Estimates of vital rates for the Canadian Indians, 1960–1970

Bibliographic Data

ID10968482
AuthorsVictor Piché (Université de Montréal, corresponding author), M V George (0000-0002-8591-5765, Statistics Canada)
Year1973
Volume10
Issue3
Pages367-382
Publication date1973-08-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueDemography (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0070-3370 • E-ISSN: 1533-7790
PublisherDuke University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2307/2060845
PMID4786212
OpenAlexW2061282984
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited5

The present paper is an attempt to evaluate the registered data on Canadian Indians collected by the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and to prepare vital rates for 1960–1970 using the adjusted data. A cursory examination of registered data for the purpose of developing various demographic indices and for making future estimates of population indicates certain anomalies that call for a careful appraisal of the data. The main problem is the inconsistency in the reporting of births, due largely to the late registration of births. One plausible reason for late registration may be the increased outward movement of Indians from their reserves. Indirect methods are used to adjust the number of births and infant deaths reported annually since 1960. On the basis of the adjusted data, vital rates for the Canadian Indians are calculated for the period 1960–1970. The crude death rate decreased from 10.9 in 1960 to 7.5 in 1970. The infant mortality rate registered a drastic decline, from 81.5 deaths per 1,000 births in 1960 to 34.9 in 1970. During this same time period the birth rate also declined, from 46.5 to 37.2

Birth rate · Developed country · Geography · Infant mortality · Mortality rate · Population · Population growth · Population statistics · Research methodology · Vital rates · Canadian Identity and History · Demography · Medicine

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