Published 2 April 2009, doi:10.1136/bmj.b1379
Cite this as: BMJ 2009;338:b1379

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Rates of infant mortality higher among indigenous children in Canada, the US, Australia, and New Zealand

Barbara Kermode-Scott

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Indigenous children in Canada, the United States, Australia, and New Zealand experience higher rates of infant mortality, as well as injury and unintentional death, compared with non-indigenous children, a report has said.

The Indigenous Children’s Health Report: Health Assessment in Action was authored by a group of international researchers based in Canada, the United States, Australia, and New Zealand.

They found health status disparities between indigenous and non-indigenous children (0-12 years old) in all four countries. Infant mortality rates were 1.7 to 4 times higher in indigenous infants than in non-indigenous infants. For instance, in Canada, infant mortality among First Nations, Canada’s indigenous peoples other than Inuit and Métis, is nearly twice the rate in the general Canadian population, and among Inuit is four times higher than in the general population.

Between 1998 and 2006, among Torres Strait Islanders, the indigenous people of the Torres Strait Islands, Queensland, Australia, an . . . [Full text of this article]


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