Table 1. Numbers and proportions of live births in birth weight-for-gestational centile categories of the INTERGROWTH -21^st Project standard and the Canadian reference, Canada, 2002–12.

Period/	Live	<3rd		3rd-<10th		10th-<50th			50th-90th		>90th-97th		>97th
Standard or reference	Births	centile		centile		centile			centile		centile		centile
		No.	(%)	No.	(%)	No.	(%)		No.	(%)	No.	(%)	No.	(%)
All live births 2002–12
INTERGROWTH std.	2,753,817	23,885	0.87	71,237	2.59	673,319	24.5		1,329,699	48.3	390,471	14.2	265,206	9.63
Canadian ref.	2,753,815	62,558	2.27	171,810	6.24	1,067,272	38.8		1,142,574	41.5	211,734	7.69	97,867	3.55
All live births 2002–03
INTERGROWTH std.	398,327	3,688	0.82	10,399	2.32	95,176	21.3		190,713	42.6	57,823	12.9	40,528	9.05
Canadian ref.	398,327	9,496	2.12	24,412	5.45	151,233	33.8		166,108	37.1	31,999	7.15	15,079	3.37
All live births 2011–12
INTERGROWTH std.	546,897	4,527	0.83	14,776	2.70	137,918	25.2		265,188	48.5	74,981	13.7	49,507	9.05
Canadian ref.	546,897	12,582	2.30	35,555	6.50	216,866	39.7		223,769	40.9	40,071	7.33	18,054	3.30
Infants affected by maternal hypertensive disorders 2002–12
INTERGROWTH std.	6,217	351	5.65	568	9.14	1,919	30.9		2,188	35.2	638	10.3	553	8.89
Canadian ref.	6,217	579	9.31	867	14.0	2,245	36.1		1,879	30.2	370	5.95	277	4.46
Infants of mothers with gestational diabetes 2002–12
INTERGROWTH std.	24,788	324	1.31	715	2.88	4,769	19.2		9,147	36.9	3,473	14.0	6,360	25.7
Canadian ref.	24,788	686	2.77	1,434	5.79	7,034	28.4		8,640	34.9	2,945	11.9	4,049	16.3
Infants of mothers with pre-existing diabetes 2002–12
INTERGROWTH std.	10,521	99	0.94	199	1.89	1,266	12.0		2,945	28.0	1,605	15.3	4,407	41.9
Canadian ref.	10,521	178	1.69	409	3.89	1,922	18.3		3,230	30.7	1,668	15.9	3,114	29.6
Infants without slow growth/malnutrition or maternal hypertension/diabetes 2002–12
INTERGROWTH std.	2,659,785	10,627	0.39	51,312	1.86	644,779	23.4		1,314,372	47.7	384,735	14.0	253,960	9.22
Canadian ref.	2,659,785	38,554	1.40	147,720	5.36	1,047,779	38.8		1,128,473	41.5	206,751	7.51	90,506	3.29