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TABLE 37
DEATHS DUE TO MEDICALLY TREATABLE DISEASES
BY SELECTED CAUSES AND GENDER
BRITISH COLUMBIA, 1993-1997 AND 1998

  1998
  1993 - 1997 Male Female Total
Cause of Death ICD9 Code(s) Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
Hypertensive disease 401-405 78 13.2 6 12.0 7 11.1 13 11.5
Cervical cancer 180 158 26.8 - - 23 36.5 23 20.4
Pneumonia & unqualified bronchitis 481-486, 490 127 21.5 17 34.0 13 20.6 30 26.5
Tuberculosis 010-018, 137 20 3.4 2 4.0 1 1.6 3 2.7
Asthma 493 21 3.6 4 8.0 2 3.2 6 5.3
Chronic rheumatic heart disease 393-398 9 1.5 5 10.0 1 1.6 6 5.3
Acute respiratory infections and influenza 460-466, 487 7 1.2 - - - - - -
Bacteria infections* 001-005, ...730 129 21.9 11 22.0 15 23.8 26 23.0
Hodgkin's disease 201 10 1.7 - - - - - -
Abdominal hernias, cholecystitis and cholelithiasis, appendicitis 540-543, 550-553, 574, 575 30 5.1 5 10.0 1 1.6 6 5.3
Deficiency anemias 280, 281 1 0.2 - - - - - -
TOTAL   590 100.0 50 100.0 63 100.0 113 100.0

Note: Medically Treatable Diseases - based on Charlton's definition, as being directly related to death (see glossary - Deaths due to Medically Treatable Diseases).
*ICD9 codes include 001-005, 020-041, 320, 382, 383, 390-392, 680-686, 711, 730.
Total percentage may not add up to 100 due to rounding.
Non-residents are excluded.

HIGHLIGHTS TO TABLE 37
  • The medically treatable diseases presented in this table were selected according to Charlton's definition which is based on mortality, in specific age groups, which could potentially be avoided through appropriate medical attention (see Glossary for detailed definition). In 1998, there were 113 deaths that were identified as medically treatable according to this definition.

  • Females accounted for 55.8% of deaths (63) from medically treatable diseases in 1998. Of these female deaths, more than a third (36.5%) were due to cervical cancer (23), followed by bacterial infections (15), and pneumonia and unqualified bronchitis (13). In comparison, there were 50 male deaths from medically treatable diseases. In total, a third (34.0%) of these male deaths were from pneumonia and unqualified bronchitis (17 deaths), bacterial infections (11), and hypertensive disease (6).

  • In the 1993-1997 period, three categories accounted for 70.2% of the 590 deaths from medically treatable diseases. These were cervical cancer (158 deaths), bacterial infections (129), and pneumonia and unqualified bronchitis (127).