TABLE D
MORTALITY IN BRITISH COLUMBIA
BY HEALTH REGION
BRITISH COLUMBIA, 1994-1998

		03
		Lung Cancer
Health Region		SMR	(p)	Death	TR	PYLLI	(p)	D<75
01	East Kootenay	1.03		201		0.90		133
02	West Kootenay - Boundary	0.95		222		1.04		150
03	North Okanagan	1.00		344		1.08		227
04	South Okanagan Similkameen	0.91	*	707		0.98		420
05	Thompson	1.12	*	326	î	1.09		223
06	Fraser Valley	1.00		588		1.15	*	380
07	South Fraser Valley	0.99		1,174	î	1.03		775
08	Simon Fraser	1.15	*	671		1.06		420
09	Coast Garibaldi	1.12		195		1.01		129
10	Central Vancouver Island	1.03		707	î	1.05		461
11	Upper Island/Central Coast	1.06		264	î	1.10		195
12	Cariboo	1.09		150		1.07		113
13	North West	1.13		142		1.16		110
14	Peace Liard	1.23	*	113		0.96		83
15	Northern Interior	1.21	*	223	î	1.17		171
16	Vancouver	0.94	*	1,238	î	0.95		746
17	Burnaby	1.00		469		1.00		275
18	North Shore	0.80	*	378	î	0.63	*	204
19	Richmond	0.90		299	î	0.73	*	188
20	Capital	1.03		1,096		1.02		611
	N.S.			2				1
	PROVINCIAL TOTAL			9,509				6,015
08/17	Simon Fraser/Burnaby	1.09	*	1,140		1.03		695
16/19	Vancouver/Richmond	0.93	*	1,537	î	0.90	*	934
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.