SELECTED VITAL STATISTICS
AND HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS
ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-SEVENTH
Annual Report 1998
DIVISION OF VITAL STATISTICS

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APPENDIX 2
DETAILED CAUSE OF DEATH BY GENDER AND AGE
BRITISH COLUMBIA, 1998

  Age of Deceased (in Years)  
ICD9 Cause of Death Gender <1 1-4 5-9 10-14 15-19 20-24 25-44 45-64 65-79 80+ Total
E805 Hit by rolling stock M - - - - 1 1 2 - 1 - 5
    F - - - - - - - - 1 - 1
E812 Other motor vehicle traffic accident involv collision with another motor vehicle M - - 2 3 9 8 24 12 5 7 70
    F - - - 1 - 3 13 5 10 3 35
E813 Motor vehicle traffic accident involving collision with other vehicle M - - - 3 - - 2 1 1 - 7
    F - - - - 1 - - - - - 1
E814 Motor vehicle traffic accident involving collision with pedestrian M - 2 2 1 3 5 8 11 4 6 42
    F - - 1 - 2 1 - 2 6 6 18
E815 Other motor vehicle traffic accident involving collision on the highway M - - - - 2 6 7 2 1 - 18
    F - - - - - 1 1 1 - 1 4
E816 Motor vehicle traffic accident due to loss of control, without collision on hwy M - 1 - - 8 9 31 7 9 4 69
    F - - - - 4 3 8 - 1 3 19
E819 Motor vehicle traffic accident of unspecified nature M - - 2 1 8 10 19 13 4 3 60
    F - 1 - - 7 2 12 3 4 2 31
E821 Nontraffic accident involving other off-road motor vehicle M - - - 1 1 - - 2 - 1 5
    F - - - - - - 2 - - - 2
E825 Other motor vehicle nontraffic accident of other and unspecified nature M - - - - - 1 2 2 1 - 6
    F - - - 1 - - - - 1 - 2
E830 Accident to watercraft causing submersion M - - - - 1 3 5 3 3 - 15
    F - - - - - - 1 1 - - 2
E841 Accident to powered aircraft, other and unspecified M - - - - - - 7 2 - - 9
    F - - - - - - - 1 - - 1
E850 Accidental poisoning by analgesics, antipyretics, antirheumatics M - - - - - 6 97 39 3 - 145
    F - - - - - 3 22 14 1 - 40
E852 Accidental poisoning by other sedatives and hypnotics M - - - - - - 3 2 - - 5
    F - - - - - - - - - - -
E854 Accidental poisoning by other psychotropic agents M - - - - - 1 - 1 1 - 3
    F - - - - - - - 1 1 - 2
E855 Accidental poison by other drugs acting on central and autonomic nervous system M - - - - 1 1 31 6 - - 39
    F - - - - - - 12 3 - - 15
E858 Accidental poisoning by other drugs M - - - - - 4 78 33 3 - 118
    F - - - - 2 1 18 8 1 - 30
E860 Accidental poisoning by alcohol, not elsewhere classified M - - - - - - 7 7 3 - 17
    F - - - - - - 3 1 1 - 5
E868 Accidental poisoning by other utility gas and other carbon monoxide M - - - - 1 - 3 4 1 - 9
    F - - - - - - - - - - -
E878 Surg op and oth proc as cause of abnormal react or later compl, no men of misadventure M - - - - - - - 7 12 6 25
    F - - - - - - 1 3 9 5 18
E879 Other procs, no men of mis, as cause of abnorm react or later complication M - - - - - - - 1 1 1 3
    F - - - - - - - - 2 1 3
E880 Fall on or from stairs or steps M - - - - - - 2 1 5 2 10
    F - - - - - - 1 1 6 3 11
E882 Fall from or out of building or other structure M - - - - - - 2 1 2 1 6
    F - - - - - - - - - - -
E883 Fall into hole or other opening in surface M - 1 - - 1 1 1 2 - - 6
    F - - - - - - - - - - -
E884 Other fall from one level to another M - - - 1 3 2 6 4 4 6 26
    F - - - - - - - - - 2 2
E885 Fall on same level from slipping, tripping or stumbling M - - - - - - - - 1 2 3
    F - - - - - - - - 1 3 4
E887 Fracture, cause unspecified M - - - - - - - 1 9 26 36
    F - - - - - - - 1 9 62 72
