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Child Health
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- In 2001, children (up to age 19) made up 25.8% of the population in LGL. The
proportion of children in Lanark, at 26.7 % was somewhat higher than in Leeds and
Grenville at 25.1%.
- The infant mortality rate for the period 1997-1999 was 6.3 per 1000 live births,
compared to 5.2 for Ontario1. The LGL rate is somewhat lower than the
average rate for the earlier five year period, 1993 to 1997, of 6.7%2.
- The mortality rate for the age group 1-19 years for the years 1997 to 1999 was
0.23 per 1000 population; the comparable figure for Ontario is 0.171.
- In the years 1993-1997, the leading cause of death among children was injuries
and poisonings accounting for over 60% of all deaths to children. 74% of the injury
related deaths were in the 15-19 age group2.
- The second leading cause in these years was neoplasms, accounting for 11% of
deaths in the 1-19 age group1. From 1993 - 1997, mortality rates for
children age 5-9 and 10-14 in LGL were similar to regional and provincial rates.
However mortality rates in the 1-4 and 15-19 age groups were considerably higher2.
Notes
1 These statistics are from a report of the Health Information Partnership
Eastern Ontario Region, Mortality in Eastern Ontario 1986-1999, September 2003. This
report is available under Reports at
http://www.hip.on.ca.
2 This information is taken from a report of the Health Information
Partnership Eastern Ontario Region, The Health Status of Children and Youth in Eastern
Ontario, Kingston, Ontario March 2002. This report is available under Reports at
http://www.hip.on.ca.
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