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27 lis 2023 · In 2022, there were 3,165 fetal deaths (stillbirths) in Canada where the fetus was at 20 weeks or more of gestation, resulting in a fetal death rate of 8.9 per 1,000 total births (live births and fetal deaths).
- Frequency: Annual
2024-10-18. Number of live births and fetal deaths...
- Births and stillbirths, 2023
New information on 2023 births and stillbirths is available...
- Frequency: Annual
25 wrz 2024 · 2024-10-18. Number of live births and fetal deaths (stillbirths), by type of birth (single or multiple), 1991 to most recent year.
25 wrz 2024 · New information on 2023 births and stillbirths is available today from the Canadian Vital Statistics: Birth Database and the Canadian Vital Statistics: Stillbirth Database. Canada's fertility rate reaches a new record-low in 2023.
Stillbirth registration requires a medical certificate of the cause of stillbirth to be completed by a physician or coroner. The central Vital Statistics Registry in each province and territory provides data from stillbirth registrations to Statistics Canada.
19 mar 2021 · During most of the twentieth century, Canadian vital records defined stillbirth as “the birth of a fetus, after at least 28 weeks’ pregnancy, which, after complete separation from the mother, does not show any sign of life” (Statistics Canada 2020). Gestational age was based on menstrual dating, with that information typically provided by ...
g Fetal Mortality Rate: This indicator is defined as the number of stillbirths, per 1000 total births (live births and stillbirths). Only fetal deaths where the product of conception has a birth weight of 500 grams or more or the duration of pregnancy is 20 weeks or longer are registered in Canada.
Canada currently define stillbirth as the birth of a fetus at ≥20 weeks’ gestation or with a birth weight ≥500 g, which shows no signs of life at birth (Statistics Canada 2020).
