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 | |