Causes and risk factors for infant mortality in Nunavut, Canada 1999–2011

• Published in: BMC Pediatrics
• Main Authors: Collins Sorcha A, Surmala Padma, Osborne Geraldine, Greenberg Cheryl, Bathory Laakkuluk, Edmunds-Potvin Sharon, Arbour Laura
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: BMC 2012
• Subjects: Inuit; Nunavut; Aboriginal; Infant mortality; Sudden infant death syndrome; Sudden unexpected death in infancy; Carnitine palmitoyltransferase 1 deficiency; CPT1A P479L variant; Pediatrics; RJ1-570; Northwest Territories; Canada; British Columbia; First Nations; inuit; Alaska
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2431-12-190; https://doaj.org/article/213728beeede41b7b7c7952c968a9ca6

Abstract Background The northern territory Nunavut has Canada’s largest jurisdictional land mass with 33,322 inhabitants, of which 85% self-identify as Inuit. Nunavut has rates of infant mortality, postneonatal mortality and hospitalisation of infants for respiratory infections that greatly exceed t...