Newborns with Normal Weight, based on WHO’s weight-for-age standard by gender, southern Saskatchewan FN newborns living on-reserves, 2010-2012

Notes: WHO has developed standards for assessing the growth and development of children from birth to five years of age. Similar standards have also been set by PHAC under its Canadian Perinatal Surveillance System program. These newborn statistics include both live births and stillbirths.

Source: South Saskatchewan Community Health Nurses, First Nation and Inuit Health Branch (FNIHB), Health Canada

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