LIVE BIRTH RATE
(2011)
DURHAM REGION
Lake Simcoe
by Health Neighbourhood
Number of
Neighbourhoods
Birth Rate
per 1,000
BROCK
4.5 to 8.5
(15)
8.9 to 9.7
(11)
9.8 to 11.4
(10)
12.0 to 14.4
(8)
14.5 to 22.7
(6)
Health Neighbourhood
Boundaries
UXBRIDGE
L
SCUGOG
L
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La ugo
Sc
L
L
0
2.5
5
10
Kilometers
PICKERING
H
L
OSHAWA
H
CLARINGTON
WHITBY
H
L
AJAX
H
L
L
H
L
L
L
H
L
H
L
H
H
H
L
L
H
Lake Ontario
Source: Hospital In-Patient Discharges, Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, intelliHEALTH ONTARIO, tabulated by the Durham Region Health Department
H - Neighbourhood value significantly higher than Durham Region, L - Neighbourhood value significantly lower than Durham Region.
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Live Birth Rate (2011)
Table 1: Health Neighbourhoods Indicator Summary
Compared to Durham Rate
8.7
8.5
9.4
8.1
7.8
10.0
8.9
7.7
12.2
6.3
9.8
14.5
10.4
6.9
9.8
9.6
15.5
22.7
10.6
12.0
8.9
6.5
6.4
12.0
10.6
9.2
11.2
14.0
16.4
11.6
13.5
13.0
13.5
10.2
9.0
9.0
9.1
7.2
14.4
11.4
12.4
17.0
10.6
10.8
8.9
10.5
9.7
19.3
6.4
8.1
7.1
7.5
6.8
6.5
7.9
4.5
95%
Confidence
Interval
8.1 - 9.3
7.2 - 10.0
7.9 - 11.2
6.5 - 10.1
6.4 - 9.5
8.4 - 11.8
7.1 - 11.1
6.2 - 9.6
11.6 - 12.9
4.9 - 7.9
8.1 - 11.8
12.5 - 16.8
8.6 - 12.4
5.6 - 8.5
7.8 - 12.2
7.9 - 11.5
13.6 - 17.6
20.4 - 25.2
10.1 - 11.2
10.2 - 14.0
7.5 - 10.5
5.0 - 8.4
5.2 - 7.8
9.9 - 14.6
8.8 - 12.6
7.5 - 11.2
9.4 - 13.3
12.0 - 16.3
14.3 - 18.8
11.1 - 12.2
11.9 - 15.3
11.1 - 15.3
11.5 - 15.9
8.5 - 12.3
7.4 - 11.0
7.7 - 10.6
7.5 - 11.1
5.8 - 8.8
12.4 - 16.8
9.4 - 13.7
10.4 - 14.7
14.9 - 19.4
9.9 - 11.3
9.3 - 12.6
7.2 - 10.9
8.9 - 12.3
7.8 - 11.9
16.9 - 22.1
4.9 - 8.3
6.8 - 9.7
6.0 - 8.3
5.9 - 9.5
5.4 - 8.4
5.5 - 7.7
6.4 - 9.6
3.2 - 6.2
9.3
10.6
7.6 - 11.3
10.3 - 10.8
2011 Rate
per 1,000
Pickering
Frenchman's Bay (P1)
West Rouge (P2)
Amberlee (P3)
Dunbarton (P4)
Pickering City Centre (P5)
Brock Ridge Pickering (P6)
Pickering North (P7)
Ajax
Ajax Waterfront (A1)
Downtown Ajax (A2)
Carruthers (A3)
Central Ajax (A4)
Riverside-Hermitage (A5)
Westney Heights (A6)
Applecroft (A7)
Ajax Northwest (A8)
Ajax Northeast (A9)
Whitby
Whitby South (W1)
Downtown Whitby (W2)
Cochrane South (W3)
Manning (W4)
Williamsburg (W5)
Whitby Brock North (W6)
Dryden-Anderson (W7)
Dryden East (W8)
Brooklin East (W9)
Brooklin West (W10)
Oshawa
Lakeview (O1)
Gibb West (O2)
Downtown Oshawa (O3)
Central Park (O4)
Grandview South (O5)
Stevenson North (O6)
Hillsdale (O7)
Beatrice South (O8)
Grandview North (O9)
Beatrice North (O10)
Oshawa Northwest (O11)
Oshawa Northeast (O12)
Clarington
Courtice South (C1)
Courtice North (C2)
Bowmanville South (C3)
Bowmanville Central (C4)
Bowmanville North (C5)
Darlington (C6)
Clarke (C7)
Scugog
Port Perry (S1)
Rural Scugog (S2)
Uxbridge
Urban Uxbridge (U1)
Rural Uxbridge (U2)
Number of
2010 Births
Number of
2011 Births
Number of
2012 Births
761
112
136
81
109
147
111
65
1,345
93
105
187
104
78
98
129
235
316
1,367
185
140
80
103
112
120
125
144
174
184
1,647
251
