TABLE 1
LIVE BIRTHS, DEATHS, MARRIAGES AND STILLBIRTHS
British Columbia, 1950 - 2001
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FIGURE 3
CRUDE RATES OF LIVE BIRTHS, DEATHS
MARRIAGES AND STILLBIRTHS
British Columbia, 1950 - 2001
HIGHLIGHTS TO TABLE 1/FIGURE 3
Since 1950, as the population of British Columbia tripled, demographic and social changes had significant impacts on vital events. Provincial rates for live births, stillbirths, and marriages in 2001 fell to about half the rates seen in 1950, while mortality rates declined by nearly a third.
- In 2001, there were 40,376 live births in the province to B.C. residents. The number of live births decreased by 118 births from 40,494 in 2000. The birth rate, 9.9 live births per 1,000 population, was the lowest birth rate to date.
- There were 28,164 deaths of British Columbia residents in the province in 2001, up 3.2% from the previous year (27,300). The 2001 crude death rate was 6.9 deaths per 1,000 population.
- A total of 20,554 marriages were solemnized in the province in 2001. This number represents a seven percent reduction from the 22,094 marriages in 2000. The marriage rate has shown a downward trend from 9.0 marriages per 1,000 population in 1980 to 5.0 in 2001. This latest year was the sixth year in a row that there were fewer than 6.0 marriages per 1,000 population. Marriage statistics in this publication include all marriages that took place in the province, including those where one or both parties were non-B.C. residents.
- There were 281 stillbirths to B.C. residents in 2001, the same number as in 2000. The stillbirth rate was 6.9 per 1,000 total births (live births and stillbirths) in 2001. Stillbirth rates have fluctuated between 6.2 and 7.5 in the last decade.
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