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HIGHLIGHTS TO TABLE 33/FIGURE 18
- There were 27,794 deaths in the province in 1999, and a total of 134,493 deaths in the 1994-1998 period from all causes of death.
- Thirteen Local Health Areas (LHAs) had Standardized Mortality Ratios (SMR) for all causes of death which were statistically significant and high in 1999. The five highest 1999 SMR values (with number of 1999 deaths in parentheses, and 1994-1998 SMR values) were:
| 162 | Vancouver Downtown E. Side | 1.42 | (592) | 1.51 |
| 088 | Terrace | 1.40 | (120) | 1.16 |
| 085 | Vancouver Island North | 1.32 | (63) | 1.22 |
| 057 | Prince George | 1.27 | (472) | 1.19 |
| 025 | 100 Mile House | 1.27 | (114) | 1.07 |
- Six LHAs had low SMR values for all causes that were statistically significant based on five or more deaths in 1999. These 1999 SMR values (with number of 1999 deaths in parentheses, and 1994-1998 SMR values) were:
| 045 | West Vancouver-Bowen Is. | 0.74 | (416) | 0.90 |
| 164 | Vancouver West Side | 0.82 | (829) | 0.86 |
| 038 | Richmond | 0.85 | (811) | 0.81 |
| 166 | Vancouver South | 0.86 | (817) | 0.90 |
| 165 | Vancouver Midtown | 0.86 | (473) | 1.03 |
| 041 | Burnaby | 0.91 | (1,290) | 0.99 |
- SMRs for specific causes of death for health regions and local health areas, 1995-1999, are presented in Appendix 3.
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