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TABLE D
Appendix 3
MORTALITY IN BRITISH COLUMBIA
BY HEALTH REGION
 BRITISH COLUMBIA, 1995 - 1999

Mortality by Health Region

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Note: Total is the number of events in the specified category for the 1995 to 1999 period.
Infant Death - deaths of children under one year of age.
Low Birth Weight live births - live births with birth weight <2,500 grams. Cesarean - live births delivered by cesarean section.
Pre-term - live births with gestational age <37 weeks.
Teenage Mother - live births to mothers under 20 years of age.
Elderly Gravida - live births to mothers 35 years of age or older.
Death is the total number of deaths from the specified cause for the 1995 to 1999 period.
D<75 is the number of deaths under 75 years of age from the specified cause.
SMR - Standardized Mortality Ratio.
PYLLI - Potential Years of Life Lost Index.
Rate - per 1,000 population in the specified area.
Rate1 - rate per 1,000 live births in the specified area.
Rate2 - per 1,000 total births in the specified area.
SMR, PYLLI, and Rate are based on the five year period from 1995 to 1999.
* Statistical testing indicates that observed deaths are statistically different from the expected deaths (p<0.05, two tailed).
+ denotes statistical significance based on less than five cases.
TR - Trend in ASMR based on three year moving average from 1986 to 1999 (See Glossary under Trend Analysis of ASMR for a full explanation):

    ↑ indicates a statistically significantly positive (increasing) trend and
    ↓ indicates a statistically significantly negative (decreasing) trend (in areas with an average of less than 1 death per year in the 14 year period, 1986 to 1999, trends are not shown).
TR* - Trend reflects change in Medical Certification of Death form introduced in 1993. Please see Highlights to Table 39 for details.
Five live births with gender unknown are excluded from birth data in Tables A and C.
Three deaths with gender unknown are excluded from mortality data in Tables B and D.
HR 16 Vancouver may include unspecified Vancouver addresses.
N.S. - Not Stated.
Non-residents are excluded.