Table 2
Rate of adverse birth outcomes, by Indigenous identity, singleton births, Canada, 2004 through 2006

Table 2
Rate of adverse birth outcomes, by Indigenous identity, singleton births, Canada, 2004 through 2006
Table summary
This table displays the results of Rate of adverse birth outcomes. The information is grouped by Adverse birth outcome (appearing as row headers), Non-Indigenous, Indigenous, p-value, First Nations, Métis, Inuit, Rate and 95% confidence interval, calculated using from and to units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Adverse birth outcome	Non-Indigenous			Indigenous			p-value^Note **	First Nations			Métis			Inuit			p-value^{Table 2 Note †}
	Rate	95% confidence interval		Rate	95% confidence interval			Rate	95% confidence interval		Rate	95% confidence interval		Rate	95% confidence interval
	Rate	from	to	Rate	from	to		Rate	from	to	Rate	from	to	Rate	from	to
Preterm birth (per 100)	6.7	6.6	6.9	8.7	8.1	9.3	< 0.01	9.0	8.2	9.7	7.6	6.3	8.9	11.4	9.7	13.1	< 0.01
Small-for-gestational-age birth (per 100)	8.6	8.5	8.8	6.6	6.0	7.1	< 0.01	5.8	5.2	6.3	8.3	6.8	9.7	8.0	6.3	9.7	< 0.01
Large-for-gestational-age birth (per 100)	10.6	10.5	10.8	18.8	18.1	19.6	< 0.01	20.9	19.9	21.8	14.4	12.7	16.1	15.6	13.5	17.7	< 0.01
Stillbirth (per 1,000)	5.6	5.3	5.8	9.0	7.0	11.0	< 0.01	10.4	7.8	12.9	5.7	1.8	9.5	9.7	5.0	14.4	0.01
Infant death (per 1,000 live births)	4.4	4.2	4.7	9.6	7.8	11.5	< 0.01	9.2	7.5	11.3	10.5	7.1	15.5	12.3	9.9	15.2	0.52
Neonatal death (per 1,000 live births)	3.4	3.1	3.6	4.9	3.5	6.3	< 0.01	4.4	3.4	5.8	7.5	4.6	12.3	7.2	5.4	9.7	0.04
Postneonatal death (per 1,000 surviving births)	1.1	0.9	1.3	4.8	3.4	6.1	< 0.01	4.8	3.6	6.4	3.1	1.5	6.1	5.1	4.0	6.4	0.29
Note from chi-square tests for comparison of Non-Indigenous versus Indigenous population Return to note referrer Note † from chi-square tests for overall comparison of three Indigenous populations Return to note † referrer Source: 2006 Canadian Birth-Census Cohort database.

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