Table 4: Primary and secondary hypothermia-related deaths in British Columbia (2008-2012), by age and location of death | Hypothermia mortality type | Age category | No. (%) of deaths | Total no. of deaths |
|---|
| Home | Hospital | Other specified locality | Residential institution |
|---|
| Primary | < 75 yr | 9 (15.5) | 5 (8.6) | 44 (75.6) | 0 (0) | 58 |
| ≥ 75 yr | 3 (30.0) | 1 (10.0) | 5 (50.0) | 1 (10.0) | 10 |
| All ages | 12 (17.6) | 6 (8.8) | 49 (72.1) | 1 (1.5) | 68 |
| Secondary | < 75 yr | 4 (8.0) | 12 (24.0) | 33 (66.0) | 1 (2.0) | 50 |
| ≥ 75 yr | 2 (12.5) | 9 (56.2) | 4 (25.0) | 1 (6.2) | 16 |
| All ages | 6 (9.1) | 21 (31.8) | 37 (56.1) | 2 (3.0) | 66 |
| All | < 75 yr | 13 (12.0) | 17 (15.7) | 77 (71.3) | 1 (0.9) | 108 |
| ≥ 75 yr | 5 (19.2) | 10 (38.5) | 9 (34.6) | 2( 7.7) | 26 |
| All ages | 18 (13.4) | 27 (20.1) | 86 (64.2) | 3 (2.2) | 134 |