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The Vital Statistics Agency continues to be actively involved in the preparation of various reports that present and analyze British Columbia's vital event data. The following is a list of the most recent articles and publications by the Agency:

British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Ministry of Health Planning (produced for the First Nations and Inuit Health Branch, Health Canada). Regional Analysis of Health Statistics for Status Indians in British Columbia, 1991-2001, Birth Related and Mortality Summaries, British Columbia and 16 Health Service Delivery Areas..

British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency,Ministry of Health Planning. Selected Vital Statistics and Health Status Indicators: One Hundred Thirtieth Annual Report 2001.

British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Ministry of Health Planning. Health Status Registry Report, Congenital Anomalies, Genetic Defects, Selected Disabilities, Includes British Columbia Birth Data to Year 2000 .

British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Ministry of Health Planning. Pregnancy Counts and Rates by Age Groups by Health Region, British Columbia, 1992 to 2000.

Kashaninia,Z."Accidental Falls Mortality in British Columbia, 1990-2000",Quarterly Digest 11 (3 & 4), May, 2002.

Kashaninia,Z., Pelletier, R.,"Leukemia Mortality in British Columbia, 1986-2000",Quarterly Digest 12 (2), December, 2002.

Internet Sources of Vital Statistics Information

The Agency's Information and Resource Management branch web pages (http://www.vs.gov.bc.ca/) include copies of recent annual reports, quarterly reports (Quarterly Digest tables and articles), health status indicators, popular baby names, and feature reports including the Analysis of Status Indians in British Columbia. Copies of most reports can be downloaded from the Portable Document Files pages.

Vital Statistics mortality data is also available on the Health Data Warehouse, Ministry of Health (http://www.hdw.moh.hnet.bc.ca/). Access to this Ministry intranet site is limited to authorized users.

BC STATS
(http://www.bcstats.gov.bc.ca/data/pop/popstart.htm) presents statistics derived from census. BC STATS produces all population estimates used in Agency reports; population estimates and other statistics can be downloaded from their website.

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