Immigrant women living in poor neighbourhoods in Canada more often give birth to healthy children than the Canadian women already living there, a study published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal<\/i> reveals.<\/p>\n
In the study, researchers looked at the health outcomes of both non-refugee, immigrant women and Canadian mothers in low-income neighbourhoods in Ontario. All had given birth in hospitals from 2012 to 2019.<\/p>\n
After comparing the outcomes of 148,050 births from immigrant women to those of 266,191 births of non-immigrant women, the researchers discovered the children of the immigrant women tended to fare better.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The immigrant women\u2019s newborns were 24.2 per cent less likely to suffer from severe neonatal morbidity and mortality, a set of serious medical conditions that can result in death.<\/p>\n But not all immigrant mothers were equally likely to give birth to healthy children.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Read More<\/b><\/p>\n Canada Immigration Introduces Special Measures For Sudan Nationals<\/a> In their recently-published study, Morbidity and Mortality of Newborns Born to Immigrant and Non-immigrant Females Residing in Low-income Neighbourhoods<\/i>, the researchers found the risk of these medical complications was lowest among the newborns of Chinese immigrants.<\/p>\n \u201cThe risk of (severe neonatal morbidity and mortality) was highest among those of immigrants from Jamaica \u2026 and Ghana \u2026 and lowest among those of immigrants from China,\u201d notes the study.<\/p>\n The latest data from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) reveals that China was the second most important source of new permanent residents to Canada last year.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n In 2022, India was the biggest single source of new permanent residents to Canada with 118,215 Indians making the move that year.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n China provided 31,835 new permanent residents to Canada last year. Jamaica was the 22nd<\/sup> most important source of new permanent residents to Canada last year, providing 4,245 immigrants. Ghana was the 44th<\/sup> most important source of new permanent residents to Canada.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The researchers\u2019 study was prompted by a recognition that living in low-income neighbourhoods and being an immigrant are each independently associated with adverse neonatal outcomes.<\/p>\n Watch Video<\/b><\/p>\n
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