TABLE 29
DEATHS DUE TO HIV DISEASE BY
HEALTH SERVICE DELIVERY AREA
British Columbia, 1987-2001
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- Over the fifteen-year period, 1987-2001, 60.6% of the 2,685 deaths from HIV disease were to residents of the Vancouver Health Service Delivery Area (1,628 deaths). In 2001, 58 of the 109 HIV disease deaths were residents of Vancouver. Treatment facilities and other supports centered in the Vancouver Health Service Delivery Area account for some of the concentration of cases in that area.
- The only other Health Service Delivery Areas with over one hundred HIV disease deaths during the 1987-2001 period were South Vancouver Island (220), Simon Fraser (199), South Fraser (152), and North Shore/Coast Garibaldi (132).
- The provincial rate for deaths due to HIV disease, for the period 1987-2001, was 4.92 per 100,000 population. The five Health Service Delivery Areas with the highest rates for deaths due to HIV disease (total deaths for 1987-2001 in parentheses) were:
| 32 |
Vancouver |
20.76 |
(1,628) |
| 41 |
South Vancouver Island |
3.96 |
(220) |
| 33 |
North Shore/Coast Garibaldi |
3.63 |
(132) |
| 22 |
Simon Fraser |
2.93 |
(199) |
| 42 |
Central Vancouver Island |
2.58 |
(83) |
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