Table 1.

Frequency of occurrence of respiratory diagnoses in 11 Canadian cities, 1 January 1986 to 31 December 2000.

City	1996 Census population (× 105)	Asphyxia	Respiratory failure	Dyspnea and respiratory abnormalities	Respiratory distress syndrome	Unspecified birth asphyxia in live born	Other respiratory problems after birth	Pneumonia	All respiratory diagnoses
Calgary	7.68	2	13	209	272	19	270	26	811
Edmonton	6.16	0	9	215	143	53	268	54	742
Halifax	1.80	0	1	46	1	0	14	8	70
Hamilton	2.45	1	6	181	107	4	76	27	402
London	1.25	1	11	82	21	4	110	24	253
Ottawa	9.39	1	14	173	99	26	104	32	449
Saint John	1.02	0	1	57	1	0	12	3	74
Toronto	23.85	9	22	821	789	189	543	212	2,585
Vancouver	18.32	4	30	555	1,510	82	367	111	2,659
Windsor	1.98	2	4	105	22	3	34	21	191
Winnipeg	6.88	0	15	97	21	11	110	96	350
Total		20	126	2,541	2,986	391	1,908	614	8,586

Census data from Statistics Canada 1996.