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TABLE 12:
Figure 10:
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Note: Ratio-Observed over the expected. Refer to Figure 1 to clarify geographical location of Local Health Areas.
- There were 9,399 cesarean deliveries of live born babies in 2000, and 26,115 spontaneous vertex deliveries. The 2000 cesarean section rate was 232.26 per 1,000 live births.
- The cesarean ratio is the number of C-section births in the area, compared to the number that would be expected based on the provincial rate and the number of live births in the area. The four Local Health Areas (LHAs) with cesarean ratios that were statistically significant and high in 2000 (with the number of cesarean deliveries in parentheses) were:
| 080 |
Kitimat |
1.60 |
(46) |
| 027 |
Cariboo-Chilcotin |
1.33 |
(99) |
| 161 |
Vancouver City Centre |
1.21 |
(209) |
| 023 |
Central Okanagan |
1.11 |
(350) |
- The five LHAs with cesarean ratios that were statistically significant and low in 2000 (with the number of cesarean deliveries in parentheses) were:
| 012/013 |
Grand Forks/Kettle Valley |
0.37 |
(7) |
| 070 |
Alberni |
0.67 |
(47) |
| 006/007 |
Kootenay Lake/Nelson |
0.68 |
(40) |
| 015 |
Penticton |
0.72 |
(54) |
| 033 |
Chilliwack |
0.84 |
(148) |
- The 2000 provincial live birth rate was 9.95 live births per 1,000 population. The five LHAs with the highest live birth rates in 2000 (actual numbers in parentheses) were:
| 060 |
Peace River North |
16.67 |
(520) |
| 092 |
Nisga'a |
16.03 |
(38) |
| 054 |
Smithers |
14.15 |
(268) |
| 051 |
Snow Country |
13.39 |
(10) |
| 034 |
Abbotsford |
13.32 |
(1,547) |
- The five LHAs with the lowest live birth rates in 2000 (actual numbers in parentheses) were:
| 069 |
Qualicum |
5.49 |
(223) |
| 063 |
Saanich |
6.07 |
(366) |
| 017 |
Princeton |
6.17 |
(32) |
| 045 |
West Vancouver-Bowen Is. |
6.20 |
(307) |
| 012/013 |
Grand Forks/Kettle Valley |
6.20 |
(82) |
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