TABLE B
MORTALITY IN BRITISH COLUMBIA
BY LOCAL HEALTH AREA
BRITISH COLUMBIA, 1994-1998

		02
		All Cancer Sites
Local Health Area		SMR	(p)	Death	TR	PYLLI	(p)	D<75
001	Fernie	0.98		106	î	0.87		70
002	Cranbrook	1.05		219		0.88		133
003	Kimberley	0.78	*	84	î	0.81		52
004	Windermere	0.54	*	39	î	0.64	*	26
005	Creston	0.91		171	î	0.95		89
006/007	Kootenay Lake/Nelson	1.00		277		1.02		155
009	Castlegar	1.07		141		1.12		94
010	Arrow Lakes	1.15		70	ì	1.08		38
011	Trail	1.12		282		1.20		162
012/013	Grand Forks/Kettle Valley	0.98		152		0.95		95
014	Southern Okanagan	0.91		288		1.04		156
015	Penticton	0.97		586	î	0.96		285
016	Keremeos	1.13		81		1.03		51
017	Princeton	1.10		64		0.87		41
018	Golden	1.02		48		1.00		33
019	Revelstoke	1.07		70		1.05		48
020	Salmon Arm	0.97		370		1.00		223
021	Armstrong-Spallumcheen	0.98		96		1.01		57
022	Vernon	0.98		646		1.09		364
023	Central Okanagan	0.90	*	1,503	î	0.91	*	814
024	Kamloops	1.01		857		0.92		544
025	100 Mile House	0.90		123	î	0.86		93
026	North Thompson	1.09		34	î	0.93		22
027	Cariboo-Chilcotin	1.09		182		1.05		125
028	Quesnel	1.17	*	212		1.05		146
029	Lillooet	1.13		40		1.08		21
030	South Cariboo	0.93		67		1.03		43
031	Merritt	1.02		92		1.03		61
032	Hope	1.33	*	127		1.22		82
033	Chilliwack	1.07		766		1.09		458
034	Abbotsford	0.90	*	948		1.01		525
035	Langley	1.14	*	1,038		1.14	*	632
036	Surrey	0.94	*	2,651	î	0.96		1,572
037	Delta	1.01		780	î	1.01		474
038	Richmond	0.90	*	1,125	î	0.84	*	665
040	New Westminster	1.10	*	604	î	1.04		302
041	Burnaby	1.00		1,788		0.99		990
042	Maple Ridge	1.16	*	628		1.12		388
043	Coquitlam	1.04		1,179	î	1.09		781
044	North Vancouver	1.01		1,100	î	0.92		631
045	West Vancouver-Bowen Is.	0.90	*	627	î	0.75	*	289
046	Sunshine Coast	1.06		324		1.09		195
047	Powell River	1.02		223	î	1.18		145
048	Howe Sound	1.08		138		0.89		101
049	Bella Coola Valley	0.92		17		1.06		11
050	Queen Charlotte	1.18		34	î	1.33		27
051	Snow Country	1.14		5		1.22		5
052	Prince Rupert	1.18		122	î	1.15		92
053	Upper Skeena	0.70		20		0.58		13
054	Smithers	0.80		74	î	0.83		51
055/093	Burns Lake/Eutsuk	0.84		45	î	0.82		26
056	Nechako	1.07		109		0.89		69
057	Prince George	1.21	*	641		1.17	*	495
059	Peace River South	1.09		197		0.90		124
060	Peace River North	1.05		155		0.92		109
061	Greater Victoria	1.06	*	2,842		1.10	*	1,332
062	Sooke	1.24	*	470		1.07		285
063	Saanich	0.91	*	770	î	0.92		396
064	Gulf Islands	0.98		207		0.87		106
065	Cowichan	0.92		478	î	0.83	*	281
066	Lake Cowichan	0.74		41	î	0.62	*	24
067	Ladysmith	1.23	*	242		1.27		137
068	Nanaimo	1.07		959	î	1.07		589
069	Qualicum	1.00		577		1.12		331
070	Alberni	1.17	*	336	î	1.15		213
071	Courtenay	1.06		581	î	0.96		358
072/084	Campbell River/V.I. West	1.18	*	355		1.19		248
075	Mission	1.06		291	î	1.17		183
076	Agassiz-Harrison	1.06		74		1.07		47
077	Summerland	1.10		206		1.01		107
078	Enderby	1.00		83		0.91		46
080	Kitimat	1.10		74		1.00		54
081	Fort Nelson	1.20		22		0.56	*	16
083	Central Coast	0.74		7	î	1.08		5
085	Vancouver Island North	1.12		77	î	1.03		58
087/094	Stikine/Telegraph Creek	0.42	*	5		0.39	*	5
088	Terrace	1.02		125		1.07		94
092	Nishga	0.60		6	î	0.93		4
161	Vancouver City Centre	1.09	*	826		1.16	*	463
162	Vancouver Downtown E. Side	1.18	*	599		1.52	*	410
163	Vancouver North East	0.88	*	716	î	0.90		425
164	Vancouver West Side	0.83	*	983	î	0.77	*	490
165	Vancouver Midtown	0.95		644	î	0.92		365
166	South Vancouver	0.85	*	993	î	0.88	*	507
	N.S.			12				10
	PROVINCIAL TOTAL			35,985	î			20,896
Note: SMR - Standardized Mortality Ratio. PYLLI - Potential Years of Life Lost Index. SMR, PYLLI, and Rate are based on the five-year period from 1994 to 1998. Death is the total number of deaths for the 1994 to 1998 period D <75 is the number of deaths under 75 years of age. * Statistical testing indicates that observed deaths are statistically different from the expected deaths (p<0.05 two tailed). + denotes significance based on less than five cases. TR - Trend in ASMR based on three year moving average from 1985 to 1998 ìindicates a statistically significantly positive (increasing) trend and îindicates a statistically significantly negative (decreasing) trend (in areas with an average of less than one death per year in the 14-year period, 1985 to 1998, trends are not shown). See Glossary under Trend Analysis of ASMR for a full explanation. TR** - Trend reflects change in Medical Certification of Death form introduced in 1993. Please see Highlights to Table 39 for details. Seven live births with gender unknown are excluded. Three deaths with gender unknown are excluded from mortality data in Tables B and D. N.S. - Not Stated. Non-residents are excluded.