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These stats put things into perspective for our region: Pollution is the
biggest problem, stress, lack of exercise and poor diet combine for second
place; smoking accounts for about 25%, and death by firearms, broken down below,
is way down the scale. Suicide accounts for most firearms deaths.
Interesting.
Below, a summary of 2002 British Columbia causes of death, out of 28,686
total deaths.
Noteworthy: leading cause of death: cancer--approx 7,800 deaths
Deaths due to accidents and violence--1,588, out of which:
accidents by
firearms---------------- 9
homicide----------------------------37
suicide-----------------------------396
motor vehicle
accidents------------399
Alcohol related, direct & indirect-------1818
Drug induced, total deaths---------------279
death by psychoactive substance
and drug use/abuse----------------------14
accidental poisonings by drugs and
medicants------------------------------ 169
suicide by medicants------------------- 85
Death by HIV---------------------------104
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- There were 28,686 deaths in British Columbia in 2002, 460 more
deaths than the 28,266 in 2001 (see Table 1). More than half of
all deaths in 2002 (50.9%) were males (14,612 deaths), and 14,074
deaths were females. Over three quarters (78.4%) of all 2002
deaths were seniors (age 65 or older), and the oldest age group
(80 years of age or more) accounted for almost five out of every
ten deaths (46.9%).
- The Age Standardized Mortality Rate (ASMR) for all causes of
death in 2002 was 54.36 per 10,000 standard population. The 2002
ASMR for males was 66.12 and for females it was 44.65.
- Based on the cause of death categories shown in Table 22,
cancer (malignant neoplasms), cardiovascular disease and
cerebrovascular disease, the top three leading causes of death,
were responsible for almost sixty percent (59.3%) of the deaths in
the province in 2002.
- Chronic lung disease was the fourth leading cause of death in
2002 for both genders combined (1,257 deaths) based on number of
deaths. Chronic lung disease had an ASMR of 2.31 deaths per 10,000
standard population. Based on ASMR, accidental deaths (2.44 per
10,000 standard population) ranked fourth in 2002 accounting for
1,135 deaths, and also ranked fourth (3.34 per 10,000 standard
population) in 1997-2001.
- There were 177 infant deaths (under one year of age) and 296
stillbirths in 2002, an increase from the 162 infant deaths and
282 stullbirths in 2001.
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- The infant mortality rate for births with very low birth
weight (less than 1,500 grams) was almost one in four (230.35 per
1,000 live births). The infant mortality rate for the babies with
a gestational age of 20-27 weeks at birth was 439.31 per 1,000
live births, which reflects the low birth weight and fragile
health of these babies.
- There were 1,588 deaths from accidents and violence among B.C.
residents. Suicides and motor vehicle accidents each accounted for
approximately one in four of these deaths. Accidental falls
accounted for about one fifth and accidental poisoning accounted
for about one eight of deaths from external causes.
- Out of the 28,686 deaths in B.C. in 2002, 11,193 were under
age 75. An average of 16.6 years of life were lost per death under
75 years of age.
- There were 1,818 alcohol-related deaths in 2002. Almost one
half of all alcohol related deaths were seniors (aged 65+) and
over a third were aged 45-64.
- There were 5,761 deaths that were attributed to smoking. Of
the total, 3,457 or 60 per cent were male
- There were 279 deaths in the province from drug-induced
causes.
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