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1999 Annual Report - Table 8
STILLBIRTHS, INFANT DEATHS, AND MATERNAL DEATHS, WITH RATES
NOVA SCOTIA, 1941-99

YEAR LIVE BIRTHS Stillbirths* Infant Deaths** Maternal Deaths 
NUMBER RATE*** NUMBER RATE*** NUMBER RATE***

1941-45

15,182

387

25.5

870

57.3

40

2.6

1946-50

18,032

358

19.9

760

42.1

21

1.2

1951-55

18,245

336

18.4

585

32.1

12

0.7

1956-60

19,097

304

15.9

559

29.3

9

0.5

1961-65

18,526

256

13.8

505

27.3

7

0.4

1966

15,220

212

13.9

384

25.2

2

0.1

1967

14,312

203

14.2

326

22.8

3

0.2

1968

13,774

151

11.0

296

21.5

6

0.4

1969

13,618

174

12.8

267

19.6

1

0.1

1970

14,159

163

11.5

245

17.3

2

0.1

1971

14,250

139

9.8

265

18.6

7

0.5

1972

13,536

124

9.2

228

16.8

1

0.1

1973

13,289

119

9.0

206

15.5

0

-

1974

12,941

123

9.5

185

14.3

1

0.1

1975

13,119

99

7.5

213

16.2

0

-

1976

12,821

94

7.3

177

13.8

0

-

1977

12,374

79

6.4

143

11.6

1

0.1

1978

12,548

90

7.2

149

11.9

1

0.1

1979

12,406

95

7.7

148

11.9

3

0.2

1980

12,369

89

7.2

135

10.9

0

-

1981

12,079

93

7.7

139

11.5

1

0.1

1982

12,325

87

7.1

105

8.5

0

-

1983

12,401

100

8.1

116

9.4

1

0.1

1984

12,378

83

6.7

97

7.8

0

-

1985

12,450

87

7.0

98

7.9

0

-

1986

12,358

98

7.9

104

8.4

0

-

1987

12,110

98

8.1

90

7.4

1

0.1

1988

12,182

69

5.7

79

6.5

0

-

1989

12,533

108

8.6

73

5.8

0

-

1990

12,870

80

6.2

81

6.3

0

-

1991

12,016

61

5.1

69

5.7

0

-

1992

11,874

85

7.2

71

6.0

0

-

1993

11,568

58

5.0

82

7.1

0

-

1994

11,099

66

5.9

67

6.0

0

-

1995

10,726

82

7.6

52

4.8

0

-

1996

10,573

74

7.0

59

5.6

1

0.1

1997

9,952

68

6.8

44

4.4

0

-

1998

9,448

69

7.3

43

4.6

0

-

1999

9,427

53

5.6

38

4.0

0

-


*Includes only Stillbirths of 20+ weeks gestation
**Exclusive of Stillbirths
***Rate per 1,000 Live Births

The figures given in the foregoing table may be found elsewhere throughout the report; however, they are given together here for ease in comparison of these important statistics.



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