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TABLE 18:
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Tab 18/
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Note: Ratio-Observed over the expected. Refer to Figure 1 to clarify geographical location of Local Health Areas.
- There were six Local Health Areas (LHAs) with maternal complication ratios that were statistically significant and high in 2000 (number of births with maternal complications in parentheses). These were:
| 068 |
Nanaimo |
1.32 |
(465) |
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| 069 |
Qualicum |
1.24 |
(133) |
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| 072/084 |
Campbell River/V.I. West |
1.23 |
(235) |
|
| 161 |
Vancouver City Centre |
1.22 |
(437) |
|
| 042 |
Maple Ridge |
1.11 |
(459) |
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| 038 |
Richmond |
1.10 |
(837) |
- All above LHAs except Maple Ridge also had statistically significant high ratios for the 1995-1999 period.
- The six LHAs with maternal complication ratios that were statistically significant and low in 2000 (number of births in parentheses) were:
| 002 |
Cranbrook |
0.70 |
(72) |
|
| 060 |
Peace River North |
0.81 |
(201) |
|
| 006/007 |
Kootenay Lake/Nelson |
0.82 |
(100) |
|
| 057 |
Prince George |
0.87 |
(460) |
|
| 023 |
Central Okanagan |
0.89 |
(576) |
|
| 061 |
Greater Victoria |
0.92 |
(737) |
- Greater Victoria had a statistically significant high ratio for 1995-1999; all of the other LHAs listed above except Kootenay Lake/Nelson had statistically significant low ratios for the 1995-1999 period.
- There were 14 LHAs with statistically significant and high maternal complication ratios in 1995-1999. The six LHAs with the highest ratios that were statistically significant (number of births in parentheses) were:
| 068 |
Nanaimo |
1.22 |
(2,615) |
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| 029 |
Lillooet |
1.20 |
(192) |
|
| 069 |
Qualicum |
1.17 |
(774) |
|
| 161 |
Vancouver City Centre |
1.16 |
(1,653) |
|
| 027 |
Cariboo Chilcotin |
1.11 |
(992) |
|
| 080 |
Kitimat |
1.11 |
(394) |
- There were 10 LHAs with statistically significant and low maternal complication ratios in 1995-1999. The six LHAs with the lowest ratios that were statistically significant (number of births in parentheses) were:
| 002 |
Cranbrook |
0.68 |
(419) |
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| 060 |
Peace River North |
0.86 |
(945) |
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| 023 |
Central Okanagan |
0.89 |
(3,007) |
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| 034 |
Abbotsford |
0.90 |
(3,482) |
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| 059 |
Peace River South |
0.91 |
(794) |
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| 054 |
Smithers |
0.91 |
(603) |
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