DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND WELFARE VITAL j STATISTICS OF THE PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA EIGHTY-SECOND REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1953 VICTORIA, B.C. Printed by Don McDiarmid, Printer to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty 1955 Victoria, B.C., December 15th, 1954. To His Honour Clarence Wallace, C.B.E., Lieutenant-Governor of the Province of British Columbia. May it please Your Honour: The undersigned has the honour to present the Report on Vital Statistics in the Province of British Columbia for the year 1953. I 9B ERIC MARTIN, Minister of Health and Welfare. Department of Health and Welfare, j| Victoria, B.C., December 15th, 1954. Iff The Honourable Eric Martin, ||- Minister of Health and Welfare, Victoria, B.C. Sir,—I have the honour to submit the Eighty-second Report on Vital Statistics in the Province of British Columbia. I I have the honour to be, Sir, Your obedient servant, G. F. AMYOT, Deputy Minister of Health and Provincial Health Officer. Division of Vital Statistics, Victoria, B.C., December 15th, 1954. G. F. Amyot, Esq., M.D., D.P.H., Deputy Minister of Health, Victoria, B.C. Sir,—I have the honour to submit the Eighty-second Report on Vital Statistics in the Province of British Columbia for the year ended December 31st, 1953. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your obedient servant, J. H. DOUGHTY, Director of Vital Statistics. TABLE of contents Pagb Introduction 11 Map Map Showing Statistical Publication Areas, British Columbia 12 PART I.—GENERAL STATISTICAL SUMMARY BY PLACE |r OF RESIDENCE Tables Table 1.—Population by Sex and Age-group, British Columbia, 1921-53 14 Table 2.—Crude Birth, Death, and Marriage Rates, British Columbia, 1911-53 15 Table 3.—Live Births and Deaths by Sex, British Columbia, 1949-53: (a) Including Indians 16 (b) Excluding Indians 17 Table 4.—Birth and Death Rates (Excluding Indians and Indians Only), British Columbia, 1949-53 17 Table 5.—Natural Increase, British Columbia, 1949-53 18 Table 6.—Illegitimate Births by Age of Mother, British Columbia, 1921-53: (a) Including Indians 18 (b) Excluding Indians 19 Table 7.—Births and Deaths in Institutions, British Columbia, 1944-53 20 Table 8.—Age-Sex Specific Death Rates, British Columbia, 1921-53 21 Table 9.—Summary of Important Causes of Death, British Columbia, 1944-53: (a) Including Indians 23 (b) Excluding Indians 24 Table 10.—Mortality from Cardiovascular-Renal Diseases, British Columbia, 1949-53 25 Table 11.—Mortality from Diseases of the Heart, by Sex and Age-group, British Columbia, 1953 26 Table 12.—Mortality from Vascular Lesions Affecting the Central Nervous System, Diseases of the Arteries, and Nephritis, by Sex and Age-group, British Columbia, 1953 26 Table 13.—Mortality from Cancer, British Columbia, 1950-53 27 Table 14.—Mortality from Accidents and Violence, by Nature of Injury, British Columbia, 1953 28 Table 15.—Mortality from Accidents and Violence by External Cause, Sex, and Age-group, British Columbia, 1953 30 Table 16.—Mortality from Pneumonia by Type, British Columbia, 1949-53 31 Table 17.—Mortality from Tuberculosis by Site, British Columbia, 1949-53 31 Table 18.—Neo-natal, Infant, and Maternal Mortality Rates, British Columbia, 1944-53 32 Table 19.—Infant Mortality, British Columbia, 1949-53 32 Table 20.—Maternal Mortality, British Columbia, 1949-53 34 Table 21.—Mortality from Notifiable Diseases, British Columbia, 1949-53 35 Table 22.—Four Chief Causes of Death in the Different Age-groups, British Columbia, 1953: (a) Including Indians 36 O) Excluding Indians 37 Table 23.—Stillbirths, British Columbia, 1944-53 39 5 s 6 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND WELFARE Table 24.—Marriages by Conjugal Condition of Contracting Parties, British Co- ^ lumbia, 1944-53 39 Table 25.—Marriages by Months, British Columbia, 1944-53 4Q Table 26.—Marriages Performed According to Type, British Columbia, 1949-53 40 Table 27.—Marriages Authorized by Banns or Licence According to Religious Denomination of Officiating Minister, British Columbia, 1953 4Q Table 28.—Adoptions by Sex and Legitimacy of Adopted Children, British Columbia, 1944-53 42 Table 29.—Divorces by Duration of Marriage, British Columbia, 1944-53 43 Graphs Graph A.—Crude Birth, Death, and Marriage Rates, British Columbia, 1911-53 16 Graph B.—Illegitimate Birth Rates, British Columbia, 1921-53 19 Graph C.—Infant Mortality Rates, British Columbia, 1921-53 33 Graph D.—Maternal Mortality Rates, British Columbia, 1921-53 34 Graph E.—Marriages by Months, British Columbia, 1949-53__ 41 U PART H.—ADMINISTRATION AND DIVISIONAL ACTIVITIES Summary of Registration Services .___ 44 Volume of Registration—All Races \ 44 Volume of Registration—Indian and Oriental Races 46 Searches 47 Certifications 48 Revenue 49 Registration of Births 50 School-teachers' Returns 50 Fraudulent Registrations I 50 Legitimations 50 Alterations of Christian Name 51 IP Delayed Registration of Births 51 Registration of Deaths 51 Registration of Stillbirths 52 Registration of Marriages 52 Registration of Adoption Orders 52 Registration of Divorces , 52 Registration of Notices of Filing of a WiU 53 Certification Services 53 Legal Changes of Name 54 Corrections and Amendments to Registrations 55 Registration of Ministers and Clergymen 55 District Registrars' Offices 57 Changes in Registration Districts 57 Inspections 58 Microfilming of Documents 58 General Administration 58 Statistical Section _ __ _ __ \ 1 59 Purpose __ 59 Routine Assignments 59 VITAL STATISTICS REPORT, 1953 s 7 Statistical Section—Continued Page Staff Training 77"" "V 1 59 Statistics for the Mental Health Services 59 Standardization of Vital Statistics Tabulations in Canada 60 Infant Mortality Study 60 Population Estimates _ _ 61 Nutrition Statistics — 61 Morbidity Statistics 61 Epidemiological Statistics 61 Cancer Registry 61 Crippled Children's Registry 61 Tables Table 1.—Summary of Registration, British Columbia, 1944-53 44 Table 2.—Total Registrations of Live Births, Deaths, and Marriages, Distributed According to Statistical Areas, British Columbia, 1953 46 Table 3.—Registrations of Live Births, Deaths, and Marriages among the Indian Population, British* Columbia, 1949-53 47 Table 4.—Registrations of Live:Births, Deaths, and Marriages among the Chinese Population, British Columbia, 1949-53 47 Table 5.—Registrations of Live Births, Deaths, and Marriages among the Japanese Population, British Columbia, 1949-53 47 Table 6.—Searches Performed and Correspondence Received by the Central Office of the Division of Vital Statistics, British Columbia, 1944-53 48 Table 7.—Revenue-producing Certifications Issued by the Central Office of the Division of Vital Statistics, British Columbia, 1946-53 49 Table 8.—Revenue Collected by the Division of Vital Statistics, British Columbia, 1944-53 49 Table 9.—Change of Name Applications Granted, According to Marital Status and Sex of Applicant, and Total Number of Persons Affected, British Columbia, tf 1941-53 54 Table 10.—Registration of Ministers and Clergymen, British Columbia, 1953 56 Table 11.—Registration of Ministers and Clergymen, by Religious Denomination, British Columbia, 1952 and 1953 56 #■•■ Graphs Graph F.—Summary of Registration of Live Births, Deaths, and Marriages, British Columbia, 1921-53 . 45 Graph G.—Adoptions, British Cotambia, 1936-53 46 Graph H.—Divorces, British Columbia, 1936-53 46 PART III.—DETAILED TABLES OF BIRTHS, DEATHS, MARRIAGES, ADOPTIONS, AND DIVORCES IN BRITISH COLUMBIA, 1953 (CLASSIFIED BY PLACE OF RESIDENCE). f General Summary of Births and Marriages^ Table l._General Summary of Births, Stillbirths, and Marriages for Census Divisions, British Columbia, 1953_ |g 63 Table 2.—General Summary of Births, Stillbirths, and Marriages for Incorporated Urban Places of 1,00(1 Population and over, British Columbia, 1953 64 s 8 department of health and welfare Births Table 3.—Live Births and Live Births in Hospital by Occurrence and Residence for Census Division, British Columbia, 1953 65 Table 4.—Live Births and Live Births in Hospital by Occurrence and Residence for Urban Places of 1,000 Population and over, British Columbia, 1953 gg Table 5.—Live Births by Month, British Columbia, 1953 66 Table 6.—Live Births for Census Divisions by Type of Attendance, British Columbia, 1953 67 Table 7.—Live Births in Incorporated Urban Places of 1,000 Population and over by Type of Attendance, British Columbia, 1953 6g Table 8.—Live Births by Ages of Parents, British Columbia, 1953 g9 Table 9.—Live Births by Age of Mother and Birth Order, British Columbia, 1953 __ 70 Table 10.—Multiple Births by Age of Mother, British Columbia, 1953 71 Table 11.—Stillbirths by Sex and Period of Gestation, British Columbia, 1953 71 Infant Mortality Table 12.—Infant Deaths and Infant Deaths in Hospital by Occurrence and Residence for Census Divisions, British Columbia, 1953 72 Table 13.—Infant Deaths and Infant Deaths in Hospital by Occurrence and Residence for Urban Places of 1,000 Population and over, British Columbia, 1953 73 Table 14.—Cause of Infant Deaths by Sex and Age, British Columbia, 1953 74 Table 15.—Cause of Infant Deaths by Sex and Month of Death, British Columbia, 1953 _ 76 General Mortality Table 16.—General Summary of Mortality for Census Divisions, British Columbia, 1953 78 Table 17.—General Summary of Mortality for Incorporated Urban Places of 1,000 fe Population and over, British Columbia, 1953 79 Table 18.—Deaths and Deaths in Hospital by Occurrence and Residence for Census Divisions, British Columbia, 1953 80 Table 19.—Deaths and Deaths in Hospital by Occurrence and Residence for Urban Places of 1,000 Population and over, British Columbia, 1953 81 Table 20.—Cause of Death by Sex for Census Divisions, British Columbia, 1953 82 Table 21.—Cause of Death by Sex for Urban Places of 5,000 Population and over, British Columbia, 1953 92 Table 22.—Cause of Death by Sex and Age, British Columbia, 1953 97 Table 23.—Cause of Death by Sex, Marital Status, and Age, and Month of Death, British Columbia, 1953 104 Table 24.—Deaths by Single Years of Age and Sex, British Columbia, 1953 m Marriages Table 25.—Marriages by Month of Marriage, British Columbia, 1953 113 Table 26.—Marriages by Age of Bride and Age of Bridegroom, British Columbia, 1953 I14 Table 27.—Marriages by Marital Status of Bridegroom and Bride, British Colum- bia, 1953 _ 115 Table 28.—Marriages by Marital Status and Age of Bridegroom, British Columbia, 1953 5 115 Table 29.—Marriages by Marital Status and Age of Bride, British Columbia, 1953- 115 VITAL STATISTICS REPORT, 1953 s 9 . , j. ^ . j Page Table 30.—Marriages by Birthplace of Bridegroom and Birthplace of Bride, British Columbia, 1953 116 Table 3L—Marriages by Religious Denomination of Bridegroom and Religious 1 Denomination of Bride, British Columbia, 1953 H7 Indians Table 32.—General Summary of Births for Indians by Census Division, British Columbia, 1953 118 Table 33.—Indian Live Births and Indian Live Births in Hospital by Occurrence and Residence for Census Division, British Columbia, 1953 119 Taye 34,—Live Births of Indians by Month, British Columbia, 1953 119 Table 35.—Live Births of Indians by Ages of Parents, British Columbia, 1953 120 Taye 36.—Live Births of Indians by Age of Mother and Birth Order, British Columbia, 1953 121 Table 37.—General Summary of Mortality for Indians by Census Divisions, British Columbia, 1953 122 Table 38.—Cause of Death of Indians by Sex and Age, British Columbia, 1953 123 Table 39.—Cause of Death of Indians by Sex and Month, British Columbia, 1953 128 Table 40.—Cause of Infant Deaths of Indians by Sex and Age, British Columbia, 1953 132 Table 41.—Cause of Infant Deaths of Indians by Sex and Month of Death, British Columbia, 1953 134 Adoptions Table 42.—Registration of Adoptions Ordered by the Supreme Court of British Columbia, by Year of Court Order and Sex of Children, and by Whom Adopted, 1953 135 Table 43.—Registration of Adoptions Ordered by the Supreme Court of British Columbia, by Year of Court Order and Sex and Legitimacy of Children, 1953— 135 Table 44.—Registration of Adoptions Ordered by the Supreme Court of British Columbia, by Birthplace of Children, 1953, with the Cumulative Totals from April, 1920, to December 31st, 1953 135 Divorces Table 45.—Registration of Decrees of Dissolution and Nullity of Marriage and Judicial Separation Ordered by the Supreme Court of British Columbia, by Duration of Marriage, 1949-53 136 Table 46.—Registration of Decrees of Dissolution and Nullity of Marriage and Judicial Separation Ordered by the Supreme Court of British Columbia, by Number and Sex of Children Affected, 1949-53 136 Table 47.—Registration of Decrees of Dissolution and Nullity of Marriage, and Judicial Separation Ordered by the Supreme Court of British Columbia, by Sex of Petitioner, 1949-53 136 Appendix Causes of Death by Sex and Age According to the Detailed List, British Columbia, 1953___ 137 Vital Statistics Report, 1953 INTRODUCTION The Division of Vital Statistics provides a wide range of service to the general public and to other branches of Government. Its duties fall into two main categories—one relating to matters of civil registration, and the other to statistical service on behalf of the entire Health Branch. The former duties comprise the administration of the " Vital Statistics Act," the " Marriage Act," the | Change of Name Act," and certain sections of the " Wills Act." The statistical services consist of providing detailed analyses regarding births, deaths, marriages, stillbirths, adoptions, divorces, and of other data stemming from the registration functions, as well as providing extensive statistical service required for the administration of other divisions of the Health Branch. This Report is divided into three parts. Part I contains a summary of vital statistics for 1953, and in most cases figures for previous years have also been included for comparative purposes. Graphs are provided in some instances to demonstrate more readily the year-to-year changes in the statistics. The reader is reminded that considerable care should be exercised when studying mortality tables which include statistics for the years prior to 1950. It was in this year that a major change in the death-classification system took place, with the implementation of the Sixth Revision of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases, Injuries, and Causes of Death. As a result, not only were there amendments within the International Statistical Classification, but also the method of selecting the underlying cause of death in a joint-cause sequence was changed. Previously, the underlying cause was determined by the application of arbitrary rules of selection, whereas under the new procedure the certifying physician's preference is accepted. Additional tables have been added in Part I to give more complete information regarding the ten principal causes of death. For many of the rates, five-year averages from 1921 to date have been given for the first time this year in order to present a more comprehensive picture of the trend of events and to reduce the effect of the chance variations observed in annual figures. Part II presents a descriptive summary of the activities of the Division in performing the registration and statistical functions. J Part III of the Report contains a series of detailed tables covering the birth, deaths, marriages, adoptions, and divorces which occurred during 1953. A separate set of tables deals with the Indian population of the Province. An Appendix to the Report sets forth the causes of death by sex and age according to the Detailed List of the International Statistical Classification. Mortality tables elsewhere in the Report present data which are generally classified according to the Intermediate List only. In order to make the Appendix more useful, sub-totals have been added to show certain groups of categories collectively. 11 S 12 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND WELFARE Map Showing Statistical Publication Areas, British Columbia VITAL STATISTICS REPORT, 1953 s 13 PART L—GENERAL STATISTICAL SUMMARY BY PLACE OF RESIDENCE POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PEOPLE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA The 1953 estimate of the population of British Columbia was 1,230,000, being 32,000 higher than the figure for 1952. Of this increase, over 40 per cent occurred among the population under 10 years of age. Over one-third of the increase in population which occurred in the last ten years has been in this same age-group. Since the 1952 Report was published, additional information has been made available from the Ninth Census of Canada, and an account of some of the more important features of the population of our Province which were disclosed follows. British Columbia has the lowest average number of persons per family in Canada; namely, 3.3, as compared to 3.4 for Ontario, which has the next lowest average, and 3.7 for Canada as a whole. The 1951 average for the Province represented only a slight decline from the figure of 3.4 determined from the previous census in 1941. With regard to the rural-urban population ratio, it was found that British Columbia has a greater proportion of urban population than any other Province except Ontario. According to the definition of an urban area as given in the 1951 Census (any city, town, or village of over 1,000 population, whether incorporated or unincorporated, and all parts of census metropolitan areas), over 68 per cent of this Province's population is urban. This figure is slightly under that for Ontario, where 70.7 per cent of the population resides in urban areas. The National average is 61.5 per cent. Whereas over half of the rural population in Canada as a whole resides on farms, in British Columbia the proportion is under one-third, which is not surprising in view of the predominantly mountainous nature of the Province. Except for Newfoundland, British Columbia has a smaller proportion of rural farm population than any other Province in Canada. For the whole Province, the population density is 3.2 persons per square mile, a 40-per-cent increase over the figures for 1941, when there were 2.3 persons per square mile. British Columbia ranks ninth among the Provinces of Canada in density of population, only Newfoundland having a lower density, 2.4 per square mile. The National average is only 3.9. If Census Areas 4 and 5, which cover the Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island, are excluded, the population density for the remainder of the Province is found to be just under one person per square mile. The scattered distribution of population is a factor of considerable importance in increasing the expense and difficulty of carrying out public health work in this Province, and the accepted approach to the many problems which arise has had to be modified accordingly. S 14 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND WELFARE Table 1.—Population by Sex and Age-group, British Columbia, 1921-53 (In thousands.il Total Age-group Year 0-4 5-9 10-14 15-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60-69 70-79 Years Years Years Years Years Years Years Years Years Years 1921 T. 524.6 293.4 49.8 25.0 54.3 27.4 45.3 22.8 37.7 19.2 76.6 39.7 101.1 60.0 80.4 50.3 1 46.3 29.1 23.5 14.6 7.8 4.4 M. F. 231.2 24.8 26.9 22.5 18.5 36.9 41.1 30.1 17.2 8.9 3.4 1931 _.T. 694.3 385.2 52.0 26.2 59.2 30.1 59.9 30.2 62.4 31.9 107.5 58.1 98.8 54.1 112.5 68.1 79.2 49.0 41.8 25.6 17.2 10.0 M. F. 309.1 25.8 29.1 29.7 30.5 49.4 44.7 44.4 30.2 16.2 7.2 1941 _.T. 817.8 435.0 59.5 30.1 54.8 27.9 60.7 30.6 66.6 33.7 141.3 70.1 117.8 63.3 100.6 53.8 106.0 61.5 72.0 42.4 30.7 17.6 M. F. 382.8 29.4 26.9 30.1 32.9 71.2 54.5 46.8 44.5 29.6 13.1 1942 __T. 870.0 458.5 67.6 34.4 58.2 29.5 63.0 31.7 68.1 34.1 154.2 74.8 128.6 68.2 104.6 56.0 108.2 62.1 76.5 44.8 32.7 18.7 M. F. 411.5 33.2 28.7 31.3 34.0 79.4 60.4 48.6 46.1 31.7 14.0 1943-__ -_.T. 900.0 471.8 74.7 38.1 60.5 30.6 63.7 32.1 68.1 33.9 159.0 76.4 135.5 71.1 106.9 57.4 108.2 61.4 79.9 46.6 34.6 19.6 M. F. 428.2 36.6 29.9 31.6 34.2 82.6 64.4 49.5 46.8 33.3 15.0 1944 __T. 932.0 82.1 64.3 63.4 69.4 163.5 142.3 109.9 108.0 83.4 36.4 M. 486.1 41.9 32.5 32.1 34.3 77.9 73.6 59.3 60.6 48.5 20.6 F. 445.9 40.2 31.8 31.3 35.1 85.6 68.7 50.6 47.4 34.9 15.8 1945 _ _.T. 949.0 85.7 66.5 63.7 70.1 165.4 146.5 111.5 106.8 85.6 37.8 M. 491.5 43.4 33.3 31.9 34.7 78.4 75.0 60.2 59.0 49.6 21.2 F. 457.5 42.3 33.2 31.8 35.4 87.0 71.5 51.3 47.8 36.0 16.6 1046 ...T. 1,003.0 521.7 91.1 46.7 73.6 37.3 67.1 34.0 71.5 35.5 175.5 85.1 159.2 81.4 118.5 64.1 107.6 58.8 88.0 50.7 40.5 22.6 M. F. 481.3 44.4 36.3 33.1 36.0 90.4 77.8 54.4 48.8 37.3 17.9 1947 . T. 1,044.0 98.8 78.8 70.0 72.2 179.0 166.2 123.4 108.5 91.6 43.8 M.; 542.4 51.0 40.0 35.7 35.8 86.4 84.5 66.6 59.0 52.5 24.7 F. 501.6 47.8 38.8 34.3 36.4 92.6 81.7 56.8 49.5 39.1 19.1 1948 T. 1,082.0 106.7 82.0 72.0? 72.4 178.4 166.6 127.8 114.1 100.5 48.5 M. 562.5 55.5 40.5 36.7 36.5 86.9 82.2 68.2 63.1 58.0 27.7 F. 519.5 51.2 41.5 35.3 35.9 91.5 84.4 59.6 51.0 42.5 20.8 1Q49 T. 1,113.0 575.3 113.7 58.9 87.5 43.9 74.6 37.7 72.3 36.7 177.4 86.4 170.9 83.6 132.1 70.0 114.9 62.5 103.5 58.6 52.3 29.6 M. F. 537.7 54.8 43.6 36.9 35.6 91.0 87.3 62.1 52.4 44.9 22.7 1950 X. 1,137.0." 120.0 91.3 76.9 71.5 175.4 176.0 137.2 113.7 105.5 55.1 M. 584.3 61.5 45.7 39.0 36.3 85.3 85.5 72.5 60.7 59.2 31.1 F. 552.7 58.5 45.6 37.9 35.2 90.1 90.5 64.7 53.0 46.3 24.0 1951 _T. 1,165.2 125.9 99.9 78.6 70.3 171.4 182.1 143.3 112.1 108.4 58.7 M. 597.0 64.2 51.0 39.8 35.8 83.1 88.1 76.3 58.5 60.1 32.5 F. 568.2 €1.7 48.9 38.8 34.5 88.3 94.0 67.0 53.6 48.3 26.2 1952 T. ,1,198.0 131.8 106.2 83.1 72.2 170.3 185.2 149.4 114.3 107.3 62.7 M. 613.4 67.2 54.3 42.2 36.8 83.0 89.4 79.0 59.9 58.9 34.7 F. 584.6 64.6 51.9 40.9 35.4 87.3 95.8 70.4 54.4 48.4 28.0 1953 T. 1,230.0 628.4 138.0 70.4 112.9 57.7 88.1 44.9 74.4 38.3 168.4 82.5 187.3 89.9 155.2 80.9 115.9 60.9 106.3 57.7 66.9 36.8 M. F. 601.6 67.6 55.2 43.2: 36.1 85.9 97.4 74.3 55.0 48.6 30.1 80 and Over 1.8 0.9 0.9 3.8 1.9 1.9 7.8 4.0 3.8 8.3 4.2 4.1 8.9 4.6 4.3 9.3 4.8 4.5 9.4 4.8 4.6 10.4 5.5 4.9 11.7 6.2 5.5 13.0 7.2 5.8 13.8 7.4 6.4 14.4 7.5 6.9 14.5 7.6 6.9 15.5 8.0 7.5 16.6 8.4 8.2 Source: Figures for 1921, 1931, 1941, and 1951 are census counts, while the remainder are estimates by the Dominion Bureau of Statistics. VITAL STATISTICS REPORT, 1953 s 15 SUMMARY OF BIRTHS, DEATHS, AND MARRIAGES IN BRITISH COLUMBIA In 1953 the total number of births reached a new high of 31,74(5 an increase of 1,919 over the previous year. This was the greatest annual increase recorded since 1947. The birth rate per 1,000 population was 25.8 in 1953, higher than the previous record of 25.2 established in 1947. British Columbia and Prince Edward Island had the lowest birth rates of all the Provinces of Canada in 1953. The birth rate for the whole of Canada was 28.2. A total of 12,218 deaths occurred in 1953, yielding a crude death rate of 9.9 per 1,000 population, the lowest rate since 1939. Nevertheless, British Columbia had the highest death rate of all the Provinces of Canada, and a rate considerably higher than the average Canadian rate of 8.6. This is due for the most part to the higher proportion of older people in the Province's population as compared to the rest of Canada. There were 11,298 marriages in 1953 in British Columbia—the highest number since 1949. The marriage rate remained unchanged from 1952 at 9.2 marriages per 1,000 population. The marriage rate in British Columbia is exceeded by the rate in Alberta and Ontario. ^ Table 2.—Crude Birth, Death, and Marriage Rates, British Columbia, | 1911-53 (Rates per 1,000 population.) Year Population Births Number Rate Deaths Number Rate Marriages Number Rate 1911- 1912.. 1913.. 1914.. 1915_ 1916- 1917- 1918- 1919.. 1920.. 1921.. 1922- 1923- 1924- 1925- 1926.. 1927_ 1928- 1929.. 1930.. 1931- 1932.. 1933.. 1934- 1935„ 1936. 1937.. 1938- 1939_ 1940. 194ILI 1942.. 1943- 1944- 1943'- 194^ 1947- 1948- 1949.. 1950 1951.. 1952. 1953- 393,000 407,000 424,000 442,000 450,000 456,000 464,000 474,000 488,000 507,000 525,000 541,000 555,000 571,000 588,000 606,000 623,000 641,000 659,000 676,000 694,000 707,000 717,000 727,000 736,000 745,000 759,000 775,000 792,000 805,000 818,000 870,000 900,000 932,000 949,000 1,003,000 1,044,000 1,082,000 1,113,000 1,137,000 1,165,210 1,198,000 1,230,000 5,841 8,008 9,199 10,418 10,516 9,841 9,450 9,445 9,506 10,492 10,653 10,166 10,001 10,119 10,342 10,063 10,084 10,385 10,378 10,867 10,404 10,214 9,583 9,813 10,013 10,571 11,279 12,476 12,373 13,830 15,038 16,808 18,802 18,999 18,877 22,609 26,286 25,984 27,301 27,116 28,077 29,827 31,746 14.9 19.7 21.7 23.6 23.4 21.6 20.4 19.9 19.5 20.7 20.3 18.8 18.0 17.7 17.6 16.6 16.2 16.2 15.7 16.1 15.0 14.4 13.4 13.5 13.6 14.2 14.9 16.1 15.6 17.2 18.4 19.3 20.9 20.4 19.9 22.5 25.2 24.0 24.5 23.8 24.1 24.9 25.8 3,660 4,313 4,619 3,974 3,832 3,887 3,896 5,394 5,792 4,739 4,208 4,907 4,997 5,004 4,945 5,474 5,750 5,910 6,397 6,400 6,114 6,150 6,221 6,378 6,857 7,222 7,973 7,460 7,517 8,315 8,505 8,869 10,012 9,697 9,756 10,137 10,613 11,316 11,315 11,581 11,638 12,080 12,218 9.3 10.6 11.9 9.0 8.5 8.5 8.4 11.4 11.9 9.3 8.0 9.1 9.0 8.8 8.4 9.0 9.2 9.2 9.7 9.5 8.8 8.7 8.7 8.8 9.3 9.7 10.5 9.6 9.5 10.3 10.4 10.2 11.1 10.4 10.3 10.1 10.2 10.5 10.2 10.2 10.0 10.1 9.9 4,509 5,235 5,012 4,296 3,393 3,169 2,861 2,858 3J40 4,690 3,889 3,763 3,943 4,038 4,223 4,418 4,720 4,942 5,155 4,697 3,879 3,604 4,048 4,771 5,034 5,451 6,191 6,135 7,862 9,624 9,769 10,877 9,385 8,434 9,262 11,762 11,852' 11,718 11,376 11,110 11,272 11,081 11,298 11.5 12.9 11.8 9.7 7.5 6.9 6.2 6.0 7.7 9.3 7.4 7.0 7.1 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.6 7,7 7.8 6.9 5.6 5.1 5.6 6.6 6.8 7.3 8.2 7.9 9.9 12.0 11.9 12.5 10.4 9.0 9.8 11.7 11.4 10.8 10.2 9.8 9.7 9.2 9.2 S 16 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND WELFARE Graph A —Crude Birth, Death, and Marriage Rates, British Columbia 1911-53 (Rates per 1,000 population.) 