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TABLE 10
LIVE BIRTH FERTILITY RATES BY LOCAL HEALTH AREA
British Columbia, 1996-2000 AND 2001

FIGURE 9
LIVE BIRTH TEENAGE FERTILITY RATES BY LOCAL HEALTH AREA
British Columbia, 1996-2000

• The Province's 2001 Total Fertility Rate (TFR) was 1,372.54 births per 1,000 women of childbearing age (15 to 44 years of age). As shown in Table 3, Trends of Total Fertility Rates, this was the lowest rate in the last 52 years. (See Glossary for a definition of total fertility rates.) (See Glossary for a definition of total fertility rates.)
  
  
• There were 19 Local Health Areas (LHAs) with statistically significant TFRs that were higher than the Provincial TFR in 2001. The five highest were:
  

  016	Keremeos	1,998.89
  029	Lillooet	1,995.87
  036	Surrey	1,992.31
  034	Abbotsford	1,985.20
  005	Creston	1,981.29

  
  
  
• There were 16 LHAs with statistically significant TFRs that were lower than the Provincial TFR in 2001. The five lowest were:
  

  161	Vancouver City Centre	525.29
  004	Windermere	898.89
  162	Vancouver Downtown E. Side	899.43
  164	Vancouver West Side	966.27
  001	Fernie	1,048.73

  
  
  
• There were 13.28 live births per 1,000 young women in the 15-19 year age group in 2001. This age-specific fertility rate for 2001 was lower than the 1996-2000 teenage fertility rate of 15.88.
  
  
• For the 1996-2000 period, there were 38 LHAs with statistically significant teenage fertility rates that were higher than the provincial teenage fertility rate. The five LHAs with the highest statistically significant rates (number of births in parentheses) were:
  

  049	Bella Coola Valley	55.37	(34)
  053	Upper Skeena	50.04	(65)
  085	Vancouver Island North	48.39	(138)
  092	Nisga'a	48.28	(21)
  005	Creston	43.93	(85)

  
  
  
• There were 20 LHAs in the 1996-2000 period with statistically significant teenage fertility rates that were lower than the provincial teenage fertility rate. The five LHAs with the lowest statistically significant rates (number of births in parentheses) were:
  

  164	Vancouver West Side	1.27	(23)
  045	West Vancouver-Bowen Is.	1.78	(14)
  161	Vancouver City Centre	2.68	(16)
  044	North Vancouver	4.38	(84)
  038	Richmond	4.45	(126)