title: Stillbirth rates among Haitians in Canada.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Data on cultural groups at risk of stillbirth in high-income countries are scarce. We sought to determine disparities in stillbirth by gestational age for Haitian vs. non-Haitian Canadians.
  
  
  METHODS
  We used data on 10,287 stillbirths and 2,482,364 livebirths from 1981-2010 in the province of Quebec, Canada. Stillbirth rates for Haitians were compared with non-Haitians using fetuses at risk denominators, and Cox proportional hazards regression models with gestational age as the time scale.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Stillbirth rates were much higher for Haitians than non-Haitians during the study period (7.2 vs. 3.9 per 1000 total births). Disparities between Haitians and non-Haitians were largest at 32-36 weeks of gestation [hazard ratio 2.22, 95% confidence interval 1.61, 3.07].
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Stillbirth rates in Haitian Canadians giving birth in Quebec are exceptionally high. Disparities were greatest during the late preterm period.
authors.affiliation: Institut national de santé publique du Québec, Montreal, QC, Canada; Research Centre of the University of Montreal Hospital Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada.
authors.forename: Nathalie
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Auger
authors.forename: Léa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Vecchiato
authors.forename: Ashley I
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Naimi
authors.forename: André
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Costopoulos
authors.forename: William D
authors.initials: WD
authors.lastname: Fraser
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D005865:Gestational Age; D006205:Haiti / Q000208:ethnology; D006801:Humans; D050498:Live Birth / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology*; D016015:Logistic Models; D017533:Marital Status; D011247:Pregnancy; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D016016:Proportional Hazards Models; D011792:Quebec / Q000453:epidemiology; D050497:Stillbirth / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Blacks; Haiti; fetal death; gestational age; stillbirth