DATA SET: BC VITAL STATISTICS DEATHS

Date Range: January 1, 1985 onwards

Data Source: BC Vital Statistics death events registry

Description

Includes all deaths registered in the province of BC.

Exclusions

• Abortion procedures, including those conducted in concert with other procedures, are unavailable from all applicable files. This is in accordance with the BC Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act article 22.1.
• Excludes all deaths to BC residents which occur out-of-province.

Quality / Accuracy of Information / Field Coding Source

• There are federal standards for vital statistics certificates and reports that have been adopted by the provinces. The use of nationally uniform vital registration and statistics standards allows for comparison of both national and provincial data.

References

• Additional general information can be found on the BC Vital Statistics Agency web site at: http://www.vs.gov.bc.ca/index.html
• BC Vital Statistics Agency. Physicians' and coroners' handbook on medical certification of death and stillbirth, 2004 revision. Victoria: BC Vital Statistics Agency; 2004.

Fields Available

Checklists are only available to eligible researchers as defined by FIPPA Section 35. If you are eligible, please contact Researcher Liaison for a checklist of fields available, and provide one to two sentences describing the purpose of your request.

If you are informed by Researcher Liaison that you do not meet the eligibility critera, please fill out the form at https://www.vs.gov.bc.ca/cgi-bin/vsmail.cgi and submit to BC Vital Statistics Agency.