Premature Mortality Due to Suicide, Homicide, and Motor Vehicle Accidents in Health Service Delivery Areas: Comparison of Status Indians in British Columbia, Canada, with All other Residents

• Published in: Psychological Reports
• Main Authors: Bridges, F. Stephen, Kunselman, Julie C.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: SAGE Publications 2005
• Subjects: General Psychology; British Columbia; Canada; Indian; First Nations; inuit
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.2466/pr0.97.3.739-749; http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.2466/pr0.97.3.739-749

From each of 15 health regions, potential years of life lost (PYLL) before age 75 for Status Indians is compared for select causes of death with all other residents. Mortality data from 1991 to 2001 for rates of PYLL (standardized to the 1991 population) are from tables of the British Columbia Vital...