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- Accidents and violence, also called external causes, include all deaths from accidents, suicide, homicide, and deaths where it could not be determined if it was accidental or intentional. In 1999, there were 1,780 deaths from accidents and violence among B.C. residents.
- Out of every 1,000 of all deaths in 1999:
- approximately 936 deaths were from natural causes (please refer to Table 21)
- 64 deaths were from accidents and violence, of which:
- 15 were suicides (421)
- 13 were accidental falls (367)
- 13 were motor vehicle accidents (353)
- 11 were accidental poisonings, including drug overdoses (298)
- 2 were homicides (46)
- 1 was drowning/submersion (36)
- 1 was from fire/flames (26)
- 8 were other accidental deaths (233)
- The Age Standardized Mortality Rate (ASMR) for deaths from accidents and violence was 4.11 deaths per 10,000 standard population in 1999. The ASMR for males was 6.09; the ASMR for females was 2.20 in 1999. On average, males accounted for seven out of ten deaths from accidents and violence (69.6%), which was the same as 1998.
- For males and females, the most important causes of death from accidents and violence are shown below, ranked by number of deaths in 1999. ASMRs per 10,000 male or female standard population are shown in parentheses.
| Males |
| Females |
| suicide | 337 | (1.61) | | accidental falls | 173 | (0.52) |
| motor vehicle accidents | 244 | (1.23) | | motor vehicle accidents | 109 | (0.51) |
| accidental poisoning | 227 | (1.08) | | suicide | 84 | (0.37) |
- Standardized Mortality Ratios (SMRs) and Potential Years of Life Lost Index (PYLLI) for deaths from suicide motor vehicle accidents, accidental poisoning, and accidental falls for 1995-1999 are presented in Appendix 3.
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