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- There were 16 LHAs with statistically significant and high Standardized Mortality Ratios (SMRs) for alcohol-related deaths (based on five or more deaths) in 2002. The ratios for the five highest (number of deaths in parentheses) were:
| 083 |
Central Coast |
(5) |
9.01 |
| 092 |
Nisga'a |
(5) |
8.22 |
| 029 |
Lillooet |
(8) |
4.03 |
| 162 |
Vancouver Downtown E. Side |
(79) |
3.24 |
| 030 |
South Cariboo |
(12) |
2.92 |
- All of the above LHAs also had statistically significant and high SMRs for alcohol-related deaths in 1997-2001.
- There were 11 LHAs with statistically significant and low SMRs for alcohol-related deaths (based on five or more deaths) in 2002. The five LHAs with low SMRs (number of deaths in parentheses) were:
| 069 |
Qualicum |
(9) |
0.33 |
| 038 |
Richmond |
(33) |
0.48 |
| 043 |
Coquitlam |
(39) |
0.54 |
| 166 |
Vancouver South |
(30) |
0.56 |
| 044 |
North Vancouver |
(36) |
0.63 |
- In the 1997-2001 period, there were 32 LHAs with statistically significant and high SMRs for alcohol-related deaths. The five LHAs with the highest statistically significant SMRs (number of deaths in parentheses) were:
| 087/094 |
Stikine/Telegraph Creek |
(18) |
4.94 |
| 162 |
Vancouver Downtown E. Side |
(552) |
4.29 |
| 083 |
Central Coast |
(12) |
3.83 |
| 053 |
Upper Skeena |
(32) |
3.37 |
029 |
Lillooet |
(29) |
2.94 |
- In the 1997-2001 period, there were 18 LHAs with statistically significant and low SMRs for alcohol-related deaths. The five LHAs with the lowest statistically significant SMRs (number of deaths in parentheses) were:
| 038 |
Richmond |
(165) |
0.48 |
| 045 |
West Vancouver-Bowen Is. |
(72) |
0.49 |
| 164 |
Vancouver West Side |
(133) |
0.50 |
| 034 |
Abbotsford |
(139) |
0.55 |
| 037 |
Delta |
(123) |
0.57 |
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