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HIGHLIGHTS TO TABLE 16/FIGURE 12
- The provincial low birth weight (LBW) (less than 2,500 grams) live birth rate for 1999 was 47.46 per 1,000 live births, which was lower than the 1994-1998 LBW rate (51.39).
- The Local Health Areas (LHAs) with the highest LBW rates (based on at least 5 cases) in 1999 (number of births in parentheses) were:
| 019 | Revelstoke | 98.59 | (7) |
| 053 | Upper Skeena | 82.19 | (6) |
| 014 | Southern Okanagan | 71.43 | (10) |
| 067 | Ladysmith | 67.48 | (11) |
| 009 | Castlegar | 65.57 | (8) |
- The LHAs with lowest LBW rates (based on at least 5 cases) in 1999 (number of births in parentheses) were:
| 070 | Alberni | 18.40 | (6) |
| 052 | Prince Rupert | 27.52 | (6) |
| 048 | Howe Sound | 29.41 | (12) |
| 044 | North Vancouver | 29.43 | (40) |
| 072/084 | Campbell River/V.I. West | 29.89 | (13) |
- In 1999, the four LHAs which did not have any low birth weight births were North Thompson, Powell River, Bella Coola Valley, and Central Coast.
- There were six LHAs with low birth weight ratios for the period 1994-1998 which were statistically significant and high (number of births and LBW rate per 1,000 live births, respectively, in parentheses):
| 030 | South Cariboo | 1.47 | (33) | (75.34) |
| 014 | Southern Okanagan | 1.45 | (59) | (74.31) |
| 165 | Vancouver Midtown | 1.23 | (377) | (63.01) |
| 163 | Vancouver North East | 1.18 | (379) | (60.64) |
| 036 | Surrey | 1.15 | (1,502) | (59.20) |
| 041 | Burnaby | 1.11 | (584) | (57.15) |
- There were nine LHAs with low birth weight ratios for the period 1994-1998 which were statistically significant and low (number of births and LBW rate per 1,000 live births in parentheses). The five lowest were:
| 064 | Gulf Islands | 0.36 | (9) | (18.29) |
| 026 | North Thompson | 0.40 | (6) | (20.76) |
| 063 | Saanich | 0.63 | (73) | (32.14) |
| 001 | Fernie | 0.63 | (24) | (32.21) |
| 059 | Peace River South | 0.65 | (65) | (33.15) |
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