Table 1.

Fetal and infant mortality rates according to maternal characteristics^a

Characteristics	Total births	Stillbirth		Early neonatal mortality		Late neonatal mortality		Post-neonatal mortality
		n	Rate	n	Rate	n	Rate	n	Rate
Maternal age, years
<20	198 717	1152	5.8	664	3.4	181	0.9	816	4.1
20–24	648 657	2884	4.4	1537	2.4	437	0.7	1568	2.4
25–29	1 061 092	4067	3.8	2113	2.0	546	0.5	1446	1.4
30–34	888 746	3692	4.2	1745	2.0	426	0.5	1045	1.2
≥35	398 784	2297	5.8	1050	2.6	271	0.7	520	1.3
Gestational age, weeks
22–24	6 317	2926	463.2	2360	696.0	175	169.7	95	111.0
25–27	7 224	1423	197.0	929	160.1	248	50.9	259	56.0
28–31	17 317	1844	106.5	678	43.8	149	10.1	206	14.1
32–36	170 864	3217	18.8	1144	6.8	311	1.9	823	5.0
≥37	2 994 274	4682	1.6	1998	0.7	978	0.3	4012	1.3
Legally married
Yes	1 928 507	7562	3.9	3721	1.9	961	0.5	2296	1.2
No	1 158 711	5708	4.9	2861	2.5	769	0.7	2782	2.4
Parity
0	1 383 338	6424	4.6	3201	2.3	813	0.6	1889	1.4
1	1 076 932	3352	3.1	1927	1.8	520	0.5	1709	1.6
≥2	436 564	1823	4.2	1011	2.3	270	0.6	848	2.0
Region
Maritimes	369 204	1705	4.6	814	2.2	209	0.6	574	1.6
Québec	1 169 115	4283	3.7	2455	2.1	646	0.6	1528	1.3
Prairies	997 794	5201	5.2	2610	2.6	704	0.7	2236	2.3
British Columbia	635 822	2760	4.3	1177	1.9	285	0.5	947	1.5
Territories	24 061	143	5.9	53	2.2	17	0.7	110	4.6
Period
1991–1995	1 177 092	5591	4.7	3065	2.6	732	0.6	2478	2.1
1996–2000	1 031 452	4502	4.4	2166	2.1	586	0.6	1650	1.6
2001–2005	987 452	3999	4.0	1878	1.9	543	0.6	1267	1.3
Total	3 195 996	14 092	4.4	7109	2.2	1861	0.6	5395	1.7

^aPer 1000 total births or infant survivors.