Table 7-3
Live births, by birth weight and geography — Females

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Females: Part 1


Table summary
This table displays the results of females: 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 185,418 2,341 725 4,333 3,676 43,246 68,349
Less than 500 grams 146 6 0 0 6 50 26
500 to 1,499 grams 1,666 22 13 39 34 330 647
500 to 749 grams 331 4 2 9 4 68 119
750 to 999 grams 345 6 3 5 8 71 138
1,000 to 1,249 grams 418 3 4 14 7 75 178
1,250 to 1,499 grams 572 9 4 11 15 116 212
1,500 to 2,499 grams 10,325 102 32 222 200 2,366 4,002
1,500 to 1,749 grams 835 4 5 20 10 166 337
1,750 to 1,999 grams 1,529 17 2 38 31 345 584
2,000 to 2,249 grams 2,669 31 13 49 57 621 1,021
2,250 to 2,499 grams 5,292 50 12 115 102 1,234 2,060
2,500 to 4,499 grams 171,047 2,159 662 4,013 3,400 40,110 62,902
2,500 to 2,749 grams 11,152 124 28 237 196 2,746 4,244
2,750 to 2,999 grams 21,875 248 56 448 358 5,259 8,289
3,000 to 3,249 grams 34,359 366 136 738 649 8,336 12,892
3,250 to 3,499 grams 38,642 471 161 942 756 9,296 13,987
3,500 to 3,749 grams 31,696 397 127 787 692 7,357 11,560
3,750 to 3,999 grams 19,736 323 88 501 433 4,372 7,046
4,000 to 4,249 grams 9,589 164 53 243 226 1,988 3,414
4,250 to 4,499 grams 3,998 66 13 117 90 756 1,470
4,500 grams or more 2,125 51 15 59 36 390 761
4,500 to 4,749 grams 1,408 36 10 38 24 257 507
4,750 to 4,999 grams 501 8 3 14 8 97 176
5,000 to 5,249 grams 157 5 1 4 1 29 54
5,250 to 5,499 grams 42 2 1 1 2 3 17
5,500 grams or more 17 0 0 2 1 4 7
Not stated 109 1 3 0 0 0 11
  percent
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Less than 500 grams 0.1 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.0
500 to 1,499 grams 0.9 0.9 1.8 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.9
500 to 749 grams 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2
750 to 999 grams 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2
1,000 to 1,249 grams 0.2 0.1 0.6 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.3
1,250 to 1,499 grams 0.3 0.4 0.6 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.3
1,500 to 2,499 grams 5.6 4.4 4.4 5.1 5.4 5.5 5.9
1,500 to 1,749 grams 0.5 0.2 0.7 0.5 0.3 0.4 0.5
1,750 to 1,999 grams 0.8 0.7 0.3 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.9
2,000 to 2,249 grams 1.4 1.3 1.8 1.1 1.6 1.4 1.5
2,250 to 2,499 grams 2.9 2.1 1.7 2.7 2.8 2.9 3.0
2,500 to 4,499 grams 92.2 92.2 91.3 92.6 92.5 92.7 92.0
2,500 to 2,749 grams 6.0 5.3 3.9 5.5 5.3 6.3 6.2
2,750 to 2,999 grams 11.8 10.6 7.7 10.3 9.7 12.2 12.1
3,000 to 3,249 grams 18.5 15.6 18.8 17.0 17.7 19.3 18.9
3,250 to 3,499 grams 20.8 20.1 22.2 21.7 20.6 21.5 20.5
3,500 to 3,749 grams 17.1 17.0 17.5 18.2 18.8 17.0 16.9
3,750 to 3,999 grams 10.6 13.8 12.1 11.6 11.8 10.1 10.3
4,000 to 4,249 grams 5.2 7.0 7.3 5.6 6.1 4.6 5.0
4,250 to 4,499 grams 2.2 2.8 1.8 2.7 2.4 1.7 2.2
4,500 grams or more 1.1 2.2 2.1 1.4 1.0 0.9 1.1
4,500 to 4,749 grams 0.8 1.5 1.4 0.9 0.7 0.6 0.7
4,750 to 4,999 grams 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.3
5,000 to 5,249 grams 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Not stated 0.1 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Females: Part 2


