Hospitalization rate among infants under 1, Canada and the provinces/territories, 2013/2014
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*Hospitalization rate is the number of inpatient hospital discharges per 1,000 population. Hospital discharge is defined as the release of a patient who has stayed at least one night in hospital. It includes deaths in hospital following inpatient care. Same-day discharges are usually excluded.
Source: CICH graphic created using data adapted from Canadian Institute for Health Information (2013/14) and Statistics Canada. Table 051-0001 – Estimates of population, by age group and sex for July 1, Canada, provinces and territories, annual (persons unless otherwise noted). https://apps.cihi.ca/mstrapp/asp/Main.aspx?Server=apmstrextprd_i&project=Quick%20Stats&uid=pce_pub_en&pwd=&evt=2048001&visualizationMode=0&documentID=C6F8B4144B03958E3AE3CAB5DD440EA7 -accessed June 22, 2017.
In Canada there were 62,823 hospital discharges among infants under a year in 2013/14.
The hospitalization rate among infants was 163.3 per 1,000 population.
That varied among provinces and territories.