1911 1916 1921 1926 1931 1936 1941 1946 F953 BIRTHS AND DEATHS BY SEX ;| As has been the case each year since 1950, an increase was registered in the number of male births per 1,000 female births, the ratio being 1,072.5 in 1953. While deaths of males increased by 2.3 per cent over the number for 1952, deaths of females declined by 2.1 per cent. Likewise, the mortality rate among males rose slightly from 12.1 per 1,000 male population in 1952 to 12.2 in 1953, and the female death rate declined from 7.9 to 7.5. The death rate for males in Canada as a whole was 9.8, well below the British Columbia rate. The next highest rate to that for British Columbia was recorded in Ontario and Manitoba, where 10.3 males died per 1,000 male population. The mortality rate for females was only slightly higher in British Columbia than in Canada as a whole, being 7.5 per 1,000 female population, compared to the Canadian rate of 7.4. Four other Provinces have higher female mortality rates than British Columbia. Table 3a.—Live Births and Deaths by Sex (Including Indians) British Columbia, 1949-53 Year Live Births Male Female 1949 ___„ _ 1950 1951 | ___ 1952 1953 """"_ 1 Number of male births per 1,000 female births 13,957 13,887 14,418 15,413 16,428 13,344 13,229 13,659 14,414 15,318 Sex Ratio1 1,045.9 1,049.7 1,055.6 1,069.3 1,072.5 Deaths Male 7,100 7,204 7,311 7,442 7,678 Female 4,215 4,377 4,327 4,638 4,540 VITAL STATISTICS REPORT, 1953 S 17 Table 3b.—Live Births and Deaths by Sex (Excluding Indians), British Columbia, 1949-53 Year Number of male births per 1,000 female births. Male 1949. 1950 1951. 1952 1953. 13,217 13,159 13,647 14,663 15,601 Live Births Female 12,673 12,557 13,000 13,637 14,509 Sex Ratio1 1,042.9 1,047.9 1,049.8 1,075.2 1,075.3 Deaths Male 6,756 6,874 7,012 7,181 7,450 Female 3,927 4,126 4,062 4,380 4,341 BIRTHS AND DEATHS AMONG THE INDIAN AND NON-INDIAN POPULATION Table 4 shows the marked difference in the birth and death rates for the Indian and the non-Indian population. The birth rate among Indians is more than double that for the remainder of the population, while the Indian death rate is almost 50 per cent higher than the rate for the population excluding Indians. The death rate among Indians has shown a marked improvement in recent years, having decreased by over 36 per cent since 1949. Table 4.—Birth and Death Rates (Excluding Indians and Indians Only), British Columbia, 1949-53 (Rates per 1,000 population.) Year Births Excluding Indians Number Rate Indians Number Rate Deaths Excluding Indians Number Rate Indians Number Rate 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 25,890 23.9 1,411 49.5 10,683 9.9 632 25,716 23.2 1,400 48.3 11,000 9.9 581 26,647 23.4 1,430 50.2 11,074 9.7 564 28,300 24.2 1,527 52.7 11,561 9.9 519 30,110 25.1 1,636 54.0 11,791 9.8 427 22.2 20.0 19.8 17.9 14.1 S 18 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND WELFARE NATURAL INCREASE The rate of natural increase in British Columbia in 1953 reached a record high of 15.9 per 1,000 population. This was well above the previous record of 15.0, set in 1947 The excess of births over deaths totalled 19,528, of which 8,750 were males and 10,778 were females. Despite this year's record natural increase, British Columbia continued to have the lowest rate of natural increase in Canada. This is the result of the Province's low birth rate and high death rate compared to the rest of Canada. The National rate of natural increase was 19.6. Table 5.—Natural Increase, British Columbia, 1949-53 Year Male Births Deaths Excess of Births over Deaths Female Births Deaths Excess off Births over Deaths Both Sexes Excess of Births over Deaths Population (Estimated) Rate of Natural Increase per 1,000 Population 1949 1950 1951 1952. 1953 13,957 13,887 14,418 15,40-8 Jl^,428 | 7,100 6,857 13,344 | 7,204 6,683 13,229 j J 7,311 7,107 13,659 7,442 7,971 14,414 | 7,678 1 8,750 15,318 | 4,215 4,377 4,327 4,638 4,540 9,129 8,852 -9,332 9,776 10,778 15,986 15,535 16,439 17,747 19,528 1,113,000 1,137,000 1,165,210! 1,198,000 1^30,000 14.4 13.7 14.1 14.8 15.9 Census population. ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS The tables below make possible a comparison of the numbers of illegitimate births which occur to mothers at various ages. It may be noted from this table that the greatest proportion of illegitimate births, more than a third, occur to mothers between the ages of 20 and 24, while very few occur to mothers younger than 15 or older than 39. It is apparent that there has been a marked increase in the number of illegitimate births per 1,000 live births since the 1921-25 period, although there was a slight decline this year from the figure for 1952. Table 6a.—Illegitimate Births by Age of Mother (Including Indians), British Columbia, 1921-53 Year Age-group Under 15 15-19 Years 20-24 Years Average, 1921-25- 1926-30- Years 30-34 Years 35-39 Years 40-44 Years 45 and Over Not Stated Total Rate per 1,000 Live Births 1931-35- 1936-40. 1941-45. 1946-50. 1951. 1952. 1953. 2.0 2.0 3.6 4.0 6.6 7.6 7 10 13 57.4 88.8 101.8 133.4 225.4 368.4 380 447 435 48.2 19.2 85.4 30.0 122.4 48.8 176.6 83.8 355.6 160.8 545.8 312.0 559 363 623 392 648 370 11.4 17.6 29.0 42.8 77.4 165.8 197 217 246 5.8 11.8 17.0 21.8 44.8 84.6 92 122 138 2.2 3.2 5.8 9.8 14.4 26.8 28 41 42 0.2 0.8 1.2 2.8 3.2 6 5 1 5.8 152.0 | 1.2 240.2 | o; 330.4 | 1.4 474.8 | 0.8 888.6 | 2.0 1,5162 j 1 1,633 1,857 3 1,896 14.8 23.2 33.0 39.2 50.2 58.6 58.2 62.3 59.7 VITAL STTATISTICS REPORT, 1953 S 19 Table 6b.— Illegitimate Births by Age of Mother (Excluding Indians), British Columbia, 1931-53 Year Average, 1931-35— 1936-40— 1941-45— 1946-50— Age-group Under 15 15-19 Years 20-24 Yea.rs 25-29 30-34 35-39 Years I Years Years 40-44 45 and Years I Over : Not Stated Total Rate per 1,000 Live Births 1 1 2.4 | 87.8 104.4 | 42.0 22.0 | 12.6 4.8 0.4 0.4 2.4 | 103.2 ! 145.6 j 70.4 36.0 JL %Jp'mJEto. 7.6 0.4 311.6 4.6 158.6 288-6 125.6 61.8 31.0 9.2 1.2 0.8 5.4 | 273.0 | 433.2 248.0 f 127.4 60.6 18.8 1.0 1.6 5 I 2S7 444 292 147 75 22 2 1 5 f 342 481 .322 167 101 31 2 10 i 317 485 287 192 106 1 ~2 276.8 382.4 681.6 1,169.0 1,255 1,451 1,431 29.4 34.0 41.0 47.7 47.1 48.6 47.5 Graph B.—Illegitimate Birth Rates, British Columbia, 1944—53 (Bjates per 1,000 live births.) RATE 1926 1931 1936 1941 19 46 1953 S 20 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND WELFARE BIRTHS AND DEATHS IN INSTITUTIONS A sugni increase uwuncu iiua y\,a.L m mw ^L^y^M.^^^. ui uuma uueumng ir continuing the upward trend which has existed for some time. Of the total births the Province, 768 occurred outside of hospital, and of these, 533 were Indi; Thus, only 235 non-Indian births took place away from hospital. A slightly smaller _-_ ^£ A^^-r-Xt.^ st.j-.s-*i-tT^£\A \tr% l-i--*c«-_-vitol tPlie VPQf r/J *\ -Tsar _-»__.*-« + r.^. 5 A slight increase occurred this year in the proportion of births occurring in hospital otal births i fndian birth: no, v^jLij *pa? xxv,^ Ai_..™_-_. -—~~ ~ .x lightly smalls proportion of deaths occurred in hospital this year, 62.3 per cent, compared to 63 per cent in 1952. For statistical purposes a hospital is defined as | an institution operated for the regular accommodation of in-patients in which medical and (or) surgical care is provided, and which is recognized as a hospital or nursing home by a Dominion agency or by the Government of the Province in which the hospital is located, or by a municipality duly authorized under the laws of the Province. The term ' hospital' includes institutions for tuberculosis and mental diseases, but excludes institutions which provide custodial care and (or) domiciliary care only." Table 7.—Number and Percentage of Total Births and Deaths in Institutions, British Columbia, 1944-53 Year Births Deaths In Percentage In Percentage Total Institu of Total in Total Institu of Total in tions Institutions 1 tions Institutions 18,999 17,686 93.1 9,697 5,846 60.3 18,877 17,649 933 9,756 5,734 58.8 22,609 21,470 95.0 10,137 5,911 58.3 26,286 25,134 95.6 10,613 6,419 60.5 25,984 24,960 96.1 11,316 6,739 59.6 27,301 26,387 96.7 11,315 7,007 61.9 27,116 26,281 96.9 11.581 7,030 60.7 28,077 27,310 97.3 11,638 7,315 62.9 29,827 29,068 97.5 12,080 7,671 63.5 31,746 30,978 97.6 12,218 7,616 62.3 1944. 1945. 1946 1947- 1948. 1949- 1950 1951- 1952- 1953- AGE AND SEX MORTALITY In order to understand the trend in mortality rates of this Province, it is necessary to look beyond the crude death rates into the specific mortality rates for each sex and age-group. Crude death rates have serious shortcomings, especially when used for comparisons over a period of time, or for comparisons between different Provinces or countries, because they may be adversely affected by changes in the age composition of the populations concerned. This is of particular significance in this Province because of the greater proportion of older people who now reside here. For example, over the period 1921-53, the number of persons aged 60 and over in the Province has increased by five times for males and nearly six times for females, while the total population has hardly more than doubled for both sexes. The increase in the older population for the remainder of Canada has been proportionately much less. 1 Hence, the crude death rates for British Columbia have been increasingly affected by this increasing proportion of older people, among whom, of course, the death rate is much higher. In actual fact, great improvements have been made in the mortality picture of this Province, but the ageing of the population has obscured the effect of these improvements in the crude death rates. The very fact that during the last decade the crude death rate has declined sBghtly in the face of the marked ageing of the population is in itself a reflection of a very favourable situation. However, a more complete analysis of mortality trends in this Province is presented in Table 8, which shows the specific mortality rates by age and sex from 1921 onward. VITAL STATISTICS REPORT, 1&5B S 21 It may be noted from Table 8 that deaths of infants under 1 year of age have declined very considerably since 1921. This decrease amounted to 55 per cent for males and 58 per cent for females. Substantial improvements in mortality have been registered in each of the age-groups from 1 to 49 during the period 1921-53. Of special note was the reduction of 71 per cent in the rate for males aged 1 to 4 years and the reduction of 80 per cent in the rate for females aged 10 to 19 years. The rates for females in the age-groups over 50 have also declined, but not so markedly. There has been little change in the rates for males in these same age-groups. During 1953 the characteristic pattern of mortality amongst both sexes was again :£*„+. tha KiqVi r^fp for those under vear nf aop thp« _» diam r.__._-.i.«~ +~ » . mi& .*.^~~ - x - j -~ ——-c,"*- ^w-vix ovAva ifoa again manifest: the high rate for those under 1 year of age, then a sharp decline to a low > to 9 VearS and a crr^^n^l inwMcp ■Khp.rpj.ftpr \/fale- T>-iy--iH-r,.i,4-r_ .-_*d&_*;_%_jLi_- j__ _§____ mortality in each age-group, mamicsL. mv^ ^&" *^-~ *— —— - j— *g «£,~. ^vu «. oxx^^ ucvunc tu a tow at ages 5 to 9 years, and a gradual increase thereafter. Male mortality exceeded female mortality in each age-group. This has been the general pattern of mortality since 1921. Table 8.—Age-Sex Specific Death Rates, British Columbia, 1921-53 (Rates per 1,000 population.) Year Age-group Under 1 1-4 5-9 10-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60-69 70-79 80 and Over Total1 A,r<-rQOAlQ,>1-25 M. 71.4 56.8 67.7 54.1 57.9 45.3 59.9 45.1 51.9 40.5 46.3 34.0 35.6 26.9 33.3 28.6 32.4 23.7 6.1 5.1 6.4 5.8 4.8 4.4 4.6 4.1 3.5 2.5 2.4 2.0 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.6 1.7 1.5 2.4 1.9 2.7 2.3 2.0 1.8 2.1 1.9 1.6 1.3 1.4 0.9 0.8 0.6 0.9 0.7 0.9 0.4 2.9 2.0 2.8 2.4 2.1 1.9 2.3 1.8 1.9 1.3 1.5 0.9 1.4 0.7 1.3 0.7 1.0 0.4 4.3 3.4 4.5 3.6 3.5 2.9 3.1 2.5 2.9 1.8 2.2 1.5 2.4 1.0 2.3 1.0 2.5 0.9 4.9 4.2 4.8 4.0 4.2 3.5 3.7 3.1 3.2 2.5 2.7 2.0 2.6 1.5 2.8 1.8 2.4 1.3 7.4 6.2 7.8 6.2 6.4 4.9 6.7 4.8 6.0 4.3 5.9 4.0 5.3 3.3 5.6 3.4 5.1 3.1 13.4 10.7 13.5 10.4 12.0 9.4 12.8 9.2 14.0 9.1 13.1 8.1 12.7 7.8 13.5 7.6 12.9 7.4 28.2 24.5 29.8 23.8 26.7 22.7 28.5 20.7 30.1 20.1 29.3 19.4 29.4 16.6 30.1 18.0 29.5 16.8 60.7 56.6 66.0 54.5 63.3 52.6 67.1 53.3 70.1 53.9 62.9 48.6 62.7 46.0 59.5 47.2 62.3 44.2 160.9 131.9 174.4 147.6 152.1 136.2 155.3 138.8 169.1 147.2 148.8 138.4 159.7 136.2 147.0 130.1 158.5 130.2 9 6 1926-30 F. M. 7.5 10 4 ii 1Q1.1-15 F. M. 8.0 9 9 ii 1936-40— F. M. 7.6 11.5 ii 1941-45 F. M. 8.2 12.5 ii 1946-50. F. „ . M. 8.3 12.1 1951 F. .M. 8.0 12.3 1952 _ F. M. IS 12.1 1953 _ F. . M. 7.9 12.2 F. 7.6 1 Includes deaths for which age was not stated. PRINCIPAL CAUSATIVE FACTORS OF MORTALITY IN BRITISH COLUMBIA Deaths from heart disease again constituted the principal cause of mortality in this Province. In 1953, deaths from this cause accounted for 36.3 per cent of all deaths, a slight increase over the 1952 figure of 36.2 per cent and a substantial increase over the proportion ten years ago of 28.5 per cent. Deaths from malignant neoplasms accounted for 15.7 per cent of all deaths, the same proportion as in 1952. The third of the major groups of degenerative diseases, vascular lesions of the central nervous system, resulted in 15.7 per cent of all deaths. These three degenerative diseases combined accounted for 62.6 per cent of all deaths in the Province. For Canada as a whole, 58.7 per cent of all deaths are so caused. The death rate for both diseases of the heart and malignancies declined somewhat in 1953, while that for vascular lesions of the central nervous system increased by over 10 per cent. Accidents, the fourth leading cause of death, took more lives in 1953. The rate per 100,000 population increased to 80.4 from the rate of 80.1 in 1952. The death rate from this cause in Canada as a whole was 58.8 per 100,000 population in 1953. It is interesting to note that for motor-vehicle accidents the British Columbia rate of 18.9 is lower than the Canadian rate of 21.2, while the rate for all other accidents was S 22 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND WELFARE almost two-thirds higher in this Province, bemg 61.5, compared to 37.4. The death rate for the diseases of early infancy reached its lowest level this year, declining to 35 8 deaths per 100,000 population. This is well below the Canadian rate of 50.6. For the second consecutive year there was a decline in the death rate from pneumonia, the rate in 1953 being 35.4 per 100,000 population. In 1951 the rate was 38.7 and in 1952, 36.4. The rate of deaths from diseases of the arteries declined from 19.0 in 1952 to 17.7 in 1953. 1 The first seven causes of death previously described retained the same order of importance as in 1952. Suicides, which in 1952 was ninth leading cause, was in eighth place in 1953, the death rate being 16.1 per 100,000 population. Congenital malformation stood in the ninth place with a death rate of 15.0. Tuberculosis moved from eighth place to tenth, the death rate from this cause having dropped considerably from 17.9 to 11.9, the seventh successive year of progressive decline. 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H Ih 0 0 O O o o d a Vi CO H H Ci ii ■s-s 3 g ti F O ii -0 -0 0 o 00 H « VITAL STATISTICS REPORT, 1953 MORTALITY FROM CARDIOVASCULAR-RENAL DISEASES S 25 The introduction of the Sixth Revision of the International List of Diseases, Injuries, and Causes of Death in 1950 resulted in a break in the comparability of mortality statistics for certain causes of death, notably those making up the cardiovascular-renal group. For this reason, this group of diseases is discussed as a single entity. The classification changes were mostly internal within this group and did not seriously affect the totals for all cardiovascular-renal conditions combined. The reader should be mindful of the changes resulting from the Sixth Revision when comparing deaths from any of the specific causes shown. The table shows that, while mortality from cardiovascular-renal diseases was higher in 1953 than in 1952, the rate per 100,000 population decreased slightly. When Indians are excluded, the rate shows a more substantial decrease from 520.3 to 512.5 deaths per 100,000 population. _ -|| |||; _ Table 10.—Mortality from Cardiovascular-Renal Diseases, British Columbia, 1949-53 Sixth Revision Intermediate Int. List No. Fifth Revision Int. List No. Cause of Death Including Indians 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 Excluding Indians 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 A70 83 A79 58, 87a A80-A83 90-95 A84 87e, 102 A85 96-99 A86 100, Ilia _108,A109 13(M32 Vascular lesions affecting the central nervous system1 Rheumatic fever . Diseases of the heart1 Hypertension without mention of the heart1 Diseases of arteries Diseases of veins Nephritis and nephrosis1 Totals Per cent of all deaths Rate per 100,000 population 913 1,194 1,194 1,155 15 19 22 17 3,755 4,043 4,103 4,378 19 89 78 84 176 206 195 228 38 44 40 58 390 160 126 162 1,298 17 4,441 82 218 64 115 5,306 5,755 5,758 6,082 6,235 46.9 49.7 49.5 50.3 51.0 476.3 505.7 494.2 507.7 506.9 894 1,174 1,174 1,138 9 16 20 20 3,705 3,993 4,053 4,333 19 89 76 84 175 203 191 226 36 44 40 56 382 154 119 158 1,280 13 4,384 81 216 63 110 5,220 5,673 5,673 6,015 6,147 48.9 51.6 51.2 52.0 52.1 480.9 511.5 499.1 520.3 512.5 1 The large increases and decreases in these categories between the years 1949 and 1950 partially resulted from the changeover to the Sixth Revision of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases, Injuries, and Causes of Death. S 26 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND WELFARE Mortality from Diseases of the Heart 1952, deaths from this cause among females decreased by 3.4 per cent. The greatest proportion of the increase among males was due to a higher death toll from arteriosclerotic heart disease, while deaths ascribed to hypertensive heart conditions declined by almost rWie-th.rd. Deaths of females from hypertensive heart disease also showed a substantial 1 disease, wiinc -a^cn^o «ow*-.^~ _~ ~jr -. _- -™« ^vuuvu uy almost one-third. Deaths of females from hypertensive heart disease also showed a substantial decline from the 1952 figure, but there was little change in the number of deaths due to Mher types of heart conditions. Table 11.—Mortality from Diseases of the Heart, by Sex and Age-group, British Columbia, 1953 Intermediate Int. List No. Type of Heart Disease Age-group 0-19 Years 20-39 Years 40-49 Years 50-59 Years 60-69 Years 70-79 Years A80 A81 A82 A83 Chronic rheumatic —K ~~-—.—M. F. Arteriosclerotic and degenerative M. F. Othef diseases of the heart M. F. Hypertensive M. F. Totals M. F. 1 1 9 9 10 4 4 1 17 7 100 21 2 1 9 5 23 16 128 34 17 21 278 71 9 3 14 13 318 108 24 20 671 234 25 8 62 44 782 306 22 12 897 479 45 18 79 81 1,043 590 80 and Over 5 6 534 413 24 29 44 33 607 481 Total 94 76 2,490 1,223 109 63 208 178 2,901 1,540 Mortality from Other Major Cardiovascular-Renal Diseases ^f|||; The table following shows mortality from three other important cardiovascular-renal causes apart from heart disease. These three causes—namely, vascular lesions affecting the central nervous system, diseases of the arteries, and nephritis—together caused 1,631 deaths in 1953. With respect to these three causes, the excess of male mortality over female mortality is much less than was the case with diseases of the heart, whereas for heart disease mortality amongst males was almost double that for females; for these latter conditions the male mortality exceeded the female by only 10 per cent. Deaths from these causes occurred mostly after the age of 60, only 12 per cent being at ages under 60. Table 12.—Mortality from Vascular Lesions Affecting the Central Nervous System, Diseases of the Arteries, and Nephritis, by Sex and Age-group, British Columbia, 1953. I Intermediate Int. List No. Type of Disease Age-group 0-19 Years 20-39 Years 40-49 Years 50-59 Years 60-69 Years 70-79 Years A70 A85 A108, A109 Vascular lesions affecting the central nervous system m. F. Diseases of the arteries M. f! Nephritis and nephrosis M. F. Totals m# F. 1 9 3 5 7 1 10 3 22 25 2 3 5 31 43 8 2 9 7 11 4 15 11 27 30 48 52 143 118 25 13 18 9 273 254 48 30 18 8 80 and Over 171 204 41 47 12 1_ 224" 252 Total 647 651 124 94 79 Jt 850 781 VITAL STATISTICS REPORT, 1953 S 27 MORTALITY FROM CANCER Only a slight change was recorded in the death rate for cancer in 1953. The rate per 100,000 population was 155.7, compared with the 1952 rate of 158.2. Malignancies of the intestine and stomach accounted for 24.7 per cent of all cancer deaths. An increase of almost 30 per cent occurred in the number of cancer deaths ascribed to leuteemia and aleukaemia in 1953. In the previous year there were 65 such deaths, while in 1953 there were 84. Deaths from cancer of the breast declined by 15.5 per cent, while deaths from lung cancer increased by 14.2 per cent. Table 13.—Mortality from Cancer, British Columbia, 1950-53 Intermediate Int. List No. A44 A45 A46 A47 A48 A49 A50 A51 A52 A53 A54 A55 A56 A57 A58 A59 Malignant Neoplasms of— 1950 1951 1952 Buccal cavity and pharynx. CEsophagus Stomach Intestine Rectum—„ I Larynx., ..— Trachea, and of bronchus and lung not specified as secondary. Breast .. Cervix uteri Other and unspecified parts of uterus | Prostate Skin Bone and connective tissue _ Other and unspecified sites Leukaemia and aleukaemia j Lymphosarcoma and other neoplasms of lymphatic and haematopoietic system Totals .. Per cent of all deaths Rate per 100,000 population. 42 32 261 168 122 5 167 148 48 42 71 21 21 452 65 64 40 34 236 160 97 12 182 162 45 41 89 18 15 459 61 80 35 34 278 226 90 13 233 155 58 24 91 24 18 473 65 78 1953 41 39 264 209 106 14 200 179 51 34 116 17 21 448 84 92 1,729 1,731 1,895 1,915 14.9 14.9 15.7 15.7 151.9 148.6 158.2 155.7 S 28 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND WELFARE MORTALITY FROM ACCIDENTS AND VIOLENCE In order to obtain as much information as possible regarding mortality from acci dents and violence, a dual coding is used. These deaths are first classified according to the external cause and then they are again classified according to the nature of the injury Statistics showing both types of classification are presented in the detailed tables of Part III of this Report. However, it is also informative to cross-classify deaths from accidents and violence by the nature of the injury and the external cause of the injury. Such a cross-classification is presented in Table 14, which follows. § In 1953 the greatest single cause of accidental death was poisoning, which resulted in approximately one-sixth of all deaths in this group. Fractures of the skull resulted in almost as great a number of deaths as poisoning, while internal injuries were responsible for 14 per cent and fractures of limbs almost 10 per cent. These four types of injury caused 700, or almost 60 per cent, of all accidental deaths in 1953. If Table 14.—Mortality from Accidents and Violence, by Nature of Injury, British Columbia, 1953 § Int. List No. E800-E802 E810-E825 E830-E835 E840-E845 E860-E866 E900-E904 E910-E936 E970-E979 E980-E985 E800-E802 E810-E825 E840-E845 E900-E904 E910-E936 E970-E979 E980-E985 E800-E802 E810-E825 E900-E904 E910-E936 E960-E965 E800-E802 E810-E825 E840-E845 E860-E866 E900-E904 E910-E936 E960-E965 E970-E979 E980-E985 E800-E802 E810-E825 E830-E835 E860-E866 E900-E904 E910-E936 E970-E979 E980-E985 E800-E802 E900-E904 E910-E936 E970-E979 Cause of Death Fracture of skuU (N80O-N8O4) Railway accidents Motor-vehicle traffic accidents Motor-vehicle non-traffic accidents . Other road-vehicle accidents Aircraft accidents Accidental falls Other accidents Suicide and self-inflicted injury Homicide and injury purposely inflicted by other persons (not in war) Fracture of spine and trunk (N805-N809) Railw ay accidents I . Motor-vehicle traffic accidents Other road-vehicle accidents Accidental falls Other accidents Suicide and self-inflicted injury Homicide and injury purposely inflicted by other persons (not in war) Fracture of limbs (N810-N829) Railway accidents Motor-vehicle traffic accidents Accidental falls Other accidents Late effects of injury and poisoning Head injury (excluding skuU fracture) (N850-N856) Railway accidents ! Motor-vehicle traffic accidents Other road-vehicle accidents Aircraft accidents Accidental falls Other accidents Late effects of injury and poisoning Suicide and self-inflicted injury Homicide and injury purposely inflicted by other persons (not in war ) —. Internal injury of chest, abdomen, and pelvis (N860-N869) Railway accidents Motor-vehicle traffic accidents Motor-vehicle non-traffic accidents Aircraft accidents Accidental falls j Other accidents Suicide and self-inflicted injury Homicide and injury purposely inflicted by other persons (not in war) Laceration and open wounds (N870-N908) I Railway accidents ~ Accidental falls | Other accidents Suicide and self-inflicted injury Total 201 9 88 2 3 8 27 42 14 8 60 1 23 2 20 10 1 3 119 1 5 105 7 1 96 2 13 1 4 25 15 2 32 2 171 5 79 3 12 7 53 10 2 20 2 2 7 9 Male Female VITAL STATISTICS REPORT, 1953 S 29 Table 14.—Mortality from Accidents and Violence, by Nature of Injury, British Columbia, 1953—Continued Int. List No. E910-E936 E910-E936 E850-E858 E860-E866 E910-E936 E850-E858 E870-E888 E890-E895 E910-E936 E970-E979 E810-E925 E850-E858 E860-E866 E900-E904 E910-E936 E960-E965 E970-E979 E980-E985 E80O-E999 Cause of Death Superficial injury, contusion, and crushing with intact skin surface (N910-N929) Other accidents Effects of foreign body entering through orifice (N930-N936) Other accidents Burns (N940-N949) Water-transport accidents Aircraft accidents Other accidents Effects of poisons (N960-N979) Water-transport accidents Accidental poisoning by solid and liquid substances Accidental poisoning by gases and vapours Other accidents . Suicide and self-inflicted injury All other and unspecified effects of external causes (N950-N959, N980-N999) Motor-vehicle traffic accidents Water-transport accidents Aircraft accidents Accidental falls Other accidents Late effects of injury and poisoning Suicide and self-inflicted injury _ Homicide and injury purposely inflicted by other persons (not in war) Total accidental and violent deaths Total 1 1 25 25 29 2 1 26 209 3 30 63 31 82 273 19 41 4 5 151 1 50 72 Male 1,204 1 1 17 17 19 2 1 16 149 3 21 44 20 61 226 18 37 4 4 125 1 37 Female 8 8 10 10 60 ~9 19 11 21 47 1 4 1 26 75 72 905 299 S 30 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND WELFARE Mortality from Accidents and Violence by Age and Sex Table 15 shows a cross-classification of mortality from accidents and violence b external cause, sex, and age-group. The most notable feature of these statistics is the preponderance of male deaths from accidental and violent causes. The distribution of these deaths according to age is also of interest. It is evident that accidents constitute a real hazard at all ages of life. | Once again, motor-vehicle accidents caused the greatest number of deaths | __ _ 1 -._ __, _-./-.