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INDEX
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Summary
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Summary of Death Related Statistics
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TABLE 21:
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Causes of Death by Gender and Age, British Columbia, 1998
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TABLE 22:
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Twelve Leading Causes of Death, British Columbia, 1993-1997 and 1998
Twelve Leading Causes of Death, British Columbia, 1998
Highlights to Table 22/Figure 15
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TABLE 23:
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Leading Causes of Death by Age, British Columbia, 1998
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TABLE 24:
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Infant Mortality by Age of Mother and Birth Weight, British Columbia, 1998
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TABLE 25:
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Infant Mortality by Gestational Age and Birth Weight, British Columbia, 1998
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TABLE 26:
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Infant Mortality by Local Health Area, British Columbia, 1993-1997 and 1998
Infant Mortality by Local Health Area, British Columbia, 1993-1997 (map)
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TABLE 27:
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Selected Causes of Infant Deaths and Stillbirths, British Columbia, 1998
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TABLE 28:
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Deaths Due to AIDS and HIV Infection by Gender and Age Group, British Columbia, 1987-1998
Deaths Due to AIDS and HIV Infection by Age Group, British Columbia, 1994-1998
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TABLE 29:
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Deaths Due to AIDS and HIV Infection by Health Region, British Columbia, 1987-1998
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TABLE 30:
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Deaths from Accidents and Violence by Gender, British Columbia, 1998
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TABLE 31:
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Deaths from Accidents and Violence by Local Health Area, British Columbia, 1998
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TABLE 32:
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Suicide Deaths by Month and Gender, British Columbia, 1998
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TABLE 33:
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Standardized Mortality Ratio by Local Health Area, All Causes of Death
British Columbia, 1993-1997 and 1998
Standardized Mortality Ratio by Local Health Area, All Causes of Death
British Columbia, 1993-1997 (map)
Highlights to Table 33/Figure18
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TABLE 34:
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Potential Years of Life Lost and Age Standardized Mortality Rates
by Selected Causes of Death, British Columbia, 1998
Potential Years of Life Lost and Age Standardized Mortality Rates
by Selected Causes of Death, British Columbia, 1998
Highlights to Table 34/Figure19
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TABLE 35:
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Potential Years of Life Lost by Age Group and Major Causes of Death
(Age Under 75 Years), British Columbia, 1998
Potential Years of Life Lost Standardized Rates by Age Group and Gender
Major Causes of Death (Age Under 75 Years), British Columbia, 1998
Highlights to Table 35/Figure20
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TABLE 36:
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Potential Years of Life Lost by Local Health Area, External Causes of Death
(Age Under 75 Years), British Columbia, 1993-1997 and 1998
Potential Years of Life Lost by Local Health Area, External Causes of Death
(Age Under 75 Years), British Columbia, 1993-1997 (map)
Highlights to Table 36/Figure21
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TABLE 37:
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Deaths Due to Medically Treatable Diseases by Selected Causes and Gender
British Columbia, 1993-1997 and 1998
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TABLE 38:
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Standardized Mortality Ratio by Local Health Area,
Deaths Due to Selected Medically Treatable Diseases
British Columbia, 1993-1997 and 1998
Standardized Mortality Ratio by Local Health Area
Deaths Due to Selected Medically Treatable Diseases
British Columbia, 1993-1997 (map)
Highlights to Table 38/Figure22
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TABLE 39:
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Alcohol-related Deaths by Cause, British Columbia, 1993-1997 and 1998
Alcohol-related Deaths by Cause, British Columbia, 1998
Highlights to Table 39/Figure23
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TABLE 40:
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Alcohol-related Deaths by Age and Gender, British Columbia, 1998
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TABLE 41:
