T he r eader ’

Stillbirth Rates, Infant Death Rates, 
and Maternal Death Rates - Nova 
Scotia, 1966 - 1999
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1966
1969
1972
1975
1978
1981
1984
1987
1990
1993
1996
1999
Stillbirths
Infant Deaths
Maternal
Deaths
[“Vital Statistics 1997 Annual Report.” Internet address: http://www.gov.ns.ca] 
13. What is the symbol for stillbirths?
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14. How many years are represented on the graph?
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15. In what year did the study end?
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16. What is indicated in the final analysis (1997) for the three categories 
being 
studied? 
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17. Which category had the highest death incidence in 1942? 
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104 Chapter 21, Reading Graphs 
In the next chart the figures represent fatally injured drivers (not passengers) who had been 
drinking as well as drivers who were impaired in the province of Ontario, Canada. Study the 
chart and then respond to the True-False questions which follow. 
 
Year Total 
1980 345 
1981 308 
1982 295 
1983 339 
1984 287 
*
Source
: These statistics were developed by the Traffic Injury Research Foundation (TIRF) for the Ontario 
Drinking/Driving Countermeasures Office (1980-1995) and the Ministry of Transportation of Ontario (1996). All 
traffic crashes are crashes reported by police to MTO, under the Highway Traffic Act. 
Note 1
:
 
Areas shown in gray represent the summer months when impaired driving facilities are at a high. 
Note 2
: Areas marked in bold represent those months with the highest impaired driving fatalities.
1985 266 
1986 277