TABLE C
SUMMARY STATISTICS BY HEALTH REGION
BRITISH COLUMBIA, 1994-1998

		1998	Live Birth		Stillbirth		Death		Infant Death
Health Region		Population	Total	Rate	Total	Rate2	Total	Rate	Total	Rate1
01	East Kootenay	81,209	3,958	10.06	23	5.78	2,540	6.46	26	6.57
02	West Kootenay - Boundary	82,627	3,763	9.27	31	8.17	3,502	8.63	28	7.44
03	North Okanagan	118,157	5,655	9.95	36	6.33	4,719	8.30	26	4.60
04	South Okanagan Similkameen	230,000	10,908	9.88	57	5.20	9,770	8.85	51	4.68
05	Thompson	135,422	7,260	11.19	51	6.98	4,273	6.59	33	4.55
06	Fraser Valley	239,025	15,938	13.89	98	6.11	8,481	7.39	76	4.77
07	South Fraser Valley	565,110	37,561	13.93	267	7.06	15,775	5.85	193	5.14
08	Simon Fraser	315,822	19,669	13.10	128	6.47	8,778	5.85	99	5.03
09	Coast Garibaldi	78,264	4,253	11.59	32	7.47	2,432	6.63	19	4.47
10	Central Vancouver Island	242,339	12,064	10.35	69	5.69	9,285	7.97	71	5.89
11	Upper Island/Central Coast	122,862	6,689	11.32	45	6.68	3,556	6.02	40	5.98
12	Cariboo	76,761	4,672	12.77	28	5.96	2,024	5.53	26	5.57
13	North West	91,674	6,654	14.81	52	7.75	1,894	4.21	41	6.16
14	Peace Liard	66,237	4,942	15.42	25	5.03	1,364	4.26	19	3.84
15	Northern Interior	133,609	8,792	13.63	87	9.80	2,851	4.42	56	6.37
16	Vancouver	563,790	30,368	11.18	241	7.87	20,557	7.57	166	5.47
17	Burnaby	189,513	10,223	11.03	69	6.70	6,798	7.33	56	5.48
18	North Shore	179,886	8,804	10.00	50	5.65	6,218	7.06	30	3.41
19	Richmond	162,245	8,405	10.93	51	6.03	3,786	4.92	40	4.76
20	Capital	335,370	15,773	9.53	85	5.36	15,796	9.54	70	4.44
	N.S.		433		43		75		1
	PROVINCIAL TOTAL	4,009,922	226,784	11.74	1,568	6.87	134,474	6.96	1,167	5.15
08/17	Simon Fraser/Burnaby	505,335	29,892	12.31	197	6.55	15,576	6.42	155	5.19
16/19	Vancouver/Richmond	726,035	38,773	11.13	292	7.47	24,343	6.98	206	5.31
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.