-m.^ ,---*-*-_ __>.r. AlmAot O.T- -r\e*f /"•o-ri'fr r\t «-»!' «-»/-»_■_.A~.t*a-~ 1 J .t to same category. Table 15.—Mortality from Accidents and Violence by External Cause, Sex, and Age-group, British Columbia, 1953 Interme Cause of Death Age-group diate Int. List No. Vi 3§ as g Cir* mr** ikfi ON* §6 Tt U 0 h AE138 Motor-vehicle accidents M. 11 7 3 2 2 3 1 1 8 7 1 1 1 1 21 5 24 13 2 18 2 5 1 1 2 1 1 4 6 14 3 9 2 1 1 31 9 30 2 9 3 5 11 4 4 1 1 11 1 23 2 16 6 3 1 24 9 18 7 2 11 3 7 2 2 4 1 10 1 25 19 6 1 1 16 8 9 7 6 7 3 6 3 1 7 1 8 1 9 1 35 11 4 2 19 12 10 1 11 2 7 1 4 7 3 1 14 1 14 1 36 12 1 23 9 14 1 10 6 12 9 3 3 1 2 11 2 7 i £■■: 22 4 18 5 3 1 15 4 30 22 2 1 3 6 1 19 2 1 6 4 1 3 3 32 44 1 1 1 4 1 7 1 5 1 1671 AE139 AE140 Other transport accidents Accidental poisoning F. .M. F. .... , _.M. 65 92 9 65 AE141 Accidental falls F. j M. 28 108 AE142 Accident caused by machinery F. M. 83 32 AE143 Accident caused by fire and explosior bustible material F. i of com- M. 1 34 AE144 Accident caused by hot substance, liquid, steam, and radiation. F. corrosive .M. 19 2 AE145 Accident caused by firearm . . F. ,-M. 2 22 AE146 AE147 Accidental drowning and submersion All other accidental causes F. M. F. . .M. 3 951 18 124 AE148 Suicide and self-inflicted iniurv F. .M. 20 1551 AE149 F. Homicide and injury purposely inflicted by other persons (not in war .• .... M 43 9 Totals - F. ___ .M. 8 74 40 61 10 1 144 29 128 25 111 34 123 34 107 | 33 95 | 38 | 59 | 56 i 9052 F. 299 1 Includes 1 case where age was not stated. 2 Includes 3 cases where age was not stated. MORTALITY FROM DISEASES OF EARLY INFANCY The group of causes listed in the International Statistical Classification under the heading " Certain Diseases of Early Infancy " (rubrics 760-776, inclusive) follows accidental deaths in importance. This classification includes birth injuries, asphyxia, infections of the new-born, and certain other less frequent conditions peculiar to early infancy. However, it is more meaningful when studying infant deaths to relate them to the number of live births which have occurred, and to consider at the same time other causes wlucn VITAL STATISTICS REPORT, 1953 S 31 result in infant deaths which do not fall within the more restricted group of diseases neculiar only to early infancy. For this reason, these conditions are discussed under the general heading of | Infant Mortality," beginning on page 32. MORTALITY FROM PNEUMONIA Table 16 shows deaths due to pneumonia for the five-year period 1949 to 1953, inclusive. While total deaths from this cause remained the same from 1952 to 1953^ there was a considerable drop in Indian deaths from pneumonia, but a corresponding increase in these deaths amongst the non-Indian population. The number of deaths due to pneumonia fluctuates considerably from year to year. About two-thirds of all pneumonia deaths are ascribed to bronchial pneumonia, another 18 per cent to lobar pneumonia, and the remainder, 21 per cent, to other and unspecified pneumonia. Table 16.—Mortality from Pneumonia by Type, British Columbia, 1949-53 Sixth Revision Fifth Revision Int. List No. Type of Pneumonia Including Indians Excluding Indians Intermediate Int. List No. 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 A89 A90 A91 108 107 109 Lobar pneumonia 125 251 116 95 222 83 82 276 93 76 267 93 79 286 71 106 222 67 82 187 45 69 250 57 62 232 64 73 Bronchopneumonia 256 Other and unspecified types of pneumonia Totals Per cent of all deaths . Rate per 100,000 population 51 492 400 451 436 436 395 314 376 358 380 4.3 3.5 3.9 3.6 3.6 3.7 2.9 3.4 3.1 3.2 44.2 35.1 38.7 36.4 35.4 35.6 28.31 33.1 30.6 31.7 MORTALITY FROM TUBERCULOSIS A further major decline was recorded in tuberculosis deaths during 1953. Whereas the 1952 rate was 17.9 per 100,000 population, the rate in 1953 stood at only 11.9. In the population excluding Indians, the death rate dropped from 15.3 in 1952 to 10.2 in 1953. The total number of deaths from this disease in 1953—namely, 146—represented a 31-per-cent decrease from the 1952 figure and nearly a 75-per-cent drop from the figure only ten years ago. Tuberculosis of the respiratory system accounted for 83 per cent of all tuberculosis deaths. British Columbia ranks sixth among the Provinces wiffi respect to its tuberculosis death rate. Ontario, the three Prairie Provinces, and Nova Scotia all have rates lower than this Province. Table 17. — Mortality from Tuberculosis by Site, British Columbia, 1949-53 Sixth Revision Fifth Revision Int. List No. Organ or Site Affected Including Indians Excluding Indians Intermediate Int. List No. 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 Al 13 14 15 16-17 18-22 Respiratory system 362 24 5 4 11 271 22 1 3 16 254 15 2 3 18 192 14 1 1 6 121 10 3 12 273 9 4 2 7 215 7 1 3 13 197 4 1 3 10 164 7 1 1 6 106 A2 A3 Meninges and central nervous system Intestines, peritoneum, and mesenteric glands 5 3 A4 Bones and joints A5 8 Totals 406 313 292 214 146 295 239 215 179 122 Per cent of all deaths - 3.6 2.71 2.5 1.8 1.2 2.8 2.2 1.9 1.5 1.0 Rate per 100,000 population 36.4127.5125.1 17.9 11.9 27.2 21.6 18.9 15.3 10.2 S 32 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND WELFARE INFANT MORTALITY During 1953 the lowest infant mortality and neo-natal mortality rates ever record d in this Province were attained. The infant mortality rate was 27.1 per 1,000 live births while the neo-natal mortality rate was 16.8. A decline of 26 per cent occurred in the infant mortality rate amongst the Indian population. Although this rate is still relatively high, it dropped from 121.8 per 1,000 Indian live births in 1952 to 89.9 in 1953. The infant mortality rate in this Province was the lowest in Canada, the National rate being 35.4 deaths per 1,000 live births. The neo-natal mortality rate was second lowest in Canada, but well below the National rate of 21.3. Prince Edward Island recorded the lowest rate with only 12.1 neo-natal deaths per 1,000 live births. Immaturity remained as the leading cause of infant deaths, while it was reported as being a contributing factor in many other infant deaths ascribed to specific causes. Congenital malformation caused the second greatest number of infant deaths in 1953. The number of infant deaths charged to congenital malformation has increased steadily during the last few years. In 1950 congenital malformations were said to have caused 11.2 per cent of all infant deaths, whereas, in 1953, 17.2 per cent of the deaths were so caused. Table 18.—Neo-natal, Infant, and Maternal Mortality Rates, British Columbia, 1944-53 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 Neo-natal mortality rates per 1,000 live births— Including Indians Excluding Indians I — Indians Infant mortality rates per 1,000 live births— Including Indians Excluding Indians Indians : _. Maternal mortality rates per 1,000 live births— Including Indians Excluding Indians Indians 23.7 22.0 49.1 40.4 32.8 153.1 2.6 2.4 5.8 24.1 23.1 39.0 42.0 34.3 151.1 2.6 2.4 5.7 22.1 19.7 47.2 37.7 29.6 168.3 1.7 1.4 6.1 22.4 20.8 52.9 36.5 29.5 163.0 1.2 1.2 7.2 21.1 20.1 40.1 33.4 28.0 133.4 1.1 1.0 3.0 19.8 18.7 39.7 31.4 25.8 134.7 1.0 1.0 2.1 17.8 17.1 31.4 29.7 24.1 131.4 1.0 0.9 2.1 18.3 17.4 34.3 29.9 24.6 128.0 0.7 0.7 1.1 18.3 17.4 35.4 29.2 24.2 121.8 0.6 0.6 m 1953 16.8 16.3 26.3 27,1 23.6 89.9 0.6 0.5 1.2 Table 19.—Infant Mortality, British Columbia, 1949-53 Sixth Revision Int. List No. Fifth Revision Int. List No. 001-019 13-22 056 9 085 35 273 64 480-483 33 490-493, 763 107-109 500-502 106 571.0, 572,764 119 750-759 157 760-761 160 762 161a 774-776 159 800-962 169-195 Cause of Death Including Indians 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 Excluding Indians 1949 1950 1951 1952 Tuberculosis Whooping-cough Measles Diseases of the thymus gland Influenza Pneumonia. Bronchitis... Diarrhoea and enteritis Congenital malformations Injury at birth1 Postnatal asphyxia and atelectasis1 Immaturity1 Accidents Other causes Totals Live births Rate per 1,000 live births 6 1 12 17 11 123 7 35 120 93 35 274 41 83 2 5 5 14 26 101 10 24 90 105 84 147 33 157 4 7 3 12 14 99 14 43 130 82 97 158 37 139 15 101 10 2 137 90 102 183 42 177 3 5 9 5 15 119 10 15 148 85 99 171 31 144 858 805 839 870 859 27,301 27,116 28,077 29,827 31,746 31.4 29.7 29.9 29.2 27.1 2 1 3 15 6 49 7 20 113 91 11 6 44 9 7 89 100 1 2 10 4 47 9 19 125 78 2 2 2 5 48 9 10 128 83 1953 3 1 5 4 79 5 140 81 621| 656I 2p90J25^90l2^ 24.21 23.6 25.8 changed to8^ these categories between the years 1949 and 1950 partiaUy' ^d"ftf cnange-over to the Sixth Revision of the Internationa] Statistical Classification of Diseases, Injuries, and Causes ot v VITAL STATISTICS REPORT, 1953 Graph C—Infant Mortality Rates, British Columbia, 1921-53 (Rate per 1,000 live births.) S 33 20 10 ' I I L 1921 1926 EXCLUDING INDIANS J I I L I > I 1931 1936 J I L_L 1941 llll 1946 I i I 1953 S 34 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND WELFARE MATERNAL MORTALITY f--- The maternal mortality rate among the total population was 0.6 per 1,000 live births in 1953, the same rate as last year. However, the non-Indian rate declined to 0.5 a new record. The number of deaths was the same as in 1952, 18 in the total population' 16 in the population excluding Indians. As mentioned in the 1952 Report, the number of deaths from any one cause is so small that variations from year to year are possible solely as a result of chance and it would be unwise to ascribe significance to such changes. Table 20.—Maternal Mortality, British Columbia, 1949-53 Sixth Revision lidterme- diate Int. List No. A115 A116 A117 A118 A119 A120 Fifth Revision Int. List No. Cause of Death Including Indians 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 Excluding Indians 1949 1950 1951 147 144, 148 143, 146 141 140 142, 145 149, 150 Sepsis of pregnancy, childbirth, and the puerperium Toxaemias of pregnancy and the puerperium Haemorrhage of pregnancy and childbirth Abortion without mention of sepsis or toxaemia Abortion with sepsis Other complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium Totals™ Rate per 1,000 live births 6 7 6 2 2 8 2 6 5 2 1 5 1 2 28 27 20 18 18 1.0 1.0 0.7 0.6 0.6 6 7 3 2 2 3 8 1 1 6 3 2 1 5 2 1952 2 4 1 1 4 1953 2 4 4 1 1 25 24 19 16 16 1.0 0.9 0.7 0.6 0.5 Graph D.—Maternal Mortality Rates, British Columbia, 1921-53 (Rates per 1,000 live births.) 1921 1926 1931 1936 1941 1946 VITAL STATISTICS REPORT, 1953 S 35 MORTALITY FROM NOTIFIABLE DISEASES Mortality among the total population from the notifiable diseases shown below declined by 1.9 per cent from the 1952 figure this year and was almost unchanged from the figure for 1951. When Indians are excluded, however, there was a decrease of only 0.4 per cent from the 1952 figure. f Most of the drop in notifiable disease morbidity was attributable to the substantial improvement in tuberculosis mortality, although deaths from syphilis, poliomyelitis, and influenza also showed a decrease. Cancer mortality was up somewhat, as was mortality from pneumonia. Cancer is the cause of death in 74.5 per cent of all deaths from notifiable diseases. The respiratory diseases tuberculosis, pneumonia, and influenza accounted for another 21.2 per cent of these deaths, leaving only 4.3 per cent resulting from the other notifiable diseases shown. Table 21.—Mortality from Notifiable Diseases, British Columbia, 1949-53 Sixth Revision Intermediate Int. List No. Fifth Revision Int. List No. Cause of Death Including Indians 1949 1950 1951 1952 I 1953 Excluding Indians 1949 1950 1951 1952 I 1953 A1-A5 13-22 A6-A10 30 All 25b A12 1 A13 2 A16 27a, b A17 8 A18 115b A19 11 A21 10 A22 9 A23 6 A25 23 A26 12 A28 36 A29 | 37 A32 35 A34 32 A36 | 39A-C A44-A59 44-55 A88 33 A89 108 A90 107 Tuberculosis Venereal disease— Syphilis Gonorrhoea Typhoid fever Paratyphoid fever Dysentery, all forms Scarlet fever Septic sore throat Erysipelas Diphtheria Whooping-cough Meningococcal infections Leprosy Tetanus Poliomyelitis. Encephalitis Measles Infectious hepatitis Typhus fever Cancer. Influenza— Pneumonia— Lobar Bronchial Totals 406 78 1 2 3 1 5 1 2 1,637 37 125 251 313 37 5 1 3 2 3 10 2 3 2 4 7 22 17 4 4 1 1,729 53 95 222 292 24 1 2 1 1 8 6 1 6 1 6 3 1,731 127 82 276 214 33 1,895 46 76 267 146 26 3 1 2 1 4 1 4 1 1 2 5 7 7 8 1 1 40 30 1 12 17 9 12 1 1,915 34 79 286 2,583 |2,506 |2,568 [2,619 |2,569 295 73 5 3 1 5 1 2 3 4 7 4 1 1,615 30 106 222 239 34 3 1 2 1 3 2 1 6 2 1 7 9 4 1,713 28 82 187 215 21 3 1 5 6 1 3 3 1,718 108 69 161 179 30 1 4 4 1 3 7 40 5 6 1,873 30 62 232 122 26 2 5 8 1 30 1 5 12 1 1,900 21 73 256 2,372 |2,322 12,313 12,477 |2,466 THE FOUR CHIEF CAUSES OF DEATH IN THE I DIFFERENT AGE-GROUPS Information regarding the leading causes of death in the various age-groups for the population, including and excluding Indians, is shown in Tables 22a and 22b. Again this year immaturity was the leading cause of infant deaths for the population including Indians as well as that excluding Indians. Congenital malformations followed for both groups, but while pneumonia was in third place for the total population, followed by postnatal asphyxia and atelectasis, postnatal asphyxia and atelectasis was in third place among the non-Indian population and injury at birth was fourth. These four causes accounted for over three-fifths of all infant deaths. In the groups from 1 to 39 years of age, accidents were the leading cause of death, having resulted in 42.9 per cent of all deaths at these ages. This was a further increase over the proportion for 1951 and 1952, when accidents caused 37 per cent and 38.8 per cent respectively of all deaths from 1 to 39 years of age. An additional 9.9 per cent of S 36 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND WELFARE the mortality was caused by malignant neoplasms, slightly less than the 10.4 per cent so caused in 1952. Whereas, last year, tuberculosis appeared in the first four causes in all but one of the age-groups from 1 to 39, in 1953 it appeared only once as fourth leading cause in the 20-29 group. There was a slight decline in 1953 in the proportion of deaths at ages 40 and over caused by heart disease, as compared to the proportion so caused in 1952. This year 42.4 per cent of these deaths resulted from heart conditions, while in 1952, 42.8 per cent were due to heart disease. Cancer caused 17.5 per cent of the deaths among those 40 and over in 1953; vascular lesions, 12.4 per cent; and accidents, 5.2 per cent, a total for the four causes of 77.5 per cent. In 1944, 69 per cent of the deaths at ages 40 and over resulted from these four causes. Among the non-Indian population, 78.7 per cent of the deaths from age 40 on were due to one of the four causes described above. Table 22a.—Four Chief Causes of Death in the Different Age-groups (Including Indians), British Columbia, 1953 Int. List No. Cause of Death Deaths in Age- groups by Cause of Death Per Cent of Deaths in Age-groups due to Specified Causes Age-specific Death Rate per 100,000 Population 774, 776 750-759 490-493, 763 762 800-962 490-493, 763 750-759 140-205 800-962 140-205 080-081 510 750-759 490-493, 763 400-402 800-962 140-205 400-402 590-594 963, 970-979 800-962 963, 970-979 140-205 410-443 800-962 140-205 963, 970-979 410-443 410-443 140-205 800-962 330-334 Under 1 Year—Deaths, 859 1. Immaturity 2. Congenital malformations 3. Pneumonia 4. Postnatal asphyxia and atelectasis 1-4 Years—Deaths, 172 1. Accidental deaths 2. Pneumonia 3. Congenital malformations 4. Malignant neoplasms, including neoplasms of lymphatic and haematopoietic tissues 1. 2. 3. 4. 4. 4. 4. 1. 2. 3. 4. 4. 5-9 Years—Deaths, 72 Accidental deaths Malignant neoplasms, including neoplasms of lymphatic and haematopoietic tissues Poliomyelitis Hypertrophy of tonsils and adenoids Congenital malformations Pneumonia Rheumatic fever 1. 2. 3. 4. 1. 2. 3. 4. 10-19 Years—Deaths, 113 Accidental deaths Malignant neoplasms, including neoplasms of lymphatic and haematopoietic tissues Rheumatic fever Nephritis Suicide 20-29 Years—Deaths, 284 Accidental deaths Suicide Malignant neoplasms, including neoplasms of lymphatic and haematopoietic tissues Diseases of heart 30-39 Years—Deaths, 341 Accidental deaths Malignant neoplasms, including neoplasms of lymphatic and haematopoietic tissues Suicide Diseases of heart 40-49 Years—Deaths, 641 Diseases of heart Malignant neoplasms, including neoplasms of lymphatic and haematopoietic tissues Accidental deaths Vascular lesions affecting the central nervous system 171 148 119 99 48 21 14 11 33 9 3 3 2 2 2 67 9 8 3 3 147 22 17 15 126 51 25 24 162 136 93 47 19.9 17.2 13.9 11.5 27.9 12.2 8.1 6.4 45.8 12.5 4.2 4.2 0.4 0.4 0.4 59.3 8.0 7.1 2.7 2.7 51.8 7.7 6.0 5.3 37.2 15.0 7.3 7.0 25.3 21.2 14.5 7.3 560.7 485.2 390.2 324.6 44.7 19.5 11.5 10.2 29.2 8.0 1,915 2.7 30 2.7 4 1.8 184 1.8 460 1.8 17 41.2 5.5 4.9 1.8 1.8 87.3 13.1 10.1 8.0 67.8 27.2 13.3 12.8 104.4 87.6 59.9 30.3 Deaths from Specified Causes at All Ages 171 184 460 99 989 460 184 1,915 989 989 1,915 17 115 198 989 198 1,915 4,441 989 1,915 198 4,441 4,441 1,915 989 1,298 VITAL STATISTICS REPORT, 1953# Table 22a.—Four Chief Causes of Death in the Different Age-groups (Including Indians), British Columbia, 1953—Continued S 37 Int. List No. 410-443 140-205 800-962 330-334 410-443 140-205 330-334 800-962 410-443 140-205 330-334 490-493,763 410-443 330-334 140-205 490-493,763 Cause of Death 50-59 Years—Deaths, 1,193 1. Diseases of heart 2. Malignant neoplasms, including neoplasms of lymphatic and haematopoietic tissues 3. Accidental deaths 4. Vascular lesions affecting the central nervous system 60-69 Years—Deaths, 2,521 1. Diseases of heart 2. Malignant neoplasms, including neoplasms of lymphatic and haematopoietic tissues 3. Vascular lesions affecting the central nervous system 4. Accidental deaths 70-79 Years—Deaths, 3,623 1. Diseases of heart __. 2. Malignant neoplasms, including neoplasms of lymphatic and haematopoietic tissues 3. Vascular lesions affecting the central nervous system 4. Pneumonia 80 Years and over—Deaths, 2,395 1. Diseases of heart .— 2. Vascular lesions affecting the central nervous system 3. Malignant neoplasms, including neoplasms of lymphatic and haematopoietic tissues 4. Pneumonia Deaths in Age- groups by Cause of Death 426 276 108 74 1,088 535 261 114 1,633 608 527 116 1,088 375 262 120 Per Cent of Deaths in Age-groups due to Specified Causes 35.7 23.1 9.1 6.2 43.2 21.2 10.4 4.5 45.1 16.8 14.5 3.2 45.4 15.7 10.9 5.0 Age-specific Death Rate per 100,000 Population 367.6 238.1 93.2 63.8 1,024.5 503.3 245.5 107.2 2,441.0 908.8 787.8 173.4 6,554.2 2,259.0 1,578.3 722.9 Deaths from Specified Causes at All Ages 4,441 1,915 989 1,298 4,441 1,915 1,298 989 4,441 1,915 1,298 460 4,441 1,298 1,915 460 Table 22b.—Four Chief Causes of Death in the Different Age-groups (Excluding Indians), British Columbia, 1953 Int. List No. Cause of Death Deaths in Age- groups by Cause of Death Per Cent of Deaths in Age-groups due to Specified Causes Age-specific Death Rate per 100,000 Population Deaths from Specified Causes at All Ages 774,776 1. 2. 3. 4. 1. 2. 3. 4. 1. 2. 3. 4. 4. 1. 2. 3. 4. 4. Under 1 Year—Deaths, 712 Immaturity 161 140 91 81 44 21 13 11 31 9 3 2 2 60 9 5 3 3 22.6 19.7 12.8 11.4 33.6 16.0 9.9 8.4 47.7 13.8 4.6 3.1 3.1 60.0 9.0 5.0 3.0 3.0 543.8 472.9 307.4 273.6 42.6 20.3 12.6 10.7 28.6 8.3 2.8 1.8 1.8 3.85 5.8 3.2 1.9 1.9 161 750-759 762 Congenital malformations Postnatal asphyxia and atelectasis— 184 91 760-761 Injury at birth 81 800-962 1-4 Years—Deaths, 131 Accidental deaths.- 916 490-493,763 Pneumonia 401 750-759 Congenital malformations 184 140-205 Malignant neoplasms, including neoplasms of lymphatic and haematopoietic tissues 1,900 800-962 5-9 Years—Deaths, 65 Accidental deaths.— 916 140-205 Malignant neoplasms, including neoplasms of lymphatic and haematopoietic tissues 1,900 080-081 Poliomyelitis 30 510 Hypertrophy of tonsils and adenoids 3 750-759 Congenital malformations 184 800-962 10-19 Years—Deaths, 100 Accidental deaths.— 96 140-205 Malignant neoplasms, including neoplasms of lymphatic and haematopoietic tissues 1,900 400-402 Rheumatic fever 13 590-594 Nephritis 110 963,970-979 Suicide „_ 197 S 38 department of health and welfare Table 22b.—Four Chief Causes of Death in the Different Age-groups (Excluding Indians), British Columbia, 1953—Continued Int. List No. 800-962 963, 970-979 140-205 410-443 800-962 140-205 963, 970-979 410-443 410-443 140-205 800-962 330-334 410-443 140-205 800-962 330-334 410-443 140-205 330-334 800-962 410-443 140-205 130-334 490-493,763 410-443 330-334 140-205 490-493, 763 Cause of Death Deaths in Age- groups by Cause of Death Per Cent of Deaths in Age-groups due to Specified Causes 20-29 Years—Deaths, 255 1. Accidental deaths 2. Suicide. 3. Malignant neoplasms, including neoplasms of lymphatic and haematopoietic tissues 4, Diseases of heart. ~- 30-39 Years—Deaths, 315 1. Accidental deaths 2. Malignant neoplasms, including neoplasms of lymphatic and haematopoietic tissues 3. Suicide 4. Diseases of heart 40-49 Years—Deaths, 631 1. Diseases of heart 2. Malignant neoplasms, including neoplasms of lymphatic and haematopoietic tissues . 3. Accidental deaths j 4. Vascular lesions affecting the central nervous system 50-59 Years—Deaths, 1,162 1. Diseases of heart — 2. Malignant neoplasms, including neoplasms of lymphatic and haematopoietic tissues \ 3. Accidental deaths 4. Vascular lesions affecting the central nervous system 60-69 Years—Deaths, 2,501 1. Diseases of heart 2. Malignant neoplasms, including neoplasms of lymphatic and haematopoietic tissues 3. Vascular lesions affecting the central nervous system 4. Accidental deaths 70-79 Years—Deaths, 3,568 1. Diseases of heart 2. Malignant neoplasms, including neoplasms of lymphatic and haematopoietic tissues 3. Vascular lesions affecting the central nervous system 4. Pneumonia . 80 Years and over- Diseases of heart -Deaths, 2,347 Vascular lesions affecting the central nervous system Malignant neoplasms, including neoplasms of lymphatic and haematopoietic tissues Pneumonia 128 22 17 14 110 51 25 21 159 134 91 46 421 274 102 71 1,081 533 259 110 1,614 602 522 113 1,070 368 259 119 50.2 8.6 6.7 5.5 34.9 16.2 7.9 6.7 25.2 21.2 14.4 7.3 36.2 23.6 8.8 6.1 43.2 21.3 10.3 -4.4 45-2 16.9 14.6 3.2 45.6 15.7 11.0 5.1 Age-specific Death Rate Per 100,000 Population 78.1 13.4 10.4 8.5 59.7 27.7 13.6 11.4 104.1 87.7 59.6 30.1 369.1 240.2 89.4 62.2 1,027.6 506.7 246-2 104.6 2,440.6 910.3 789.4 170.9 6,581.8 2,263.6 1,593.2 732.0 Deaths from Specified Causes at All Ages 916 197 1,900 4,384 916 1,900 197 4,334 4,384 1,900 916 1,280 4,384 1,900 916 1,280 4384 1,900 1,280 916 4,384 1,900 1,280 401 4^84 1,280 1,900 401 VITAL STATISTICS REPORT, 1953 S 39 STILLBIRTHS While the number of stillbirths in the total population remained unchanged from the 1952 figure, the rate was down to 11.8 per 1,000 live births from the 1952 figure of 12.6. The rate in the population excluding Indians was 11.9. The Canada-wide stillbirth rate in 1953 was 16.7, and British Columbia again had the lowest rate of any Province in Canada. Table 23.—Stillbirths, British Columbia, 1944-53 Year 1944. 1945.. 1946- 1947- 1948- 1949.. 1950: 1951- 1952- 1953- Including Indians Number of Stillbirths Number of Live Births Rate per 1,000 Live Births 298 328 321 340 339 394 369 365 375 375 18,999 18,877 22,609 26,286 25,984 27,301 27,116 28,077 29,827 31,746 15.7 17.4 14.2 12.9 13.0 14.4 13.6 13.0 12.6 11.8 Excluding Indians Number of Stillbirths Number of live Births Rate per 1,000 Live Births 291 3T6 305 317 322 372 345 343 347 357 17,797 17,646 21,296 24,906 24,642 25,890 25,716 26,647 28,300 30,110 16.4 17.9 14.3 12.7 13.1 14.4 13.4 12.9 12,1 11.9 . H H .- . marriages!- - - - 4^. - - -.4. .. The rate of marriages this year remained at 9.2 per 1,000 population, the same as in 1952. This is the first year there has been no decline in the rate since 1947. Table 24 shows that of the total number of people marrying, over 83 per cent were single. Almost 10 per cent were divorced and the remainder, 7 per cent, were widowed. Marriages by banns continued to increase. This year 25.8 per cent of all marriages were performed on the authority of banns, 62.9 per cent by licence, and the remainder, 11.3 per cent, by civil ceremony. 1 ^ Table 27 indicates that of 10,026 marriages performed by religious ceremony, 77.9 per cent were performed by officiants of the United, Anglican, or Roman Catholic Churches. Table 24.—Marriages by Conjugal Condition of Contracting Parties, British Columbia, 1944-53 Conjugal Condition of Contracting Parties Total Number of Marriages Marriage Rate per 1.000 Population Year Single Widowed Divorced Male Female Male Female Male Female 1944 7,176 7,811 9,957 9,835 9,668 9,467 9,266 9,480 9,301 9,506 7,116 7,733 9,723 9,676 9,618 9,329 9,137 9,388 9,164 9,279 669 619 652 684 676 701 683 694 653 705 657 751 838 827 805 842 831 812 815 849 589 832 1,153 1,333 1,374 1,208 1,161 1,098 1,127 1,087 661 778 1,201 1,349 1,295 1,205 1,142 1,072 1,102 1,170 8,434 9,262 11,762 11,852 11,718 11,376 11,110 11,272 11,081 11,298 9.0 1945 9.8 1946 1947 : 11.7 11.4 1948 " | 10.8 1949 10.2 9.8 | 9.7 [ 9.2 9.2 — .___.. S 40 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND WELFARE Table 25.—Marriages by Months, British Columbia, 1944-53 Year Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 552 532 632 650 655 607 498 513 461 566 526 539 697 754 668 651 562 579 618 698 555 571 845 749 794 634 562 815 649 583 784 643 900 955 881 972 914 784 913 990 642 657 886 1,034 977 918 828 874 970 1,000 992 1,096 1,444 1,361 1,293 1,361 1,323 1,458 1,302 1,258 735 928 879 1,022 1,244 1,097 1,132 975 1,006 982 711 900 1,177 1,241 1,048 1,073 1,105 1,179 1,301 1,327 785 932 1,214 1,140 1,181 1,213 1,380 1,213 1,054 1,143 693 804 1,007 980 1,078 1,032 984 894 925 1,006 Table 26.