140
138
121
92
135
86
104
133
131
110
206
857
142
93
163
83
212
51
113
176
72
104
163
110
53
769
143
130
81
107
141
84
83
1,337
71
113
178
119
90
82
110
235
339
1,298
164
140
59
97
105
125
102
136
168
202
1,742
240
152
147
115
103
151
104
92
169
116
131
222
892
164
91
150
90
217
59
121
153
71
82
134
97
37
749
126
117
76
103
135
108
84
1,388
64
123
210
110
86
91
128
226
350
1,310
190
144
55
95
113
116
104
117
181
195
1,703
244
135
127
112
97
132
112
99
167
125
131
222
915
181
79
177
104
182
64
128
141
56
85
155
109
46
128
6,444
105
6,430
114
6,475
51 - 316
37 - 339
46 - 350
136,616
138,344
139,138
Lower
Similar
Higher
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l
l
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l
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l
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l
l
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l
l
l
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l
l
l
l
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l
l
l
l
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l
l
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l
l
l
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Brock
Brock (B1)
Durham Region
Range
Ontario
4.5 - 22.7
10.8
10.7 - 10.8
l
Similar to Ontario
Source: Hospital In-Patient Discharges 2010-2012, Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, intelliHEALTH ONTARIO, tabulated by Durham Region Health
Department & 2011 Census, Statistics Canada.
Note: Lower (down arrow) or Higher (up arrow) means that the 95% confidence intervals do not overlap and that the rates are different from Durham Region.
Live Birth Rate (2011)
Table 2: List of Health Neighbourhoods ranked from lowest to highest.
Order
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
End of
Health Neighbourhoods
Rural Uxbridge (U2)
Ajax Waterfront (A1)
Manning (W4)
Darlington (C6)
Cochrane South (W3)
Rural Scugog (S2)
Riverside-Hermitage (A5)
Beatrice South (O8)
Port Perry (S1)
Pickering North (P7)
Dunbarton (P4)
Urban Uxbridge (U1)
Clarke (C7)
Amberlee (P3)
Frenchman's Bay (P1)
Courtice North (C2)
Downtown Whitby (W2)
Brock Ridge Pickering (P6)
Stevenson North (O6)
Grandview South (O5)
Hillsdale (O7)
Dryden-Anderson (W7)
Brock (B1)
West Rouge (P2)
Applecroft (A7)
Bowmanville Central (C4)
Westney Heights (A6)
Downtown Ajax (A2)
Pickering City Centre (P5)
Central Park (O4)
Central Ajax (A4)
Bowmanville South (C3)
Whitby Brock North (W6)
Courtice South (C1)
Dryden East (W8)
Beatrice North (O10)
Whitby South (W1)
Williamsburg (W5)
Oshawa Northwest (O11)
Gibb West (O2)
Lakeview (O1)
Downtown Oshawa (O3)
Brooklin East (W9)
Grandview North (O9)
Carruthers (A3)
Ajax Northwest (A8)
Brooklin West (W10)
Oshawa Northeast (O12)
Bowmanville North (C5)
Ajax Northeast (A9)
2011 Rate
per 1,000
Number of
2011 Births
Compared to
Durham Region
(Higher is Better)
Quintiles
4.5
6.3
6.4
6.4
6.5
6.8
6.9
7.2
7.5
7.7
7.8
7.9
8.1
8.1
8.5
8.9
8.9
8.9
9.0
9.0
9.1
9.2
9.3
9.4
9.6
9.7
9.8
9.8
10.0
10.2
10.4
10.5
10.6
