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Figure 13:

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TABLE 18
MATERNAL COMPLICATIONS OF PREGNANCY AND DELIVERY
IN LIVE BIRTHS
British Columbia, 1997-2001 AND 2002

FIGURE 13
MATERNAL COMPLICATIONS OF PREGNANCY AND
DELIVERY IN LIVE BIRTHS BY LOCAL HEALTH AREA
British Columbia, 1997-2001

• There were five Local Health Areas (LHAs) with maternal complication ratios that were statistically significant and high (number of births with maternal complications in parentheses) in 2002. These were:
  

  069	Qualicum	(144)	1.40
  068	Nanaimo	(512)	1.28
  037	Delta	(567)	1.10
  038	Richmond	(876)	1.07
  036	Surrey	(2,663)	1.05

• Qualicum, Nanaimo, and Richmond also had statistically significant high ratios for the 1997-2001 period.

• There were eight LHAs with maternal complication ratios that were statistically significant and low in 2002. The five LHAs with the lowest ratios that were statistically significant (number of births in parentheses) were:
  

  019	Revelstoke	(23)	0.61
  021	Armstrong/Spallumcheen	(21)	0.64
  005	Creston	(51)	0.74
  002	Cranbrook	(92)	0.78
  060	Peace River North	(196)	0.83

• There were 13 LHAs with statistically significant and high maternal complication ratios in 1997-2001. The five LHAs with the highest ratios that were statistically significant (number of births in parentheses) were:
  

  068	Nanaimo	(2,551)	1.27
  069	Qualicum	(779)	1.24
  161	Vancouver City Centre	(1,945)	1.19
  029	Lillooet	(178)	1.16
  072/084	Campbell River/V.I. West	(1,224)	1.12

• There were 15 LHAs with statistically significant and low maternal complication ratios in 1997-2001. The five LHAs with the lowest ratios that were statistically significant (number of births in parentheses) were:
  

  002	Cranbrook	(406)	0.68
  060	Peace River North	(955)	0.82
  003	Kimberley	(127)	0.82
  005	Creston	(276)	0.86
  006/007	Kootenay Lake/Nelson	(538)	0.87