—Marriages Performed According to Type, British Columbia, 1949-53 Religious Ceremony fS* •« ^% Year Licence Banns V/ivu v^erei-iuny lotal Number Per Cent Number Per Cent Number Per Cent Number Per Cent 1949 7,296 7,240 7,327 6,912 7,107 64.1 63.2 65.0 62.4 62.9 2,686 2,638 2,738 2,756 2,919 23.6 23.7 24.3 24.9 25.8 1,394 12.3 1,232 11.1 1,207 I 10.7 1 11,376 11,110 11,272 11,075 11,298 100 1950 1Q51 100 100 1952 1953 1,407 1,272 12.7 11.3 100 100 Table 27.—Marriages Authorized by Banns or Licence According to Religious Denomination of Officiating Minister, British Columbia, 1953 Religious Denomination of Minister Banns Number Per Cent Licence Number Per Cent Total Number Per Cent Adventist Anglican Apostolic Baptist Brethren Christian Scientist Christad elphian Christian Missionary Church of Christ (Disciples) Church of God Eastern Orthodox __. Evangelical _ Gospel Greek Catholic International Bible Student-L Je wish Lutheran Mennonite, including Hutterite Methodist . . • . Moravian ____; Mormon \ Oriental religions. Pentecostal Assembly- Plymouth Brethren Presbyterian Reformed Church__ Roman Catholic Salvation Army Spiritualistic _________„ Swedenborgian Unitarian United Church of Canada Other religions Totals. 10 899 60 1 8 10 6 10 20 107 134 2 3 23 74 11 728 6 1 773 33 55.6 43.6 15.7 33.3 32.0 21.7 10.5 47.6 57.1 21.7 85.9 66.7 17.6 14.9 18.6 21.6 53.6 13.3 16.7 17.6 24.4 2,919 29.1 8 44.4 1,163 56.4 3 100.0 322 84.3 2 100.0 1 100.0 2 66.7 17 68.0 2 100.0 4 100.0 36 f&3 51 89.5 11 52.4 15 42.9 47 100.0 42 100.0 387 78.3 22 14.1 18 100.0 1 33.3 14 82.4 22 100.0 131 85.1 22 100.0 323 81.4 40 78.4 630 46.4 39 86.7 5 83.3 4 100.0 4 100.0 3,617 82.4 102 75.6 7,107 18 2,062 3 382 2 1 3 25 2 4 46 57 21 35 47 42 494 156 18 3 17 22 154 22 397 51 1,358 45 6 4 4 4,390 135 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 I VITAL STATISTICS REPORT, 1953 s 41 Graph E.—Marriages by Months, British Columbia, 1948-53 MARRIAGES 1,600 1,400 1,200-— 1,000 400 200 n I I I I I I I I I I t I I I I I I I I I I I ' I ' » ' I ' I ' I ' ' I I ' I I I I ' I ' I » JFMAMI JASONO JFMAMJ J ASONDJFMAMJ JASONDJFMAMJJASONDJFMAMJJASOND 1$49 1950 1951 1952 1953 ImP T^Mm DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND WELFARE ADOPTIONS since Since 1944 the number of adoptions in the Province has more than tripled. Th ortion of these that are adoptions of legitimate births has gradually decrease" * !, while an increasing proportion are shown as status not given or unknown. Table 28.—Adoptions by Sex and Legitimacy of Adopted Children British Columbia, 1944-53 Year off _.■ Registration Legitimate Births Number Per Cart Illegitimate Births Number PerCent 1944. 1945. 1946. 1947. 1948. 1949. 1950. 1951. 1952. 1953. 91 30.0 102 29.8 115 31.9 159 3L2 243 35.7 255 33.6 242 30.0 233 29.5 262 28.2 268 25.9 199 234 238 339 436 498 547 534 611 719 65.7 68.4 66.1 66.6 64.1 65.5 67.8 67.7 65.8 69.5 Status not Given or Unknown Number j Per Cent 13 6 7 11 1 7 18 22 56 47 4.3 1.8 2.0 2.2 0.2 0.9 22 2.8 6.0 4.6 Total Number 303 342 360 509 680 760 807 789 929 1,034 PerCent 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 DIVORCES The table following shows that, while there have been year to year fluctuations in the proportions of people obtaining divorces who have been married for the various numbers M. years shown, there has been no indication of a significant trend for any particuk duration of marriage. Over 50 per cent of the divorces were granted to couples who ha^e been married under ten years. The number of divorces granted in 1953 was down slightly from the figure for 1952, but higher than the 1951 total. VITAL STATISTICS REPORT, 1953 S 43 o> tt S P l-l O U E p< PQ w o HH o o HH H <$ P tt w § Prt O > ON tt tt H ■4-> OOOOOO©©©© 0 SS2222ooo6 Vh OOOOOOOO©© a p. 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Registration of births, deaths, and marriages has been mandatory in this Province since it was formed in 1872 and the entire set of registrations is on file with the central office of the Division in Victoria. Volume of Registration—All Races.—Volume of registrations filed with the Division, as shown by Graph F, continued the upward trend which has developed since 1933 with but one interruption in 1944. In 1953 there were 58,977 registrations filed, or 184 per cent more than were filed in 1932, the year which marked the beginning of the rapid and steady rise in the volume of registration. Birth registrations accounted for 55 per cent of the 1953 registrations, being over three times the number filed in 1932. Marriage registrations reached a high point in 1946 and have since remained fairly constant, while death registrations have been increasing gradually over the years in line with the increasing population. The most dramatic increase in the volume of registrations filed has been with respect to adoptions, the Division having registered 1,034 in 1953, which was over six times as many as it did twenty years ago. Graph G shows the sudden increase in the registration of adoptions after 1946. Divorce registrations, on the other hand, have been declining in numbers since 1946, as seen on Graph H, although they rose rapidly from 1941 to 1946. Table 1.—Summary of Registration, British Columbia , 1944-53 Year Live Births Deaths Marriages StiUbirths Adoptions Divorces Total 1944.. . . . 19,962 20,229 23,870 26,758 26,965 27,786 28,079 28,509 30,394 32,487 9,833 9,848 10,212 10,768 11,444 11,311 11,506 11,658 12,319 12,234 8,549 9,317 11,875 11,892 11,773 11,374 11,076 11,374 11,207 11,326 321 340 331 355 343 399 373 348 359 383 303 330 402 509 680 760 807 789 929 1,034 1,031 1,366 2,052 1,880 1,744 1,554 1,424 1,394 1,593 1,512 39,999 1945 41,430 1946 _. _ ___ 48,742 1947 ___ _.__ _____ 52,162 1948. . . 52,949 1949 ___ _ 53,184 1950 M 53,265 1951 54,072 1952. 56,801 1953.. ... 58,976 VITAL STATISTICS REPORT, 1953 Graph F.—Summary of Registrations of Live Births, Deaths, and Marriages, British Columbia, 1921-53 ' S 45 60,0D0 50,000 40, 000-L— 30,000 20,000 10,000 1921 1926 1931 1936 1941 1946 1953 S 46 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND WELFARE Graph G.—Adoptions, British Columbia, 1936-53 Graph H.—Divorces, British Columbia, 1936-53 i, 250 1. 000 750 500 250 2,500 2,000 1,500 1, 000 500 1936 1941 1946 1953 1936 1941 1946 1953 Table 2.—Total Registrations of Live Births, Deaths, and Marriages, distributed According to Statistical Areas, British Columbia, 1953 Area Live Births Deaths Marriages Area Live Births Deaths Marriages la_ lb. lc. 2a. 2b- 2c. 32L. 3b. 3c_ 4ft. 4b. 5a_ 5b- 5c. 5d. 5e.. 5JL 6a. 6b- 6c_ 6d_ 6e_ 6f_. 116 37 30 496 107 95 196 66 50 134 37 34 871 183 230 785 250 178 1,058 439 402 751 176 193 124 54 30 4,475 1,767 1,563 12,074 5,497 5,387 4,022 1,889 1,493 43 23 14 519 115 144 602 113 135 35 12 5 124 42 29 4 7 7 140 66 64 844 241 216 1 2 1 5 9 12 99 23 25 7a.. 7b. 7c. 8a_. 8b. 8c. SOSes' 8g~ 9a.. 9b. 9c 9d_ 9e.. 9f„ 10a. 10b- 10c. lOd Indian reserves. Totals, 113 26 1 11 290 54 613 86 43 16 7 3 429 80 205 46 295 48 6 8 2 1 11 1 16 5 509 138 31 24 34 14 16 8 119 25 388 64 1,841 420 12,234 32,487 20 79 175 19 ~94 51 61 3 ~2 ~134 p 4 ~31 113 199 11,326 Volume of Registration—Indian and Oriental Races.—Tables 3 to 5, inclusive, show the volume of registrations for births, deaths, and marriages among the Indian and Oriental populations in the Province for the five-year period 1949 to 1953. There were 1,841 Indian births registered in 1953. Although this was a 10-per-cent increase in volume over the 1952 figure, it represented only a slight increase met the 1,812 Indian births registered in 1950. On the other hand, the number of deaths registered decreased considerably from 649 in 1952 to 420 in 1953, which was a 35-per-cent reduction in volume. A larger reduction occurred in delayed death registrations, 149 being filed m 1952, as compared to only 37 in 1953. This large decline in delayed registrations accounted for 50 per cent of the reduction in the total volume of Indian death registrations. Stillbirth registrations of Indians totalled 18 in 1953, which was 11 ^ than the number filed in 1952. Ten were males and 8 females. VITAL STATISTICS REPORT, 1953 Table 3.—Registrations of Live Births, Deaths, and Marriages among the Indian Population, British Columbia, 1949-53 S 47 Year Live Births Male Female Deaths Male Female 1949 1950 1951. 1952 1953. 790 969 777 872 945 730 843 708 806 896 Marriages 311 291 287 337 223 276 234 237 312 197 184 177 209 184 199 There were 789 registrations filed relating to persons of Chinese racial origin in 1953. Of these, 321 were birth registrations, 358 were death registrations, and 110 were marriage registrations. Only three of these registrations covered events which occurred prior to 1953. The death registrations of the Chinese were still indicative of the marked excess of males over females in the Province, which has been noted for many years. Although the number of marriage registrations increased slightly over 1952, it did not reach the figure of 116 recorded in 1951. The number of stillbirths registered increased from 2 in 1952 to 6 in 1953. Three of these were male and 3 female. Table 4.—Registrations of Live Births, Deaths, and Marriages among the Chinese Population, British Columbia, 1949-53 Year Live Births Male Female Deaths Male Female Marriages 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953. 88 78 270 13 98 98 301 13 132 130 324 18 152 145 335 29 173 148 339 19 69 80 116 97 110 The Japanese population in the Province filed 265 registrations during 1953, of which 152 were birth registrations, 54 death registrations, and 59 marriage registrations. In addition, there were 3 female stillbirths. I Table 5.—Registrations of Live Births, Deaths, and Marriages among the Japanese Population, British Columbia, 1949-53 Live Births Deaths Marriages Year Male Female Male Female 1949.. 66 70 68 84 73 73 59 62 71 79 39 36 45 31 42 11 15 17 14 12 33 1950_ 1951 35 50 1952 44 1953__ 59 - Searches.—The original documents covering all civil registrations of vital-statistics events occurring within the Province are filed with the Division. Upon public or Governmental demand for certain information from a registration, a search for the original registration may be made. These searches are of two types, revenue producing and non- revenue producing, as shown in Table 6. S 48 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND WELFARE Revenue-producing searches have two set fees, depending upon the extent of the search. A search covering a period of not more than three years costs 50 cents. If a registration is not located in the series covering the year stated in the application a search is made in the records of the year immediately preceding and the year immediately following. During 1953, 30,792 50-cent searches were made, this being 1,608 more than in 1952. Searches covering a more extended period of time cost $2. A total of 128 such searches were carried out in 1953. | Non-revenue-producing searches are made on behalf of other Governmental departments or as a result of applications for certificates from current registrations, when such applications are received within one month of registration. During past years, revenue searches have considerably outnumbered non-revenue searches, but in 1953 the volume for each type was almost the same. The increased volume of non-revenue searches was almost entirely confined to searches of current registrations. These have almost doubled over the past four years, from 12,981 in 1950 to 24,358 in 1953. This is a direct indication of the greater use of birth certificates. Table 6 also shows the amount of correspondence received by the Division during the year. Since 1947 the volume received has been steadily increasing, which is in keeping with the greater activity in registration and certification services. Table 6.—Searches Performed and Correspondence Received by the Central Office of the Division of Vital Statistics, British Columbia, 1944-53 Revenue Searches Non-revenue Searches1 Correspon Year Regular 50*. Special $2 Of Current Registrations2 For Governmental Departments dence Received 1944 20,431 21,320 23,932 22,682 23,645 24,059 24,397 28,368 29,184 30,792 892 847 101 83 104 104 115 127 125 128 35,397 1945 37,600 1946 46,732 1947 46,137 1948 _ ___... 51,190 1949 12,981 14,120 19,179 24,358 57,550 1950_ _ 5,569 5,103 6,926 6,060 62,208 1951 68,979 1952 . 75,171 1953 82,514 1 The number of such searches is not available prior to 1950. 2 There is no search fee chargeable if application is made within thirty days of the date of registration. Certifications.—The number of certifications issued, either as full reproductions of the original document or certified extracts therefrom, has been increasing yearly since 1946, as shown in Table 7. There were 6,754 more issued in 1953 than in 1952. The greatest part of the increase has resulted from more extensive demand for birth certificates. Over the eight-year period shown in Table 7, birth certificates issued annually have increased from 15,309 to 39,101. The number issued in 1953 was 6,741 more than the number issued in 1952, the largest yearly increase recorded since 1946. The wallet-sized laminated certificate remained the most popular form of birth certification, accounting for 80 per cent of the total issued during the year. There were 31,307 laminated certificates issued in 1953, as compared to 24,807 in 1952. The number (rf dearth certificates issued has remained relatively unchanged since 1948. On the other hand, marriage certificates declined in volume from 1946 to 1950, then increased markedly in 1951. -if A slight increase has occurred in the other major form of certification, the certified copy. These copies, which are a full photographic reproduction of the original registration, increased in number from 5,331 in 1952 to 5,579 in 1953. In addition to the above certifications, there may be issued by the District Regtftrars offices certificates from those registrations of births, deaths, and marriages for which tiie VITAL STATISTICS REPORT, 1953 S 49 original registration is still on file in the district office. This enables an applicant to . • ^rtifimte from the local District Registrar withrmt ha™™ y_. „.,.:* -.^i __* certificate from the local District Registrar without having to wait until the l/l/ltlrt""" m . I • T T' i • "I-» « • rt«--.V_»_. Hlv 1 _____*-__>_-*-'>%*- ic ■r.or'^ix/P'ri in Vinton c. D <=-mo +*•«-_ + __-_•_■.,- _.-.,-. .c i _ .. office fron tinues to produce the greatest number of these local certifications. Table 7.—Revenue-producing Certifications Issued by the Central Office of the Division of Vital Statistics, British Columbia, 1946-53 am d vw»"v— — - -o—— -v. "umu6 iu wait until me original registration is received in Victoria. Registrations are forwarded to the central from the districts on a weekly basis. The Vancouver office of the Division con- _. rt/lii^ thp Greatest number of these Inral rp.rtifinot^«o Type of Certification Issued 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 Certificates- Birth Death Marriage Change of Name Divorce Baptismal Certified copies- Photographic1 Typewritten Total certifications 1 5,309 4,047 5,468 756 72 16 209 27 17,531 4,289 4,728 692 87 20 235 15 18,338 4,912 4,338 860 101 22 234 849 18,073 5,397 2,668 665 119 29 2,940 949 25,904 27,597 29,654 30,840 1952 1953 20,271 5,451 2,155 544 120 30 5,081 18 26,566 5,076 3,492 622 165 83 6,098 5 32,360 5,327 3,706 623 189 46 5,329 2 39,101 5,367 3,520 576 173 20 5,577 2 33,670 42,107 47,582 54,336 i Includes photostatic copies of registrations from 1946 to 1948, and photostatic copies and positive prints of registrations from 1949. Revenue.—The part of this Province's general revenue collected by the Division of Vital Statistics continued its upward trend of the past two years. Revenue under the "Vital Statistics Act I increased from $52,566.95 in 1952 to $53,948.34 in 1953. This year, total moneys collected amounted to $99,893.84, compared to $98,814.95 received in 1952. § | Revenue derived under the " Marriage Act" declined slightly during 1953, totalling $45,944.50, compared with $46,248 for the previous year. A major portion of the total | Vital Statistics Act" revenue was received through the central office of the Division. Revenue from this source amounted to $48,389.04, or 90 per cent of the total. However, only $4,892 or 11 per cent of the moneys derived from the issuance of marriage licences and the performance of civil marriages was received by the central office. Table 8 indicates the revenue received by this Division during the years 1944 to 1953. Table 8.—Revenue Collected by the Division of Vital Statistics, British Columbia, 1944-53 Year Total Revenue | Vital Statistics Act" Revenue " Marriage Act" Revenue 1944. $76,070.67 80,733.80 93,397.00 92,240.50 90,895.74 90,059.10 89,104.25 95,648.00 98,814.95 99,893.84 $37,691.67 38,536.80 42,250.00 41,385.50 41,214.74 41,941.10 43,021.75 48,743.00 52,566.95 53,948.34 $3^379.00 1945 42,197.00 1946. 51,147.00 1947... 50,855.00 1948. 49,681.00 1949. 48,118.00 1950.. ' . 46,082.50 1951 . 46,905.00 1952. 46,248.00 1953.. ' ' 45,944.50 •—_____ s 5o department of health and welfare REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS The | Vital Statistics Act" requires that all births occurring within the Province be registered within thirty days. The responsibility for effecting this registration rests with the parents. As with other vital-statistics events, births must be registered in the registration district in which they occurred. In most registration districts, blank registration forms and instructions are mailed to the parents by the District Registrar as soon as he has been informed of the birth by the attending physician. The physician is required by law to report the birth within forty-eight hours of the event, although this reporting by the doctor does not constitute registration. The hospitals are also required to report -all births which occur within their jurisdiction. The Division maintains continuous routine checks on the registration of births, and actively pursues registrations which are known to be delinquent. In this connection, the returns received from physicians and from hospitals are checked against the birth registrations which are actually submitted, M order to ensure that the parents do not neglect their duty. School-teachers' Returns.—The purpose of this return is to provide another means of checking the completeness and accuracy of birth registration amongst children enrolling in school for the first time. Within recent years the number of unregistered births discovered through this checking became very low, reflecting the high level of completeness 4}f present-day birth registration. It appears that the other checks referred to above, plus the increasing demand for birth certificates for very young children, has resulted in the detection of errors and omissions in registration before the children attain school age. For this reason, it has been possible to relieve teachers of the work of completing these reports, except in those areas of the Province where registration problems are known to exist. However, reports are submitted by all schools which have Indian children enrolled, as the Division is carrying out an extensive programme designed to raise the standard of registration amongst the Indian population. § Within the white population, reports were received from 59 schools during the school-year 1952-53, covering a total of 144 children. Of the 141 of these children who were born in British Columbia, it was found that the births of 13 were unregistered. Steps were immediately taken to obtain registrations for these children. During the same term, 168 schools submitted reports covering Indian children. Of these, 130 indicated that Indian children had enrolled for the first time during the year, and records of these children showed a high percentage of discrepancies. In 15 cases the birth of the child had not been registered, and in 710 cases incorrect Christian names or surnames were being used. In another 235 cases the incorrect date of birth was shown. Fraudulent Registrations.—The 1 Vital Statistics Act 1 makes provision for the j^ncellation of a registration of birth which has been fraudulently or improperly obtained. Most fraudulent registrations are made by mothers who are attempting to conceal the fact of an illegitimate birth. Before a registration is cancelled, a hearing is ordered, at which all parties to the registration are required to attend. Any person possessing a certificate with respect to a cancelled registration is required to return it to the Director for cancellation. 1 During 1953, 26 registrations of birth were cancelled after being shown to be fraudulent or improper. The careful cross-checking of registrations by the District Registrars and at the central office prevents many more fraudulent registrations from being accepted. Legitimations.—The " Legitimation Act " provides for the legitimation erf a child born out of wedlock upon the subsequent marriage of the parents. The " Vital Statistics Act" contains provisions which makes possible the substitution of a new registration in cases of legitimation when evidence satisfactory to the Director is filed by the parents. VITAL STATISTICS REPORT, 1953 c <__ This new registration gives the details as they were at the time of birth, except that the parents are shown as being married to one another. The original registration is removed from the files and kept separately thereafter. The number of legitimations accepted during 1953 totalled 218, a marked increase over the 143 processed during 1952. Alterations of Christian Names.—The | Vital Statistics Act" permits parents to change the Christian names of their children at any time prior to the twelfth birthday. During the year 297 such changes were made in the given names of children. Delayed Registration of Births.—As noted in previous Reports, the greatest proportion of applications for delayed registrations again stemmed from those persons born prior to the year 1920. Extremely few applications for delayed registration are received for events which took place during the last twenty years, indicating that the registration system in this Province has been very satisfactory during this time. Realizing the difficulty which often confronts an applicant when he is called upon to produce evidence in support of his application for a delayed registration of birth, the Division has continued its efforts to gather independently material which may be of assistance in this regard. This material consists of baptismal records obtained from the various religious denominations, physicians' records, and the records from hospitals and nursing homes. These pieces of information are being tabulated and indexed so that they may be available as occasion requires to assist in providing the necessary evidence. In 1944, at a Dominion-Provincial conference on vital statistics, a schedule of minimum standards of evidence to be used in applications for delayed registration of births was drawn up and accepted by all the Provinces. Briefly, this schedule requires that documentary evidence of good quality verifying the date of birth, the place of birth, and the names of the natural parents must be furnished to the Director before a delayed registration may be accepted. It is unfortunate that sometimes this requirement for independent supporting evidence is not understood or appreciated by the general public, who tend to assume that the request for proof to accompany the registration form is a reflection on their own honesty. However, it must be pointed out that registrations and the certificates which are issued from them are important documents upon which may hinge important rights to the individual. It is, therefore, very much in the public interest that the utmost of care be taken to ensure the accuracy and validity of all registrations accepted. Toward the end of the year a brief but informative pamphlet was drawn up and placed in use for the purpose of assisting applicants to obtain delayed registration. It is hoped that this action will materially assist the applicants to obtain the required supporting evidence with the minimum of time and effort. With the assistance of the Indian Commissioner for British Columbia and the various Indian Superintendents, efforts were continued toward the completion of delayed registrations amongst the Indians. Good progress was made, although in the older age- groups great difficulty was encountered in obtaining verification of the essential details. REGISTRATION OF DEATHS The responsibility for filing the registration of death rests with the undertaker who disposes of the body. An integral part of every death registration is the Medical Certificate of Cause of Death, which is completed by the attending physician or the Coroner. The registration of deaths which occur in the Province is virtually complete, except in isolated localities. As with the other series of registrations, a system of cross-checking is used as a means of ensuring full reporting and satisfactory cause of death certification. s 52 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND WELFARE REGISTRATION OF STILLBIRTHS The term | birth," where used in the | Vital Statistics Act," also includes stillbirth and, therefore, the registration of stillbirths as defined by the Act is required. A special form is provided by the Division for this purpose. A stillbirth is defined as being "the birth of a viable foetus after at least twenty-eight weeks' pregnancy in which pulmonary respiration does not occur, whether death occurs before, during, or after birth." A slight increase occurred in 1953 in the number of stillbirths registered, from the figure of 359 in 1952 to 383 in 1953. REGISTRATION OF MARRIAGES The responsibility for registering a marriage rests with the person solemnizing the event; namely, the officiating clergyman or Marriage Commissioner. This method of obtaining marriage registrations has proven very satisfactory over a period of many years and is the method generally used in other Provinces and countries. Marriage registers are provided free of charge to clergy and Marriage Commissioners. These are returned to the Division periodically in order