 8,951 6,253 23.1 16.1
1967 8,154 5,628 22.0 15.2
1968 7,571 5,376 20.8 14.8
1969 7,154 5,138 19.4 13.9
1970 7,000 5,017 18.8 13.5
1971 6,357 4,485 17.6 12.4
1972 5,947 4,117 17.1 11.9
1973 5,347 3,692 15.6 10.8
1974 5,211 3,506 15.0 10.1
1975 5,099 3,480 14.2 9.7
1976 4,842 3,290 13.5 9.1
1977 4,508 2,984 12.4 8.2
1978 4,316 2,888 12.0 8.0
1979 3,996 2,972 10.9 8.1
1980 3,870 2,786 10.5 7.5
1981 3,563 2,655 9.6 7.2
1982 3,388 2,506 9.1 6.7
1983 3,182 2,319 8.5 6.2
1984 3,059 2,200 8.1 5.8
1985 2,982 2,169 8.0 5.8
1986 2,938 2,152 7.9 5.8
1987 2,707 1,924 7.3 5.2
1988 2,705 1,939 7.2 5.2
1989 2,795 2,072 7.1 5.3
1990 2,766 2,085 6.8 5.2
1991 2,573 1,856 6.4 4.6
1992 2,431 1,789 6.1 4.5
1993 2,448 1,787 6.3 4.6
1994 2,417 1,816 6.3 4.7
1995 2,321 1,768 6.1 4.7
1996 2,051 1,568 5.6 4.3
1997 1,928 1,513 5.5 4.3
1998 1,811 1,418 5.3 4.1
1999 1,776 1,371 5.3 4.1
2000 1,737 1,333 5.3 4.1
2001 1,740 1,394 5.2 4.2
2002 1,762 1,430 5.4 4.3
2003 1,765 1,455 5.3 4.3
2004 1,776 1,452 5.3 4.3
2005 1,863 1,539 5.4 4.5
2006 1,772 1,436 5.0 4.0
2007 1,881 1,553 5.1 4.2
Notes: Numbers were prorated for unknowns.
Infant mortality refers to deaths of infants aged 0 to 364 days.
Neonatal mortality refers to deaths of infants aged 0 to 27 days.
Source: Statistics Canada, Health Statistics Division, Vital Statistics.
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