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TABLE 20
PERINATAL COMPLICATIONS IN LIVE BIRTHS
BY LOCAL HEALTH AREA
British Columbia, 1996-2000 AND 2001

Table, Perinatal Complications in Live Births by Local Health Area

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FIGURE 14
PERINATAL COMPLICATIONS IN LIVE BIRTHS
BY LOCAL HEALTH AREA
British Columbia, 1996-2000

Table, Perinatal Complications in Live Births by Local Health Area

HIGHLIGHTS TO TABLE 20/FIGURE 14
  • Of the 13 Local Health Areas (LHAs) with the statistically significant and high perinatal complication ratios in 2001 (number of births in parentheses), the five highest ratios were:
    001 Fernie 1.51 (61)
    069 Qualicum 1.49 (121)
    053 Upper Skeena 1.47 (40)
    068 Nanaimo 1.46 (398)
    027 Cariboo-Chilcotin 1.41 (147)

  • All above LHAs except for Fernie also had statistically significant and high ratios for the 1996-2000 period.

  • There were nine LHAs with statistically significant and low perinatal complication ratios in 2001. The lowest six ratios (number of births in parentheses) were:
    081 Fort Nelson 0.45 (12)
    038 Richmond 0.76 (407)
    163 Vancouver North East 0.76 (284)
    037 Delta 0.82 (258)
    036 Surrey 0.86 (1,382)
    166 Vancouver South 0.86 (353)

  • All of the above LHAs also had statistically significant and low ratios for 1996-2000.

  • There were 27 LHAs with statistically significant and high perinatal complication ratios in 1996-2000. The five LHAs with the highest ratios that were statistically significant (number of births in parentheses) were:
    018 Golden 1.43 (176)
    027 Cariboo-Chilcotin 1.39 (843)
    029 Lillooet 1.39 (151)
    068 Nanaimo 1.34 (1,917)
    069 Qualicum 1.28 (558)

  • There were 11 LHAs with statistically significant and low perinatal complication ratios in 1996-2000. The six LHAs with the lowest ratios that were statistically significant (number of births in parentheses) were:
    081 Fort Nelson 0.70 (122)
    036 Surrey 0.84 (6,860)
    038 Richmond 0.86 (2,281)
    060 Peace River North 0.87 (684)
    163 Vancouver North East 0.87 (1,722)
    166 Vancouver South 0.87 (1,968)