A new record linkage for assessing infant mortality rates in Ontario, Canada.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Infant mortality statistics for Canada have routinely omitted Ontario-Canada's most populous province-as a high proportion of Vital Statistics infant death registrations could not be linked with their corresponding Vital Statistics live birth registrations. We assessed the feasibility of linking an alternative source of live birth information with infant death registrations.

Methods

All infant deaths occurring before 365 days of age registered in Ontario's Vital Statistics in 2010-2011 were linked with birth records in the Canadian Institute for Health Information's hospitalization database. Crude birthweight-specific and gestational age-specific infant mortality rates were calculated, and rates examined according to maternal and infant characteristics.

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SUBMITTER: Fell DB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7109219 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature