Health indicators: downtown eastside compared with Vancouver and British Columbia
| Downtown eastside | Vancouver | British Columbia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sources: Vital statistics, Ministry of Health, Victoria; BC Stats, Ministry of Finance and Corporate Relations, Statistics Canada. | |||
| BC, British Columbia; PYLL, Person years of life lost. | |||
| Population (1999) | 52 937 | 570 815 | 4 045 661 |
| Population per km2 | 5047 | 4.5 | |
| Per cent of population below low income cut off (1996 census) | 51.8 | 29.9 | 19.6 |
| Per cent of population <65 receiving BC benefits 1999 | 19.3% | 6.8% | 6.1% |
| Crime rate (1998) per 1000 population | – | 154.8 | 121.5 |
| Per cent of those aged 15 and over who left school before 9th grade completion (1996 census) | 18.5% | 9.4% | 7.4% |
| Per cent of rented housing | – | 70.4% | 34.6% |
| Life expectancy at birth 1998 | |||
| Male | 65.0 | 74.1 | 76.0 |
| Female | 77.7 | 82.1 | 81.6 |
| Teenage births per 1000 female population aged 15 to 19, 1998 | 29.6 | 8.5 | 18.0 |
| Standardised mortality ratio, 1998 | 1.66 | 1.03 | – |
| Standardised Person years of life lost ratio, 1998 | 4.06 | 1.12 | – |
| Alcohol related mortality per 1000, 1998 | 2.78 | 0.7 | 0.5 |
| Drug related mortality per 1000, 1998 | 1.44 | 0.3 | 0.1 |
| Communicable diseases 1999 | |||
| Gonorrhoea | – | 74.4 | 21.7 |
| Chlamydia | – | 230.2 | 132.4 |