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. 1982 Feb 15;126(4):373–376.

Recent trends in neonatal mortality: the Canadian experience.

K S Lee, L M Gartner, N Paneth, L Tyler
PMCID: PMC1862873  PMID: 7066794

Abstract

In Canada between 1958 and 1977 the neonatal mortality dropped by more than 50%. the decline was most prominent from 1963 and was almost entirely due to an improvement in neonatal birthweight-specific mortality, which suggests an improvement in perinatal medical care. The timing and pattern of the decline are similar to those reported for the United States. There was a transient increase in the incidence of low and very low birthweight in both countries in the late 1960s. The cause of this increase remains unexplained.

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