that they may be checked against the indexes of registrations filed with the Division. If it is thus ascertained that an event has been unrecorded, steps are promptly taken to obtain a registration. Marriage registrations are also checked to ensure that the marriage has been solemnized by a duly registered minister or clergyman, or Civil Marriage Commissioner, as required by the | Marriage Act." Occasionally marriages are discovered which, through ignorance or inadvertence, have been performed by an unregistered clergyman. Where possible, steps are immediately taken to secure validation of the marriage. REGISTRATION OF ADOPTION ORDERS The requirements regarding adoption of unmarried minor children are set forth in the "Adoption Act." Where the Court hearing the petition for adoption is satisfied regarding the circumstances of the adoption, an order may be made that the adoption be effected. A copy of the adoption order is forwarded by the Registrar of the Court to the Director of Vital Statistics, together with any other information needed to enable him to carry out the provisions of the | Vital Statistics Act " in respect to the registration of adoptions. Inspection of the documents filed with the Director in connection with the adoption is allowed only to officials of the Crown in discharge of their official duties, or to a person authorized by the Provincial Secretary in writing, or to a person authorized by a Judge of the Court presiding in Chambers. When an order regarding an adoption is received by the Division, a marginal notation is made on the original registration of birth showing the child's name by adoption, and this name appears on any certificates subsequently issued from the registration. No information regarding the natural parents of the child may be released. There were 1,034 adoptions ordered by the Supreme Court during the year, an increase over the 1952 figure of 929. For the children born in this Province who were adopted, notations were made in the registration of birth.1 For those children who were born outside of this Province, photostatic copies of the adoption orders were forwarded to the Province or State concerned. REGISTRATION OF DIVORCES Details regarding dissolutions and nullities of marriage are entered in the registry of the Supreme Court having jurisdiction over the area concerned. The Division is supplied with a certified copy of the decree of dissolution or nullity, and on receipt oi this a notation is made on the registration of marriage if the marriage occurred in this VITAL STATISTICS REPORT, 1953 s 53 Province. The notation indicates the date and place of dissolution, and any certificate subsequently issued from the registration contains this information. In cases where the marriage occurred outside the Province, the Province of marriage is notified in order that the necessary notations may be made on the marriage registration. Where the Division is notified of a dissolution or nullity taking place in another Province and involving a marriage occurring in British Columbia, the necessary notations are made in this office on the original marriage registration. The number of dissolutions and nullities filed with the Division decreased slightly from 1,581 in 1952 to 1,512 in 1953. Of the total, 1,478 were dissolutions and 34 nullities. REGISTRATION OF NOTICES OF FILING OF A WILL In 1945 an amendment was made to the | Wills Act" making it possible for anyone to file a notice with the Director showing the date of execution and location of his will. Provision was also made for the addition of codicils. During 1953, 4,279 notices were filed under sections 34 to 40 of the I Wills Act." This number was almost 300 higher than that for the previous year. Over 19,000 notices have now been filed and are preserved in the records of this Division. These notices have been indexed to permit speedy searching of applications received. «;g§ CERTIFICATION SERVICES While a great deal of attention is directed toward ensuring that all vital events which occur within the Province are completely and accurately registered, an even greater amount of work is taken up with the issuing of certifications, mostly in the form of certificates, from the some million and a half registrations which are now on file with the Division. The certification services embrace several functions and are closely correlated with the other activities of the office. During 1953 over 5,000 separate applications for certification were received and cleared each month. Many of these requests are for documents urgently required for Court hearings, travel visas, and other legal matters. All applications are therefore screened by the chief certification clerk, who indicates the action which is to be taken in the office and the degree of priority which is attached to the application. An attempt is made to give consideration to all priority requests while at the same time maintaining a good flow of work. In addition, there are statutory restrictions placed upon the furnishing of information regarding illegitimate and adopted children, and the chief certification clerk has the further responsibility of ensuring that all certification is supplied strictly in accordance with the Statutes. Before any certification can be issued, it is necessary for the original registration to be located by a search through the appropriate indexes. Not only must the entry be located in the index, but also the actual record itself must be produced so that the information may be extracted from it. In order to make this searching as simple, yet as thorough, as possible, many refinements have been made in the indexes of the Division. Originally, index books were handwritten and listings were made alphabetically according to the numerous registration districts of the Province. In later years the books were replaced by typewritten volumes, and these have now been superseded by machine-run indexes prepared from punch-cards set up within the Division. All entries are now arranged alphabetically in one continuous sequence for the entire Province regardless of the locality in which the event occurred, with each type of event indexed according to the year in which it occurred. In addition, as a further aid in searching, certain indexes have been consolidated into single five-year sequences. These indexes are particularly valuable when the applicant is uncertain as to the exact date of the event. Within the last three years there has been over a 40-per-cent increase in the yearly total of searches performed. Searches for the year 1953 numbered 61,338, including 6,060 that were made on behalf of other Government offices. S 54 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND WELFARE AM certificates, other than those involving photographic processes, are prepared by typists from the original registration. Because of the great importance of accuracy in the transcription of these documents, every certificate is checked against the original registration by two independent checkers. Photographic prints, on the other hand, are prepared independently by trained operators. Special machines are used to produce the wallet-sized laminated birth certificate, which has gained great popularity since is introduction because of its convenient size and its durability. | I In spite of the many procedures which are involved in the handling of applications for certification, most certificates are now issued within two working-days of receipt erf the application. This service compares very favourably with that provided by registta- tion offices in other Provinces and States. LEGAL CHANGES OF NAME A major responsibility of the Division is the administration of the " Change of Name Act" Sifice this Act was assented to in December of 1940, it has been illegal for a person to change his or her name in this Province except in accordance with this Statute. The principal requirements for a change of name are that the person be 21 years of age or over, a British subject, and resident in this Province. An application for change of name may cover more than one individual in a family. Thus, a married man need only file an application to cover a change of surname and (or) given names for himself, Ms wife, and any unmarried minor children in his family. In 1953 the number of applications for change of name, 450 in total, was little changed from the figure of 444 in 1952. The total number of persons affected by the 450 applications was 768, with 292 applications involving only one individual. Of ik 158 applications involving two or more individuals, 476 persons were affected or, on the average, three persons per application. Table 9 shows applications for change of name granted since January 1st, 1941, by sex and marital status of applicant, and also the total number of persons affected by these changes of name. Table 9.—Change of Name Applications Granted, According to Marital Status and Sex of Applicant, and Total Number of Persons Affected, Britm Columbia, 1941-53.1 TTear 1941. 1942. 1943- 1944. 1945. 1946- 1947_ 1948_ 1949_ 1950_ 195t_ 1952- 1953 Marital Status of Applicant Single M. 1 Married M. 1 F. 1 Widowed M. I F. Divorced M. I F. I Separated Total M. I F. M. 55 72 59 67 103 128 117 143 128 128 140 155 159 7 37 17 67 25 27 33 36 32 35 46 33 39 59 48 92 74 119 146 128 134 140 138 154 167 175 2 5 8 10 14 7 3 11 8 12 11 13 2 1 3 2 2 6 3 m 3 2 2 3 2 3 2 5 10 3 7 4 1 3 6 4^ m 2 25 4 8 7 5 I 15 4 4 5 9 3 8 9 5 6 9 21 39 29 17 19 25 17 40 35 i *« Change of Name Act" assented to December 6th, 1940. __!__ i 98 | 13 i 141 27 i 158 | 45 145 ] 65 228 | 74 ] 1 288 92 j 11 i 256 | 75 i 302 ] 60 11 — 276 80 1 277 j 71 ] 301 77 j ( 331 | 113 i 345 1 105 | m i \_J. Total Number of Persons Affected 180 298 351 362 524 638 555 586 628 591 646 777 768 VITAL STATISTICS REPORT, 1953 s 55 CORRECTIONS AND AMENDMENTS TO REGISTRATIONS Many types of records remain unchanged once they have been filed, but this is not true in the case of vital-statistics registrations. Through such procedures as adoptions divorces, changes of name, alterations of given name, legitimation of birth, and others' it is constantly necessary to revise registrations in order to add the additional information During the year 1,034 adoptions were recorded, 1,512 divorces, 450 legal changes of name, 326 correction declarations, 297 alterations of given name, and 218 legitimations of birth. In each of these instances a notation was placed upon the original registration, provided that the birth or the marriage to which it was related had occurred in British Columbia. In addition to the above, 26 fraudulent registrations were uncovered and the necessary steps taken to cancel them. The Division routinely notifies other Provinces of adoptions, divorces, and changes of name which affect registrations filed in those Provinces. The project of revising and correcting Indian vital-statistics registrations was continued. Prior to 1943, registration of Indian vital statistics was on a voluntary basis and, in consequence, many errors and omissions were found to exist among these earlier records. The discrepancies and omissions are being eliminated wherever possible by checking against Indian-band membership records, hospital reports of births, baptismal registers, and various other sources. J[ The maintenance of up-to-date registrations for the Indians presents the Division with a particularly difficult problem, due to the fairly common practice amongst this group of changing names at will. Efforts are being made, however, through encouraging the use of birth certificates and by comparing school registers with the birth records, to ensure greater continuity and accuracy in names and birth dates on the registrations for Indians, especially for those in the younger age-groups. In the 1952-53 school term 168 schools submitted reports of 1,130 Indian pupils enrolled for the first time. By checking these school reports against the original birth registrations, it was found that a high percentage of error existed on both sets of records. Steps were immediately taken to determine the correct information and to amend the entries where necessary. REGISTRATION OF MINISTERS AND CLERGYMEN The I Marriage Act" requires that before a minister or clergyman may solemnize marriage in this Province, he must first be registered with this Division. For denominations previously recognized, the registration of a new minister or clergyman is made upon the advice of the governing authority of the denomination. However, denominations not previously recognized must first comply with certain requirements of the Act relative to continuity of existence and established rites and usages respecting the solemnization of marriage before their ministers may be registered. During the year three new religious groups were granted recognition pursuant to the " Marriage Act," thus enabling their ministers to solemnize marriage. Inquiries as to the qualifications for recognition were made by six groups. ^ * By checking marriage registrations received at the central office, it was discovered that five marriages had been performed by ministers who had not been authorized to solemnize marriage. In each case the parties concerned were contacted and the marriages were validated pursuant to section 37 of the g Marriage Act." Fourteen applications for remarriage pursuant to section 47 of the Act were approved. Most of these involved couples who had previously been married to each other, subsequently were divorced, and then wished to remarry each other. The number of ministers and clergymen on the register increased from 1,735 in W52 to 1,802 in 1953. Although there were 8 less authorizations for registration m 1953 over 1952, the number of cancellations of registration fell from 280 to 207. It was S 56 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND WELFARE this marked reduction in cancellations which accounted for the over-all increase in the number registered. | Tables 10 and 11 show registrations of ministers and clergymen for 1953 and the number of registrations by religious denominations for 1952 and 1953. Table 10.—Registration of Ministers and Clergymen, British Columbia, 1953 | Permanent Temporary Total number on register, December 31st, 1952 Total number authorized during 1953 Total number cancelled during 1953 Total number on register, December 31st, 1953. 1,735 250 186 1,799 24 21 3 Total 1,735 274 207 1,802 Table 11.—Registration of Ministers and Clergymen, by Religious Denomination, British Columbia, 1952 and 1953 Denomination Adventist — An gli c an Apostolic Church of the Pentecost Associated Gospel Churches of Canada Baptist Convention of British Columbia Baptist Convention (Regular) of British ColumMa.— Baptist Churches, Independent Baptist Pacific Conference (North America) Buddhist Church (Nichiren Shu) Buddhist Mission of North America Canadian Temple of More Abundant Life Catholic Apostolic Chaplaincy Service j Quista delphian : Christian and Missionary Alliance Christian Reformed Church of Christ Church of Christ (Chinese Independent) Church of God Church of God in Christ (Mennonite) Church of the Nazarene Church of the New Jerusalem (Swedenborgian) Churches of God j Covenant Kingdom Ministry I Disciples of Christ Dr. Clem Davies' Ministry Doukhobor sect -. I \ Evangelical Church of British Columbia Evangelical Church of Pentecost Evangelical Church, North West Canada Conference. Evangelical Free Church of North America Evangelical Mennonite Brethren Evangelical Missionary Covenant of America Evangelical Church (Russian) Evangelistic, Open Door Free Church of England in Canada Free Church of Scotland in Canada j Free Methodist Church of North America. Fkee Presbyterian Church of Scotland Glad Tidings Temple Missionary Society... Greek Catholic (Russian Orthodox) Greek Catholic (Ukrainian) Holiness Movement—. International Foursquare Gospel Jehovah's Witnesses - Jewish Congregation (Beth Israel)- Jewish Congregation (EmanuEl). Jewish Congregation (Schara Tzedek) Jewish Congregation Beth Hamidrosh, Bnai Jacob Khalsa Diwan Society \ Latter-day Saints ■ " Latter-day Saints (Reorganized) 1953 16 278 8 1 48 34 16 10 1 7 1 4 10 2 14 12 3 2 9 3 14 1 3 5 1 - 1 7 11 3 19 1 5 3 2 10 1 16 1 10 3 22 3 19 7 1 2 3 1 5 20 22 1952 29 263 6 62 34 14 5 1 7 1 2 10 2 i3 9 3 1 8 1 15 1 4 6 1 ~1 5 9 2 15 1 5 3 2 10 1 16 1 6 3 19 4 17 |I 2 2 i 7 19 21 VITAL STATISTICS REPORT, 1953 S 57 Table 11 .—Registration of Ministers and Clergymen, by Religious Denomination, British Columbia, 1952 and 1953—Continued Denomination Liberal Catholic 1 Lutheran (American) Lutheran (Augustana Evangelical) Lutheran (Danish Evangelical) Lutheran (Finnish) Lutheran (Free) Lutheran (Icelandic). Lutheran (Missouri Evangelical) Lutheran (Norwegian)— Lutheran (Pacific Evangelical) Lutheran (United) Lutheran (United Evangelical) Mennonite Brethren Mennonite, Conference of the United Mennonite Church of British Columbia Mennonite (Old Colony Church) Mennonite (Sommerfelder Church) Mennonite (United Missionary or Brethren in Christ) Methodist and Episcopal (African) Moravian New Presbyterian Orthodox Church (Greek) Orthodox Church (Ukrainian) of America Orthodox Church (Ukrainian Greek) of Canada Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada Pentecostal Holiness People's Fellowship Plymouth Brethren Presbyterian Roman Catholic Salvation Army j . Shantymen's Christian Association Society of Friends Spiritualistic Association (British Columbia) Spiritualistic Association (National) Standard Church of America, Inc.... Unitarian United Church of Canada . Unity Metaphysical Centre Victoria Truth Centre Zion Tabernacle Totals 1953 6 9 3 1 1 1 19 5 7 4 1 37 30 6 3 1 3 3 2 3 1 5 100 10 1 17 76 322 61 4 2 6 19 6 2 318 1 1 4 1952 5 8 4 1 1 1 19 5 7 4 1 33 29 7 4 1 3 3 2 3 1 5 93 8 1 17 65 324 54 3 2 5 20 6 2 311 1 1 4 1,802 1,735 DISTRICT REGISTRARS' OFFICES f Changes in Registration Districts.—With the opening of Government Sub- Agencies at Terrace and Vanderhoof, the Division was able to appoint the Sub-Agents as District Registrars and Marriage Commissioners, and this has resulted in a more satisfactory service in these areas. During the year it became necessary to transfer the vital-statistics duties at Trail from the Motor-vehicle Branch to a private firm. This terminated the temporary arrangements which have been in force since November, 1951, when the Motor-vehicle Branch took over the vital-statistics responsibilities at Trail in response to an urgent request from the Division. The generous co-operation of the Motor-vehicle Branch enabled uninterrupted service of a very satisfactory nature to be given in this district, and appreciation is expressed for the work done by that Branch. The Division has now been fortunate in securing the services of a firm which has had extensive previous experience in vital- statistics work, and which has an office centrally located in the business section of the city. The sub-office of the Registration District of Stewart, located at Alice Arm, has been discontinued, due to the small volume of business which has been handled through this office in recent years. f| S 58 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND WELFARE With the closing of the Government Sub-Agency at Greenwood, arrangements were made for the City Clerk to be appointed as District Registrar and Marriage Commissioner for the Registration District of Greenwood. |pr Inspections.—Twenty-two offices and sub-offices in the East and West Kootenays and the Fraser Valley were visited by the Inspector of Vital Statistics during the year. Visits were also made to the Vancouver, North Vancouver, and New Westminster offices. These visits have again proved very beneficial both to the Division and to the district offices in maintaining the smooth functioning of the registration system. Several modifications of existing forms and procedures have resulted from the on-the-spot discussion of problems which have confronted the District Registrars. Inspections of the district offices indicate that the standard of work is generally of a very satisfactory nature and that the present organization of these offices appears to be serving the needs of the people and the requirements of the central office in a very adequate way. The district offices are doing an excellent job of collecting and transmitting vital-statistics returns to the Division, and it is rarely necessary to remind a District Registrar of his responsibilities. It is a pleasure to be able to express appreciation of the work carried out in the district offices. ^ At the close of the year there were ninety offices and sub-offices operating in seventy- one registration districts, this being one less sub-office than in the previous year. Thirty- eight of the offices are served by Government Agencies or Sub-Agencies, while Royal Canadian Mounted Police personnel hold the Registrar's appointment in twenty-three other districts. Eight offices are served by other Provincial Government employees, six offices by Municipal Clerks, and fifteen offices by private individuals, including Game Wardens, Postmasters, Stipendiary Magistrates, business-men, and a Canadian Customs officer. MICROFILMING OF DOCUMENTS The microfilm equipment of the Division was in constant use during the year. All current registrations of births, deaths, stillbirths, and marriages were photographed on a weekly basis. In addition, amendments to registrations resulting from adoptions, divorces, changes of name, and other types of documentary revision were photographed and the amended images spliced into the appropriate rolls of microfilm. Several miscellaneous filming projects were undertaken, as listed hereunder, in order to permit removal of some of the original files and to allow for a better utilization of space:— (a) Delayed registration files for the period from 1949 to 1952, inclusive. (b) Baptismal records of several churches. (c) The refilming of rolls which had become overloaded due to amendments and additions. (d) Special files concerning delayed registrations of marriages, 1932 to 1952. (e) Marriage licence applications. GENERAL ADMINISTRATION g*Although the incidence of staff changes was less than in 1952, the turnover was still high. Several members resigned, and several others were dismissed when their services were found to be unsatisfactory during the probationary period of employment. Replacements were difficult to obtain, and in a number of cases a period of several weeks elapsed before successors were appointed. Most of those reporting for duty had little or no previous office experience, thus necessitating a longer period of training than otherwise would have been required. The Vancouver office experienced unprecedented difficulties, occasioned by staff shortages and changes throughout most of the year. One of the senior employees retired VITAL STATISTICS REPORT, 1953 s 59 on superannuation in January, and her departure was followed almost immediately by the resignation of another senior person by reason of marriage. Several employees transferred to higher-paid positions or other types of employment. In almost every case the vacancies were not filled for several weeks, and there were instances when several months elapsed before a replacement could be obtained. It was largely through the splendid co-operation of the junior staff with their two seniors that the functions of the office were able to be carried on without a major disruption. || | The widespread use of ball-point pens has created a problem for the Division in several respects. Of these, the most important is the great range of permanency of the various inks used by the manufacturers. Documents written with a ball-point pen may last for months or years, but some are known to have deteriorated very quickly, and it is doubtful whether they will stand up for the extended periods of time required of vital- statistics registrations. The use of such pens for the completion of registration forms has been strongly discouraged in the ultimate interests of the persons concerned. However, this type of writing medium has gained such popularity that it has become impossible to refuse to accept registrations completed with ball-point pens. The use of ball-point pens causes further difficulties in establishing identification of handwriting. The actual identification of signatures is often of great importance in dealing with registration matters. STATISTICAL SECTION Purpose.—A public health statistics section can be said to be fulfilling its proper function only when it combines sound statistical routines with critical analyses of the statistics produced and of the policies and procedures underlying them. The Division attempts to perform this function through its statistical section on behalf of the Health Branch in this Province and, in addition, to give consultative service on all matters involving statistics, record-keeping, and form preparation. Hence, an important part of the duties of the statistical section is the critical examination and analysis of the statistics which are compiled in order that they may be of maximum value to the various Divisions of the Health Branch in the planning, developing, and carrying-out of their programmes. Routine Assignments.—The extent of the routine work of the statistical section is very broad and includes the completion of numerous reports, listings, summaries, and other statistical compilations, and the performance of analyses of the statistics. A detailed list covering the more important of these routine activities was shown on page 62 of the 1952 Report. Apart from the compilation of extensive statistics from the birth, death, stillbirth, and marriage registrations, the Division's largest routine commitments are to the Divisions of Tuberculosis Control and Venereal Disease Control in the processing of their records for statistical purposes. ||\- A great deal of statistical information on morbidity, mortality, natality, and other items of public health significance is kept on file in the statistical section. This has proven to be very useful in the course of the regular duties of the section, as well as in providing a valuable source of reference material to aid in the planning of special statistical assignments. Staff Training.