Perinatal mortality rate at the R.W. Large Hospital* from 1960 to the end of 1999 compared with national rates†: Perinatal mortality rate was calculated per 1000 deliveries.
YEAR
PERINATAL MORTALITY RATE
BELLA BELLA
CANADA
1960s
19.2
22–27
1970s
10.7
11–22
1980s
6.5
9–11
1990s
6.4
6–9
↵* Neonatal death at birth (stillbirth) or in the hours following birth, as recorded in the delivery record.
↵† Neonatal death in the first week of life, or stillbirth at 28 weeks or more gestational age, as reported by the Canadian Institute for Health Information.37