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Statistical Material and Charts

 

Last revised:
23 August 2000


Maternal Death Rate, Five Year Average, 1921-1990. Canada, Québec and Ontario.

Period

Canada

Québec

Ontario

1921-1925

501.8

388.6

540.2

1926-1930

564

523.6

578.4

1931-1935

499

513.4

530.2

1936-1940

460.8

511.6

453.8

1941-1945

292.4

327.6

254.0

1946-1950

150

197.0

123.6

1951-1955

85.2

116.6

65.4

1956-1960

54.4

75

42.4

1961-1965

36.8

47

37.2

1966-1970

25.4

36.4

20.4

1971-1975

12.4

15.8

10.8

1976-1980

6.6

5.2

7.8

1981-1985

4.0

1.8

5.4

1986-1990

3.6

4.8

2.6

The maternal death rate is calculated from the number of mothers that died in childbirth. The rate is based on 100,000 live births

Source: Selected Mortality Statistics, Canada, 1921-1990, Statistics Canada, Catalogue 82-548, pp 100-101

Copyright 2000 Claude Bélanger, Marianopolis College