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- Deaths from accidents and violence are shown in this table based on the Local Health Area (LHA) of usual residence of the decedent, and not the location where the death occurred.
- The Age Standardized Mortality Rate (ASMR) for deaths from accidents and violence was 3.40 deaths per 10,000 standard population. There were 37 Local Health Areas (LHAs) which had ASMRs greater than the provincial rate and had five or more deaths from external causes. Of these LHAs, 11 had values that were at least twice the provincial rate. The five highest ASMRs, based on five or more deaths from accidents and violence, (number of deaths in parentheses) were:
| 032 |
Hope |
15.42 |
(12) |
| 029 |
Lillooet |
13.84 |
(6) |
| 016 |
Keremeos |
12.72 |
(5) |
| 031 |
Merritt |
12.06 |
(14) |
| 017 |
Princeton |
12.00 |
(6) |
- There were 26 LHAs with accidents and violence ASMRs below the provincial rate that had five or more deaths. The five LHAs with the lowest ASMR values in 2000 for deaths from accidents and violence (based on five or more deaths) were (number of deaths in parentheses):
| 166 |
Vancouver South |
1.44 |
(22) |
| 063 |
Saanich |
1.44 |
(12) |
| 038 |
Richmond |
1.47 |
(26) |
| 045 |
West Vancouver-Bowen Is. |
1.66 |
(10) |
| 044 |
North Vancouver |
1.73 |
(23) |
- Lake Cowichan, Central Coast, Stikine/Telegraph Creek, and Nisga'a had no deaths from accidents and violence in 2000.
- During 2000, suicides (344 deaths) and motor vehicle accidents (342) each accounted for almost a quarter of the deaths from accidents and violence. Accidental falls (274) accounted for about a fifth and accidental poisoning (233) accounted for about a sixth of deaths from external causes.
- Deaths from motor vehicle accidents (MVA) occurred most often in 2000 to residents of Abbotsford (19 deaths), Surrey (19), Kamloops (16) and Prince George (15).
- Accidental poisoning deaths occurred most often in 2000 to residents of Vancouver Downtown East Side (39 deaths), Surrey (26), and Greater Victoria (21).
- Deaths from accidental falls occurred most often in 2000 to residents of Greater Victoria (38 deaths), Central Okanagan (15), Kamloops (10), Nanaimo (10) and Vancouver South (10).
- Deaths from suicide occurred most often in 2000 to residents Greater Victoria (38 deaths), Surrey (25), Central Okanagan (17), Nanaimo (16), and Vancouver City Centre (14).
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