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

		17
		Alcohol-related Deaths
Health Region		SMR	(p)	Death	TR**	PYLLI	(p)	D<75
01	East Kootenay	0.88		165		0.83		129
02	West Kootenay - Boundary	1.19	*	252	ì	1.29	*	189
03	North Okanagan	1.06		327	ì	1.25	*	261
04	South Okanagan Similkameen	0.95		623	ì	1.06		443
05	Thompson	1.56	*	452	ì	1.89	*	381
06	Fraser Valley	0.76	*	410	ì	0.74	*	307
07	South Fraser Valley	0.70	*	821	ì	0.58	*	600
08	Simon Fraser	0.94		568	ì	0.71	*	431
09	Coast Garibaldi	1.51	*	261	ì	1.76	*	217
10	Central Vancouver Island	1.00		618	ì	1.29	*	504
11	Upper Island/Central Coast	1.22	*	314	ì	1.28	*	254
12	Cariboo	1.39	*	207	ì	1.50	*	171
13	North West	1.73	*	265	ì	1.76	*	233
14	Peace Liard	1.05		114		1.06		99
15	Northern Interior	1.07		239	ì	0.84	*	198
16	Vancouver	1.33	*	1,696	ì	1.42	*	1,392
17	Burnaby	0.85	*	373	ì	0.67	*	268
18	North Shore	0.76	*	331	ì	0.60	*	226
19	Richmond	0.44	*	147		0.33	*	108
20	Capital	0.94		856	ì	0.82	*	569
	N.S.			13				12
	PROVINCIAL TOTAL			9,052	ì			6,992
08/17	Simon Fraser/Burnaby	0.90	*	941	ì	0.69	*	699
16/19	Vancouver/Richmond	1.15	*	1,843	ì	1.19	*	1,500
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.