Table summary
This table displays the results of females: 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 185,418 7,851 7,005 25,170 21,762 179 336 441 4
Less than 500 grams 146 7 8 36 7 0 0 0 0
500 to 1,499 grams 1,666 76 63 275 157 3 3 4 0
500 to 749 grams 331 19 15 57 32 0 1 1 0
750 to 999 grams 345 8 14 60 29 0 2 1 0
1,000 to 1,249 grams 418 18 15 68 36 0 0 0 0
1,250 to 1,499 grams 572 31 19 90 60 3 0 2 0
1,500 to 2,499 grams 10,325 362 358 1,547 1,077 9 15 31 2
1,500 to 1,749 grams 835 23 32 132 99 1 2 4 0
1,750 to 1,999 grams 1,529 55 58 226 161 1 4 6 1
2,000 to 2,249 grams 2,669 99 89 404 276 2 1 6 0
2,250 to 2,499 grams 5,292 185 179 785 541 5 8 15 1
2,500 to 4,499 grams 171,047 7,256 6,447 23,058 20,163 165 308 402 2
2,500 to 2,749 grams 11,152 381 370 1,645 1,133 12 11 25 0
2,750 to 2,999 grams 21,875 775 747 3,105 2,507 14 28 41 0
3,000 to 3,249 grams 34,359 1,304 1,116 4,714 3,951 29 45 83 0
3,250 to 3,499 grams 38,642 1,587 1,380 5,241 4,624 37 68 92 0
3,500 to 3,749 grams 31,696 1,393 1,267 4,121 3,814 44 66 69 2
3,750 to 3,999 grams 19,736 1,040 896 2,543 2,391 19 41 43 0
4,000 to 4,249 grams 9,589 504 476 1,178 1,270 5 31 37 0
4,250 to 4,499 grams 3,998 272 195 511 473 5 18 12 0
4,500 grams or more 2,125 148 125 253 272 2 9 4 0
4,500 to 4,749 grams 1,408 90 78 172 185 1 6 4 0
4,750 to 4,999 grams 501 39 30 61 63 0 2 0 0
5,000 to 5,249 grams 157 15 11 17 18 1 1 0 0
5,250 to 5,499 grams 42 4 4 2 6 0 0 0 0
5,500 grams or more 17 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0
Not stated 109 2 4 1 86 0 1 0 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 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
500 to 1,499 grams 0.9 1.0 0.9 1.1 0.7 1.7 0.9 0.9 0.0
500 to 749 grams 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.3 0.2 0.0
750 to 999 grams 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.6 0.2 0.0
1,000 to 1,249 grams 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1,250 to 1,499 grams 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.3 1.7 0.0 0.5 0.0
1,500 to 2,499 grams 5.6 4.6 5.1 6.1 4.9 5.0 4.5 7.0 50.0
1,500 to 1,749 grams 0.5 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.9 0.0
1,750 to 1,999 grams 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.9 0.7 0.6 1.2 1.4 25.0
2,000 to 2,249 grams 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.6 1.3 1.1 0.3 1.4 0.0
2,250 to 2,499 grams 2.9 2.4 2.6 3.1 2.5 2.8 2.4 3.4 25.0
2,500 to 4,499 grams 92.2 92.4 92.0 91.6 92.7 92.2 91.7 91.2 50.0
2,500 to 2,749 grams 6.0 4.9 5.3 6.5 5.2 6.7 3.3 5.7 0.0
2,750 to 2,999 grams 11.8 9.9 10.7 12.3 11.5 7.8 8.3 9.3 0.0
3,000 to 3,249 grams 18.5 16.6 15.9 18.7 18.2 16.2 13.4 18.8 0.0
3,250 to 3,499 grams 20.8 20.2 19.7 20.8 21.2 20.7 20.2 20.9 0.0
3,500 to 3,749 grams 17.1 17.7 18.1 16.4 17.5 24.6 19.6 15.6 50.0
3,750 to 3,999 grams 10.6 13.2 12.8 10.1 11.0 10.6 12.2 9.8 0.0
4,000 to 4,249 grams 5.2 6.4 6.8 4.7 5.8 2.8 9.2 8.4 0.0
4,250 to 4,499 grams 2.2 3.5 2.8 2.0 2.2 2.8 5.4 2.7 0.0
4,500 grams or more 1.1 1.9 1.8 1.0 1.2 1.1 2.7 0.9 0.0
4,500 to 4,749 grams 0.8 1.1 1.1 0.7 0.9 0.6 1.8 0.9 0.0
4,750 to 4,999 grams 0.3 0.5 0.4 0.2 0.3 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.0
5,000 to 5,249 grams 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.6 0.3 0.0 0.0
5,250 to 5,499 grams 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 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 0.3 0.0 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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