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2001 Annual Report

TABLE 3

GENERAL SUMMARY OF LIVE BIRTHS, STILLBIRTHS AND DEATHS BY COUNTY,
WITH RATES, NOVA SCOTIA 2001

COUNTY

POPULATION
(Estimated)

TOTAL
LIVE
BIRTHS

LIVE BIRTHS

LIVE BIRTHS 
IN HOSPITAL

STILLBIRTHS****

DEATHS

DEATHS UNDER
ONE YEAR

MALE

FEMALE

RATE*

TOTAL

PERCENT**

TOTAL

RATE***

TOTAL

RATE*

TOTAL

RATE***

Annapolis

22,389

161

100

61

7.2

159

98.8%

0

0.0

298

13.3

0

0.0

Antigonish

20,262

197

93

104

9.7

197

100.0%

3

15.2

143

7.1

2

10.2

Cape Breton

113,154

925

489

436

8.2

924

99.9%

8

8.6

1,165

10.3

5

5.4

Colchester

51,064

474

249

225

9.3

474

100.0%

2

4.2

419

8.2

1

2.1

Cumberland

33,634

236

122

114

7.0

235

99.6%

0

0.0

355

10.6

1

4.2

Digby

20,625

178

88

90

8.6

176

98.9%

0

0.0

210

10.2

1

5.6

Guysborough

10,017

62

32

30

6.2

62

100.0%

0

0.0

106

10.6

0

0.0

Halifax

370,998

3,873

2,014

1,859

10.4

3,858

99.6%

24

6.2

2,411

6.5

29

7.5

Hants

42,666

390

193

197

9.1

389

99.7%

4

10.3

283

6.6

0

0.0

Inverness

21,080

184

86

98

8.7

184

100.0%

0

0.0

187

8.9

1

5.4

Kings

61,794

593

285

308

9.6

591

99.7%

5

8.4

453

7.3

0

0.0

Lunenburg

49,602

365

187

178

7.4

363

99.5%

1

2.7

484

9.8

1

2.7

Pictou

49,473

448

212

236

9.1

448

100.0%

3

6.7

486

9.8

1

2.2

Queens

12,213

91

50

41

7.5

91

100.0%

0

0.0

148

12.1

0

0.0

Richmond

10,733

89

53

36

8.3

89

100.0%

0

0.0

114

10.6

1

11.2

Shelburne

16,937

139

73

66

8.2

139

100.0%

1

7.2

167

9.9

1

7.2

Victoria

8,477

74

39

35

8.7

74

100.0%

2

27.0

107

12.6

2

27.0

Yarmouth

27,573

278

135

143

10.1

278

100.0%

1

3.6

267

9.7

1

3.6

Total

942,691

8,757

4,500

4,257

9.3

8,731

99.7%

54

6.2

7,803

8.3

47

5.4

* Rate per 1,000 estimated population
** Percent of total live births
*** Rate per 1,000 births
**** Stillbirths 20+ weeks gestation

 

 



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