Human Resources committee  That is not under the responsibility of my health statistics program, but I could look into it and get back to you guys.

Human Resources committee  Okay.

Human Resources committee  According to our understanding, the fact is that the explanation for SIDS is unknown. That's the reason it was being moved to an already existing category, which is called “unknown”. When they go through the investigation, they're trying to rule out different causes. SIDS is one, essentially, where there's no other explanation.

Human Resources committee  Essentially, the decision is based on what we refer to as the National Association of Medical Examiners. It's strictly an administrative-based definition. The SIDS concept, obviously, still exists. As we move into the world of administrative data, as I mentioned earlier, we are consuming the information from the registries.

Human Resources committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Good morning, my name is Ron Gravel, I am the director of the health statistics division at Statistics Canada, and I am here with my colleague, Valérie Gaston, chief of vital statistics. I would like to thank the committee for inviting us to appear today in the context of your study of support to families after the loss of a child.