—Through formal postgraduate training as well as through in-service training, the Division is developing a small but competent staff of biostatisticians. During the summer one member returned from a course of postgraduate training in public health statistics at the University of Minnesota, while another member enrolled for similar training in September at the University of Toronto. Funds for this professional training have been made available through National health grants. Statistics for the Mental Health Services.—Progress was made during 1953 in carrying forward several projects of considerable importance started in the previous year, ™, in addition, several new tasks were undertaken. Among the former was the work s 60 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND WELFARE begun on the reorganization of the record and statistical system of the Mental Health Services. This project has consumed a considerable amount of time of the staff, both Vancouver and Victoria, but satisfactory progress has been made. The first important phase of the job has been completed. This involved the setting-up of a routine fo transferring the information appearing on the admission and separation reports of individuals entering and leaving institutions to punch-cards. A number of problems arose in establishing the necessary codes and procedures required for this phase of the work but by the end of the year the new system was in operation and the routine processing had begun in this Division. Incidental to the foregoing work, it was found that certain nominal rolls required by the Mental Health Services could be prepared mechanically by this Division on a monthly basis, thus saving the Services considerable time in this regard. The organization of the second phase of the statistical system for the Mental Health Services was well under way by the close of the year. A staff member has worked closely with the medical and administrative staff at Essondale and Crease Clinic in determining the nature and extent of the statistics to be produced, and in designing the system and routine to be followed. This phase of the work will yield important information on the status of patients in residence in the various institutions of the Services and on the treatments which have been used. This difficult work of replacing and augmenting the recording and statistical procedures of a large service involving a number of separate institutions has been made a pleasure to all concerned by the splendid co-operation and patience of the staff of the Mental Health Services. Standardization of Vital-statistics Tabulations in Canada.—A major advance was made during the year in the standardization of the vital-statistics tabulations for all Provinces of Canada. Because Canadian vital statistics are presented on a place-of- residence basis, it is necessary to have an interprovincial exchange of registration information relating to births and deaths of residents who are temporarily absent from the Province. Thus, no Province has been able to publish its final vital-statistics data for a particular year until the last Province has submitted its registration returns. The Provinces have now agreed upon uniform dates for closing off the separate birth, death, and marriage series of events each year, and this alone will speed up the production of the final tabulations by several months. In addition, the Provinces have all agreed upon a uniform set of basic Provincial tabulations for publication purposes, and this action will further advance the publication date of the Annual Vital Statistics Reports. This work on the uniform tabulation programme was undertaken by the Vital Statistics Council for Canada in co-operation with the Dominion Bureau of Statistics. It has involved extensive research and study in order that the tabulations might fully accommodate present statistical needs as well as anticipating further requirements. A system of priority for the production of the specific tabulations was also set up, and this will furth&r expedite the publication of the Annual Vital Statistics Reports. These measures will enable a saving of approximately six months in the time-lag in printing the detailed Vital Statistics Report in this Province, and, in addition, it will greatly speed up publication of the preliminary and final Reports of Vital Statistics published by the Dominion Bureau of Statistics, which contain national rates and interprovincial comparisons. Infant Mortality Study.—As noted in the 1952 Report, a special infant mortality study has been set up to correlate information from the Physician's Notice of Live Birth or Stillbirth and the associated birth and death registrations. A complete year of experience covering 1952 infant mortality was available this year, and tabulations .were run from the punch-cards. Information was tabulated revealing many interesting features, but the number of cases involved is still relatively small for detailed analyses, and farther VITAL STATISTICS REPORT, 1953 s 61 data must be collected before reliable inferences may be made. However, the results were important in that they revealed several problems which will have to be overcome before a satisfactory study can be completed. One of these relates to the lack of sufficient detail for a study of this nature in the code of the International Statistical Classification covering complications of pregnancy and birth injuries. Population Estimates.—During the year, counts were obtained from the Census Branch showing populations for each of the census enumeration areas in the Province. These figures were utilized in conjunction with the enumeration-area descriptions to produce population estimates by school districts. These estimates are necessary in order to compile vital-statistics rates for the health units of the Province and are also used in health-unit financing. Nutrition Statistics.—As in previous years, the Division carried out analyses of food studies conducted by the nutrition consultants of the Health Branch, and which related to the Provincial gaols. In addition, a pilot study was conducted to determine and compare the nutritional status of those old-age pensioners with and without dentures in the Greater Victoria area. Morbidity Statistics.—Information on the health status of the people in this Province is at the best difficult to obtain and interpret, yet it is of utmost importance to those who administer the programme of the Health Branch. The National Sickness Survey, mentioned in the 1952 Report, was carried out to provide some of the information on a sample basis, and some of the results of this Survey became available during the year. These first releases related to expenditures for health services. Estimates of the incidence and prevalence of specific morbid conditions are expected to appear in the near future. During 1953, negotiations have been under way between this Division and the British Columbia Government Employees' Medical Services with a view to obtaining morbidity statistics for this group of the population. A co-operative arrangement is being suggested whereby the Division will process the statistics of the Employees' Medical Services, particularly relating to cost and the utilization, in return for the morbidity statistics which will ensue as a by-product. Information on the sickness experience of this group will help to fill in an important part of the health picture in this Province. Epidemiological Statistics.—The Division continued to operate the Province-wide notifiable disease reporting system and to compile statistics therefrom. In addition, special statistical studies relating to the epidemiology of poliomyelitis and venereal disease were carried out at the request of senior medical personnel. Cancer Registry.—The Division also continued to supervise the registry of new cases of cancer reported within the Province. This reporting system is designed to make possible the provision of up-to-date data on cancer incidence in British Columbia and to make these data available to the medical profession and to other agencies interested in the cancer problem. Reports of new cases are received from private physicians, the British Columbia Cancer Institute, general hospitals, and from pathology laboratories. Death registrations are also used as a source of reporting cases which have not been reported prior to death. Preliminary figures showed that 2,785 new cases of malignant growth were reported during the year, of which 1,366 were reported alive and 1,419 reported for the first time at death. Detailed statistics regarding cancer notifications and live cancer cases reported during 1953 are given on pages 74 and 75 of the Annual Report of the Health Branch for 1953. I Crippled Children's Registry.—During 1949 and 1950 a survey was carried out to determine the size of the problem which existed in this Province with respect to cnppling diseases of children. As a result of this survey, a voluntary Registry of Crippled S 62 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND WELFARE Children was set up. The purpose of the Registry is twofold. In the first place the Registry is designed to provide accurate knowledge of the nature and extent of the problem of crippling diseases of children in British Columbia. Only with such information can there be intelligent planning of the additional facilities which might be required" or of the programme which should be undertaken. The second purpose of the Registry is to assist those children with handicaps to receive the best possible treatment available for those specific handicaps. The Registry has available the services of an advisory panel of fifteen specialists, the chairman of which reviews all new registrations received with a view to recommending the best possible treatment or disposition of each case. The Division of Vital Statistics supervises the statistical aspects of the Registry and assists in tabulating the statistics which derive from it. Physicians throughout the Province have been made aware of the purpose of the Registry and have been encouraged to register on a voluntary basis those children under their care who are suffering from any one of a group of specified disabilities which might prevent them from completing their education and becoming self-supporting. The Registry has established close liaison with all public health authorities in the Province, as well as with numerous private agencies concerned with the care of children. The advisory service of the medical panel is available to any physician upon request. The Registry also provides what might be termed a clearing-house of medical history regarding each individual case, and this has proved valuable in those instances where the child does not remain under the continuous care of one doctor. Impairments which are noted at birth and reported on the Physician's Notice of Live Birth or Stillbirth are routinely registered by the Division of Vital Statistics with the Crippled Children's Registry. Additional information is obtained where necessary from the reporting physician. A check is later made on these cases to determine whether the condition is still present, has disappeared, or has become inactive. The Registry is receiving data on about 150 new cases each month. By the end of the year over 2,000 cases were on the Registry files. During the year a follow-up was conducted of all post-poliomyelitis cases with residual paralysis from the epidemic of 1952. An inquiry was made to determine whether or not further treatment was required. When it was found that a case required additional treatment, but this treatment had not been forthcoming, the reasons were investigated and, where possible, assistance was made available. In order to enlarge the scope of the Registry, it was suggested toward the end of the year that a procedure be set up whereby cases known to the Welfare Branch would be routinely registered. Regular social-assistance cases continued to be handled by the Welfare Branch, their addition to the Registry being primarily for record and statistical purposes. It is hoped that the care of border-line social-assistance cases which are sometimes handled by the Welfare Branch would be facilitated if they are made known to the Registry. VITAL STATISTICS REPORT, 1953 S 63 PART III.—DETAILED TABLES OF BIRTHS, DEATHS MARRIAGES, ADOPTIONS, AND DIVORCES I IN BRITISH COLUMBIA, 1953 ft (Classified by Place of Residence) TABLE 1.—GENERAL SUMMARY OF BIRTHS, STILLBIRTHS, AND MARRIAGES I FOR CENSUS DIVISIONS, BRITISH COLUMBIA, 1953 Census Division Live Births Total Male Female Live Births in Hospital British Columbia Division No. la~ DivisionNo. lb- Division No. Ic— Division No. 2a~ Division No. 2b- Division No. 2c_ Division No. 3a.- Division No. 3b— Division No. 3c_. Division No. 4a_. Division No. 4b~ Division No. 5a.- DivisionNo. 5b... Division No. 5c ._ Division No. 5d _ Division No. 5e— Division No. 5f—. Division No. 6a~ Division No. 6b... Division No. 6c... Division No. 6d.. Division No. 6e... Division No. 6f... Division No. 7a._ Division No. 7b... Division No. 7c.- Division No. 8a... Division No. 8b~. Division No. 8c Division No. 8d_ Division No. 8e._ Division No. 8f __ Division No. 8g._. Division No. 9a... Division No. 9b._ Division No. 9c. Division No. 9d Division No. 9e._ Division No. 9f._. Division No. 10a Division No. 10b Division No. 10c Division No. lOd 31,746 153 480 184 146 1,000 634 1,068 659 158 4,509 11,775 3,976 73 681 593 139 237 105 278 676 27 129 194 182 58 306 583 94 67 407 328 285 91 11 33 87 545 122 84 72 5 151 361 16,428 86 245 89 84 528 333 564 338 82 2,258 6,138 2,053 43 350 304 69 122 60 140 343 14 55 101 96 33 154 301 52 33 210 176 163 47 7 18 51 279 68 42 38 ~-~ 183 15,318 67 235 95 62 472 301 504 321 76 2,251 5,637 1,923 30 331 289 70 115 45 138 333 13 74 93 86 25 152 282 42 34 197 152 122 44 4 15 36 266 54 42 34 5 73 178 30,978 150 480 151 146 997 626 1,058 657 155 4,462 11,727 3,949 72 675 591 111 218 102 270 652 8 109 164 172 52 292 567 90 33 398 269 264 57 8 7 48 522 53 67 59 __ 348 Illegitimate Births 1,896 7 19 5 2 28 37 48 38 1 186 759 189 8 14 19 28 21 5 27 85 10 10 28 14 7 7 35 4 8 32 48 13 8 4 10 5 54 16 12 2 1 9 33 Stffl- births 375 3 2 11 9 17 4 42 151 44 ~~9 9 2 8 '~2 2 5 1 4 11 1 1 4 4 8 1 5 3 Marriages 3 3 11,298 31 97 50 34 230 178 403 196 29 1,581 5,382 1,518 15 150 134 11 42 8 67 234 1 17 28 33 2 80 177 18 5 97 58 65 8 2 4 148 9 7 Excess of Births over Deaths 32 113 19,528 109 359 115 102 809 376 585 473 98 2,910 6,261 2,101 23 495 447 117 181 81 172 419 21 101 137 152 28 247 497 68 47 318 243 226 74 4 26 69 391 100 65 65 3 117 296 S 64 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND WELFARE TABLE 2.—GENERAL SUMMARY OF BIRTHS, STILLBIRTHS, AND MARRIAGES Pno INCORPORATED URBAN PLACES OF 1,000 POPULATION AND OVER, kpi COLUMBIA, 1953. City or Village Alberni Armstrong Campbell River— Castlegar Chilliwack Courtenay Cranberry Lake— Cranbrook Creston Dawson Creek Duncan Fernie Grand Forks Hope Kamloops- Kelowna Kimberley Ladysmith Lake Cowichan Meiritt ! Mission City Nanaimo Nelson New Westminster- North Kamloops— North Vancouver- Oliver - Penticton Port Alberni Port Coquitlam Port Moody Prince George Prince Rupert Quesnel Revelstoke Rossland Salmon Arm Smithers Trail Vancouver Vernon _ Victoria Westview Live Births Total 172 17 106 63 181 135 51 175 64 236 133 92 53 30 283 208 188 60 79 50 96 360 211 610 79 873 75 251 268 112 61 375 310 170 109 134 43 84 408 7,880 218 1,174 125 Male Female Live Births in Hospital 93 10 55 29 94 81 27 94 42 120 72 45 23 13 140 112 89 32 37 19 54 194 114 296 44 469 37 130 144 48 26 190 159 82 59 68 25 42 219 4,077 105 624 69 79 7 51 34 87 54 24 81 22 116 61 47 30 17 143 96 99 28 42 31 42 166 97 314 35 404 38 121 124 64 35 185 151 88 50 66 18 42 189 3,803 113 550 56 170 17 106 62 181 135 51 175 63 235 132 92 53 29 283 208 188 60 79 50 96 359 210 608 79 870 75 251 268 112 61 370 306 169 109 134 43 79 408 7,857 217 1,174 124 Illegitimate Births 5 1 4 2 10 2 "io 2 23 5 4 1 22 12 2 3 1 3 2 13 7 37 3 29 3 16 5 3 2 25 28 10 ~~4 3 6 9 605 6 64 1 Stillbirths 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 3 1 1 1 1 1 s __ 1 5 1 9 8 4 2 92 4 14 2 Marriages BRITISH Excess of Births over Deaths 49 18 24 8 96 66 2 59 41 96 79 37 19 22 167 126 35 31 10 10 82 201 104 586 23 161 38 111 70 26 15 171 127 59 32 36 47 32 155 4,646 150 773 18 138 6 87 53 105 -in 46 128 38 208 92 58 32 15 163 97 133 37 72 34 69 232 138 337 68 653 68 168 205 81 45 312 ^ 216 137 78 110 32 62 342 3,584 83 414 103 VITAL STATISTICS REPORT, 1953 S 65 TABLE 3.-LIVE BIRTHS AND LIVE BIRTHS IN HOSPITAL BY OCCURRENCE AND RESIDENCE FOR CENSUS DIVISION, BRITISH COLUMBIA, 1953 Census Division Total Births Total by Occurrence Total by Residence By Occurrence, Residence Elsewhere By Residence, Occurrence Elsewhere British Columbia Division No. la- Division No. lb- Division No. lc- Division No. 2a- Division No. 2b.~ Division No. 2c~ Division No. 3a.~ Division No. 3b- Diyision No. 3e~ Division No. 4a... Division No. 4b- Division No. 5a_. Diyision No. 5b- Division No. 5c._ Division No. 5d... Division No. 5e~ Division No. 5f— Division No. 6a... Division No. 6b„. Division No. 6c. Division No. 6d- Division No. 6e.~ Division No. 6f—. Division No. 7a... Division No. 7b... Division No. 7c. Division No. 8a... Division No. 8b-. Division No. 8c~ Division No. 8d._. Division No. 8e.„ Division No. 8f.._ Division No. 8g- Division No. 9a~. Division No. 9b~ Division No. 9c. Division No. 9d... Division No. 9e.- Division No. 9f... Division No. 10a Division No. 10b Division No. 10c. Division No. lOd 31,615 116 494 186 128 853 767 1,080 766 110 4,516 12,059 4,097 38 534 611 79 203 4 137 951 18 22 143 188 4 302 619 43 37 446 288 342 34 3 26 53 632 72 68 24 5 130 387 31,746 153 480 184 146 1,000 634 1,068 659 158 4,509 11,775 3,976 73 681 593 139 237 105 278 676 27 129 194 182 58 306 583 94 67 407 328 285 91 11 33 87 545 122 84 72 5 151 361 104 1 31 9 8 14 160 85 124 7 511 782 204 4 45 55 4 39 12 312 5 2 2 12 "22 63 3 8 76 4 73 1 4 108 1 2 17 58 235 38 17 7 26 161 27 73 17 55 504 498 83 39 192 37 64 73 101 153 37 14 109 53 6 54 26 27 54 38 37 44 16 58 8 7 38 21 51 18 51 38 32 Total by Occurrence 30,861 113 494 152 128 849 760 1,070 765 107 4,470 12,014 4,078 37 529 609 51 185 1 129 929 111 177 287 605 40 437 230 323 15 606 4 50 10 121 375 Births in Hospital Total by Residence 30,978 150 480 151 146 997 626 1,058 657 155 4,462 11,727 3,949 72 675 591 111 218 102 270 652 8 109 164 172 52 292 567 90 33 398 269 264 57 8 7 48 522 53 67 59 ~"l42 348 By Occurrence, Residence Elsewhere By Residence, Occurrence Elsewhere 99 1 31 8 8 13 160 85 124 7 509 780 204 4 45 54 3 38 11 312 9 "20 62 3 76 2 73 2 101 1 16 56 216 38 17 7 26 161 26 73 16 55 501 493 75 39 191 36 63 71 101 152 35 8 109 53 4 52 25 24 53 33 37 41 14 57 8 7 35 17 50 17 51 ""37 29 S 66 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND WELFARE TABLE 4.—LIVE BIRTHS AND HOSPITAL LIVE BIRTHS BY OCCURRENCE ANn RESIDENCE FOR URBAN PLACES OF 1,000 POPULATION AND OVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, 1953.. ' City or Village TotSl Live Binhs Total by Occurrence Total by Residence Alberni ._— Armstrong Campbell River™. Castlegar Chilliwack Courtenay Cranberry Lake... Cranbrook Creston — Dawson Creek Duncan _— Fernie Grand Forks Hope Kamloops Kelowna . Kimberley .—'.. Ladysmith.. ..„ Lake Cowichan Merritt ~. Mission City Nanaimo L— Nelson New Westminster North Kamloops _ North Vancouver. Oliver Penticton Port Alberni Port Coquitlam Port Moody Prince George Prince Rupert Quesnel Revelstoke Rossland Salmon Arm Smithers Trail -__ Vancouver Vernon Victoria : Westview 1 46 202 2 1 153 374 473 148 107 1 753 451 221 96 73 348 583 524 2,703 ~~800 194 398 530 609 451 257 128 157 129 160 647 10,197 437 2,771 By Occurrence, Residence Elsewhere By Residence, Occurrence Elsewhere Live Births in Hospital Total by Occurrence 172 17 106 63 181 135 51 175 64 236 133 92 53 30 283 208 188 60 79 50 96 360 211 610 79 873 75 251 268 112 61 375 310 170 109 134 43 84 408 7,880 218 1,174 125 33 107 1 95 151 345 57 60 479 247 46 43 37 256 244 314 2,167 "247 124 150 273 254 149 91 24 36 92 80 260 2,763 222 1,616 171 4 11 62 181 133 51 174 6 13 5 1 6 29 9 4 13 7 79 14 4 21 1 74 79 320 5 3 11 112 61 20 8 4 5 13 6 4 21 446 3 19 125 46 202 1 152 373 473 148 107 753 451 221 96 73 348 583 523 2,700 "798 194 398 529 605 449 256 128 157 129 156 647 10,173 436 2,771 Total by Residence 170 17 106 62 181 135 51 175 63 235 132 92 53 29 283 208 188 60 79 50 96 359 210 608 79 870 75 251 268 112 61 370 306 169 109 134 43 79 408 7,857 217 1,174 124 By Occurrence, Residence Elsewhere 33 107 95 150 345 57 60 479 247 46 43 37 256 244 314 2,166 "245 124 150 272 252 149 91 24 36 92 80 260 2,759 222 1,616 By Residence, Occurrence Elsewhere 170 4 11 62 181 133 51 174 6 12 4 1 6 29 9 4 13 7 79 14 4 20 1 74 79 317 5 3 11 112 61 17 6 4 5 13 6 3 21 443 3 19 124 TABLE 5.—LIVE BIRTHS BY MONTH, BRITISH COLUMBIA, 1953 o H Months a jo o a Tt p. < >. o a G Tt 00 G < P. o Ui Total for the Province. 31,746 2,449 2,318 2,726 2,712 2,745 2,635 2,744 2,703 2,752 u O 2,751 o Z 2,577 o p 2,634 VITAL STATISTICS REPORT, 1953 TABLE 6.—LIVE BIRTHS FOR CENSUS DIVISIONS BY TYPE OF ATTENDANCE, BRITISH COLUMBIA, 1953 S 67 British Columbia- Division No. la— Division No. lb— Division No. Ic— Division No. 2a— Division No. 2b— Division No. 2c—- Division No. 3a— Division No. 3b— Division No. 3c— Division No. 4a~ Division No. 4b- Division No. 5a~ Division No. 5b_ Division No. 5c Oivision No. 5d~ DivisionNo. 5e... Division No. 5f~ Division No. 6a. Division No. 6b. DivisionNo. 6c Division No. 6d. Division No. 6e~ Division No. 6f.. Division No. 7a_ Division No. 7b- Division No. 7c Division Division Division Division Division Division Division Division Division Division Division Division Division No. 8a No. 8b. No. 8c No. 8d. No. 8e- No. 8f- No. 8g. No. 9a. No. 9b. No. 9c No. 9d- No. 9e. No. 9f_. Division No. 10a. DivisionNo. 1 Ob- Division No. 10c Division No. lOd. Census Division Total 31,746 153 480 184 146 1,000 634 1,068 659 158 4,509 11,775 3,976 73 681 593 139 237 105 278 676 27 129 194 182 58 306 583 94 67 407 328 285 91 11 33 87 545 122 84 72 5 151 361 Attended by— Physician Nurse Midwife Unattended or Not Stated 31,265 44 38 199 152 1 480 183 1 146 1,000 633 1 1,065 3 658 1 157 1 4,487 1 21 11,765 2 8 3,955 2 2 17 72 1 681 593 112 1 1 25 223 1 13 105 273 1 4 656 20 14 6 7 112 17 180 1 13 175 1 6 54 4 300 1 5 573 10 92 1 1 36 8 23 403 4 275 1 12 40 272 13 59 32 10 i 14 1 18 59 8 4 16 528 8 9 87 6 29 68 3 13 61 1 10 2 3 143 1 3 4 352 3 6 S 68 TABLE 7 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND WELFARE .—LIVE BIRTHS IN INCORPORATED URBAN PLACES OF 1,000 POPUi atthx AND OVER BY TYPE OF ATTENDANCE, BRITISH COLUMBIA, 1953 City or Village Total Alberni Armstrong Campbell River... Castlegar. Chilliwack. Courtenay. Cranberry Lake. Cranbrook Creston Dawson Creek- Duncan Fernie Grand Forks. Hope. Kamloops j Kelowna I— Kimberiey j Ladysmith Lake Cowichan. Menstt___ Mission City. Nanaimo Nelson - New Westminster- North Kamloops-. North Vancouver- Oliver Penticton Port Alberni Port Coquitlam. Port Moody Prince George- Prince Rupert Quesnel Revelstoke Rossland Salmon Arm r Smithers Trail Vancouver Vernon ____ Victoria Westview 172 17 106 63 181 135 51 173 64 236 133 92 53 30 283 208 188 60 79 50 96 360 211 610 79 873 75 251 268 112 61 375 310 170 109 134 43 84 408 7,880 218 1,174 125 Physician 172 17 106 63 181 135 50 175 64 236 132 92 53 30 283 208 188 60 79 50 95 359 211 610 79 873 75 251 268 112 61 373 308 170 109 134 43 80 408 7,877 218 1,174 125 Attended by- Nurse Midwife Unattended ^ or Not Stated 2 2 3 1 VITAL STATISTICS REPORT, 1953 S 69 TABLE 8.-LIVE BIRTHS BY AGES OF PARENTS, BRITISH COLUMBIA, 1953 13 ye 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 , 29 , 30 , 31 j 32 Age of Mother Age of Father Total Bora to Married Mothers Total Bora to Unmarried Mothers o Ih 0- OJh Tt CS • -12 CSt-*"1 Os CS • CS?"* n On CO J3"* Tt On Tt J" rtf.^ ON in?* Tt vo^i M o ^ Zu\ 9 S* OrS PQ O ■3«<rti °_a 1 1 7 25 54 73 45 27 18 10 3 2 1 46 185 385 582 777 749 692 522 331 188 116 62 40 20 23 8 4 5 1 3 1 2 1 _ 10 36 96 226 379 578 753 1,025 1,085 1,112 937 823 639 459 294 177 97 51 45 34 26 9 7 2 2 1 _ 2 6 16 37 62 125 198 312 375 489 595 693 735 832 807 656 586 423 250 165 104 52 47 23 13 6 3 2 1 z:z; i '"il l 4 10 11 20 31 38 44 44 65 95 111 131 167 165 157 166 187 190 197 155 146 80 58 36 18 7 1 2 4 1 2 6 7 10 13 10 21 23 30 46 41 43 58 52 64 80 101 79 70 53 56 45 18 8 6 3 1 1 _ l 2 - 1 j 1 1 1 1 19 84 284 574 905 1,273 1,512 1,708 1,953 1,939 1,971 1,866 1,791 1,762 1,745 1,630 1,407 1.349 1,083 962 793 700 616 574 423 331 198 176 117 49 28 11 5 3 2 5 3 10 22 48 100 119 146 136 135 143 116 118 84 82 76 66 62 65 53 46 47 35 29 29 34 26 20 16 6 9 9 2 4 1 11 2 2 10 16 30 40 62 104 125 158 151 249 304 350 373 433 381 435 347 292 245 197 119 63 28 25 12 1 1 2 41 132 384 693 1,051 1,409 1,647 1,851 2,069 2,057 2,055 1,948 1,867 1,828 1,807 1,695 1,460 1,395 1,130 997 822 1 1 1 1 1 3 2 6 8 8 13 12 16 10 14 17 17 25 13 37 22 22 21 16 8 5 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 2 1 1 3 1 2 1 1 4 4 1 5 6 5 7 7 11 7 7 2 3 4 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 5 2 1 2 2 4 2 1 1 1 33 14 35 , 36 2 2 2 2 729 37 1 650 38 600 39 443 dO 2 347 41 , 42 , 43 , . 2 ——..—. 204 185 126 44 , 51 45 , 1 28 46 , 11 47 5 48 1 3 4 49 2 50 ye Nots ars and over _ 3 8 . total fathers 26814.752 8,907 7,6171 4,556 2,336 9541 305! 