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TABLE 20
PERINATAL COMPLICATIONS IN LIVE BIRTHS
BY LOCAL HEALTH AREA
British Columbia, 1997-2001 AND 2002

FIGURE 14
PERINATAL COMPLICATIONS IN LIVE BIRTHS
BY LOCAL HEALTH AREA
British Columbia, 1997-2001

• There were 10 Local Health Areas (LHAs) with the statistically significant and high perinatal complication ratios in 2002 (number of births in parentheses). The six LHAs with the highest ratios that were statistically significant were:
  

  025	100 Mile House	(53)	1.62
  068	Nanaimo	(389)	1.49
  027	Cariboo-Chilcotin	(138)	1.41
  069	Qualicum	(94)	1.40
  057	Prince George	(450)	1.28
  072/084	Campbell River/V.I. West	(173)	1.28

• All above LHAs also had statistically significant and high ratios for the 1997-2001 period.

• There were six LHAs that had statistically significant and low perinatal complication ratios in 2002 (number of births in parentheses). These were:
  

  166	Vancouver South	(330)	0.81
  038	Richmond	(439)	0.82
  163	Vancouver North East	(310)	0.82
  041	Burnaby	(601)	0.84
  036	Surrey	(1,431)	0.86
  037	Delta	(291)	0.86

• All of the above LHAs also had statistically significant and low ratios for 1997-2001.

• There were 24 LHAs with statistically significant and high perinatal complication ratios in 1997-2001. The five LHAs with the highest ratios that were statistically significant (number of births in parentheses) were:
  

  018	Golden	(182)	1.39
  068	Nanaimo	(1,930)	1.34
  027	Cariboo-Chilcotin	(837)	1.34
  069	Qualicum	(594)	1.31
  029	Lillooet	(139)	1.27

• There were 13 LHAs with statistically significant and low perinatal complication ratios in 1997-2001. The six LHAs with the lowest ratios that were statistically significant (number of births in parentheses) were:
  

  081	Fort Nelson	(116)	0.68
  060	Peace River North	(688)	0.83
  163	Vancouver North East	(1,747)	0.85
  038	Richmond	(2,440)	0.87
  166	Vancouver South	(2,033)	0.89
  002	Cranbrook	(382)	0.89