E888 Other and unspecified fall M - - - - - - 2 8 16 41 67
    F - - - - - - 1 3 19 89 112
E890 Conflagration in private dwelling and accidental causes M - 2 - - 2 - 4 3 7 - 18
    F - 1 1 - - - 1 4 4 - 11
E909 Injury caused by cataclysmic earth surface movements and eruptions M - - - - - 1 8 1 - - 10
    F - - - - - 1 1 - - - 2
E910 Accidental drowning and submersion M - 2 1 1 5 2 11 3 - 2 27
    F - 1 - - - 1 1 2 1 - 6
E911 Inhalation and ingestion of food causing obstruction of respiratory tract or suffocation M - - - - - - 3 3 1 1 8
    F - 1 - - - - - 1 1 - 3
E912 Inhalation and ingest of other object causing obstruction of respiratory tract or suffocation M 1 - - - - - 1 4 1 3 10
    F - - - - - 1 1 1 2 1 6
E913 Accidental mechanical suffocation M - - - 2 1 - 8 5 - - 16
    F - 1 - - - - 1 1 - - 3
E916 Struck accidentally by falling object M - - - - - - 4 2 - 1 7
    F - - - - - - - 1 - - 1
E919 Accidents caused by machinery M - - - - 1 - 6 6 - - 13
    F - - - - - - - - - - -
E925 Accident caused by electric current M - - - - - 1 4 - - - 5
    F - - - - - - - - - - -
E928 Other and unspecified environmental and accidental causes M - - - - - - 2 2 1 1 6
    F - - - - - - 1 - 2 2 5
E929 Late effects of accidental injury M - - - - - - 1 2 1 - 4
    F - - - - - - - 1 - - 1
E934 Agents primarily affecting blood constituents causing adverse effect in therapeutic use M - - - - - - - 4 2 1 7
    F - - - - - - 1 - 2 1 4
E950 Suicide and selfinflicted poisoning by solid or liquid substances M - - - - 1 1 29 16 5 1 53
    F - - - - 1 1 13 12 4 1 32
E952 Suicide and selfinflicted poisoning by other gases and vapours M - - - - 2 3 21 20 4 1 51
    F - - - - - - 4 6 2 - 12
E953 Suicide and selfinflicted injury by hanging, strangulation and suffocation M - - - - 4 10 49 31 7 5 106
    F - - - - 3 - 6 7 5 6 27
E954 Suicide and selfinflicted injury by submersion (drowning) M - - - - - - 5 1 1 - 7
    F - - - - - - 2 1 1 - 4
E955 Suicide and selfinflicted injury by firearms and explosives M - - - 1 4 6 28 29 10 4 82
    F - - - - - - 1 5 - - 6
E956 Suicide and selfinflicted injury by cutting and piercing instruments M - - - - - - 1 3 2 1 7
    F - - - - - - 1 - - - 1
E957 Suicide and selfinflicted injury by jumping from high place M - - - - - - 9 3 - 1 13
    F - - - - - - 2 2 2 - 6
E958 Suicide and selfinflicted injury by other and unspecified means M - - - - - 1 2 1 1 - 5
    F - - - - - - 4 1 - - 5
E960 Fight, brawl, rape M - - - - 1 1 2 1 - - 5
    F - - - - - - 1 - - - 1
E965 Assault by firearms and explosives M - - - - 1 - 7 2 - - 10
    F - - - - - - 2 - 1 - 3
E966 Assault by cutting and piercing instrument M - - - - - 1 7 6 1 - 15
    F - - - - - - 1 1 - 1 3
E968 Assault by other and unspecified means M - - - - 1 - 4 4 1 - 10
    F 1 - - - - 1 2 1 - 1 6
E980 Poison by solid or liquid subst, undetermined whether accident or purposely inflicted M - - - - - - 8 - - - 8
    F - - - - - 1 1 2 - - 4
E984 Submersion (drowning), undetermine whether accidentally or purposely inflicted M - - - 1 - - 3 - - - 4
    F - - - - - 1 2 - - - 3
TOTAL DEATHS   M 97 27 20 27 90 128 1,102 2,525 5,428 5,052 14,496
    F 75 14 9 7 36 39 524 1,578 4,018 6,994 13,294

Note: Causes with less than five deaths are not shown separately, but are included in the total.
Non-residents and unknown gender are excluded.
E - cause of death was external.

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