Table 8-2
Live births, by weeks of gestation and geography — Males

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Males: Part 1


Table summary
This table displays the results of males: part 1. The information is grouped by weeks of gestation (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).

Weeks of gestation Place of residence of mother
Canada Newfoundland and Labrador Prince Edward Island Nova Scotia New Brunswick Quebec Ontario
  number
Total 195,445 2,574 732 4,656 3,715 45,621 72,021
42 weeks or more 1,033 11 2 50 11 155 248
37 to 41 weeks 178,391 2,350 651 4,227 3,404 42,082 65,837
37 to 39 weeks 101,565 1,298 366 2,153 1,852 24,445 38,578
40 to 41 weeks 76,826 1,052 285 2,074 1,552 17,637 27,259
Less than 37 weeks 15,821 213 79 379 299 3,384 5,920
28 to 36 weeks 14,977 194 67 359 278 3,182 5,608
28 to 31 weeks 1,371 22 7 38 40 267 497
32 to 33 weeks 1,985 21 9 39 40 401 770
34 to 36 weeks 11,621 151 51 282 198 2,514 4,341
20 to 27 weeks 824 19 12 20 19 193 312
20 to 23 weeks 237 8 3 11 7 65 65
24 to 27 weeks 587 11 9 9 12 128 247
Less than 20 weeks 20 0 0 0 2 9 0
Not stated 200 0 0 0 1 0 16
  percent
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
42 weeks or more 0.5 0.4 0.3 1.1 0.3 0.3 0.3
37 to 41 weeks 91.3 91.3 88.9 90.8 91.6 92.2 91.4
37 to 39 weeks 52.0 50.4 50.0 46.2 49.9 53.6 53.6
40 to 41 weeks 39.3 40.9 38.9 44.5 41.8 38.7 37.8
Less than 37 weeks 8.1 8.3 10.8 8.1 8.0 7.4 8.2
28 to 36 weeks 7.7 7.5 9.2 7.7 7.5 7.0 7.8
28 to 31 weeks 0.7 0.9 1.0 0.8 1.1 0.6 0.7
32 to 33 weeks 1.0 0.8 1.2 0.8 1.1 0.9 1.1
34 to 36 weeks 5.9 5.9 7.0 6.1 5.3 5.5 6.0
20 to 27 weeks 0.4 0.7 1.6 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.4
20 to 23 weeks 0.1 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1
24 to 27 weeks 0.3 0.4 1.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3
Less than 20 weeks 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0
Not stated 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Males: Part 2


Table summary
This table displays the results of males: part 2. The information is grouped by weeks of gestation (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).

Weeks of gestation Place of residence of mother
Canada Manitoba Saskat-
chewan
Alberta British Columbia Yukon Northwest Territories Nunavut Unknown
  number
Total 195,445 8,089 7,236 26,552 23,231 204 375 436 3
42 weeks or more 1,033 238 70 92 144 2 10 0 0
37 to 41 weeks 178,391 7,168 6,601 23,983 21,184 181 338 383 2
37 to 39 weeks 101,565 3,609 3,345 13,542 11,861 87 154 273 2
40 to 41 weeks 76,826 3,559 3,256 10,441 9,323 94 184 110 0
Less than 37 weeks 15,821 682 520 2,477 1,769 21 26 52 0
28 to 36 weeks 14,977 645 502 2,320 1,730 18 24 50 0
28 to 31 weeks 1,371 56 51 214 161 1 2 15 0
32 to 33 weeks 1,985 72 61 335 227 2 2 6 0
34 to 36 weeks 11,621 517 390 1,771 1,342 15 20 29 0
20 to 27 weeks 824 34 17 152 39 3 2 2 0
20 to 23 weeks 237 11 2 57 4 2 1 1 0
24 to 27 weeks 587 23 15 95 35 1 1 1 0
Less than 20 weeks 20 3 1 5 0 0 0 0 0
Not stated 200 1 45 0 134 0 1 1 1
  percent
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
42 weeks or more 0.5 2.9 1.0 0.3 0.6 1.0 2.7 0.0 0.0
37 to 41 weeks 91.3 88.6 91.2 90.3 91.2 88.7 90.1 87.8 66.7
37 to 39 weeks 52.0 44.6 46.2 51.0 51.1 42.6 41.1 62.6 66.7
40 to 41 weeks 39.3 44.0 45.0 39.3 40.1 46.1 49.1 25.2 0.0
Less than 37 weeks 8.1 8.4 7.2 9.3 7.6 10.3 6.9 11.9 0.0
28 to 36 weeks 7.7 8.0 6.9 8.7 7.4 8.8 6.4 11.5 0.0
28 to 31 weeks 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.5 0.5 3.4 0.0
32 to 33 weeks 1.0 0.9 0.8 1.3 1.0 1.0 0.5 1.4 0.0
34 to 36 weeks 5.9 6.4 5.4 6.7 5.8 7.4 5.3 6.7 0.0
20 to 27 weeks 0.4 0.4 0.2 0.6 0.2 1.5 0.5 0.5 0.0
20 to 23 weeks 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.0 1.0 0.3 0.2 0.0
24 to 27 weeks 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.4 0.2 0.5 0.3 0.2 0.0
Less than 20 weeks 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Not stated 0.1 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.3 0.2 33.3
   
   
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, Canadian Vital Statistics, Birth Database (CANSIM table 102-4512).
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