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TABLE 29
DEATHS DUE TO AIDS AND HIV INFECTION BY HEALTH REGION
BRITISH COLUMBIA, 1987-1998

  1987-1998
Health Region 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 Number Percent Rate
01 East Kootenay - - - - 1 - - - 1 - 2 - 4 0.2 0.45
02 West Kootenay - Boundary 1 - - 2 - - 1 1 3 1 - 1 10 0.4 1.09
03 North Okanagan - 1 - 1 1 3 4 - 3 - - 1 14 0.6 1.13
04 South Okanagan Similkameen 2 2 1 1 1 7 6 6 6 7 2 3 44 1.9 1.88
05 Thompson 2 - - 2 2 2 3 1 - 1 2 2 17 0.7 1.19
06 Fraser Valley - - 4 2 1 4 6 7 6 7 1 5 43 1.8 1.77
07 South Fraser Valley 2 4 8 6 10 15 12 19 17 22 6 4 125 5.3 2.19
08 Simon Fraser 4 3 9 13 5 5 10 12 14 6 5 4 90 3.8 2.82
09 Coast Garibaldi 1 2 1 - - 1 3 3 - 1 3 1 16 0.7 2.05
10 Central Vancouver Island 2 1 4 1 4 16 6 12 14 6 4 3 73 3.1 2.92
11 Upper Island/Central Coast 1 4 - 2 1 1 3 4 2 1 1 1 21 0.9 1.64
12 Cariboo - - - - - - 1 2 2 2 - - 7 0.3 0.85
13 North West - - - 1 - 1 1 - 2 1 - - 6 0.3 0.58
14 Peace Liard - - - - 2 - - 1 1 - - 1 5 0.2 0.68
15 Northern Interior - 3 - 1 1 - 1 2 2 5 2 2 19 0.8 1.30
16 Vancouver 53 72 84 124 108 148 192 201 179 145 61 64 1,431 60.9 23.41
17 Burnaby 4 5 7 3 9 10 15 12 7 9 4 2 87 3.7 4.22
18 North Shore 5 6 6 11 9 13 14 12 11 10 4 3 104 4.4 5.18
19 Richmond 5 4 - 6 6 5 1 7 7 4 5 2 52 2.2 3.14
20 Capital 5 7 12 12 16 20 20 28 17 21 10 9 177 7.5 4.71
  N.S. - - - - - - - 1 - 1 3 - 5 0.2 -
  PROVINCIAL TOTAL 87 114 136 188 177 251 299 331 294 250 115 108 2,350 100.0 5.54

Note: Health Region based on usual residence.
Rate per 100,000 population in specified area.
Total percentage may not add up to 100 due to rounding.
Non-residents are excluded. N.S. - Not Stated.

HIGHLIGHTS TO TABLE 29
  • Over the twelve-year period, 1987-1998, 60.9% of the 2,350 deaths from AIDS/HIV infection were to residents of the Vancouver Health Region (1,431 deaths). In 1998, 64 of the 108 AIDS/HIV deaths were residents of Vancouver. Many individuals infected with AIDS/HIV may have moved to the Vancouver Health Region on a permanent basis to be closer to treatment facilities or other support services.

  • The only other health regions with over one hundred AIDS/HIV deaths during the 1987-1998 period were the Capital (177), South Fraser Valley (125), and North Shore (104).

  • The provincial rate for deaths due to AIDS/HIV infection, for the period 1987-1998, was 5.54 per 100,000 population. The health regions with the highest crude rates for deaths due to AIDS/HIV infection (total deaths for 1987-1998 in parentheses) were:

    16Vancouver 23.41(1,431)
    18North Shore5.18(104)
    20Capital4.71(177)
    17Burnaby4.22(87)
    19Richmond3.14(52)