Early Child Development Collection

Disparities and trends in birth outcomes, perintal and infant mortality in Aboriginal vs. non-Aboriginal populations: A population-based study in Quebec, Canada 1996-2010.

2015

Chen, L., Xiao, L., Auger, N., Torrie, J., Gros-Louis McHugh, N., Zoungrana, H., & Luo, Z.-C.

Description

This article uses data from linked vital events registry databases for singleton births in Quebec 1996-2010 to compare birth outcomes between Indigenous and non-Indigenous populations. Specifically, it reports on measures of preterm birth, small-for-gestational age, large-for-gestational-age, low birth weight, high birth weight, stillbirth, neonatal death, post-neonatal death, perinatal death and infant death.

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Disparities and trends in birth outcomes, perintal and infant mortality in Aboriginal vs. non-Aboriginal populations: A population-based study in Quebec, Canada 1996-2010..

Chen, L., Xiao, L., Auger, N., Torrie, J., Gros-Louis McHugh, N., Zoungrana, H., & Luo, Z.-C. (2015). Disparities and trends in birth outcomes, perintal and infant mortality in Aboriginal vs. non-Aboriginal populations: A population-based study in Quebec, Canada 1996-2010. PLoS One, 10(9), e0138562.