| Characteristic | Region; subregion | p value for comparison between all regions* | p value for NWT v. KTR, KQR, QIR, NK* | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWT | NU | NK | All regions | All regions excluding NWT | ||||||
| Overall | KTR | KQR | QIR | |||||||
| No. of births in 2009 | 711 | 877 | 123 | 263 | 491 | 250 | 1838 | 1127 | - | - |
| No. of admissions for LRTI | 28 | 206 | 41 | 73 | 92 | 114 | 348 | 320 | ||
| Male sex, no. (%) of admissions | 20 (71.4) | 92 (44.7) | 14 (34.1) | 38 (52.0) | 40 (43.5) | 63 (55.3) | 175 (50.3) | 155 (48.4) | 0.02 | 0.02 |
| Age at admission, median (interquartile range), d | 147 (84-168) | 109.5 (53-202) | 168 (65-197) | 82 (44-168) | 90.5 (44-223) | 136 (69-222) | 114.5 (55.8-208) | 114.5 (53-208) | 0.03 | 0.11 |
| Underlying condition, no. (%) of admissions† | ||||||||||
| Any underlying condition | 3 (10.7) | 44 (21.4) | 3 (7.3) | 14 (19.2) | 27 (29.3) | 23 (20.2) | 70 (20.1) | 67 (20.9) | 0.03 | 0.20 |
| < 36 weeks' gestation | 2 (7.1) | 42 (20.4) | 2 (4.9) | 13 (17.8) | 27 (29.3) | 21 (18.4) | 65 (18.7) | 63 (19.7) | 0.006 | 0.10 |
| Cardiac, respiratory | 0 | 7 (3.4) | 1 (2.4) | 1 (1.4) | 5 (5.4) | 7 (6.1) | 14 (4.0) | 14 (4.4) | 0.50 | 0.65 |
| Neurologic, congenital | 1 (3.6) | 2 (1.0) | 0 | 1 (1.4) | 1 (1.1) | 0 | 3 (0.9) | 2 (0.6) | 0.40 | 0.22 |
Note: KQR = Kivalliq Region, KTR = Kitikmeot Region, LRTI = lower respiratory tract infection, NWT = Northwest Territories, NK = Nunavik, NU = Nunavut, QIR = Qikiqtaaluk Region.
*For comparison of proportions across regions, χ2 test was used; for comparison of age, nonparametric test was used; for comparison of admission for lower respiratory tract infection, Poisson regression was used.
†Some infants had more than 1 underlying condition.