Table 4
Hospital separations due to injury, by calendar year and injury category, British Columbia, 1986 or 1991 to 2010

Table 4
Hospital separations due to injury, by calendar year and injury category, British Columbia, 1986 or 1991 to 2010
Table summary
This table displays the results of Hospital separations due to injury. The information is grouped by Injury category (appearing as row headers), Person-years, Observed, Expected, Crude rate
(per 10,000 person-years), Standardized Relative Risk and 95% confidence interval (appearing as column headers).
Injury category Person-yearsNote † ObservedNote ‡ ExpectedNote § Crude rate
(per 10,000 person-years)		 Standardized Relative RiskNote ††
  95% confidence interval   95% confidence interval
from to from to
All injuries  
Total  
1986 3,088,792 42,700 30,021 138.0 137.0 140.0 1.42 1.41 1.44
2010 115,804 8,068 11,970 70.0 68.0 71.0 0.67 0.66 0.69
Male  
1986 1,505,513 24,126 16,293 160.0 158.0 162.0 1.48 1.46 1.50
2010 573,085 4,041 6,353 71.0 68.0 73.0 0.64 0.62 0.65
Female  
1986 1,555,243 17,561 12,976 113.0 111.0 115.0 1.35 1.33 1.38
2010 584,475 4,024 5,605 69.0 67.0 71.0 0.72 0.70 0.74
Trauma  
1986 3,088,792 31,424 20,865 102.0 101.0 103.0 1.51 1.49 1.53
2010 1,158,039 5,515 8,229 48.0 46.0 49.0 0.67 0.66 0.68
Poisoning  
1986 3,088,792 3,529 2,631 11.4 11.1 11.8 1.34 1.29 1.39
2010 1,158,039 626 930 5.4 5.0 5.8 0.67 0.63 0.72
Burn  
1986 3,088,792 806 449 2.6 2.4 2.8 1.80 1.64 1.97
2010 1,158,039 66 146 0.6 0.4 0.7 0.45 0.38 0.53
Other injury type  
1986 3,088,792 6,941 6,077 22.0 22.0 23.0 1.14 1.11 1.17
2010 1,158,039 1,861 2,665 16.0 15.0 17.0 0.70 0.67 0.73
Unintentional injury  
1991 2,566,094 29,015 20,142 113.0 112.0 114.0 1.44 1.42 1.46
2010 1,158,039 7,304 9,998 63.0 62.0 65.0 0.73 0.72 0.74
Transport vehicle (unintentional)  
1991 2,566,094 5,943 3,567 23.2 22.6 23.8 1.67 1.61 1.72
2010 1,158,039 813 1,560 7.0 6.6 7.5 0.52 0.50 0.55
Medical/Surgical mishap  
1991 2,566,094 6,678 4,940 26.0 25.0 27.0 1.35 1.31 1.39
2010 1,158,039 1,848 2,551 16.0 15.0 17.0 0.72 0.70 0.75
Falls (unintentional)  
1991 2,566,094 10,109 7,894 39.0 39.0 40.0 1.28 1.25 1.31
2010 1,158,039 3,561 4,268 31.0 30.0 32.0 0.83 0.81 0.86
Self-inflicted injury  
1991 2,566,094 1,770 1,293 6.9 6.6 7.2 1.37 1.30 1.45
2010 1,158,039 354 544 3.1 2.8 3.4 0.65 0.60 0.71
Poisoning (self-inflicted)  
1991 2,566,094 1,532 1,150 6.0 5.7 6.3 1.33 1.26 1.41
2010 1,158,039 322 485 2.8 2.5 3.1 0.66 0.61 0.73
Intentionally inflicted by another  
1991 2,566,094 1,243 918 4.8 4.6 5.1 1.35 1.27 1.44
2010 1,158,039 308 383 2.7 2.4 3.0 0.80 0.73 0.89
Note †

annual population count multiplied by fraction of year included in observation period

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Note ‡

observed number of hospital separations (acute or rehabilitation care)

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Note §

expected number, indirectly standardized, based on age, gender and HSDA rates in total British Columbia population during entire observation period

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Note ††

compared with total British Columbia population during same observation period = Observed/Expected

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Sources: Population Data BC; Medical Services Plan of B.C.
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