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Vital
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TABLE 1:
FIGURE 3:
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Tab 1/Fig 3
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Since 1950, as the population of British Columbia tripled, demographic and social changes had significant impacts on vital events. Provincial rates for live births, stillbirths, and marriages in 2002 have fallen to about half the rates seen in 1950, while mortality rates declined by nearly a third.
- In 2002, there were 38,893 live births in the province to B.C. residents. The number of live births decreased by 499 births from 40,392 in 2001. The birth rate, 9.6 live births per 1,000 population, was the lowest birth rate to date.
- There were 28,686 deaths of British Columbia residents in the province in 2002, up 1.6% from the previous year (28,226). The 2002 crude death rate was 6.9 deaths per 1,000 population, the same as in 2001.
- A total of 21,245 marriages were solemnized in the province in 2002, an increase from 20,567 marriages in 2001. The marriage rate also increased in 2002 to 5.1 per 1,000 population, up from 5.0 in 2001. Marriage rates showed a downward trend from 1988 to 2001. Marriage statistics in this publication include all marriages that took place in the province, including those where one or both parties were non-B.C. residents.
- There were 296 stillbirths to B.C. residents in 2002, an increase from 282 in 2001. The stillbirth rate was 7.4 per 1,000 total births (live births and stillbirths) in 2002. Stillbirth rates have fluctuated between 6.2 and 7.5 in the last decade.
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FIGURE 3