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Standardized Mortality Ratio by Local Health Area, Alcohol-related Deaths
British Columbia, 1993-1997 and 1998
Standardized Mortality Ratio by Local Health Area, Alcohol-related Deaths
British Columbia, 1993-1997 (map)
Highlights to Table 41/Figure24
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TABLE 42:
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Smoking-attributable Mortality, British Columbia, 1998
Smoking-attributable Mortality by Selected Causes and Gender, British Columbia, 1998
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TABLE 43:
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Drug-induced Deaths by Age and Gender, British Columbia, 1998
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TABLE 44:
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Drug-induced Deaths by Cause, British Columbia, 1993-1997 and 1998
Drug-induced Deaths by Cause, British Columbia, 1998
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TABLE 45:
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Standardized Mortality Ratio by Local Health Area, Drug-induced Deaths
British Columbia, 1993-1997 and 1998
Standardized Mortality Ratio by Local Health Area, Drug-induced Deaths
British Columbia, 1993-1997 (map)
Highlights to Table 45/Figure 27
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TABLE 46:
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Method of Disposition of Decedent, British Columbia, 1985-1998
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Statistics arising from death events are presented in this section. Included are tables and figures containing information about deaths by age, gender and cause. Deaths are assigned to a Local Health Area (LHA) based on the usual residence of the decedent. Topics of particular interest are leading causes of death, infant mortality, alcohol-related, drug-induced and smoking-attributable causes, and deaths from AIDS/HIV infection, accidents and violence. Mortality statistics are provided in terms of Age Standardized Mortality Rates (ASMR), Standardized Mortality Ratios (SMR), and Potential Years of Life Lost (PYLL). Standardized measures are used to compare deaths in different geographical areas by age, gender and cause. In addition, maps are provided to geographically illustrate various patterns of mortality in British Columbia.
Statistics from 1998 deaths are summarized below:
- There were 27,791 deaths recorded in the province to B.C. residents: 14,496 males, 13,294 females, and one infant death with gender unknown. Over three quarters of all deaths were seniors (age 65 or older), and the oldest age group (80 years of age or more) accounted for over four out of every ten deaths. There were 213 deaths to B.C. residents aged 100 or more; the oldest woman was 113 years old, and the oldest man was 109 years old.
- The Age Standardized Mortality Rate (ASMR) for all causes of death was 60.02 deaths per 10,000 standard population in 1998. The ASMR for males in 1998 was 74.39 and the ASMR for females was 48.48.
- There was another decrease in deaths from AIDS and HIV infections in 1998, from 115 in 1997 to 108 deaths in 1998. This was a fourth consecutive decrease since 1994.
- The five leading causes of death in 1998, which were the same as 1997, were cancers (malignant neoplasms), heart disease, cerebrovascular disease, accidents, and pneumonia.
- More than one in four deaths in the province were due to cancer (malignant neoplasms) in 1998. There were 7,449 cancer deaths. Cancers became the leading cause of death for British Columbians in 1993, taking over first place from heart disease. The Age Standardized Mortality Rate (ASMR) for cancer in 1998 was 16.46 deaths per 10,000 standard population, slightly lower than the five year (1993-1997) ASMR of 17.01.
- Heart disease was the second leading cause of death in 1998, accounting for one quarter of all deaths (6,988) and an ASMR of 14.69, a decrease from the ASMR of 16.21 for the 1993-1997 period.
- There were 173 infant deaths (under one year of age) in 1998, for an infant mortality rate of 4.03 infant deaths per 1,000 live births. The 1998 number of infant deaths and infant mortality rate were the lowest since 1965.
- In 1998, babies born to mothers under 20 years of age and to mothers aged 40 years or older had the highest infant mortality rates. There were 8.58 infant deaths per 1,000 live births for teenage mothers (age under 20) and 7.73 for mothers aged 40+ years.
- There were 104 deaths in the 1-14 age group in 1998. Accidents remained the leading cause of death in this age group, with 40 deaths in 1998. The third and fourth leading causes of death were congenital anomalies (13 deaths) and nervous system disease (8 deaths), which replaced homicide and suicide.
- There were 2,016 deaths from accidents and violence in 1998. Approximately one in five of these was due to accidental poisoning (433 deaths). Suicide (419) and motor vehicle accident fatalities (398) each accounted for another one in five deaths and accidental falls (358) accounted for one in six deaths.
- In 1998, there were 5,656 smoking-attributable deaths, and 1,892 deaths which were directly or indirectly related to alcohol in 1998. There were 529 drug-induced deaths including drug dependence, accidental drug poisonings and suicides involving drugs.
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