The Vital Statistics Agency continues to be actively involved in the preparation of various reports that present and analyze British Columbia's vital event data. The following is a list of the most recent articles and publications by the Agency:
British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Ministry of Health and Ministry Responsible for Seniors (produced for the First Nations and Inuit Health Branch, Health Canada). Regional Analysis of Health Statistics for Status Indians in British Columbia, 1991-1999, Birth Related and Mortality Summaries, British Columbia and Health Regions
British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency,Ministry of Health and Ministry Responsible for Seniors. Selected Vital Statistics and Health Status Indicators: One Hundred Twenty-Eighth Annual Report 1999.
British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Ministry of Health and Ministry Responsible for Seniors. Health Status Registry Report, Congenital Anomalies, Genetic Defects, Selected Disabilities, British Columbia to 1998
British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Ministry of Health and Ministry Responsible for Seniors. Pregnancy Counts and Rates by Age Groups by Health Region, British Columbia, 1990/1991 to 1998/1999
British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Ministry of Health and Ministry Responsible for Seniors. Pregnancy Counts and Rates by Age Groups by Local Health Area, British Columbia, 1990/1991 to 1998/1999
Kashaninia,Z. "Fire Deaths in British Columbia,1986 to 1998",Quarterly Digest 9 (3),March, 2000.
Kashaninia,Z. "Tuberculosis and Mycobacterium: Impact on Mortality in British Columbia, 1990 to 1999",Quarterly Digest 10 (1),October,2000.
Macdonald,J. "The Impact of ICD-10 in Identifying, Coding, and UCOD Selection of Cancer(s) on Death Records",Quarterly Digest 10 (4)in press.
Silver,M. "The Health Status Registry - A Valuable Resource",Quarterly Digest 10 (2 &3), December,2000.
Stubbings,T. and Macdonald,J. "Beautiful and Deadly British Columbia: Natural Environmental Deaths,1985 to 1998",Quarterly Digest 9 (4),June,2000.
Internet Sources of Vital Statistics Information
The Agency's Information and Resource Management branch web pages (http://www.vs.gov.bc.ca/) include copies of recent annual reports, quarterly reports (Quarterly Digest tables and articles), health status indicators, popular baby names, and feature reports including the Analysis of Status Indians in British Columbia. Copies of most reports can be downloaded from the Portable Document Files pages.
Vital Statistics mortality data is also available on the Health Data Warehouse, Ministry of Health and Ministry Responsible for Seniors (http://www.hdw.moh.hnet.bc.ca/). Access to this Ministry intranet site is limited to authorized users
The BC STATS
(http://www.bcstats.gov.bc.ca/data/pop/popstart.htm) presents statistics derived from census. BC STATS produces all population estimates used in Agency reports; population estimates and other statistics can be downloaded from their website.
