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HIGHLIGHTS TO TABLE 41/FIGURE 24
- In 1999, there were 11 LHAs with statistically significant and high Standardized Mortality Ratios (SMRs) for alcohol-related deaths (based on at least five deaths). The ratios for the five highest (number of deaths in parentheses) were:
| 049 | Bella Coola Valley | 5.04 | (6) |
| 162 | Vancouver Downtown E. Side | 3.43 | (90) |
| 029 | Lillooet | 3.15 | (6) |
| 050 | Queen Charlotte | 3.07 | (6) |
| 031 | Merritt | 2.39 | (12) |
- All the above LHAs also had statistically significant and SMRs for alcohol-related deaths in 1994-1998.
- In 1999, the only LHA with no alcohol-related deaths was Snow Country.
- There were six LHAs with statistically significant and low SMRs for alcohol-related deaths (based on five or more deaths) in 1999. The ratios for these LHAs (number of deaths in parentheses) were:
| 042 | Maple Ridge | 0.43 | (13) |
| 164 | Vancouver West Side | 0.49 | (26) |
| 038 | Richmond | 0.53 | (37) |
| 020 | Salmon Arm | 0.53 | (10) |
| 166 | Vancouver South | 0.67 | (37) |
| 036 | Surrey | 0.72 | (107) |
- All of the above LHAs, with the exception of Maple Ridge and Salmon Arm, also had statistically significant and low SMRs for alcohol-related deaths in the five-year period from 1994 to 1998.
- In the 1994-1998 period, there were 26 LHAs with statistically significant and high SMRs (based on five or more deaths) for alcohol-related deaths. The five LHAs with the highest statistically significant SMRs (number of deaths in parentheses) were:
| 083 | Central Coast | 4.78 | (16) |
| 162 | Vancouver Downtown E. Side | 4.35 | (599) |
| 092 | Nishga | 3.58 | (12) |
| 050 | Queen Charlotte | 2.99 | (30) |
| 087/094 | Stikine/Telegraph Creek | 2.93 | (11) |
- In the 1994-1998 period, there were 17 LHAs with statistically significant and low SMRs for alcohol-related deaths. The five LHAs with the lowest statistically significant SMRs (number of deaths in parentheses) were:
| 038 | Richmond | 0.44 | (147) |
| 034 | Abbotsford | 0.51 | (130) |
| 045 | West Vancouver-Bowen Is. | 0.61 | (93) |
| 164 | Vancouver West Side | 0.64 | (178) |
| 035 | Langley | 0.64 | (151) |
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