TABLE A
SUMMARY STATISTICS BY LOCAL HEALTH AREA
BRITISH COLUMBIA, 1994-1998

		Low Birth Wt.						Teenage		Elderly
		Live Birth		Cesarean		Pre-term		Mother		Gravida
Local Health Area		Total	Rate	Total	Rate1	Total	Rate1	Total	Rate1	Total	Rate1
001	Fernie	24	32.26	129	173.39	12	16.13	71	95.43	75	100.81
002	Cranbrook	59	43.29	222	162.88	60	44.02	116	85.11	127	93.18
003	Kimberley	10	28.33	75	212.46	12	33.99	28	79.32	38	107.65
004	Windermere	23	51.57	78	174.89	23	51.57	26	58.30	57	127.80
005	Creston	23	36.86	99	158.65	35	56.09	65	104.17	79	126.60
006/007	Kootenay Lake/Nelson	63	45.99	189	137.96	63	45.99	92	67.15	229	167.15
009	Castlegar	43	65.75	142	217.13	57	87.16	45	68.81	49	74.92
010	Arrow Lakes	10	34.84	40	139.37	12	41.81	27	94.08	38	132.40
011	Trail	41	44.32	193	208.65	41	44.32	47	50.81	104	112.43
012/013	Grand Forks/Kettle Valley	28	53.13	121	229.60	34	64.52	43	81.59	69	130.93
014	Southern Okanagan	58	72.96	178	223.90	58	72.96	43	54.09	96	120.75
015	Penticton	101	53.61	374	198.51	117	62.10	170	90.23	224	118.90
016	Keremeos	15	62.50	48	200.00	15	62.50	25	104.17	34	141.67
017	Princeton	9	42.65	42	199.05	12	56.87	22	104.27	22	104.27
018	Golden	16	37.38	94	219.63	15	35.05	36	84.11	52	121.50
019	Revelstoke	22	43.14	125	245.10	23	45.10	33	64.71	69	135.29
020	Salmon Arm	63	47.01	402	300.00	63	47.01	100	74.63	175	130.60
021	Armstrong-Spallumcheen	25	54.95	89	195.60	29	63.74	33	72.53	47	103.30
022	Vernon	120	40.98	654	223.36	154	52.60	226	77.19	325	111.00
023	Central Okanagan	380	51.83	1,339	182.65	461	62.88	417	56.88	1,001	136.54
024	Kamloops	287	52.80	1,347	247.79	358	65.86	397	73.03	548	100.81
025	100 Mile House	44	56.99	144	186.53	40	51.81	54	69.95	93	120.47
026	North Thompson	6	20.91	56	195.12	11	38.33	28	97.56	27	94.08
027	Cariboo-Chilcotin	99	50.98	525	270.34	120	61.79	193	99.38	171	88.05
028	Quesnel	87	51.00	404	236.81	107	62.72	173	101.41	125	73.27
029	Lillooet	12	36.04	86	258.26	16	48.05	28	84.08	27	81.08
030	South Cariboo	34	77.63	88	200.91	35	79.91	61	139.27	40	91.32
031	Merritt	47	61.36	180	234.99	62	80.94	88	114.88	62	80.94
032	Hope	17	37.44	77	169.60	20	44.05	65	143.17	40	88.11
033	Chilliwack	233	52.28	972	218.08	252	56.54	382	85.71	464	104.11
034	Abbotsford	390	47.07	1,679	202.63	454	54.79	402	48.52	745	89.91
035	Langley	291	44.96	1,229	189.89	356	55.01	218	33.68	835	129.02
036	Surrey	1,504	59.29	5,552	218.88	1,756	69.23	902	35.56	3,169	124.93
037	Delta	309	53.99	1,182	206.54	373	65.18	156	27.26	1,045	182.60
038	Richmond	418	49.73	1,752	208.45	533	63.41	158	18.80	1,845	219.51
040	New Westminster	196	57.97	586	173.32	236	69.80	153	45.25	603	178.35
041	Burnaby	585	57.22	1,617	158.17	699	68.38	334	32.67	1,883	184.19
042	Maple Ridge	234	48.65	981	203.95	294	61.12	203	42.20	696	144.70
043	Coquitlam	573	49.92	2,003	174.51	721	62.82	282	24.57	2,021	176.08
044	North Vancouver	301	41.85	1,349	187.57	403	56.03	104	14.46	1,978	275.03
045	West Vancouver-Bowen Is.	77	47.77	311	192.93	98	60.79	14	8.68	588	364.76
046	Sunshine Coast	63	49.33	249	194.99	81	63.43	61	47.77	247	193.42
047	Powell River	40	38.24	234	223.71	42	40.15	110	105.16	95	90.82
048	Howe Sound	106	54.92	344	178.24	137	70.98	92	47.67	338	175.13
