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TABLE 20:

Figure 14:

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Tab 20/
Fig 14

Note: Ratio-Observed over the expected. Refer to Figure 1 to clarify geographical location of Local Health Areas.

• Of the 11 Local Health Areas (LHAs) with the statistically significant and high perinatal complication ratios in 2000 (number of births in parentheses), the five highest ratios were:
  

  018	Golden	1.61	(32)
  068	Nanaimo	1.48	(371)
  072/084	Campbell River/V.I. West	1.39	(190)
  027	Cariboo-Chilcotin	1.39	(153)
  069	Qualicum	1.37	(105)

• All above LHAs also had statistically significant and high ratios for the 1995-1999 period.

• There were 10 LHAs with statistically significant and low perinatal complication ratios in 2000. The lowest five ratios (number of births in parentheses) were:
  

  016	Keremeos	0.43	(6)
  081	Fort Nelson	0.55	(15)
  060	Peace River North	0.83	(149)
  163	Vancouver North East	0.84	(330)
  036	Surrey	0.85	(1,380)

• All of the above LHAs, with the exception of Keremeos, also had statistically significant and low ratios for 1995-1999.

• There were 29 LHAs with statistically significant and high perinatal complication ratios in 1995-1999. The five LHAs with the highest ratios that were statistically significant (number of births in parentheses) were:
  

  029	Lillooet	1.46	(162)
  027	Cariboo-Chilcotin	1.44	(895)
  018	Golden	1.35	(177)
  083	Central Coast	1.31	(60)
  068	Nanaimo	1.29	(1,923)

• There were 12 LHAs with statistically significant and low perinatal complication ratios in 1995-1999. The six LHAs with the lowest ratios that were statistically significant (number of births in parentheses) were:
  

  081	Fort Nelson	0.74	(136)
  019	Revelstoke	0.83	(128)
  036	Surrey	0.83	(6,825)
  038	Richmond	0.84	(2,270)
  166	Vancouver South	0.87	(2,026)
  163	Vancouver North East	0.87	(1,759)