89 34 19 13 29.85011.896131.746 1 1 1 S 70 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND WELFARE CO On < t-H PQ s HH1 o u E 09 H t-H 3 a p* o H l-H PQ Q < T-\ w o tin o w o < PQ 9S H PC* HH PQ > ON W « 43 u «+H o lH ••H PQ Ih O *o o -S3 +H 00 43 Tt SO 0 TJ- •A CO 43 •>-> CS § 43 ON 43 00 •fl 43 vo 8 43 4-1 Tt •o Ih c cs co o bo o iTt T-HCS cs m Tt CS I r-t I 1.0*1 I t-h t-h ! t-h CS CS .! rt co CO |rH ! CS rH rH t-I rH CS-D CO CO CO CS rH rH ! CO csmrHcsmcococscscscscs rn ON VD 00 «s CO co 1 rtl t I I I rH rH CS CO T-H CS CS 00 CO Tt VO 00 IO rH IT) Tt COrH jrH iiiiiiiii I cn c* rt cs cs cn on vo Tt r- r-» co on vo Tt cs r- co co co i i i i i i i i i t i i ■ i i iiiiiiiiii rt | | irnco ! cs co Tt co i> rt on cS Tt oo oo m vo co vo C- m in OO CS rt I I I , !cSTtTtoooovooNvo»nocsr^ONr~rtOi>TtrtOOTt I T-HrHrHT—It-Ht-HCOCOt-Ht—ICSrH rH rt On co rn m co cn oo o oo r-f- vo cs Tt o Tt os r- © Th co i rH CS <N CS CN CS CO CS CS CN CS CS CS CS rH rHrH llll I rH ON COrt CO ON CO CSOOTtCN CO Tt CO f-f-VOTtVO ©CO COCSVOCSTtrH rHCOCNCSTtinTtrtnln-O-nVOTtTtfOTtCOCSrHrHT-l vo 0\ cs vo o tj- Tt © 00 cs C^rHTtCSU^Ttl>\OCOinTtrHOOCNTtONONO\rHOCOT-H©Ttr-rtC.' T-HrH»nmV0 00000NCNC0rH©O000NV0V0 00lriTtCSCSrH ON©OST^CSrHT-H©CNVOTtVPrtOTt©inOOTt©CSOOCSln©OVTtCOrH CSCO 00 rHVO OOrH Os CNCO ^* CSCOOvON t-H CO Tt rH r> l> Tt CO rt Tt Tt Tt CN T-H CN CN CS CS CS T-H Tt Tt Tt Tt T-H vo rH rHONl*1©Tt VOVO OVOCS 00 t^CO CO 00CO -O rHTt rHTt VO COCO CN CO CO rH IO Tt T-HVocNooin.OT-ioNrHVor-.ONVooONOoincsoN-TCSoooo'-tcocS rHrHCN COCOCO TtTtTt'TtTtTtCOCSCSCNrHrHrH ror^int^voT-HT-iinTtroT-ivovocovoinTt^o©corHt^cNvo©r^©cSincoco rtncSvorHrOrHCNrOTtcoOoovoinooTtOv©oocN©Or*--C-CNCSrH rHCSTtinVOC^t^t^VOVOWOlnTtrOCOCSCSrHrHrHrH TtrH00Tt©ONVOON00CSC»00OVlnt^rHVO0Nln-^CO©Tt©t^inONinC<.CS©Tt rHCOfN|CSTtrH^r^t-»T^lnrOTtrOVOONr^CNOOTtrHC^ONt^TtTtCNCSCSrH rHroinr^oooooooot--vom^trocscNcsrHT-iT-H TtrH^.fsiTtrorHONr*rHONt^»noot^oo-^»n©in©t^cNON©©rot^TtrtnvorHOO rHTtc^oooNin©Tt«nvo-ninTtvocN©ovvoONcoONCNcSrtn©TtTt©oocsincSrH rH CO VO © Tt VO 00 © © © ONOOOOOOVOTtCOrHONOOr-VOVO'^trOCNT-lrH THTrtHtHrN ^^rtrH-rtHTHHHlH •^ •* •>. •* «s 05 3 o >. rOTt in VOrtf- T » *> * Vi ii > r^a tn Tt CO CO ON tH CO VO r- oo OV rS 00 o 00 «N 0v SO rt C- Tt CO i-i 05 "O rt o a T- T> a o cs 00 0OON©rH rt Tt CS CS cs co Tt in \o t^ oo on © t-. cni co Tt uo vo r--oo on g ^ cs 2 CS CS CS C* CS CS CS CS CO CO CO CO CO CO CO CO CO CO ^ Tt Tt Tt Tj" Tt Tt TT TT TT " 0 z VITAL STATISTICS REPORT, 1953 S 71 TABLE 10.-MULTIPLE BIRTHS BY AGE OF MOTHER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, 1953 :==- Total Children Born Single Sets of Twins Sets of Triplets Quadruplets Age of Mother Live- born Stillborn Both Live- born Both Stillborn 1 Live- born, 1 Stillborn 3 Live- born 3 Stillborn 2 Live- bora, 1 Stillborn 1 Live- born, 2 Stillborn 4 Live- born 4 11 41 132 386 702 1,060 1,418 1,665 1,867 2,092 2,073 2,070 1,969 1,887 1,850 1,829 1,712 1,474 1,412 1,151 1,009 838 740 665 612 458 351 205 193 129 56 28 11 5 4 2 10 4 11 41 132 380 689 1,031 1,391 1,628 1,827 2,026 2,031 2,013 1,898 1,826 1,782 1,773 1,649 1,417 1,350 1,101 983 795 710 634 575 429 333 202 181 125 51 26 11 5 4 2 7 2 9 9 9 15 16 22 16 13 21 17 20 22 15 13 15 18 12 15 10 15 9 15 4 1 8 2 5 • 1 2 2 10 9 9 12 21 11 20 25 19 23 17 23 21 20 14 7 13 9 8 11 7 7 1 2 1 1 1 "l 1 1 1 2 3 1 2 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 — —— " 18 - - — ■■ 10 90 91 .. . 17 - - - 23 „ 24 1 25 ,. ... 26 27 . 28 „ 29 „ 30 H „ 32 „ 33 „ 34 | 35 „ 36 „ 37 I _.. . 38 „ ....... 39 „ ... 40 „ . 41 I 42 „ _ 43 „ .... 44 „ .. . 45 „ 46 „ 47 „ . . 48 „ 49 „ 50 years and over Not stated. .. — Totals 32,121 31,073 349 324 4 18 1 1 ...... 1 1 TABLE 11.—STILLBIRTHS BY SEX AND PERIOD OF GESTATION, BRITISH COLUMBIA, 1953 Period of Gestation Male Female Period of Gestation Total Male Female 15 1 10 2 18 2 11 5 21 4 15 16 7 13 2 6 5 13 6 24 9 20 39 weeks 40 „ _______ 41 „ 42 „ 43 „ 44 „ 45 „ Not stated Totals 11 115 15 E~S 1 1 2 375 6 59 7 179 5 56 8 ~~2 1 1 2 196 S 72 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND WELFARE TABLE 12.—INFANT DEATHS AND INFANT DEATHS IN HOSPITAL BY OCCURRED AND RESIDENCE FOR CENSUS DIVISIONS, BRITISH COLUMBIA, 1953 Census Divisions Total Infant Deaths Total by Occurrence British Columbia Division No. la Division No. lb Division No. lc_ Division No. 2a_- Division No. 2b Division No. 2c Division No. 3a Division! No. 3b_, Division No. 3c~, Division No. 4a_ Division No. 4b Division No. 5a_- Division No. 5b Division No. 5c_ Division No. 5d Divisiori No. 5e Division No. 5f Division No. 6a Division No. 6b_ Division No. 6c Division No. 6d Division No. 6e_—; Division No. 6f Division No. 7a_ Division No. 7b_! Division No. 7c Division No. 8a_ Division No. 8b Division No. 8c Division No. 8d Division No. 8e Division No. 8f Division No. 8g Division No. 9a Division No. 9b Division No. 9c Division No. 9d . Division No. 9e Division No. 9f Division No. 10a Division No. 10b Division No. 10c Division No. lOd 857 3 19 4 7 9 17 37 25 2 98 284 86 14 11 4 15 5 45 4 8 11 6 "7 15 2 7 13 11 24 6 1 1 2 30 6 3 2 1 4 8 Total by Residence By Occurrence, Residence Elsewhere By Residence, Occurrence Elsewhere Infant Deaths in Hospitals Total by Occurrence 859 3 20 3 8 10 16 39 24 3 88 269 88 3 19 11 4 10 4 11 33 2 13 13 6 10 6 14 3 9 14 15 18 11 1 2 5 24 8 4 3 1 5 6 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 13 26 1 6 14 2 1 1 2 "7 2 3 1 4 2 1 3 11 6 3 5 1 4 6 2 i 2 10 1 2 3 4 1 5 1 3 3 2 1 1 1 670 2 17 4 6 9 15 34 24 2 82 242 75 12 9 2 12 4 30 5 4 ~~6 10 2 ~9 5 14 24 Total by Residence By Occurrence, Residence Elsewhere 2 8 673 2 18 3 7 10 14 36 22 3 72 228 77 3 17 9 2 8 4 10 18 "4 7 4 9 5 9 3 1 10 8 9 5 1 3 20 1 1 1 "1 6 By Residence, Occurrence Elsewhere 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 13 25 1 ~5 13 1 1 I ~6 2 3 1 4 1 1 3 11 6 3 5 1 4 6 1 "4 2 VITAL STATISTICS REPORT, 1953 S 73 TABLE 13.-INFANT DEATHS AND INFANT DEATHS IN HOSPITAL BY OCCURRENCE AND RESIDENCE FOR URBAN PLACES OF 1,000 POPULATION AND OVER BRITISH COLUMBIA, 1953. City or Village Total by Occurrence Total Infant Deaths Total by Residence By Occurrence, Residence Elsewhere By Residence, Occurrence Elsewhere Infant Deaths in Hospitals Total by Occurrence Total by Residence By Occurrence, Residence Elsewhere By Resir dence. Occurrence Elsewhere Alberni Armstrong Campbell River__. Castlegar Chilliwack Courtenay Cranberry Lake— Cranbrook Creston Dawson Creek— Duncan Fernie Grand Forks Hope Kamloops Kelowna Kimberley Ladysmith Lake Cowichan— Merritt Mission City Nanaimo Nelson New Westminster- North Kamloops-- North Vancouver- Oliver Penticton Port Alberni Port Coquitlam Port Moody Prince George Prince Rupert Quesnel Revelstoke Rossland Salmon Arm Smithers Trail Vancouver Vernon Victoria : Westview. 2 3 1 4 7 15 4 2 24 17 9 5 16 12 58 12 3 14 13 13 23 5 6 1 4 6 8 245 12 47 1 2 2 6 1 "i 3 5 4 1 3 1 9 8 9 2 1 10 4 10 2 12 ii" 7 5 1 12 14 7 7 1 1 3 2 187 8 28 3 2 3 12 3 15 10 5 7 8 48 "~5" 3 4 7 1 11 3 3 6 68 5 19 2 6 1 6 1 1 1 ~1 1 2 3 2 5 T 1 5 1 "2 2 2 10 1 3 7 15 4 2 23 17 8 5 15 11 58 11 3 14 12 10 20 5 6 1 4 5 8 212 12 43 2 2 6 1 "6 3 5 4 1 3 1 8 8 8 9 3 10 2 12 11 6 5 1 9 11 7 7 1 1 2 2 154 8 24 2 2 1 1 3 12 3 15 10 5 7 8 48 ~4 3 4 7 1 11 ~1 ~3 3 6 67 5 19 2 6 1 6 1 1 1 T 1 2 5 "1 1 5 1 2 2 2 9 1 S 74 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND WELFARE TABLE 14.—CAUSE OF INFANT DEATHS Cause of Death o" m *» 09 Total under 1 Year o £" S2 Tt 05 >. a 1 Vi >. Q 0. >> as Q .tt • A-> G tM T'l M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. 9 "4 2 2 2 2 1 "1 ""2 M. 5 |f '"2 Z.\ 1 F. 859 3 1 5 3 9 1 1 5 6 22 6 15 95 10 1 10 12 148 85 44 41 99 27 72 24 10 14 3 2 1 1 1 15 4 11 14 8 6 5 1 4 7 3 4 16 5 11 171 8 1 1 11 16 5 2 1 3 3 5 2 8 508 1 4 ""3 1 "~2 4 13 4 12 53 6 —TJ 10 88 51 23 28 59 18 41 12 6 6 3 2 1 ~~8 4 4 3 1 2 4 1 3 3 2 1 9 4 5 108 4 1 1 7 9 2 2 1 3 2 2 6 351 3 1 3 6 1 3 2 9 2 3 42 4 1 3 2 60 34 21 13 40 9 31 12 4 8 "l 1 7 7 11 7 4 1 ~T 4 1 3 7 1 6 63 4 Hi 7 3 [-- 3 3 m 153 n 14 27 12 15 22 4 18 2 1 1 ~"4 2 2 2 2 "~4 4 75 1 103 "2 Ti 18 9 9 15 3 12 1 1 '"a 3 3 ~5 1 4 38 46 S 13 5 8 15 6 9 u 12 28 _____ 2 1 1 10 4 6 1 1 _____ ___-. To l 39 17 19 1 ""4 2 "2 5 2 3 1 "T ______ ___„ ""2 "2 ____ 1 2 13 -.__ 2 2 ""3 3 ______ —-. 3 1 2 "~3 10 """3 1 1 '"l 2 "l 1 iti 1 "2 001-019 045-048 056 057 085 204 210-229 273 340 391,392 470-475 480-483 490-493 500-502 543 b — T *»nlfflpmin and __leukaemia ______ 7 4 3 10 2 8 1 1 "T 1 .___ 2 2 7 2 5 __.-. ______ 2 H — FHqm^ps of thvmus eland "M>«incritic (r\on-meninfiococCciO — Acute upper respiratory infection Influenza — Pneumonia (4 weeks and over) Bronchitis — •Gastritis and duodenitis — 560-570 571 Hernia and intestinal obstruction... — Gastro-enteritis and colitis — 750-759 Coneenital malformations 760 761 Iniurv at birth . 1 2 1 o Without mention of immaturity 5 With immaturity l 1 762 Postnatal asphyxia and atelectasis 1 o Without mention of immaturity .5 With immaturity - 763 Pneumonia of newborn — .0 Without mention of immaturity ..... .5 With immaturity — 764 Diarrhoea of newborn .0 Without mention of immaturity .5 With immaturity 765-768 Other infections of the newborn | .0 Without mention of immaturity 769 Maternal toxaemia .0-.4 Without mention of immaturity | .5-.9 With immaturity .. __ 770 Erythroblastosis 1 .0-.2 Without mention of immaturity 1 .5-.7 With immaturity 771 Haemorrhagic disease of newborn .0 Without mention of immaturity .5 With immaturity 772 Nutritional maladjustment .0 Without mention of immaturity .5 With immaturity 2 1 1 8 1 ~T "T 2 773 .0 Ill-defined diseases peculiar to early infancy Without mention of immaturity 1 .5 With immaturity- 1 774-776 795 Immaturity Ill-defined and unknown causes... 1 E900-E904 Accidental falls E916 Accidents caused by fire E921,E922 E924, E925 Inhalation and ingestion of food or other object Accidental mechanical suffocation — Residual I (001-138). Other infective and parasitic diseases Residual III (240-289). Other allergic endocrine system, metabolic, and nutritional diseases Residual IV (290-299.) Diseases of "the blood and blood-forming organs Residual VI (330-398). Other diseases of the nervous system and sense organs Residual VII (400-468). Diseases of the circulatory system ._- Residual IX (530-587). Other diseases of the digestive system. Residual XVII (E800-¥9~99~). Other accidents and violent deaths I .|.___. i Residual. All other causes r —1—!— VITAL STATISTICS REPORT, 1953 S 75 BY SEX AND AGE, BRITISH COLUMBIA, 1953 AGE AT DEATH 09 >> a 0 VO cn Ti I OS >> P 14-20 Days 21-27 Days 28 Days ■ and under 2 Months C o i Vi -C a o I cn O- £5 +_> q o l tO 0 o Cft •*_> d o vo _. 0 o s II 09 ft •rt__ 8 O § 00 35 +_> a o s On Vi +t a o o ca +A a o i M. F. 2 ~2 M. 27 ~2 "1 Ti ~~2 "~2 1 1 ~~1 1 ~"~2 F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. 5 12 ___... __-.. ______ ~I 4 1 3 _ 1 __„ 1 -__.. 12 ___ ___ 2 T l "T l l 1"""" 12 ~2 1 1 _____ II 1 ~T .___ l _____ 7 .__.. — "~2 3 2 1 1 1 H 9 ~~3 1 1 4 1 3 T • 31 1 1 4 2 "~7 1 "~2 7 _T pi l "2 26 1 „_. 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O es cS en cs csvo ^IftHHOOrHHTHVO ri rt t"» rt Tt in ts en en m csoo u fl c3 <*H ft0 co fl o 09 OJ O CO w r. •0 o fl CO <D Vi G a u fl 0 fl a 3 •a a ci o o & o Vh 0) 6 o •O.S *»Hf__! © fl co .rt-. Q,3 JD w 3 d fl? rt Vitr) T it Ci SB o _i a 2 u cj co w _ •M H_> O +■> fl «a fl o CO ci Vh a ft c > •iH -»_» u o Vh 43 00 en © O i co >. v> O 3 13 3 rt •3 O O Vh Q O T3 3 co © « 8,3 •n <o*3 oo co O U^3 CO l-H Tt O a ^ s Vh 3 o o i • rt 4) co CO G O > Vh 0) 3 <u 43 ■«-» rtH O Vi o Vi a o Vi Vh O -3 >» Vh O hh rt i—< 3 o Vh •1-H o o Tt •♦-» Tt o ta o Vi rt Vi a a rt o •th 'tt ret •-* o o 2 o MT_ 2 .2 tO M •«-> __, -ng . rt u rt s_rs *3 «_'3 CO . 3/^ «i -_. rt oo §£j_s OOen 3^ ccn £>w •G ._• M o rtH i i—i ci Ss . aG a 05..3 > •-H -»H </. o 00 o -3 60 CO a o Vi Vh -3 t- 00 m <4 cn m X TJ 0. 3 •TH o o ci Vh O -3 ON OS ON 3 o 00 W <u CO 3 rt o Vh 0) CO 3<5 & •3 u h ^3 3 C3 w*3 Tt 'Tt *C »-H o co £> co '*-' ci> OT a> g^S g rt 1) 1 K_ »-H ?_? CO co m „73 3*rt O 3 D 3 HH rfTt'S Vi 13 0^3 N- •1H.S «»H co a) f* a) rip-i^^p^^t-ifs. Olo fO Tt-voesun .£o?0,0\0\O. 4 o On W H It eses 0\0\ mm S 78 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND WELFARE TABLE 16.—GENERAL SUMMARY OF MORTALITY FOR CENSUS DIVISIONS BRITISH COLUMBIA, 1953 Census Division Total Deaths British Columbia- Division No. la- Division No. lb- Division No. lc. Division No. 2a_ Division No. 2b. Division No. 2c. Division No. 3 a. Division No. 3b. Division No. 3c~ Division No. 4a Division No. 4b Division Division Division Division Division Division Division Division Division Division Division Division No. 5a_ No. 5b. No. 5c_ No. 5d. No. 5e_ No,5f_ No. 6a- No. 6b- No. 6c. No. 6d. No. 6e_ No. 61. Division No. 7a. Division No. 7b. Division No. 7c Division Division Division Division Division Division Division Division Division Division Division Division Division No. 8a. No. 8b. No. 8c_ No. 8d. No. 8e. No. 8f_ No. 8g- No. 9a. No. 9b. No. 9c. No. 9d_ No. 9e_ No. 91. Division No. 10a Division No. 10b. Division No. 10c. Division No. lOd. 12,218 44 121 69 44 191 258 483 186 60 1,599 5,514 1,875 50 186 146 22 56 24 106 257 6 2o 57 30 30 59 86 26 20 89 85 59 17 7 7 18 154 22 19 7 2 34 65 Hospital Deaths 7,616 30 93 45 33 141 311 126 35 968 3,452 1,258 35 124 81 10 31 15 68 134 2 13- 22 14 13 m 49 14 5 47 51 25 8 4 4 8 91 3 8 3 1 21 38 Infant Deaths 859 3 m 3 8 10 16 39 24 3 88 269 88 3 19 11 4 10 4 11 33 2 n 13 6 10 6 14 3 9 14 15 18 11 1 2 5 24 8 4 3 1 5 6 Neonatal Deaths 534 1 17 3 4 9 10 28 20 2 56 181 56 2 14 9 1 4 3 7 16 ~4 5 2 8 3 8 2 3 11 4 7 3 2 2 16 2 3 1 3 Maternal Deaths 18 2 6 VITAL STATISTICS REPORT, 1953 S 79 TABLE 17.-GENERAL SUMMARY OF MORTALITY FOR INCORPORATED URRAM PLACES OF 1,000 POPULATION AND OVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, 1953 City or Village Total Deaths Alberni Armstrong Campbell River.- Castlegar ----- Chilliwack Courtenay—-— Cranberry Lake— Cranbrook Creston r— Dawson Creek— Duncan Fernie Grand Forks Hope Kamloops Kelowna Kimberley Ladysmith— Lake Cowichan.- Merritt - Mission City 1 Nanaimo Nelson — New Westminster North Kamloops- North Vancouver. Oliver Penticton -_ Port Alberni Port Coquitlam Port Moody Prince George Prince Rupert _. Quesnel ... Revelstoke Rossland _. Salmon Arm Smithers Trail ___ Vancouver.. ... Vernon Victoria Westview. _. 34 11 19 10 76 23 5 47 26 28 41 34 21 15 120 111 35 23 7 16 27 128 73 253 11 218 7 83 63 31 16 63 94 33 31 24 11 22 66 4,296 135 760 22 Hospital Deaths 23 8 9 7 62 15 3 38 17 17 27 24 19 9 72 87 27 19 4 7 16 97 47 186 9 148 2 64 43 19 13 42 58 26 25 20 10 19 55 2,690 71 509 18 Inf .ant Deaths 2 2 6 1 7 3 5 4 1 3 1 9 8 9 10 4 10 2 12 Ti 7 5 1 12 14 7 7 1 1 3 2 187 8 28 3 Neonatal Deaths 2 2 3 1 5 2 2 3 1 2 1 8 4 8 6 3 8 9 5 4 1 7 9 7 4 1 1 1 2 129 7 18 2 ■Maternal Deaths 5 2 S 80 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND WELFARE TABLE 18.-DEATHS AND DEATHS IN HOSPITAL BY OCCURRENCE AND RESIDENT FOR CENSUS DIVISIONS, BRITISH COLUMBIA, 1953 b Census Division Total Deaths Total by Occurrence Total by Residence By Occurrence, Residence Elsewhere By Residence, Occurrence Elsewhere Total by Occurrence British Columbia Division No. la Division No. lb Division No. Ic Division No. 2a Division No. 2b Division No. 2c Division No. 3a Division No. 3b Division No. 3c Division No. 4a Division No. 4b Division No. 5a Division No. 5b Division No. 5c Division No. 5d Division No. 5e Division No. 5f Division No. 6a Division No. 6b Division No. 6c Division No. 6d Division No. 6e Division No. 6f Division No. 7a__ Division No. 7b Division No. 7c Division No. 8a__ Division No. 8b Division No. 8c Division No. 8d Division No. 8e Division No. 8f Division No. 8g Division No. 9a Division No. 9b Division No. 9c Division No. 9d Division No. 9e Division No. 9f Division No. 10a Division No. 10b Division No. 10c Division No. lOd 12,181 12,218 38 44 8 114 121 13 68 69 6 37 44 6 183 191 20 251 258 24 450 483 22 176 186 19 54 60 7 1,789 1,599 433 5,529 5,514 491 1,918 1,875 126 26 50 11 117 186 14 112 146 12 20 22 5 64 1 56 18 8 24 74 106 "~6 291 257 77 5 6 2 17 28 3 40 57 1 36 30 8 15 30 4 56 59 8 84 86 . 12 16 26 15 20 "i 84 89 13 65 85 2 67 59 15 11 17 2 2 7 3 7 12 18 i 177 154 49 35 22 20 16 19 5 8 7 4 1 2 30 34 H 67 65 ii 144 181 14 20 7 13 28 31 55 29 13 243 476 83 35 83 46 7 10 16 38 43 3 14 18 2 19 11 14 10 6 18 22 7 8 5 4 7 26 7 8 3 1 11 9 7,596 17 87 40 24 130 133 282 115 33 1,149 3,532 1,297 16 57 61 3 29 36 174 _____ 8 13 Up 49 5 _____ 34 27 3 103 1 2 13 42 Deaths in Hospitals Total by Residence By Occurrence, Residence Elsewhere 7,616 75 30 1 93 11 45 2 33 3 141 15 142 17 311 16 126 16 35 7 968 378 3,452 420 1,258 98 35 10 124 6 81 7 10 31 1 15 68 ~2 134 64 2 13 ~1 22 1 14 1 13 40 5 49 8 14 BmmJ. 5 __-.____ 47 9 51 _*-_. 25 8 8 — 4 4 __. 8 ___ 91 31 3 1 8 — 3 1 —- 21 2 38 1 9 By Residence, Occurrence Elsewhere 95 14 17 7 12 26 26 45 27 9 197 340 59 29 73 27 7 8 15 34 24 2 12 15 2 13 7 8 9 5 15 17 6 8 4 4 5 19 3 6 3 1 10 5 VITAL STATISTICS REPORT, 1953 S 81 TABLE 19.-DEATHS AND DEATHS IN HOSPITAL BY OCCURRENCE AND RESIDENCF FOR URBAN PLACES OF 1,000 POPULATION AND OVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, 1953 City or Village Total Deaths Total by Occurrence Total by Residence By Occurrence, Residence Elsewhere By Residence, Occurrence Elsewhere Deaths in Hospitals Total by Occurrence Total by Residence Alberni Armstrong Campbell River Castlegar Chilliwack Courtenay Cranberry Lake Cranbrook Creston Dawson Creek Duncan Fernie Grand Forks Hope Kamloops Kelowna Kiihberley Ladysmith Lake Cowichan Merritt j Mission City Nanaimo Nelson New Westminster—. North Kamloops.___ North Vancouver Oliver , Penticton Port Alberni Port Coquitlam Port Moody Prince George. Prince Rupert Quesnel Revelstoke Rossland Salmon Arm Smithers Trail Vancouver Vernon Victoria Westview 9 18 20 2 8 5 2 7 36 49 77 40 35 1 182 166 31 28 3 16 47 182 112 700 1 261 19 97 73 16 3 68 116 32 29 42 39 29 92 ,681 150 ,107 3 34 11 19 10 76 23 5 47 26 28 41 34 21 15 120 111 35 23 7 16 27 128 73 253 11 218 7 83 63 31 16 63 94 33 31 24 11 22 66 4,296 135 760 22 2 9 9 ___ 1 n 16 25 44 13 18 78 66 3 13 1 5 28 69 49 494 94 13 30 26 6 1 17 39 11 9 20 29 12 36 816 29 449 27 2 8 8 69 19 3 42 6 4 8 7 4 14 16 11 7 8 5 5 8 15 10 47 10 51 1 16 16 21 14 12 17 12 11 2 1 5 10 431 14 102 19 16 14 26 39 66 32 33 138 144 24 24 _____ 36 146 85 616 ~~193 13 79 57 4 "~49 79 28 24 37 36 25 82 3,130 87 851 23 8 9 7 62 15 3 38 17 17 27 24 19 9 72 87 27 19 4 7 16 97 47 186 9 148 2 64 43 19 13 42 58 26 25 20 10 19 55 2,690 71 509 18 By Occurrence, Residence Elsewhere By Residence, Occurrence Elsewhere 9 8 13 24 43 12 18 75 64 3 10 ~5 27 62 46 468 84 12 28 25 4 14 33 9 8 19 27 11 35 729 28 416 23 1 3 7 62 15 3 38 4 2 4 4 4 9 9 7 6 5 4 1 7 13 8 38 9 39 1 13 11 19 13 7 12 7 9 2 1 5 8 289 12 74 18 s 82 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND WELFARE TABLE 20.—CAUSE OF DEATH BY SEX FOR ! a Si o a _o o a X) o os -jO o z Tt Tt Tt CA CN • cs CO CO co rt rf a JO 0 6 6 o 6 O d o o" O o o • VI .Tt Cause of Death T-t a Z Z Z Z Z • Z Z z Z Z Z z 0 z 0 0 fc ■+_» > > > > > > > > > > > > . c tM H Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q .Tt Q •Tt Q r* •1-4 Q >• •tt C. 186 125 61 5 > 0 1A£ 12,218 44 121 69| 44 191 1 2581483 186 60 1599 5514 1 187S <W. M. 7,678 4,540 28 16 11 44 45 24 26 18 128 63 166 306 92 177 124 62 36 24 1011 588 3430 2084 1084 791 35 15 146 95 51 i F. I Infective and parasitic diseases —_T. 266 2 2 4 4 2 13 2 3 25 110 29 M. 169 97 — 1 1 1 1 4 4 1 1 6 7 2 2 1 18 7 77 33 20 9 4 1 1 ... - F. Al Tuberculosis of respiratory system__M. 84 —__ ,-._„__ 2 2 1 8 51 11 F. 37 1 1 3 2 16 ? A2 Tuberculosis of meninges and central 4 — 1 2 6 1 A3 Tuberculosis of intestines, peritoneum. and mesenteric glands M. 3 — — —1— 1 1 _ A5 Tuberculosis, all other forms M. F. 9 3 — — — — 1 3 1 i 3 1 — — — A8 A9 1 — — — General paralysis of insane M. 3 — ' rt 1 ._. 1 — A10 F. 17 — 1 1 1 1 — 3 8 5 — 1 A13 Paratyphoid fever and other Salmonella ■---— __— 1 — — — — — — — — .,. ._ A16 Dysentery, all forms M. 1 : — —: .__-. J-iLE.*.. ——w A17 1 — — — A18 Streptococcal sore throat M. 1 — — — — — — —__ 1 .__-__ A20 A21 Septicaemia and pyaemia _. M. __ _F. .P. 3 1 2 1 1 1 — — — — 1 1 A22 Whooping-cough M. 5 1 1 F. 2 i A23 Meningococcal infections M. 4 1 1 1 F. 4 1 2 1 A26 1 ., .,. _-_—— ——- ... , 1 ______ ...... __ A28 Acute poliomyelitis M. __F. 15 1 1 1 3 j ?, 15 3 4 2 3 A29 Acute infectious encephalitis _. F. 1 M 1 A30 Late effects of acute poliomyelitis and acute infectious encephalitis M. 1 . __________ 1 __.. _.,.,TT . Ditto - ~ - F- 1 1 .P..-, '- A32 Measles . _ - - - - - ' M. 6 2 _. . A34 Infectious hepatitis _ • _ _ _ M. 11 6 1 1 — — "2 3 — F. 6 4 i A36 Typhus and other rickettsial diseases M. 1 1 A43 All other diseases classified as infective and parasitic M. 2 1 1 ____ Ditto ~ - - - ~ ~ F. 3 — — — ■— 1 1 —1_: —- _.___ 1 II. Neoplasms —. T. 1,950 5 21 9 5 33 38 70 29 6 270 885 374 11 30 24 - - -M. 1,122 4 12 5 2 22 26 42 17 2 160 495 204 8 21 11 ___. .. F. 828 1 9 4 3 11 12 28 12 4 110 390 170 3 9 13 A44 Malignant neoplasm of buccal cavity and pharynx M. 32 1 1 7 15 7 — — Ditto ... . - -- F. 9 i 2 2 -_.——< 1 A45 Malignant neoplasm of oesophagus—M. 30 1 2 2 16 7 .__—- — — . . F. 9 1 3 4 — A46 Malignant neoplasm of stomach . -M. 171 2 5 8 4 4 26 78 28 1 2 _ . F. 93 2 1 5 3 2 6 50 19 1 — 2 A47 Malignant neoplasm of intestine, ex 2 4 cept rectum M. 113 1 2 1 2 3 2 15 50 22 1 2 Ditto . F. 96 1 1 2 1 14 52 19 1 1 A48 Malignant neoplasm of rectum . _.M. 72 1 1 1 2 14 28 17 1 F. 34 1 2 1 6 15 8 A49 Malignant neoplasm of larynx •■ M. - - - -F. Malignant neoplasm of trachea, and of 12 2 — — — — 1 2 7 2 2 A50 — — ______ — -_.—._-. — "'■■'" " bronchus and lung not specified as 2 secondary M 172 4 4 4 8 1 21 77 37 4 Ditto . F. 28 1 3 14 6 — — — A51 Malignant neoplasm of breast M. 2 2 ._ — ~1 2 m l A52 _ F. Malignant neoplasm of cervix uteri _. F. 177 51 — 3 1 1 ~~1 4 5 4 2 27 8 79 22 37 8 A53 Malignant neoplasm of other and un specified parts of uterus . F. 34 ? 3 19 9 — 2 i A54 Malignant neoplasm of prostate M. 166 1 1 1 3 4 1 17 52 21 1 i A55 Malignant neoplasm of skin M 11 1 1 1 1 1 3 2 — —- I—— | F. 6 2 2 2 — — A56 Malignant neoplasm of bone and connective tissue M 13 3 1 4 4 1 Ditto .... f 8 1 2 5 VITAL STATISTICS REPORT, 1953 S 83 CENSUS DIVISIONS, BRITISH COLUMBIA, 1953 i m 1 z J_t- ■_ a 6 Z > 0 56 35 21 - 6 P 24 ' 19 5 SO i z > p 106 71 1 35 o SO 0 5 _ d > 3 o SO 6 Z 5 so d Z > 'Tt 0 at d i > 5 43 d Z > s o t> 6 Z > •T-t Q i a oo d Z > a JO oo d Z > S u oo d Z > ._) Q 00 6 Z > Q 4> OO 6 Z > ••* Q _4 OO d Z > ■ «p_i. .• Q oo 6 Z > 3 at OS o" Z > S ON d Z > S o 6 Z > Q Os d Z > T* Q Os d > •-H Os d Z > Q 03 o Tt 6 Z > 5 _o o d > s u o d Z > S •o o d Z > 5 d Z 0. a a Mr 22 16 6 257 1177 80 6 3 3 I 28 20 8 57 40 17 30 f-19 11 30 23 7 59 [39 20 86 64 22 26 21 5 20 11 9 89 64 25 85 59 26 59 40 19 17 8 I 7 5 2 7 5 2 18 11 7 154 113 41 22 12 10 19 12 7 7 4 3 2 1 1 34 26 8 65 44 21 1 1 1 pi 1 4 2 2 8 4 4 1 1 1 4 2 2 1 ~ 1 1 ~1 1 1 1 1 i 1 ~1 3 ~~3 10 5 5 7 4 3 1 1 1 1 2 ~2 6 2 4 3 1 2 1 1 1 ~~1 .— 2 1 1 2 2 —- — — ~i — 1 1 — — 1 1 1— ~~1 1 i ~1 ~1 3 1 2 1 1 ~1 1 1 — 1 Al —- ~~i — — p2 — .— ! — ! ___. 1 : 1 — — — A2 — ! ~1 ~~1 ~1 1 I11 '— ; .— 11 |-^__ — [—- i— — -l__ 1 1 ~i 1 — — — — — — — A3 A5 .nil A9 Ait __ — — — — 1 i —___ ____^__ A13 — — — — — — , — i — — — — — 1 — — A16 — 1 M — — — — — — ~ — — A17 All A20 — — ~ — ~ j— : j _— — — — — — — — ___ A21 — — — —T ~l ' . — — 3 — — — A22 A23 — — ~~l ■ ~~1 i — — — — — — — _____ — ~"l ~1 A26 A28 — 1 i [ 1— 1 — — ,— — — — A29 A30 ~1 Z\ —~~ _ -1 ~~1 — fl m __ — ~1 ~2 3 l 3 1 1 1,1 ■ —— — — — A32 A34 A36 ! __l__l -1 21 -1 21 mm i 1 ~1 15 10 5 28 16 12 i 5 5 3 2 1 6 2 4 8 3 5 8 6 2 4 3 1 6 4 2 13 9 4 3 2 1 2 2 1 ~1 i i 19 14 5 3 1 2 — — — 2 2 9 7 2 A43 m i i J ! ___. 1 _,,.,_,, A44 1 1 ~z 1 ~~—— — — % 1 __- 1 — — — ~1 ~1 .— — A45 1 ~ 1 ZZ _______ ~3 — ~1 — 1 1 2 — "~2 — — __—-_-_ i ~1 ~1 — — — ~1 "l A46 1 I — i — — 1 — — 1 — — — — -l-l ~\ 1 —1 1 -J 1 2 2 1 i 2 If n — 1 ~ 1 — 2 1 ___ 1 — 1 ~3 — — — — A47 A48 n r —1- 1 1 — — zz\zz j— -._-!__- — — — — — — ZZ 1 — — A49 i 1 — — i — — — — — — — — — " ■ ■ _____— -._ _.- _ Si i 1 1 1 3 1 ~3 2 — — i 3 ~3 2 1 — 3 1 .__ 1 | i .— .___ l — — — ~i A50 A51 A52 fig —1_ —1_ 1 1 1 ~2 1 — ~1 — 1 ~~i M 1 9 "3 .__ ._ 1 — ji — 1 — ~3 —— ■ — — — — A53 A54 A55 rtl _j_j 7\~~ — —J— — — ziiz: i T i —i — 1 __-.l_._- _|__ — — — — — — — — — — A56 S 84 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND WELFARE o Z m •Tt TT A57 A58 A59 A60 A61 A62 A63 A64 A65 A66 A67 A68 A69 A70 A71 A72 A73 A77 A78 Ae19 A80 A81 A82 A83 A84 TABLE 20.—CAUSE OF DEATH BY SEX FOR CENSUS Cause of Death Malignant neoplasm of all other and unspecified sites M. Ditto . -*' Leukaemia and aleukaemia M. I F. Lymphosarcoma and other neoplasms of lymphatic and haematopoietic system M- Ditto I ~ t- Benign neoplasms and neoplasms ot unspecified nature M. Ditto F- III, IV. Allergic disorders and endocrine, metabolic, and blood diseases T. Ditto __— ■ • M. 1 F. Non-toxic goitre j F. Thyrotoxicosis with or without goitre M. Diabetes mellitus M. „ 1 F. Avitaminosis and other deficiency states L j M. Ditto ] j F. Anaemias _J I M. „ _ _ F. Allergic disorders; all other endocrine, metabolic, and blood diseases M- Ditto _~ F. V. Mental, phychoneurotic, and personality disorders ! T. Ditto | M. F. Psychoses . M. F. Psychoneuroses and disorders of personality i M. Ditto ___. F. Mental deficiency M. _ F. VI. Diseases of the nervous system and sense organs 1 T. Ditto : ' P M. „F. Vascular lesions affecting central nervous system _ _ M Ditto __„ E F! Non-meningococcal meningitis M. Multiple sclerosis M. 1 " p; Epilepsy _M. „ p. Otitis media and mastoiditis M ; i p. AU other diseases of the nervous system and sense organs M Ditto - 7 __"_' p^ VII. Diseases of the circulatory system x Ditto 1 |^ %m Rheumatic fever M. F. Chronic rheumatic heart disease M. Arteriosclerotic and degenerative heart' disease j^ Other diseases of heart " "jyf _ TT i " p Hypertension with heart disease ____M. Hypertension wifihout mention of heart M. F> Ditto a t-» o H 244 204 54 30 66 26 14 21 315 179 136 2 4 7 59 69 10 5 15 15 91 38 30 19 11 4 5 14 4 1 2 1,445 728 717 647 651 9 4 11 8 5 6 16 12 40 36 4,822 3,138 1,684 11 6 94 76 2,490 1,223 109 63 208 178 53 29 VITAL STATISTICS REPORT, 1953 S 85 DIVISIONS, BRITISH COLUMBIA, 1953 1—Continued i m 6 fc > nt fl <*t 6 fc > Tt 2 cd so 0 fc > •i-t fl X so d Z > Tt Q o so 6 z > •Tt Q -d vo d Z > •Tt Q so 6 Z > Tt SO 6 Z > •Tt 0 r- d | > Q -O d fc > Q o d fc > Q cd 00 d fc > •iH Q 00 d fc > >\-H Q o oo d fc > •Tt Q •a 00 d fc Q fi oo d fc > •Tt Q 00 d fc 00 00 d fc Q CS Os d fc > •IH Q X) os d fc > •Tt Q OS d fc > •i-i Q Os d fc • > Q u OS d fc • > •iH Q Tt Os d fc > •Tf Q OS o Tt 6 Z • ► •Tt Q o d fc > 0 o 1—1 d fc > Q •o o d fc > 5 d fc •IH ♦J 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 6 4 2 1 1 2 2 32 22 10 18 9 1 3 1 77 57 20 2 ~~4 40 14 1 5 4 3 ..._. 