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BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth BioMedCentral Research article Open Access A parsimonious explanation for intersecting perinatal mortality curves: understanding the effect of plurality and of parity KS Joseph*1, Shiliang Liu2, Kitaw Demissie3, Shi Wu Wen2, Robert W Platt4, Cande V Ananth5, Susie Dzakpasu2, Reg Sauve6, Alexander C Allen1, Michael S Kramer4 and the Fetal and Infant Health Study Group of the Canadian Perinatal Surveillance System7 Address: 1Perinatal Epidemiology Research Unit, Departments of Obstetrics Gynecology and of Pediatrics, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia