Figure 1 Infantmortalityrateshigher among FirstNationsInfantdeaths, per 1000 live birthsFirstNations, rural Non-FirstNations, rural FirstNations, urban Non-FirstNations, urban ... In addition, infantmortalityrates were more than twice as high among FirstNations as non-FirstNations people. Postneonatal mortalityrates were 3.6 times as high (Figure 1).
Nationsinfantmortalityrate has been declining steadily since the mid 1980s. Historically, infantmortality in FirstNations has been higher than in the general ... Source: OECD Health Data 2002 Canada has one of the best infantmortalityrates ... FirstNations Canada Break in data from 1994 to 1998
Infantmortalityrateshigher among FirstNations ... Figure 1: Infantmortalityhigher among FirstNations ... In addition, infantmortalityrates were more than twice as high among FirstNations as non-FirstNations people. Post-neonatal mortalityrates were 3.6 times as high
(Table 2, Fig. 1). The higherrates of fetal and infantmortality in more remote ... Community Remoteness and FirstNations Birth Outcomes Table 2. Crude Rates of Adverse Birth Outcomes and InfantMortality among FirstNations by Community ... Preterm birth rates were progressively lower, but fetal and infantmortality
Intentional Rate per Cases Suicide: Hanging Homicide: Strangulation Beating Total Selected Cause-Specific Mortality – FirstNationsChildrenChild Health Standards Committee Annual Report 2001 and 2002 ... Rate/1000 Live BirthsFirst N ations on-First N ations N ear Y
Graph - NationalInfantMortalityRates: Canadian and FirstNations ... Nationally, the rate of neonatal death among FirstNations has decreased markedly since 1979 and is now close to the national average. By contrast, the FirstNations post-neonatal mortalityrate, while it has shown some improvement, remains ... Infantmortalityrates are often broken down into two smaller time intervals
InfantMortalityRates, Canada and FirstNations On-Reserve, Highlights Since 1979, there has been a steady decline in infantmortalityrates for FirstNations ... in infantmortalityrates for FirstNations on-reserve compared to a decline of 47
Table 4: Infantdeaths in the first year, selected European countries (Deaths per 1000 live births) W. EUROPE Belgium France Germany Sweden Switzerland U.K S. EUROPE Greece Italy Portugal Spain E.EUROPE Bulgaria Czechoslovakia Hungary Poland Source ... and the baby was higher in the birth order, both of which are associated with lower infantmortality. Secondly, the fall in infant (and child) mortality was related to policy ... the reason why infantmortality why the infantmortality performance of eastern European
Section 2 - Health 2.4 InfantMortalityRates Highlights ? Since 1979, there has been a steady decline in InfantMortalityrates for FirstNations On-reserve ... Mortalityrates for FirstNations On-reserve compared to a decline of 51 percent ... Deaths per 1, 000 live birthsFirstNations Canada
This year the National Preventative Health Taskforce has also issued a report on lifestyle issues affecting the nation’s health. Taking Preventative Action – A Response to Australia: the Healthiest Country by 2020 lists the issues of concern: