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A review of Aboriginal infant mortality rates in Canada: Striking and persistent Aboriginal/Non-Aboriginal inequities

2010

Smylie, J., Fell, D., Ohlsson, A., Joint Working Group on First Nations Indian, Inuit, Métis Infant Mortality of the Canadian Perinatal Surveillance System

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This article provides a review of literature on Indigenous infant mortality rates (IMRs) in Canada at the national and provincial/territorial levels. The review highlighted striking and persistent disparities in the IMRs for Status Indians and in communities with a high proportion of Inuit residents compared to the general population.

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A review of Aboriginal infant mortality rates in Canada: Striking and persistent Aboriginal/Non-Aboriginal inequities.

Smylie, J., Fell, D., Ohlsson, A., Joint Working Group on First Nations Indian, Inuit, Métis Infant Mortality of the Canadian Perinatal Surveillance System (2010). A review of Aboriginal infant mortality rates in Canada: Striking and persistent Aboriginal/Non-Aboriginal inequities. Canadian Journal of Public Health, 101(2), 143-8.

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