1 1 ___ 1 1 3 2 1 2 1 ._._ 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 5 2 3 1 3 1 13 10 3 6 2 2 1 1 1 3 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 4 2 ___ 1 1 3 1 1 1 3 2 1 2 1 24 19 5 17 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 1 1 5 1 - ' 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 3 2 1 1 1 A57 A58 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 ~— A59 1 3 1 2 2 3 2 1 3 i 3 1 2 1 1 1 18 11 7 ~2 3 3 3 4 1 1 1 ___ 1 1 1 6 5 1 3 jjl 1 2 14 9 5 9 4 1 36 29 7 25 7 1 ~2 -_ A60 1 1 — 1 1 1 — — 1 — 1 2 1 1 1 1 — — — — A61 A62 A63 1 A64 A65 1 1 — 1 1 2 2 2 14 10 4 9 4 1 1 1 —~_ 5 3 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 A66 —— 1 ——— -*——. — — — — — A67 A68 4 3 1 1 1 9 7 2 6 2 1 1 1 1 3 2 1 2 1 m 6 4 2 4 2 25 19 6 13 5 1 1 5 4 1 3 1 1 31 23 8 _____ 1 16 6 4 _____ 2 2 2 7 6 1 6 1 1 1 1 3 2 1 1 8 5 3 4 3 1 14 11 3 9 3 ____ 12 5 7 4 6 1 1 1 — 2 — A69 1 2 1 1 i 2 A70 1 — 1 — — 2 A71 ..._. 1 — 23 1 1 ~1 30 21 9 1 11 6 4 ~~5 2 A72 A73 All — ■"— 13 11 2 ~2 1 7 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 — 3 3 2 A78 7 5 52 42 10 38 9 ___ 1 5 4 1 _____ 4 4 4 1 , „ i. , 9 8 1 ___ 7 2 1 1 ___ A79 A80 3 2 3 A81 —- ~~1 2 — — — — ___ — — A82 A83 —- 1 1 1 A84 S 86 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND WELFARE TABLE 20.—CAUSE OF DEATH BY SEX FOR CENSUS o fc Vi TT a Cause of Death A85 A86 A87 A88 A89 A90 A91 A92 A93 A94 A95 A96 A97 Diseases of arteries Other diseases of circulatory system_M. F. VIII. Diseases of the respiratory system — *■• Ditto 0. Acute upper respiratory infections—M ______ F Influenza M A98 A99 A100 A101 A102 A103 A104 A105 A106 A107 A108 A109 A110 Alll A112 A114 A115 Lobar pneumonia Bronchopneumonia Primary atypical, other, and unspecified pneumonia — :■ M. Ditto I 1 r~--F. Acute bronchitis ——__ M^ F. Bronchitis, chronic and unqualified—M. F. Hypertrophy of tonsils and adenoids M. n l : F. Empyema and abscess of lung M. _ _F. Pleurisy All other respiratory diseases IX. Diseases of the digestive system . T. „ M. . F. Acute nephritis Ditto Diseases of teeth and supporting structures M Ulcer of stomach j M ___. F Ulcer of duodenum I _M F Gastritis and duodenitis M F Appendicitis . M . -_ F Intestinal obstruction and hernia M _F Gastro-enteritis and colitis, except diarrhoea of the new-born i Ml Ditto F Cirrhosis of liver _M Cholelithiasis and cholecystitis M Other diseases of digestive system M X. Diseases of the genito-urinary system i X Ditto | M Chronic, other, and unspecified nephri tis ____ m Ditto 1 I j f Infections of kidney __: M F Calculi of urinary system M F Hyperplasia of prostate | M Other diseases of genito-urinary system XI. Deliveries and complications of pregnancy, childbirth, and the puerperium j _t Sepsis of pregnancy, childbirth, and the puerperium p VITAL STATISTICS REPORT, 1953 DIVISIONS, BRITISH COLUMBIA, 1953—Continued S 87 0 v. 6 % > Tt Q <H m 0 fc > •t fl 1 1 5 2 3 8S 2 __ 1 3 2 1 Z\ — ~1 __ — 1 1 - 1 t .___ —. 1 — — 1 c. vo 0 fc fl "1 3 3 "2 1 1 n -2 l vO 0 fc > Q 1 4 4 2 2 3 1 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 o VO 0 fc >' Tt 0 •o SO 6 Z > Q o vo d fc > Q SO d fc d Z > •vHE 0 Si t- 6 fc > 5 o 6 fc > s fl- d Z > Q 00 d fc > o oo d fc > s oo 6 fc > 00 d fc > 5 00 d fc > •p-f ■ Q oo d fc > "_* Q a os d fc > Q _o o. d fc > Q o OS 6 fc > Q Ov • o fc > •Tt Q Ov d fc > Q «M Ov d fc > •—< Q o d fc s Si o d fc > s O c 0 z > Q d fc > d fc * 8 i_< 2 1 1 27 17 10 "~2 3 11 2 3 3 1 1 ~1 12 9 3 — —1 m i ~1 i 2 1 2 P ~1 1 7 6 1 1 2 ~1 1 1 fjj St 2 1 1 ~~~1 ~~1 ___ [ __ — 8 5 3 5 1 n 1 1 1 1 5 5 ~~1 3 1 2 1 1 4 4 ~2 2 2 1 1 l 1 4 3 1 2 ~~1 1 6 6 ~~2\ \ i ~2 2 ZZ \ i —1 —i —I 1 13 9 4 1 1 ~~3 4 2 1 1 2 2 H 2 ; 1 1 ] 1 — ___ - 1 1 _____ i _1 1 __ 1 1 1 ~~1 2 1 6 4 2 2 1 1 1 ■■ 3 3 2 1 1 ___ < 1 1 1 1 5 2 3 ___ 1 1 .1 1 3 1 2 ~2 1 2 2 2 1 1 i. • A85 .— 6 2 4 1 ~3 _____ 1 3 2 1 1 1 1 — 1 1 1 3 2 1 2 1 1 1 5 2 3 1 1 1 1 gfg 2 1 1 ~~1 1 —1 — A86 3 1 2 | 6 3 3 fi i — —! 2 ! — % tH ! 1 4 3 1 ~~1 2 1 2 2 2 A87 A88 1 1 ___ —1 — A89 A90 A91 A92 A93 A94 A95 — 1 4 4 2 1 1 A96 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 5 4 1 jj|t 1 1 1 1 I A97 ; A98 ~T 1 ~1 i il i ___ 1 A99 A100 A101 " A102 — : 1 — §3 2 2 1 i ~1 __ V I \ Eg A103 A104 t ~i l ~~i i ! 1 1— _ A105 — l ~i __ k * r j A106 ' f 1 ■ A107 1 - y i 1 —. 1 — ___ i 1 — 1 | ! I- —- i— . : ! I"-' ._ [ - 1 :— !. i. - f— — r A108 —- ZZ E — : f— A109 [ ■ A110 i r ■ '"1 i • • 1 Alll A112 A114 — 1 H I [ |— i 1 1— i I ■ al] I .-—.-__ R ! | ! !_ 1 1 1 f— f 1 1 f— A115 S 88 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND WELFARE TABLE 20.—CAUSE OF DEATH BY SEX FOR CENSUS 6 fc *■> oa 3 _a 1 Cause of Death *o3 o H cd Tt o fc * > Q -O o fc > u Tt o fc > s CS o fc • > Q Xi cs o fc • > Q u cs o fc > —t Q cs CO O fc > -Tt Q Sj tn O fc -T+ Q o cn o fc > Q 6- <* o fc • > Q d fc > Q c. «o 0* Z > i ,0 <n 0* fc > Q 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 — 8 5 3 1 2 1 u •o 6 fc >' •-. Q 5 3 2 2 1 1 1 12 7 5 1 3 1 "1 5 1 1 "1 1 24 19 5 6 3 1 v. 1 fc g I | A116 [Toxaemias of pregnancy and the puer- ■nprii-TT- ■-- **- 1 ! 41— 1 51 1 11 [ i I I 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 1 2 1 2 6 2 4 1 1 1 3 2 1 1 1 1 20 16 4 2 1 1 1 4 ~~4 I ~~2 1 1 1 1 9 5 4 2 I 1 2 3 7 5 2 ~5 2 33 25 8 3 1 2 1 2 1 1 ___ 1 14 8 6 1 3 3 3 4 19 10 9 2 5 1 1 2 7 1 1 1 1 40 30 10 5 5 3 1 4 2 2 1 1 1 1 18 12 6 4 3 3 1 1 4 2 1 1 1 18 16 2 3 1 ~~1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 6 5 1 1 ~~2 1 1 1 5 1 4 1 2 2 19 11 8 3 3 2 5 6 48 29 19 7 4 7 3 3 j 3 2 1 9 8 17 9 8 4 6 5 2 165 124 41 38 13 6 2 5 1 1 i ) PCIIUIII ■ i_MJ A117 1 Haemorrhage of pregnancy and cnfld- feirth F. 1 5 1 4 1 1 2 1 12 9 3 1 1 3 1 1 4 1 16 9 7 3 2 1 j 5 3 2 2 1 2 2 2 3 2 1 1 l 10 9 1 !___ 1 i ii i 2 1 1 28 14 10 A —— A118 I Abortion without mention of sepsis or toxaemia , . - F. 1 A119 | Abortion with sepsis F. A120 | Other complications of pregnancy, childbirth, and the puerperium F. |XII, Xm Diseases of the skin and musculoskeletal system T. i r___+_- M. 2 4 62 26 36 5 3 4 22 1 1 2 1 14 9 184 111 73 15 13 45 29 51 31 440 260 180 51 34 59 40 15 13 3 11 15 12 117 70 108 62 46 21 23 41 23 1,204 905 299 167 65 92 9 65 28 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 2 1 _____ 1 6 5 1 1 F_ 14| 6 1 1 4! 21 21 1 8| 4 1 11 1 1 8| 3 3| 2 ! 73! 24 45! 15 281 9 1 4! 2 41 1 221 6 161 1 — A121 1 Infections of skin and subcutaneous 1 tissue "M- I Ditto - JP- A17? I Arthritic nnd *_DOndvlitis . ■ M. „ : __ __F. A123 j Muscular rheumatism and rheumatism, unspecified —_____ M. ! Ditto —- — A124 ! Osteomyelitis and periostitis —M. F. A126 j All other diseases of skin and musculo- cV<-1<_ta. evctPtn \f- 1 1 1 Ditto "ZZ F. XTV. Congenital malformations T. M. 3 3 j ,, _ r Fr 1 A127I Spina bifida and meningocele __M. F — A128 I Congenital malformations of circulatory system M. ritttr* F — A129 I All other congenital malformations M. 1 V 19 8 145 85 60 14 6 22 18 5 8 1 5 3 3 40 20 23 11 1 8 44 27 17 7 1 7 5 2 2 _ 11 8 13 6 3 ! 1 | XV. Certain diseases of early infancy T. Ditto M. __F 7 3 4 A130 Hirth ininrifts 1 M I „ F. A131 1 Postnatal asphyxia and atelectasis M. 1 ,_ F. A132 1 Tnfp_r.tior._j of thp. n^w-horn \f. 1 2 F 1 3 32 29 3 3 A133 I Haemolytic disease of new-bom M. I .. F. A134 I All other defined diseases of early infancy M. ! Ditto _F_ A135 | Dl-defined diseases peculiar to early infancy and immaturity unqualified—M. 1 Ditto P 1 ! i XVI. Symptoms, senility, and ill-defined conditions T Ditto M 1 %7 121 7 1 1 81 2 101 2 3! 4 21 5 1 1 477! 114 3331 85 1441 29 531 17 251 7 251 7 21—- 511 2 1 A136 I Senility without mention of psychosis | Ditto p* A137 | Ill-defined and unknown causes M. r E XVII. Accidents, poisonings, and violence (classification according to external cause) T 1 Ditto JM, F. AE138 j Motor-vehicle accidents M F. AE139 1 Other transport accidents M, AE140 Accidental ooisonine M* 1— 1 1 F. j 22 VITAL STATISTICS REPORT, 1953 DIVISIONS, BRITISH COLUMBIA, 1953—Continued 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ~1 4 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 1 1 .__. 8 4 4 2 1 1 — 1 1 1 — — — 11 1 1 1 1 2 1 17 14 3 2 21 21 21 3! 21 1| 1| 2 1 1 __. 1 11 10 1 6 6 1 1 —-1 — — 15 7 8 2 2 1 1 1 1 3 2 33 27 6 11 3 5 so d fc > A a d fc >" •+H fl d fc •rt Q o d fc > •rt Q 03 oo d fc > CI oo d fc > «i-t Q o 00 d fc > •rt Q 00 d fc > Q 0> 00 d fc 00 d fc > fl 00 00 d fc > •_*i 0 c_ Ov O fc 11 61 51 11 2 ~2 10 8 2 1 ~2 JD OS d fc >• •Tt Q u OS d fc 0 Os d fc > fl 16 14 2 1 1 2 11 5 6 1 1 1 3 o Os d fc 1 1 2 1 24 19 5 11 11 Os d fc CO o o fc o o fc > •rt fl o o o fc > fl o o fc > •1-4 fl 1 1 15 9 6 1 1 1 1 2 27 20 7 5f_ II- II- S 89 o Z *- 3 A116 A117 A118 A119 A120 A121 A122 A123 A124 A126 A127 A128 A129 A130 A131 A132 A133 A134 A135 A136 A137 AE138 AE139 AE140 S 90 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND WELFARE TABLE 20.—CAUSE OF DEATH BY SEX FOR CENSUS o fc co 'Ti Cause of Death 03 •♦-» O H a Tt 6 fc '• > •—t Q o fc > •»s fl o Trt d fc > rtrt fl ■St CS d fc •irt Q JD CS d fc « > •—< Q o cs d fc > ••_. Q C3 d fc > •Tt Q JD cn 6 fc > Q o CO d fc > •t-t Q AE141 f Accidental falls __. —I M. „ —tem&rW^m §# AE142 1 Accidentas caused by machinery M. F. | Accident caused by lire and explosion of combustible material M. Ditto F. AE144 | Accident caused by hot substance, corrosive liquid, steam, and radiation.-M. Ditto . F. AE145 1 Accident caused by firearrri f M. „ F. AE146 I Accidental drowning and submersion M. I :—1— F. AE147 I All other accidental causes—I M. I i 1 F. AE148 I Suicide and self-inflicted injury M. : f. AE149 ! Homicide and injury purposely inflicted by other persons (not in war)—__M. Ditto i F. N XVII. Accidents, poisonings, and violence (classification according to nature of injury) _T. Ditto . -_.M. F. AN138 ! Fracture of skull 1 M. — —_ . f. AN 139 I Fracture of spine and trunk M. _ F. AN 140 I Fracture of limbs j - M. ___ _F. AN143 ! Head injury (excluding fracture) M. -.—: __F. AN 144 I Internal injury of chest, abdomen, and pelvis M. . Ditto F. AN 145 I Laceration and open wounds M. C F. AN 146 I Superficial injury, contusion, and crushing with intact skin surface M. AN147 I Effects of foreign body entering through orifice M. Ditto :_ F. AN148 ! Burns __ M. F. AN 149 I Effects of poisons . M. F. AN15C ! All other and unspecified effects of external causes M. Ditto F. 108 83 32 1 34 19 2 2 22 3 95 18 124 20 155 43 9 8 1,204 905 299 158 43 45 15 59 60 76 20 138 33 17 3 1 17 8 19 10 149 60 226 47 16 9 I 2 1 10 9 1 1 20 16 4 2 1 1 2 4 3. 3 11 2 33 25 8 10 1 40 30 10 4 4 3 1 5 3 6 2 11 18 16 2 1 o fc > •rt fl 11 11 5 1 8 6 1 ~17 1 12 1 21 5 165 124 41 20 7 6 2 6 9 10 2 19 7 2 2 1 1 2 20 5 40 4 o fc > Q 55 46 7 7 7 1 1 8 "23 7 26 5 72 26 5 3 477 333 144 58 15 16 8 25 32 19 11 47 14 7 7 3 4 2 94 46 55 13 a in 6 fc *>■ •rt Q 21 9 1 3 1 11 2 8 3 13 3 114 85 29 17 5 4 12 6 8 3 7 2 12 6 20 6 Si 0 <o <o 0 ri fc fc > > •T fl Q 2 1 3 2 24 19 5 5 3 2 "l <n 6 fc > 9t Q 4 1 6 32 29 3 5 1 1 11 1 VITAL STATISTICS REPORT, 1953 S 91 DIVISIONS, BRITISH COLUMBIA, 1952 »—Continued 0 tn 6 fc I fl in 0* fc > •T Q 3 2 ____ ____ 3 2 11 10 1 1 __ vo 6 fc > •rt fl m ___. 2 1 6 6 2 _D SO 0 fc fl 2 2 4 ____. 2 1 2 17 14 3 1 o so d fc •rt X) vo d fc [> Q SO d fc > •rt fl Tt SO d fc > •rt fl a t- d fc > •irt fl X) r- d fc > .■rt fl o d fc > Q c_ 00 d fc * > Q oo d fc > .Tt o 00 d fc > 'Tt Q T3 00 d fc > Q 00 d fc > Q 00 d fc > fl oc 00 d fc > •rt fl a Os d fc > •rt fl JO OS d fc > •rt fl o Os d fc > •mi fl Ov d fc > fl Ov d fc > *tM fl tt o. d fc > •rt fl C3 O -rt d fc > •T4 fl JD O d fc > •♦H fl u o d fc > ••h fl •o o d fc > •iH] • fl d fc M ■D •l_H tM 1 i ___ 3 1 1 4 1 1 33 27 6 10 2 2 3 1 4 1 3 .___ 4 1 i 2 1 1 6 5 1 2 1 1 2 ~2 .__. 1 1 9 9 1 2 3 1 3 3 1 1 ___ 1 1 9 7 2 1 2 ___ 1 2 10 8 2 2 1 .__. 1 1 ~4 ~5 __„ 1 ~1 1 1 § 3 ___ 1 1 1 24 19 5 2 .____ 1 -_._ __ ___ 1 .- 1 '■■' 1 1 4 1 "^2 1 4 2 1 1 27 20 7 ~1 ___ ~5 1 ~~1 1 __ "I 4 4 1 2 2 ~~1 ~3 7 7 1 t 2 1 3 9 6 3 1 1 1 2 AE141 AE142 AE143 AE144 AE145 AE146 AE147 1 1 -_-_ ____ 1 ___ 16 14 2 5 6 6 2 ___ __._ 4 2 2 1 ._„. 2 11 n 3 AE148 AE149 3 2 1 7 6 1 1 ___ 1 1 1 3 2 1 4 3 1 1 ~1 5 AN 138 — 1 2 1 — — AN139 — 1 ..__ ~2 1 2 1 .__ 4 1 1 1 2 7 2 1 1 4 1 1 1 1 1 — AN140 .^_N143 3 1 2 1 1 3 1 — 2 1 ____ 4 1 — AN144 1 1 1 1 — AN145 — — 1 1| 1 4 1 1 1 8 2 - 1 1 ___ 2 1 1 — AN146 AN147 1 1 2 2 _____ 2 5 1 1 2 1 ! 1 3 1 AN148 — 1 1 6 2 1 AN149 2 4 1 AN150 1 S 92 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND WELFARE TABLE 21.—CAUSE OF DEATH BY SEX FOR URBAN PLACES OF 5,000 POPULATTHm AND OVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, 1953 W _■ m O fc ■*-> G i—t Cause of Death T-I a ♦_> o H o u Vi o o fi a t< a G ^O \t\ >. o Tt o Si £ 2 o £ •tt OS G a fc G O co fc u o ■rt> CO G •r-i £ ■*_> co o fc u o > G O o G a > tG A-t ' U O fc a o o • •*-. C o Pt ..t G u a _Q | u O ft. M a> 3 p. i o C •rt Eh Oh _ i > 3 0 o c > B 0 s > 135 92 43 1 1 1 el .g 0 p 0 1 760 M. 6,511 4,047 2,464 127 92 35 57 17 2 2 1 3 1 1 12 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 7 1 1 1 4 2 1 1 1,092 616 476 16 3 18 5 94 59 61 60 39 21 7 2 103 14 98 27 20 64 6 2 6 6 130 115 25 13 38 17 76 37 39 1 1 120 90 30 1 1 111 71 40 7 3 4 ~2 35 19 16 128 80 48 4 3 1 2 1 1 28 16 12 ____. 1 4 4 ___ 1 3 2 2 ____ 1 1 1 1 73 45 28 1 ~1 ___. 253 150 103 3 2 1 ___ 218 116 102 4 2 2 1 1 83 52 31 1 1 ~~1 63 40 23 2 2 94 66 28 3 2 1 1 ____. 66 46 20 1 1 1 4,296 2,722 1,574 91 68 23 46 13 2 ;; ~ :::_._. _f. 421 Al »» * ■■—^ I. Infective and parasitic diseases T. M. ;; f. Tuberculosis of respiratory system M. 339 7 6 1 6 A2 A3 Tuberculosis of meninges and central nervous system . M. Tuberculosis of intestines, peritoneum, and mesenteric glands M. Tuberculosis, all other forms M. Tabes dorsalis % —M. General paralysis of insane M. All other syphilis _ M. Dysentery, all forms M. -Streptococcal sore throat M. Septicaemia and pyaemia M. M F- —. A5 A8 ..__. 18 5 13 ___. ___ 1 3 1 1 7 4 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 700 403 297 14 2 12 3 64 36 42 39 23 11 5 64 10 59 16 13 38 2 2 4 5 84 74 16 10 29 10 23 19 4 ""2 2 1 1 1 4 1 2 6 1 1 — A9 AlO A16 A18 A20 ~1 ___ 1 — — A21 Diphtheria M. Meningococcal infections M. Acute poliomyelitis M. F- Late effects of acute poHomyelitis and acute infectious encephalitis M. Ditto F. Measles _. — - -M. Infectious hepatitis . M. F. All other diseases classified as infective and parasitic — M. Ditto ____ - - _ F. II. Neoplasms . - ~_ - T. M. - F. Malignant neoplasm of buccal cavity and pharynx , M. Ditto - F. Malignant neoplasm of oesophagus -M. F. Malignant neoplasm of stomach _M. F. Malignant neoplasm of intestine, except rectum _M. Ditto -_ .— .___ F. Malignant neoplasm of rectum M. —F. Malignant neoplasm of larynx M. - F. Malignant neoplasm of trachea, and of bronchus and lung not specified as secondary M, Ditto F. Malignant neoplasm of breast F. Malignant neoplasm of cervix uteri F. Malignant neoplasm of other and unspecified parts of uterus F. Malignant neoplasm of prostate . - M. Malignant neoplasm of skin M. F. Malignant neoplasm of bone and connective tissue M. Ditto f Malignant neoplasm of all other and unspecified sites _ M. Ditto -- _ F Leukaemia and aleukaemia . . M. . F. Lymphosarcoma and other neoplasms of lymphatic and haematopoietic system M. Ditto F A23 10 9 1 _____ ~~2 1 1 1 1 47 27 20 1 ~~7 2 2 3 3 2 1 3 4 1 ~~3 1 _._ A28 18 10 8 n _-_ 16 6 10 8 4 4 1 A30 A32 A34 A43 — A44 38 17 21 15 6 9 10 7 3 8 6 2 12 7 5 141 74 67 1 A45 —__ ___ 3 1 6 2 1 2 2 1 5 1 2 ~~3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 _—__. "l 1 A46 1 1 2 2 1 ___ 1 1 1 8 9 A47 10 ■ 8 A48 2 1 1 3 7 A49 1 3 1 A50 1 7 2 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 3 2 14 1 A51 A52 A53 1 1 1 1 11 2 5 A54 A55 1 2 8 1 A56 1 2 4 1 3 1 2 2 2 1 3 6 1 1 1 6 2 1 1 1 1 2 ___ A57 A58 3 1 1 1 3 1 1 17 18 3 2 3 4 A59 - 1 1 1 1 1 ! ;—1—| VITAL STATISTICS REPORT, 1953 S 93 TABLE 21. -CAUSE OF DEATH BY SEX FOR URBAN PLACES OF 5 000 POPULATION AND OVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, 1953—Continued E^^ 0 fc I Cause of Death cc) 4-* O u JB u A60 A61 A62 A63 A64 A65 A66 Benign neoplasms and neoplasms of unspecified nature M. Ditto F. III, IV. Allergic disorders and endocrine, metabolic, and blood diseases _T. Ditto 1 M. I „.„_ F. Non-toxic goitre F. Thyrotoxicosis with or without goitre—M. I I _F. Diabetes mellitus M. I F. Avitaminosis ancj other deficiency states_M. „ F. Anaemias M. „ _ ___„F. Allergic disorders; all other endocrine, metabolic, and blood diseases M. Ditto F. V. Mental, psychoneurotic, and personality disorders T. Ditto M. F. Psychoses . M. F. Psychoneuroses and disorders of personality __.M. (Ditto F. A69 | Mental deficiency F. VI. Diseases of the nervous system and sense organs T. Ditto M. --. . F. A67 A68 A70 A71 A72 A73 A77 A78 A79 A80 A81 A82 A83, A84 A85 A86 Vascular lesions affecting central nervous system . M. Ditto F. Non-meningococcal meningitis M. Multiple sclerosis M. : f. Epilepsy M. Otitis media and mastoiditis . M. F. All other diseases of the nervous system and sense organs _„.M. Ditto r F. VII. Diseases of the circulatory system-T. M. F. Rheumatic fever 3 M. 1 | F. Chronic rheumatic heart disease M. a I _._F. Arteriosclerotic and degenerative heart disease M. Ditto 1 F. Other diseases of heart I M. Hypertension with heart disease M. u u —F. Hypertension without mention of heart-M. i „ f. Diseases of arteries _ _ 1 M. __ . » I F. Oth^r diseases of circulatory system M. F. VIII. Diseases of the respiratory system-T. 1 M. 1 ! . m. f. 9 14 153 94 59 1 2 1 29 30 3 2 12 8 48 17 16 9 7 1 2 8 3 2 779 398 381 354 349 3 5 6 3 14 7 19 19 2,685 1,709 976 5 2 53 41 1,364 713 49 32 117 116 24 13 68 51 29! 8 357 264 93 10 5 5 28 16 12 1 1 15 10 1 CO a o o c_ r4 CO G a o Tt o o Irt O Si Tt o £ a G at fc § O CO fc •rt Vi G o Eft fc Ih > G O o G CO > .a -t_> u O fc a o c o Pt G u o S> u O Pt ii m G ft$ o u a •rt i-i 0h 17 12 5 12 5 16 8 8 es Ih O > G O u G > 13 6 7 38 30 8 1 21 4 10 8 2 42 34 8 29 5 2 1 10 5 5 37 18 26 12 191 14 51 171 10 4| 161 13 1 a o £ > a. o > 59 38 21 1 35 16 1 1 33 20 13 17 8 1 3 98 57 41 52 31 1 2 2 1 11 7 4 1 1 99 52 47 38 34 3 5 1 1 1 13 8 5 37 24 13 1 20 11 2 11 2 9 17 13 4 10 4 1 1 33 25 8 22 8 105 64 41 1 1 1 19 20 1 1 9 6 34 12 10 4 6 4 2 2 486 254 232 28 22 6 16 4 27 19 8 2211 181 38 14 9 5 2 2 1 1 2 1 4 1 1 1 102 42 60 210 7 56 1 2 2 4 2 2 1 13 7 — 1 15 1 11 1 2 1,775 53 338 1,149 31 192 626 22 146 3 1 1 40 5 23 2 5 901 25 157 452 14 111 32 7 22 1 4 89 5 8 82 3 14 17 3 7 4 42 1 9 34 2 6 25 2 5 2 259 5 29 198 4 17 61 1 12 s 94 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND WELFARE TABLE 21.—CAUSE OF DEATH BY SEX FOR URBAN PLACES OF 5,000 POPUl at.™., AND OVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, 1953—Continued 0N • O Z +-> CO .tt tA G tM Cause of Death 13 o H Tt o a •w-4 SS P CO a o o ! a r4 G it o T^ O JD £ MM T^ o B •m4 a G a Z G O CO Tt o z Tt o H-> CO G B +-> co o CJ z H o > G O o G a > si o Z G O ■*-> a ft. •Tt G u o X) F-H < Ih o Pt B u Qh G PA o u G •Tt T\ Pt T* h u a > 3 0 0 i > 3 1 2 21 6 93 30 5 5 5 2 27 4 7 2 1 34 11 175 121 54 1 15 2 19 3 1 3 1 14 13 11 5 39 16 8 5 10 9 105 83 22 1 23 9 19 7! 61 ll 241 111 41 1 51 1 1 1 2 a 0 q u 0 > 1 2 1 ___ 4 3 1 ~2 1 ..._ 3 2 1 1 1 ' J 11 1 J .2 0 Eh u > 1 2 2 4 7 3 1 ~7 2 26 15 11 I P 1 3 ~2 5 1 1 3 2 1 1 2 17 11 6 2 "5 3 P I J 2 1 1 A87 A88 A89 A90 A91 A92 A93 A95 A96 A97 A98 A99 AlOO AlOl A102 A103 A104 A105 A106 A107 A108 A109 A110 Alll A112 A114 A115 A116 A117 A118 A119 A120 Acute upper respiratory infections M. — F. 3 1 5 2 31 12 116 47 15 6 6 3 31 5 9 1 2 1 46 15 251 166 85 1 20 4 29 5 1 4 1 24 23 15 8 45 20 11 10 16 14 146 115 31 2 1 36 14 21 9 7 1 36 13 6 10 1 2 1 1 2 3 1 1 1 1 2 7 1 1 1 l 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 2 3 2 1 1 1 F. 1 1 1 3 2 ___ 2 1 1 3 1 2 1 1 ___ 1 1 1 1 1 •. . F. Primary atypical, other, and unspecified 1 1 ___ 2 1 1 F. 1 Bronchitis, chronic and unqualified .M. . . F. Empyema and abscess of lung M. £ All other respiratory diseases —M. F. IX. Diseases of the digestive system. -T. M- ._ | F. Diseases of teeth and supporting structures __ — - M. Ulcer of stomach . . . .M. Ulcer of duodenum . _M. - - I - - 1 F. Gastritis and duodenitis - _ M. Appendicitis . . . _ M. .... F. Intestinal obstruction and hernia _ M. ... F. Gastro-enteritis and colitis, except diarrhoea of the newborn „„ ,..,. .. M. Ditto . . F. Cirrhosis of liver -M. - - F. Cholelithiasis and cholecystitis M. . . „- F. Other diseases of digestive system _ M. __ ... F. X. Diseases of the genito-urinary system -T. I - M. - - F. Acute nephritis . . M. -- _ ... -F. Chronic, other and unspecified nephritis M. -F. Infections of kidney ... M. ___ _.F. Calculi of urinary system .. M. .F. Hyperplasia of prostate . . . _M. Other diseases of genito-urinary system_M. - . F. XI. Deliveries and complications of pregnancy, childbirth, and the puerperium.. T. Sepsis of pregnancy, childbirth, and the puerperium F. Toxaemias of pregnancy and the puerperium .... F. Haemorrhage of pregnancy and childbirth - - _ F. ~1 2 1 1 1 - 1 J 1 1 8 6 2 1 1 1 1 1 ""l 1 1 5 4 1 ~1 1 1 1 1 5 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 l l 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 4 4 1 l 5 2 3 "i 4 2 2 1 1 1 1 8 3 5 1 1 1 1 ___ ~2 1 l 1 2 2 p 1 3 3 ___ 2 2 1 -_—— l 1 3 1 6 6 ___ 1 2 1 1 1 — 1 1 3 2 1 __ — — __ — 1 — — — 2 — 1 1 l — i Abortion without mention of sepsis or toxaemia „ F. Abortion with sepsis F. Other complications of pregnancy, childbirth, and the puerperium F- — l — VITAL STATISTICS REPORT, 1953 S 95 TABLE 21.-CAUSE OF DEATH BY SEX FOR URBAN PLACES OF 5,000 POPULATION AND OVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, 1953-Continued rUFULATI0N 6 % ^ - Vi •T hi c w Cause of Death Tt cd H-» o H o a •tM rt^ •rt* si U CO a o o B a a G it o o Tt u o Si £ o I S3 G a z G O va Z u a ■«-> Vi G •** G *t V) o a ii z Ih 4) > G O u G a > si ■—' o Z G O ■Tt u •tM a a> Pt "f3 X5 T> u O Pt •h) Tt o Ot 9 P< o o a ll Ph •tM _ tt H u o > G Q O G a > 0 o e o > c0 l-l o tA u > XII, XIII. Diseases of the skin and musculoskeletal system T. 31 14 17 4 2 1 11 1 1 8 3 83 48 35 8 6 18 17 22 12 185 108 77 21 11 24 18 5 9 6 ...... 5 1 53 32 35 21 14 9 10 12 4 561 393 168 57 32 28 2 55 24 70 52 11 12 9 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 3 2 1 2 1 6 3 3 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 22 11 11 4 2 1 7 3 _ F. Infections of skin and subcutaneous tissue . M. 1 2 A121 A122 Arthritis and spondylitis M. F. Muscular rheumatism and rheumatism, Osteomyelitis and periostitis M. All other diseases of skin and musculoskeletal system . M. F. XIV. Congenital malformations T. „ -M. F. Spina bifida and meningocele —_ M. F. Congenital malformations of circulatory system M. Ditto F. All other congenital malformations — M. F. XV. Certain diseases of early infancy T. M. F. Birth injuries __: M. F. Postnatal asphyxia and atelectasis M. F. Infections of the newborn M. F. Hemolytic disease of newborn F. All other defined diseases of early infancy ----- -._._-_-_ ...^ .___„„_ ._M. Ditto F. Ill-defined diseases peculiar to early infancy, and immaturity unqualified M. Ditto F. XVI. Symptoms, senility, and ill-defined conditions T. Ditto M. „.F. Senility without mention of psychosis M. F. Ill-defined and unknown causes M. F. EXVII. Accidents, poisonings, and violence (classification according to external cause) T. Ditto ..M. F. Motor-vehicle accidents M. .. F. 1 A123 A124 3 2 1 1 1 1 4 1 3 2 1 1 1 ___ 1 7 4 3 1 1 1 6 4 2 3 1 1 ___ 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 _1 5 4 1 1 1 A126 6 1 54 30 24 3 3 12 14 15 7 104 61 43 10 5 16 11 3 7 4 3 29 16 20 11 9 8 8 3 1 1 I 385 265! 1201 1 351 24 2 2 1 1 5 2 3 2 2 1 7 6 1 1 1 1 1 A127 3 1 2 1 1 1 8 5 3 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 7 5 2 1 A128 A129 1 __ 3 1 2 1 .."I 9 4 5 1 1 1 __.. ._... 2 1 2 i A130 A131 4 3 1 1 7 4 3 1 1 1 1 3 3 15 10 5 3 1 A132 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 " 1 1 2 1 2 .i 3 1 > A133 A134 A135 -_„. 4 4 1 "__. 3 1 3 1 1 1 3 4 2 2 1 " 1 6 4 7 3 4 A136 A137 1 4 2 1 1 2 3 AE138 5 4 1 2 ~"l 1 11 11 3 2 1 8 4 4 1 ll 2 4 1 3 2 4 3 1 1 .__- 2 '"2 25 19 6 1 2 2 3 1 4 1 2 21 15 6 2 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 7 7 2 1 2 10 8 2 2 1 1 15 9 6 1 2 1 1 1 3 1 6 6 1 2 51 35 16 6 2 AE139 Other transport accidents M. F. 191 1|.__ 481 18 _. 45! 2 371 — 7 1 61-- 61. - 1 llll. AE140 Accidental poisoning M. F. Accidental falls . _ M. F. Accidents caused by machinery M. Accident caused by fire and explosion of combustible material M. Ditto ... F Accident caused by hot substance, corrosive liquid, steam, and radiation M. Ditto F 2 AE141 AE142 AE143 AE144 — 1 4 12 5 ~1 1 1 1 — S 96 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND WELFARE TABLE 21.—CAUSE OF DEATH BY SEX FOR URBAN PLACES OF 5,000 POPULATION AND OVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, 1953—Continued o Z H-> CA tA G Cause of Death ed ■Tt o H o a Vi Q* O O B a t< a G it O % Ut Tt O E 2 o B •tM a G a Z G O C*> *_ AE145 AE146 AE147 AE148 AE149 AN13& AN139 AN140 AN143 ANi44 AN145i AN146 AN147 AN148 AN149 AN150 Accident caused by firearm _ M. Accidental drowning and submersion M. F. All other accidental causes M. Suicide and self-inflicted injury M. F. Homicide and injury purposely inflicted by other persons (not in war)—.—M. Ditto j F. N XVIIi Accidents, poisonings, and violence (classification according to nature of: injury) T. Ditto i M. tt Fracture of skull < Fracture of spine and trunk .M. Jtt .M. _F. 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VITAL STATISTICS OF THE PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA EIGHTY-SECOND REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1953 British Columbia. Legislative Assembly [1955]
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Title | VITAL STATISTICS OF THE PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA EIGHTY-SECOND REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1953 |
Alternate Title | VITAL STATISTICS REPORT, 1953 |
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British Columbia. Legislative Assembly |
Publisher | Victoria, BC : Government Printer |
Date Issued | [1955] |
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Language | English |
Identifier | J110.L5 S7 1955_V02_11_S1_S164 |
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Source | Original Format: University of British Columbia. Library. Law Library. J110.L5 S7 |
Date Available | 2018-05-17 |
Provider | Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library |
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DOI | 10.14288/1.0367836 |
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