Honouring the Truth Reconciling for the Future

The history • 95Graph 3Residential school death rates for 1,000 students, Named andUnnamed registers combined, 1869 to 19653025Death rate per 1,000 students201510501869 1884 1899 1914 1929 1944 1959Source: Rosenthal, “Statistical Analysis of Deaths,” 11.Graph 4Comparative death rates per 1,000 population, residential schools (Namedand Unnamed registers combined) and the general Canadian population ofschool-aged children, using five-year averages from 1921 to 1965.9Death rate per 1,000 students8765432101921–25 1926–30 1931–35 1936–40 1941–45 1946–50 1951–55 1956–60 1961–65Death Rate, General Population, Ages 5–14Named Residential School Death RateCombined Residential School Death RateSource: Fraser, Vital Statistics and Health, Table B35-50, http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/11-516-x/sectionb/4147437-eng.htm;Rosenthal, “Statistical Analysis of Deaths,” 13.