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TABLE 41
STANDARDIZED MORTALITY RATIO BY LOCAL HEALTH AREA
ALCOHOL-RELATED DEATHS
British Columbia, 1996-2000 AND 2001

Table, STANDARDIZED MORTALITY RATIO BY LOCAL HEALTH AREA, ALCOHOL-RELATED DEATHS

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FIGURE 24
ALCOHOL-RELATED DEATHS BY LOCAL HEALTH AREA
British Columbia, 1996-2000

Table, Alcohol-Related Deaths by Local Health Area

HIGHLIGHTS TO TABLE 41/FIGURE 24
  • There were nine LHAs with statistically significant and high Standardized Mortality Ratios (SMRs) for alcohol-related deaths (based on five or more deaths) in 2001. The ratios for the five highest (number of deaths in parentheses) were:
    053 Upper Skeena 3.83 (7)
    030 South Cariboo 3.77 (15)
    162 Vancouver Downtown E. Side 3.36 (81)
    032 Hope 2.29 (10)
    070 Alberni 2.17 (32)

  • All of the above LHAs with the exception of South Cariboo, also had statistically significant and high SMRs for alcohol-related deaths in 1996-2000.

  • In 2001, Snow Country was the only LHA that had no alcohol-related deaths.

  • There were eight LHAs with statistically significant and low SMRs for alcohol-related deaths (based on five or more deaths) in 2000. The five LHAs with low SMRs (number of deaths in parentheses) were:
    037 Delta 0.34 (15)
    063 Saanich 0.43 (16)
    045 West Vancouver-Bowen Is. 0.46 (13)
    164 Vancouver West Side 0.52 (26)
    038 Richmond 0.53 (35)

  • In the 1996-2000 period, there were 31 LHAs with statistically significant and high SMRs for alcohol-related deaths. The five LHAs with the highest statistically significant SMRs (number of deaths in parentheses) were:
    083 Central Coast 4.87 (16)
    162 Vancouver Downtown E. Side 4.43 (571)
    087/094 Stikine/Telegraph Creek 4.40 (16)
    029 Lillooet 2.87 (28)
    053 Upper Skeena 2.86 (27)

  • In the 1996-2000 period, there were 17 LHAs with statistically significant and low SMRs for alcohol-related deaths. The five LHAs with the lowest statistically significant SMRs (number of deaths in parentheses) were:
    038 Richmond 0.46 (153)
    045 West Vancouver-Bowen Is. 0.48 (70)
    164 Vancouver West Side 0.49 (130)
    034 Abbotsford 0.52 (130)
    077 Summerland 0.58 (22)