Death of a child, adolescent or young adult between ages 1 and 24 years in relation to the child’s mother’s world region of origin, relative to Canadian-born women/long-term residents
| Maternal world region of origin | Number of deaths (incidence rate per 100 000 person-years) | HR (95% CI) | |
| Unadjusted | Adjusted*† | ||
| Canada/long-term resident (n=2 111 160) | 4696 (15.4) | 1.00 (referent) | 1.00 (referent) |
| Sub-Saharan Africa (n=53 171) | 106 (16.0) | 1.11 (0.92 to 1.35) | 0.98 (0.81 to 1.19) |
| Caribbean (n=43 803) | 87 (14.7) | 1.00 (0.81 to 1.24) | 0.89 (0.73 to 1.10) |
| Middle East/North Africa (n=65 942) | 90 (12.2) | 0.88 (0.71 to 1.09) | 0.89 (0.72 to 1.10) |
| South Asia (n=191 263) | 262 (12.0) | 0.88 (0.77 to 1.00) | 0.87 (0.76 to 0.99) |
| Hispanic America (n=54 080) | 77 (11.3) | 0.78 (0.62 to 0.98) | 0.79 (0.63 to 0.98) |
| Western Nations/Europe (n=110 636) | 143 (10.2) | 0.70 (0.59 to 0.83) | 0.73 (0.62 to 0.86) |
| East Asia/Pacific (n=158 250) | 189 (10.1) | 0.71 (0.62 to 0.83) | 0.78 (0.67 to 0.90) |
This analysis was restricted to children residing in an urban area at age 366 days after birth.
*Adjusted for maternal age and liveborn parity at the child’s birth, and the child’s year of birth, sex, preterm birth <37 weeks’ gestation, a congenital or chromosomal anomaly diagnosed before age 1 year and time-varying residential income quintile and rurality.
†170 participants had missing information about maternal world region of origin. They were assigned to the Canada/long-term resident category.