Incidence of stillbirths at 24 or more gestational weeks among Inuit, First Nations and non-Aboriginal residents of Quebec, by maternal characteristics and period of data collection
| Characteristic | Inuit | First Nations | Non-Aboriginal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stillbirths | Total births | Rate per 1000 births (95% CI) | Stillbirths | Total births | Rate per 1000 births (95% CI) | Stillbirths | Total births | Rate per 1000 births (95% CI) | |
| Maternal age, yr | |||||||||
| < 20 | 10 | 1 596 | 6.8 (2.5 to 10.8) | 33 | 6 237 | 5.5 (3.7 to 7.3) | 381 | 83 508 | 4.7 (4.2 to 5.2) |
| 20–34 | 29 | 4 948 | 6.2 (4.0 to 8.4) | 108 | 20 174 | 5.4 (4.5 to 6.5) | 5 832 | 1 784 201 | 3.4 (3.3 to 3.5) |
| ≥ 35 | –† | –† | 15.3 (3.1 to 27.4) | 17 | 1 881 | 9.5 (5.1 to 13.8) | 896 | 191 575 | 4.8 (4.5 to 5.1) |
| Education | |||||||||
| No secondary school diploma | 13 | 3 013 | 7.7 (4.8 to 10.5) | 73 | 13 810 | 6.4 (5.0 to 7.8) | 1 087 | 276 671 | 5.2 (4.9 to 5.5) |
| Secondary school diploma | –† | –† | 5.5 (1.3 to 9.6) | 21 | 4 313 | 5.9 (3.4 to 8.3) | 865 | 272 277 | 3.8 (3.6 to 4.1) |
| Postsecondary collegiate | –† | –† | 7.0 (0.0 to 13.9) | 12 | 3 549 | 4.7 (2.6 to 6.9) | 1 652 | 546 524 | 3.8 (3.6 to 3.9) |
| Some university or more | –† | –† | 4.3 (0.0 to 11.7) | –† | –† | 3.4 (1.0–5.8) | 1 933 | 875 633 | 2.9 (2.8 to 3.0) |
| Marital status | |||||||||
| Legally married | –† | –† | 7.4 (3.1 to 11.6) | 52 | 10 161 | 5.6 (4.1 to 7.1) | 3 527 | 1 064 940 | 3.6 (3.5 to 3.7) |
| Not legally married* | 28 | 5 327 | 6.7 (4.5 to 8.9) | 98 | 18 131 | 5.8 (4.7 to 6.9) | 3 264 | 994 150 | 3.6 (3.4 to 3.7) |
| Parity | |||||||||
| 0 | 27 | 2 217 | 13.3 (8.6 to 18.0) | 110 | 9 362 | 12.0 (9.8 to 14.2) | 6 172 | 956 092 | 6.7 (6.5 to 6.9) |
| 1 | –† | –† | 2.7 (0.1 to 5.2) | 12 | 7 210 | 1.7 (0.7 to 2.6) | 574 | 731 739 | 0.8 (0.7 to 0.8) |
| ≥ 2 | 14 | 3 228 | 4.3 (2.0 to 6.5) | 37 | 11 729 | 3.1 (2.1 to 4.1) | 389 | 371 603 | 1.0 (0.9 to 1.1) |
| Study period | |||||||||
| 1981–1989 | 11 | 1 226 | 11.0 (5.3 to 17.0) | 41 | 8 050 | 5.2 (3.7 to 6.8) | 3 067 | 702 071 | 4.6 (4.5 to 4.8) |
| 1990–1999 | 20 | 2 758 | 7.1 (4.0 to 10.3) | 50 | 9 725 | 5.3 (3.9 to 6.7) | 2 329 | 729 414 | 3.3 (3.1 to 3.4) |
| 2000–2009 | 14 | 2 952 | 4.7 (2.3 to 7.2) | 68 | 10 526 | 6.5 (4.9 to 8.0) | 1 739 | 627 949 | 2.8 (2.6 to 2.9) |
| All | 45 | 6 936 | 6.8 (4.9 to 8.8) | 159 | 28 301 | 5.7 (4.8 to 6.6) | 7 135 | 2 059 434 | 3.6 (3.5 to 3.7) |