10.8
11.2
11.4
12.0
12.0
12.4
13.0
13.5
13.5
14.0
14.4
14.5
15.5
16.4
17.0
19.3
22.7
37
71
97
59
59
82
90
92
71
83
107
97
121
81
143
91
140
84
151
103
104
102
105
130
110
90
82
113
141
115
119
150
125
164
136
116
164
105
131
152
240
147
168
169
178
235
202
222
217
339
LOWER
LOWER
LOWER
LOWER
LOWER
LOWER
LOWER
LOWER
LOWER
LOWER
LOWER
LOWER
LOWER
LOWER
LOWER
similar
similar
similar
similar
similar
similar
similar
similar
similar
similar
similar
similar
similar
similar
similar
similar
similar
similar
similar
similar
similar
similar
similar
similar
HIGHER
HIGHER
HIGHER
HIGHER
HIGHER
HIGHER
HIGHER
HIGHER
HIGHER
HIGHER
HIGHER
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
5
5
5
5
5
5
Live Birth Rate (2011)
Table 3: Live birth rate and number of births by Durham Region Municipality
Municipality
2011 Rate
per 1,000
Number of 2011 Births
Compared to Durham Region
Pickering
Ajax
Whitby
Oshawa
Clarington
Scugog
Uxbridge
Brock
Durham Region
Ontario
8.7
12.2
10.6
11.6
10.6
7.1
6.5
9.3
10.6
10.8
769
1,337
1,298
1,742
892
153
134
105
6,430
138,344
LOWER
HIGHER
similar
HIGHER
similar
LOWER
LOWER
similar
Similar to Ontario
end of table
What You Need to Know
• The live birth rate ranged by Health Neighbourhood from 4.5 to 22.7 per 1,000.
• Birth rates are highest in Neighbourhoods in northern and east Ajax, northern Whitby, northeast
Oshawa, and northern Bowmanville. These areas have new housing developments that attract
young families.
Indicator Notes
• The live birth rate, or crude birth rate, is the number of live births in hospital (based on mother's
place of residence, not where the birth occurred) divided by the total population, multiplied by 1,000.
• Source: Hospital In-Patient Discharges 2010-2012, Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care,
intelliHEALTH ONTARIO & 2011 Census, Statistics Canada.
• The number of births and population size were based on 2011 hospitalization and 2011 Census data
respectively. We excluded births with postal codes that were missing or could not be coded to a
Neighbourhood. Population counts from the 2011 Census differed from the Statistics Canada 2011
estimates that are commonly used by the Health Department, which are adjusted for undercounts.
As a result, counts and rates for Durham Region and the municipalities may vary from those
presented in other Health Department reports.
• Neighbourhoods were sorted into quintiles (five equal groupings) based on the total number of births
in the Neighbourhood, i.e., quintiled by births. This means that for Quintile 5, 20% of the births in
Durham Region occurred in six Neighbourhoods.
• Neighbourhoods were compared with Durham Region based on their confidence intervals. Those
with rates that were lower or higher had 95% confidence intervals that did not overlap with those of
Durham Region and were significantly different.
Release Date: January 2015.
For more information, refer to The Guide to Health Neighbourhoods.
If you require this information in an accessible format, contact 1-800-841-2729.