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Appendix 1
STATISTICAL SUMMARIES BY HEALTH REGION
LOCAL HEALTH AREA AND COMMUNITY
BRITISH COLUMBIA, 1998


HR 11 UPPER ISLAND / CENTRAL COAST
Health Region/  
Local Health Area/   Average Life
Community Type†   Age Expectancy
(Incorporated Only)   Gender Population Live Births Deaths Marriages Stillbirths Population (1994-1998)
LHA 071 Courtenay   M 29,582 263 236   1 36.9 75.9
        F 29,997 275 177   1 38.0 80.4
        T 59,579 538 413 306 3 37.5 78.1
    Comox T M   31 56   -    
        F   43 60   -    
        T 11,963 74 116 64 -    
    Courtenay C M   144 113   1    
        F   154 84   1    
        T 19,243 298 197 157 2    
    Cumberland VL M   23 22   -    
        F   17 15   -    
        T 2,754 40 37 11 -    
LHA 072 Campbell River   M 21,636 219 140   1 34.6 75.2
        F 20,653 226 106   4 35.0 80.4
        T 42,289 445 246 219 5 34.8 77.7
    Campbell River DM M   167 110   -    
        F   180 92   4    
        T 31,459 347 202 173 4    
    Sayward VL M   3 6   -    
        F   4 1   -    
        T 453 7 7 2 -    
LHA 083 Central Coast   M 1,084 14 11   - 31.5 69.7
        F 959 15 2   - 30.8 69.6
        T 2,043 29 13 1 - 31.2 69.9
LHA 084 Vancouver Island West   M 1,809 19 7   - 31.8 72.8
        F 1,522 22 3   - 30.2 69.3
        T 3,331 41 10 8 - 31.1 75.5
    Gold River VL M   11 5   -    
        F   12 2   -    
        T 1,947 23 7 6 -    
    Tahsis VL M   6 1   -    
        F   7 -   -    
        T 904 13 1 2 -    
    Zeballos VL M   6 2   -    
        F   7 1   -    
        T 243 13 3 - -    
LHA 085 Vancouver   M 8,257 98 39   1 32.3 73.9
    Island North   F 7,363 104 20   2 30.9 77.8
        T 15,620 202 59 76 3 31.6 75.7
    Alert Bay VL M   10 9   -    
        F   11 2   -    
        T 556 21 11 5 -    
    Port Alice VL M   11 3   -    
        F   5 1   -    
        T 1,345 16 4 3 -    
    Port Hardy DM M   38 12   1    
        F   49 7   2    
        T 5,386 87 19 41 3    
    Port McNeill T M   19 7   -    
        F   23 4   -    
        T 3,110 42 11 16 -    
    TOTAL   M 62,368 613 437   3 35.3 75.4
        F 60,494 642 310   7 35.8 80.0
        T 122,862 1,255 747 613 11 35.5 77.6

Note:

  • Live births, stillbirths and deaths are assigned to communities based on the postal code of usual residence.
  • Marriages are based on the place where the marriage ceremony was performed.
  • Totals for gender include cases with unknown gender.
  • Population estimates and life expectancy (1994-1998) were obtained from BCSTATS.
  • † C=City, T=Town, VL=Village, DM=District Municipality, IGD=Indian Government District.
  • *Denotes a boundary change between 1997 and 1998.
  • The boundaries of some communities include areas in more than one LHA.
  • Vancouver Total may include unspecified Vancouver addresses.
  • Non-residents are excluded.