TABLE 34
POTENTIAL YEARS OF LIFE LOST AND AGE STANDARDIZED
MORTALITY RATES BY SELECTED CAUSES OF DEATH
British Columbia, 2001
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FIGURE 19
POTENTIAL YEARS OF LIFE LOST AND AGE STANDARDIZED
MORTALITY RATES BY SELECTED CAUSES OF DEATH
BRITISH COLUMBIA, 2001
HIGHLIGHTS TO TABLE 34/FIGURE 19
- Out of the 28,164 deaths in B.C. in 2001, 11,050 (39.2%) were under age 75. The proportion of "premature" deaths varied considerably by cause of death:
- 1,103 deaths from external causes (accidents and violence) were premature (77.6% of the 1,422 deaths from this cause)
- 4,175 cancer deaths were premature (53.8% of 7,767 deaths)
- 2,446 circulatory system deaths were premature (25.1% of 9,734 deaths)
- 604 respiratory system deaths were premature (21.4% of 2,817 deaths).
- Potential Years of Life Lost (PYLL) is used as an alternative measure of mortality to reflect the impact of deaths that occur at younger ages. For every death under the age of 75, there are potential years of life lost. A comparison of deaths from infectious/parasitic diseases and perinatal conditions illustrates the value of PYLL as an indicator. Infectious/parasitic diseases were responsible for 270 deaths and 6,096 potential years of life lost in 2001. In contrast, the 81 deaths from perinatal conditions resulted in almost the same number of PYLL (6,035) since almost all of these deaths were infants.
- In 2001, an average of 16.7 years of life were lost per death under 75 years of age. The causes of death shown in the table that had the highest average Potential Years of Life Lost (PYLL) were:
- 74.5 years lost per death due to perinatal conditions
- 57.7 years lost per death due to congenital anomalies
- 33.4 years lost per death due to external causes.
- The Potential Years of Life Lost Standardized Rate (PYLLSR) for deaths from all causes in 2001 was 46.35 potential years of life lost per 1,000 standard population.
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