Term: Child Mortality / Child Mortality Rate

Glossary Definition

Last Updated: 2020-07-17

Definition:

The death of children aged 1 to 19 years, as reported in the Vital Statistics database. The child mortality rate is the number of deaths in a given year, expressed either per 1000 or 100,000 children in this age group. Because child death is a rare event, child mortality rates are presented by larger geographical regions.

In some MCHP research, the age range for children varies. For example, in Chartier et al. (2016) and Chartier et at. (2020), the age grouping was <= 19 years at time of death.

For more information, see:

• Causes of Child Mortality
  
• Causes of Child Mortality ICD Codes from Child Health Atlas Update - 2008 and
  
• section 10.11 Child Mortality in the 2019 RHA Indicators Atlas

Related concepts 

• Child Health Status Indicators (2001)
• International Classification of Disease (ICD) Coding in MCHP Data
• Mortality Rate Calculation

Related terms 

• Age-Specific Mortality Rate
• Causes of Child Mortality
• Child Health Status Indicators
• Child Morbidity
• ICD-10
• ICD-9
• Infant Mortality
• Infant Mortality Rate
• Injury Mortality
• International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision (ICD-10)
• International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision (ICD-9)
• Mortality Rate

References 

• Brownell M, Martens PJ, Kozyrskyj A, Fergusson P, Lerfald J, Mayer T, Derksen S, Friesen D. Assessing the Health of Children in Manitoba: A Population-Based Study. Winnipeg, MB: Manitoba Centre for Health Policy and Evaluation, 2001. [Report] [Summary] (View)
• Brownell M, De Coster C, Penfold R, Derksen S, Au W, Schultz J, Dahl M. Manitoba Child Health Atlas Update. Winnipeg, MB: Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, 2008. [Report] [Summary] [Additional Materials] (View)

Term used in 

• Brownell M, Chartier M, Santos R, Ekuma O, Au W, Sarkar J, MacWilliam L, Burland E, Koseva I, Guenette W. How are Manitoba's Children Doing? Winnipeg, MB: Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, 2012. [Report] [Summary] [Updates and Errata] [Additional Materials] (View)
• Chartier M, Finlayson G, Prior H, McGowan K, Chen H, de Rocquigny J, Walld R, Gousseau M. Health and Healthcare Utilization of Francophones in Manitoba. Winnipeg, MB: Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, 2012. [Report] [Summary] (View)
• Chartier M, Brownell M, Star L, Murdock N, Campbell R, Phillips-Beck W, Meade C, Au W, Schultz J, Bowes JM, Cochrane B. Our Children, Our Future: The Health and Well-being of First Nations Children in Manitoba. Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, 2020. [Report] [Summary] [Updates and Errata] [Additional Materials] (View)
• Chartier M, Brownell M, MacWilliam L, Valdivia J, Nie Y, Ekuma O, Burchill C, Hu M, Rajotte L, Kulbaba C. The Mental Health of Manitoba's Children. Winnipeg, MB: Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, 2016. [Report] [Summary] [Additional Materials] (View)
• Fransoo R, Mahar A, The Need to Know Team, Anderson A, Prior H, Koseva I, McCulloch S, Jarmasz J, Burchill S. The 2019 RHA Indicators Atlas. Winnipeg, MB: Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, 2019. [Report] [Summary] [Updates and Errata] [Additional Materials] (View)
• Martens PJ, Bartlett J, Burland E, Prior H, Burchill C, Huq S, Romphf L, Sanguins J, Carter S, Bailly A. Profile of Metis Health Status and Healthcare Utilization in Manitoba: A Population-Based Study. Winnipeg, MB: Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, 2010. [Report] [Summary] [Updates and Errata] [Additional Materials] (View)