049	Bella Coola Valley	12	47.62	52	206.35	15	59.52	38	150.79	24	95.24
050	Queen Charlotte	22	51.40	71	165.89	29	67.76	33	77.10	55	128.50
051	Snow Country	4	50.63	21	265.82	6	75.95	7	88.61	5	63.29
052	Prince Rupert	71	46.41	262	171.24	101	66.01	172	112.42	145	94.77
053	Upper Skeena	21	48.72	65	150.81	33	76.57	69	160.09	31	71.93
054	Smithers	61	43.14	292	206.51	81	57.28	113	79.92	170	120.23
055/093	Burns Lake/Eutsuk	26	45.53	107	187.39	33	57.79	55	96.32	51	89.32
056	Nechako	53	36.70	258	178.67	74	51.25	187	129.50	113	78.25
057	Prince George	362	53.42	1,451	214.11	459	67.73	563	83.08	567	83.67
059	Peace River South	65	33.25	345	176.47	94	48.08	207	105.88	159	81.33
060	Peace River North	105	43.82	459	191.57	133	55.51	202	84.31	237	98.91
061	Greater Victoria	510	51.88	2,366	240.67	663	67.44	494	50.25	1,635	166.31
062	Sooke	148	46.53	752	236.40	219	68.85	126	39.61	426	133.92
063	Saanich	73	32.17	522	230.06	129	56.85	89	39.22	471	207.58
064	Gulf Islands	9	18.29	97	197.15	11	22.36	17	34.55	93	189.02
065	Cowichan	144	52.44	564	205.39	204	74.29	236	85.94	368	134.01
066	Lake Cowichan	19	57.93	73	222.56	19	57.93	25	76.22	40	121.95
067	Ladysmith	39	42.76	191	209.43	49	53.73	97	106.36	91	99.78
068	Nanaimo	223	47.51	890	189.60	298	63.49	349	74.35	591	125.91
069	Qualicum	71	49.13	295	204.15	104	71.97	65	44.98	230	159.17
070	Alberni	87	44.87	385	198.56	132	68.08	234	120.68	206	106.24
071	Courtenay	139	47.31	571	194.35	169	57.52	201	68.41	404	137.51
072/084	Campbell River/V.I. West	123	49.02	562	223.99	152	60.58	230	91.67	295	117.58
075	Mission	128	54.96	462	198.37	148	63.55	172	73.85	257	110.35
076	Agassiz-Harrison	17	41.26	90	218.45	24	58.25	50	121.36	52	126.21
077	Summerland	21	46.98	72	161.07	26	58.17	20	44.74	78	174.50
078	Enderby	13	30.81	112	265.40	25	59.24	29	68.72	64	151.66
080	Kitimat	32	41.72	212	276.40	51	66.49	71	92.57	85	110.82
081	Fort Nelson	30	50.76	145	245.35	41	69.37	58	98.14	39	65.99
083	Central Coast	9	62.50	25	173.61	18	125.00	19	131.94	9	62.50
085	Vancouver Island North	56	51.00	228	207.65	95	86.52	144	131.15	109	99.27
087/094	Stikine/Telegraph Creek	12	97.56	15	121.95	12	97.56	17	138.21	12	97.56
088	Terrace	85	49.91	321	188.49	109	64.00	179	105.11	130	76.34
092	Nishga	6	33.52	32	178.77	17	94.97	24	134.08	24	134.08
161	Vancouver City Centre	162	56.29	603	209.52	203	70.54	24	8.34	665	231.06
162	Vancouver Downtown E. Side	169	60.53	496	177.65	225	80.59	129	46.20	552	197.71
163	Vancouver North East	378	60.44	1,217	194.60	446	71.31	186	29.74	1,142	182.60
164	Vancouver West Side	237	47.32	980	195.69	315	62.90	21	4.19	1,501	299.72
165	Vancouver Midtown	375	62.81	1,239	207.54	453	75.88	155	25.96	1,330	222.78
166	South Vancouver	406	56.36	1,494	207.38	500	69.41	178	24.71	1,396	193.78
	N.S.	22		64		27		29		45
	PROVINCIAL TOTAL	11,646	51.35	46,072	203.15	14,467	63.79	11,664	51.43	34,536	152.29
Note: Rate - per 1,000 population in the specified area. Rate1 - rate per 1,000 live births in the specified area. Rate2 - rate per 1,000 total births in the specified area. Rates are based on the five-year period from 1994 to 1998. Death is the total number of deaths for the 1994 to 1998 period.