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TABLE 41:

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Tab 41
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Note: SMR-Standardized Mortality Ratio. Refer to Figure 1 to clarify geographical location of Local Health Areas.

• In 2000, there were 13 LHAs with statistically significant and high Standardized Mortality Ratios (SMRs) for alcohol-related deaths. The ratios for the five highest (number of deaths in parentheses) were:
  

  029	Lillooet	6.15	(12)
  053	Upper Skeena	5.30	(9)
  017	Princeton	3.24	(9)
  085	Vancouver Island North	3.00	(14)
  052	Prince Rupert	2.81	(18)

• All the above LHAs, with the exception of Princeton, also had statistically significant and high SMRs for alcohol-related deaths in 1995-1999.

• In 2000, Bella Coola Valley and Nisga'a had no alcohol-related deaths.

• There were nine LHAs with statistically significant and low SMRs for alcohol-related deaths (based on five or more deaths) in 2000. The five LHAs with low SMRs (number of deaths in parentheses) were:
  

  164	Vancouver West Side	0.31	(18)
  045	West Vancouver-Bowen Is.	0.36	(11)
  038	Richmond	0.52	(31)
  166	Vancouver South	0.60	(34)
  063	Saanich	0.62	(21)

• In the 1995-1999 period, there were 28 LHAs with statistically significant and high SMRs for alcohol- related deaths. The five LHAs with the highest statistically significant SMRs (number of deaths in parentheses) were:
  

  083	Central Coast	5.08	(18)
  162	Vancouver Downtown E. Side	4.34	(602)
  087/094	Stikine/Telegraph Creek	3.41	(13)
  092	Nisga'a	3.08	(11)
  050	Queen Charlotte	2.81	(29)

• In the 1995-1999 period, there were 18 LHAs with statistically significant and low SMRs for alcohol-related deaths. The five LHAs with the lowest statistically significant SMRs (number of deaths in parentheses) were:
  

  038	Richmond	0.46	(163)
  034	Abbotsford	0.55	(143)
  164	Vancouver West Side	0.59	(165)
  045	West Vancouver-Bowen Is.	0.59	(92)
  001	Fernie	0.63	(21)