The Vital Statistics Agency continues to be actively involved in the preparation of various reports that present and analyze British Columbia's vital event data. The following is a list of the most recent articles and publications by the Agency:
British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Ministry of Health and Ministry Responsible for Seniors (produced for the First Nations and Inuit Health Branch, Health Canada). Regional Analysis of Health Statistics for Status Indians in British Columbia, 1991-1999, Birth Related and Mortality Summaries, British Columbia and Health Regions.
British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency,Ministry of Health and Ministry Responsible for Seniors. Selected Vital Statistics and Health Status Indicators: One Hundred Twenty-Ninth Annual Report 2000.
British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Ministry of Health and Ministry Responsible for Seniors. Health Status Registry Report, Congenital Anomalies, Genetic Defects, Selected Disabilities, British Columbia to 1998.
British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Ministry of Health and Ministry Responsible for Seniors. Pregnancy Counts and Rates by Age Groups by Health Region, British Columbia, 1990/1991 to 1998/1999.
British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Ministry of Health and Ministry Responsible for Seniors. Status Indian Pregnancy Counts and Rates by Age Groups by Health Region, British Columbia, 1991-1999.
Foster,L.T., Shinto, M., and Wei, W. "The Use of Vital Statistics Data by a Social Policy Ministry - Revisited,",Quarterly Digest, 11 (1),September, 2001.
Kashaninia,Z., Marquette, M., Fricke, S. "Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS or Lou Gehrig's Disease) Deaths in British Columbia to year 2000",Quarterly Digest 11 (2),October, 2001.
Kashaninia,Z. "Accidental Falls Mortality in British Columbia, 1990-2000",Quarterly Digest 11 (3 & 4),May,2002.
Macdonald,J. and Armour, R. "The Impact of ICD-10 in Identifying, Coding, and UCOD Selection of Cancer(s) on Death Records",Quarterly Digest 10 (4),July 2001.
Internet Sources of Vital Statistics Information
The Agency's Information and Resource Management branch web pages (http://www.vs.gov.bc.ca/) include copies of recent annual reports, quarterly reports (Quarterly Digest tables and articles), health status indicators, popular baby names, and feature reports including the Analysis of Status Indians in British Columbia. Copies of most reports can be downloaded from the Portable Document Files pages.
Vital Statistics mortality data is also available on the Health Data Warehouse, Ministry of Health Services (http://www.hdw.moh.hnet.bc.ca/). Access to this Ministry intranet site is limited to authorized users.
BC STATS
(http://www.bcstats.gov.bc.ca/data/pop/popstart.htm) presents statistics derived from census. BC STATS produces all population estimates used in Agency reports; population estimates and other statistics can be downloaded from their website.
