Infant death rates, Canada, 2008 to 2012
Note: *Infant death rate is the death of a child under one year of age per 1,000 live births.
Source: CICH graphic created using data adapted from Statistics Canada. Table 102-0507 – Infant deaths and mortality rates, by age group, Canada, provinces and territories, annual. http://www5.statcan.gc.ca/cansim/a26?lang=eng&retrLang=eng&id=1020507&&pattern=&stByVal=1&p1=1&p2=-1&tabMode=dataTable&csid= – accessed June 20, 2017.
In 2012, the infant death rate in Canada was 4.8 deaths per 1,000 live births. 1,849 babies under one year old died that year.1
The infant death rate declined from 5.1 in 2008.
1Statistics Canada. Table 102-0507 – Infant deaths and mortality rates, by age group, Canada, provinces and territories, annual. http://www5.statcan.gc.ca/cansim/a26?lang=eng&retrLang=eng&id=1020507&&pattern=&stByVal=1&p1=1&p2=-1&tabMode=dataTable&csid=– accessed June 20, 2017.