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

		06
		Circulatory System
Health Region		SMR	(p)	Death	TR	PYLLI	(p)	D<75
01	East Kootenay	1.02		973	î	0.95		317
02	West Kootenay - Boundary	1.07	*	1,306	î	1.15		402
03	North Okanagan	1.06	*	1,846	î	1.05		589
04	South Okanagan Similkameen	0.91	*	3,734	î	0.92	*	1,044
05	Thompson	1.10	*	1,442	î	1.25	*	616
06	Fraser Valley	1.09	*	3,328	î	1.06		961
07	South Fraser Valley	1.01		5,988	î	0.96		1,870
08	Simon Fraser	1.10	*	3,206	î	1.03		1,047
09	Coast Garibaldi	1.09	*	916	î	1.10		321
10	Central Vancouver Island	1.04	*	3,470	î	1.15	*	1,202
11	Upper Island/Central Coast	1.09	*	1,219	î	1.03		473
12	Cariboo	1.12	*	635	î	1.20	*	293
13	North West	1.17	*	611	î	1.33	*	291
14	Peace Liard	1.03		425	î	1.22		171
15	Northern Interior	1.15	*	853	î	1.23	*	420
16	Vancouver	0.94	*	7,044	î	1.01		1,986
17	Burnaby	1.04	*	2,664	î	0.88	*	709
18	North Shore	0.94	*	2,314	î	0.67	*	562
19	Richmond	0.86	*	1,391	î	0.71	*	417
20	Capital	0.93	*	5,919	î	0.90	*	1,293
	N.S.			18				10
	PROVINCIAL TOTAL			49,302	î			14,994
08/17	Simon Fraser/Burnaby	1.07	*	5,870	î	0.97		1,756
16/19	Vancouver/Richmond	0.92	*	8,435	î	0.94	*	2,403
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.