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TABLE F
Appendix 3
MORTALITY IN BRITISH COLUMBIA BY HEALTH AUTHORITY
BRITISH COLUMBIA, 1998 - 2002

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Appendix 3
MORTALITY IN BRITISH COLUMBIA BY
HEALTH SERVICE DELIVERY AREA
BRITISH COLUMBIA, 1998 - 2002

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Appendix 3
MORTALITY IN BRITISH COLUMBIA BY
LOCAL HEALTH SERVICE AREA
BRITISH COLUMBIA, 1998 - 2002

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Note: Total is the number of events in the specified category for the 1998 to 2002 period.
Infant Death - deaths of children under one year of age.
Low Birth Weight live births - live births with birth weight <2,500 grams. Cesarean - live births delivered by cesarean section.
Pre-term - live births with gestational age <37 weeks.
Teenage Mother - live births to mothers under 20 years of age.
Elderly Gravida - live births to mothers 35 years of age or older.
Death is the total number of deaths from the specified cause for the 1998 to 2002 period.
D<75 is the number of deaths under 75 years of age from the specified cause.
SMR - Standardized Mortality Ratio.
PYLLI - Potential Years of Life Lost Index.
Rate - per 1,000 population in the specified area.
Rate¹ - rate per 1,000 live births in the specified area.
Rate² - per 1,000 total births in the specified area.
SMR, PYLLI, and Rate are based on the five year period from 1998 to 2002.
Numbers with a solid box around them show statistical testing indicating that observed deaths are statistically different from the expected deaths (p<0.05, two tailed).
Numbers with a dashed box around them show statistical significance based on less than five cases.
TR - Trend in ASMR based on three year moving average from 1986 to 2002 (See Glossary under Trend Analysis of ASMR for a full explanation):
ì indicates a statistically significantly positive (increasing) trend and
î indicates a statistically significantly negative (decreasing) trend (in areas with an average of less than 1 death per year in the 17 year period, 1986 to 2002, trends are not shown).
TR* - Trend reflects change in Medical Certification of Death form introduced in 1993. Please see Highlights to Table 39 for details.
Five live births with gender unknown are excluded from birth data in Tables A, C and E.
Three deaths with gender unknown are excluded from mortality data in Tables B, D and F.
HSDA 32 Vancouver may include unspecified Vancouver addresses. N.S. - Not Stated.
Non-residents are excluded.

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