Low Birth Weight:Any live born infant weighing less than 2500 grams.
Pre-Term:Any live born infant less than 37 week gestation at delivery.
Teenage Mother:Any mother who was 19 years of age or younger at time of delivery of a live born infant.
Elderly Gravida:Any mother who was 35 years of age or older at time of delivery of a live born infant.
Stillbirth:Any birth of a dead child or fetus.
The Vancouver Island Health Authority uses geographical information systems (GIS) to map health statistics. The type of map we use is called a choropleth map. Read more