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2001 Annual Report

TABLE 4

GENERAL SUMMARY OF LIVE BIRTHS, STILLBIRTHS, DEATHS AND
INFANT DEATHS, WITH RATES FOR INCORPORATED URBAN PLACES OF 1,000
POPULATION AND OVER, NOVA SCOTIA, 2001

CITIES, TOWNS, VILLAGES & MUNICIPALITY

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***

Amherst

9,718

90

50

40

9.3

90

100.0%

0

0.0

152

15.6

1

11.1

Antigonish

4,857

64

28

36

13.2

64

100.0%

2

31.3

81

16.7

0

0.0

Bedford

16,603

177

103

74

10.7

177

100.0%

0

0.0

67

4.0

0

0.0

Berwick

2,191

32

14

18

14.6

32

100.0%

0

0.0

66

30.1

0

0.0

Bridgetown

1,000

18

11

7

18.0

18

100.0%

0

0.0

56

56.0

0

0.0

Bridgewater

7,778

85

46

39

10.9

85

100.0%

0

0.0

69

8.9

1

11.8

Canso

1,019

8

5

3

7.9

8

100.0%

0

0.0

13

12.8

0

0.0

Cape Breton RGM

109,641

925

489

436

8.4

924

99.9%

8

8.6

1,163

10.6

5

5.4

Dartmouth

65,975

958

527

431

14.5

956

99.8%

7

7.3

519

7.9

4

4.2

Digby

2,151

43

24

19

20.0

42

97.7%

0

0.0

35

16.3

0

0.0

Halifax

118,095

1,119

553

566

9.5

1,111

99.3%

9

8.0

1,165

9.9

15

13.4

Hantsport

1,248

15

7

8

12.0

15

100.0%

0

0.0

11

8.8

0

0.0

Kentville

5,536

132

76

56

23.8

132

100.0%

0

0.0

99

17.9

0

0.0

Liverpool

3,047

31

16

15

10.2

31

100.0%

0

0.0

57

18.7

0

0.0

Lunenburg

2,511

20

11

9

8.0

20

100.0%

0

0.0

68

27.1

0

0.0

Middleton

1,847

22

15

7

11.9

22

100.0%

0

0.0

35

18.9

0

0.0

New Glasgow

10,060

112

57

55

11.1

112

100.0%

1

8.9

137

13.6

0

0.0

Oxford

1,322

16

8

8

12.1

16

100.0%

0

0.0

16

12.1

0

0.0

Parrsboro

1,596

17

7

10

10.7

17

100.0%

0

0.0

20

12.5

0

0.0

Pictou

4,024

39

20

19

9.7

39

100.0%

0

0.0

78

19.4

0

0.0

Port Hawkesbury

3,775

48

28

20

12.7

48

100.0%

0

0.0

24

6.4

0

0.0

Shelburne

2,040

21

13

8

10.3

21

100.0%

0

0.0

32

15.7

0

0.0

Springhill

4,055

27

17

10

6.7

27

100.0%

0

0.0

49

12.1

0

0.0

Stellarton

4,865

67

29

38

13.8

67

100.0%

0

0.0

51

10.5

0

0.0

Stewiacke

1,489

20

12

8

13.4

20

100.0%

0

0.0

8

5.4

0

0.0

Trenton

3,035

42

19

23

13.8

42

100.0%

0

0.0

19

6.3

0

0.0

Truro

12,264

269

137

132

21.9

269

100.0%

2

7.4

207

16.9

1

3.7

Westville

3,851

38

13

25

9.9

38

100.0%

0

0.0

36

9.3

1

26.3

Windsor

3,933

60

24

36

15.3

60

100.0%

1

16.7

98

24.9

0

0.0

Wolfville

4,194

36

15

21

8.6

36

100.0%

1

27.8

52

12.4

0

0.0

Yarmouth

7,565

117

60

57

15.5

117

100.0%

0

0.0

114

15.1

1

8.5

Total

421,285

4,668

2,434

2,234

11.1

4,656

99.7%

31

6.6

4,597

10.9

29

6.2

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

 

 



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