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

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		Circulatory System
Local Health Area		SMR	(p)	Death	TR	PYLLI	(p)	D<75
001	Fernie	1.19	*	156	î	1.43		64
002	Cranbrook	1.19	*	310		1.53		100
003	Kimberley	1.02		148	î	1.17		39
004	Windermere	0.60	*	52	î	1.40		26
005	Creston	0.86	*	235	î	0.88		63
006/007	Kootenay Lake/Nelson	0.93		356	î	0.75		113
009	Castlegar	1.13		206	î	1.13		70
010	Arrow Lakes	0.88		78	î	0.82		23
011	Trail	1.24	*	448	î	1.22		122
012/013	Grand Forks/Kettle Valley	1.06		218	î	1.14		74
014	Southern Okanagan	1.03		453	î	0.99		145
015	Penticton	0.94		851		1.47		228
016	Keremeos	0.97		90		0.97		36
017	Princeton	1.26	*	89		1.95		40
018	Golden	1.30	*	72		1.12		25
019	Revelstoke	1.49	*	122		1.45		43
020	Salmon Arm	0.98		494	î	1.64		163
021	Armstrong-Spallumcheen	1.19	*	158		1.02		39
022	Vernon	1.04		940	î	0.95		298
023	Central Okanagan	0.85	*	1,996	î	0.99	*	548
024	Kamloops	1.06		1,098	î	1.00	*	459
025	100 Mile House	1.07		159	î	0.80		80
026	North Thompson	1.10		37		0.71		19
027	Cariboo-Chilcotin	1.25	*	231		1.19	*	110
028	Quesnel	1.04		220	î	0.88		90
029	Lillooet	1.23		56	î	1.04	*	26
030	South Cariboo	1.18		101		0.97		46
031	Merritt	1.35	*	150	î	0.78	*	66
032	Hope	1.26	*	153	î	0.46	*	61
033	Chilliwack	1.10	*	1,085	î	1.26		314
034	Abbotsford	1.05	*	1,590		1.17		407
035	Langley	1.03		1,248	î	0.80		387
036	Surrey	1.00		3,781	î	1.07		1,195
037	Delta	0.98		959	î	1.71	*	288
038	Richmond	0.86	*	1,391	î	1.84	*	417
040	New Westminster	1.06		897	î	1.34		223
041	Burnaby	1.04	*	2,664	î	1.60	*	709
042	Maple Ridge	1.18	*	828	î	1.02		278
043	Coquitlam	1.08	*	1,481	î	1.57		546
044	North Vancouver	0.99		1,388	î	1.42	*	410
045	West Vancouver-Bowen Is.	0.88	*	926	î	1.16	*	152
046	Sunshine Coast	1.06		424	î	1.11		149
047	Powell River	1.13	*	340	î	1.21		105
048	Howe Sound	1.10		152		0.93		67
049	Bella Coola Valley	1.18		25	î	1.06		13
050	Queen Charlotte	1.25		41		0.72		21
051	Snow Country	0.91		5	î	0.78		4
052	Prince Rupert	1.34	*	160	î	0.99		66
053	Upper Skeena	1.21		39		0.93		19
054	Smithers	1.08		115	î	1.53		44
055/093	Burns Lake/Eutsuk	1.20		75	î	1.24		41
056	Nechako	1.19		136	î	0.90		59
057	Prince George	1.13	*	642	î	1.40		320
059	Peace River South	0.99		224	î	0.88		79
060	Peace River North	1.05		175	î	1.10		77
061	Greater Victoria	0.97		4,325	î	1.18		827
062	Sooke	1.02		461	î	1.47		184
063	Saanich	0.79	*	920	î	0.59	*	220
064	Gulf Islands	0.75	*	213	î	1.21		62
065	Cowichan	0.96		658	î	0.95		220
066	Lake Cowichan	0.87		55		1.98		29
067	Ladysmith	1.16	*	306	î	1.63	*	110
068	Nanaimo	1.09	*	1,308	î	1.43	*	446
069	Qualicum	0.96		725	î	0.67		237
070	Alberni	1.15	*	418	î	1.45	*	160
071	Courtenay	1.05		725	î	4.17		246
072/084	Campbell River/V.I. West	1.11	*	397	î	1.06		165
075	Mission	1.10		392		2.16		136
076	Agassiz-Harrison	1.22	*	108		0.87		43
077	Summerland	0.92		255	î	0.54	*	47
078	Enderby	1.16		132		1.03		46
080	Kitimat	1.14		74	î	0.90		46
081	Fort Nelson	1.44		26		-		15
083	Central Coast	1.30		12		1.00		7
085	Vancouver Island North	1.22		85	î	-		55
087/094	Stikine/Telegraph Creek	0.47	*	7		-		4
088	Terrace	1.15		154	î	1.45	*	77
092	Nishga	1.45		16	î	4.17	*	10
161	Vancouver City Centre	0.94	*	1,108	î	1.06		316
162	Vancouver Downtown E. Side	1.15	*	844	î	2.16	*	402
163	Vancouver North East	0.89	*	955	î	0.87		309
164	Vancouver West Side	0.83	*	1,541	î	0.54	*	273
165	Vancouver Midtown	1.02		965	î	1.03		283
166	South Vancouver	0.93	*	1,591	î	0.90		384
	N.S.			18				10
	PROVINCIAL TOTAL			49,302	î			14,994
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.