Table 1.
Age and cause specific mortality rates (per 1,000 live births) for infant deaths documented in Nunavut by region (n=117; July 1 1999-June 30 2011) and in Canada† (1998–2007)
| |
Nunavut IMR (95% CI)* |
Canada†IMR (95% CI) |
Odds Ratio (95% CI) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qikiqtani | Kivalliq | Kitikmeot | Nunavut | |||
| Live births |
4,859 |
2,817 |
1,539 |
9,215 |
1,065,647 |
|
|
Mortality Rates | ||||||
| Infant death |
10.91 (8.18-14.24) |
13.13 (9.26-18.06) |
16.89 (11.06-24.66) |
12.70 (10.51-15.20) |
5.15 (5.01-5.28) |
2.47 (2.04-2.98) |
| Postneonatal death |
8.23 (5.89-11.19) |
10.65 (7.20-15.17) |
11.70 (6.95-18.42) |
9.66 (7.76-11.87) |
1.39 (1.31-1.46) |
6.96 (5.56-8.64) |
|
Cause of Death | ||||||
| SIDS and SUDI |
5.76 (3.83-8.32) |
5.68 (3.25-9.21) |
7.80 (4.04-13.58) |
6.08 (4.59-7.88) |
0.51 (0.47-0.55) |
11.97 (8.92-15.79) |
| Infection |
2.06 (0.99-3.78) |
3.19 (1.46-6.06) |
3.25 (1.06-7.57) |
2.71 (1.76-4.00) |
0.31 (0.28-0.34) |
8.79 (5.60-13.21) |
| Respiratory |
0.82 (0.22-2.11) |
0.71 (0.09-2.56) |
1.95 (0.40-5.69) |
1.63 (0.91-2.68) |
- |
- |
| H influenza |
0.41 (0.05-1.49) |
0.36 (0.01-1.98) |
1.30 (0.16-4.69) |
0.65 (0.24-1.42) |
- |
- |
| Other |
0.82 (0.22-2.11) |
0.00 (0.00-1.31) |
0.00 (0.00-2.39) |
0.43 (0.12-1.11) |
- |
- |
| Congenital anomalies | 0.41 (0.05-1.49) | 0.36 (0.01-1.98) | 1.30 (0.16-4.69) | 0.54 (0.18-1.27) | 1.19 (1.13-1.26) | 0.46 (0.15-1.07) |
* Crude mortality rates for Nunavut were calculated per 1,000 live births.
† Canadian rates (excluding Ontario) of crude infant and postneonatal mortality were calculated with available 1998–2007 data and cause-specific mortality were calculated with available 2003–2007 data, as reported by the Public Health Agency of Canada in the Perinatal Health Indicators for Canada 2011 report [29].
IMR = infant mortality rate. CI = confidence interval.