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TABLE 34:
FIGURE 19:
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Fig 19
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- Out of the 28,686 deaths in B.C. in 2002, 11,193 (39.0%) were under age 75. The proportion of "premature" deaths varied considerably by cause of death:
- 1,208 deaths from external causes (accidents and violence) were premature (76.1% of the 1,588 deaths from this cause)
- 4,280 cancer deaths were premature (53.9% of 7,940 deaths)
- 2,410 circulatory system deaths were premature (24.9% of 9,698 deaths)
- 609 respiratory system deaths were premature (20.4% of 2,986 deaths).
- Potential Years of Life Lost (PYLL) is used as an alternative measure of mortality to reflect the impact of deaths that occur at younger ages. For every death under the age of 75, there are potential years of life lost. A comparison of deaths from infectious/parasitic diseases and perinatal conditions illustrates the value of PYLL as an indicator. Infectious/parasitic diseases were responsible for 281 deaths and 6,217 potential years of life lost in 2002. In contrast, the 90 deaths from perinatal conditions resulted in a much larger number of PYLL (6,698) since all of these deaths were infants.
- In 2002, an average of 16.6 years of life were lost per death under 75 years of age. The causes of death shown in the table that had the highest average Potential Years of Life Lost (PYLL) were:
- 74.4 years lost per death due to perinatal conditions
- 54.3 years lost per death due to congenital anomalies
- 32.8 years lost per death due to external causes.
- The Potential Years of Life Lost Standardized Rate (PYLLSR) for deaths from all causes in 2002 was 45.96 potential years of life lost per 1,000 standard population.
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