Northern obstetrics: a 5-year review of delivery among Inuit women.

• Main Authors: Lessard, P, Kinloch, D
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1987
• Subjects: Research Article; Canada; Northwest Territories; Stanton; Yellowknife; inuit
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1267424; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3676945

There are over 18,000 Inuit in the Northwest Territories. As a group they have the highest birth rate, the lowest cesarean section rate and one of the highest perinatal death rates in Canada. We reviewed the obstetric experience of 512 Inuit women who either gave birth at Stanton Yellowknife Hospita...