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[Background] This chapter provides context for the choice of premature mortality rate as a baseline measure of health status. We compare five commonly used measures of health status derived from mortality data, four of which have been available from the BC Vital Statistics Agency for many years. Premature mortality is introduced as an alternative measure, and is used to provide a framework for the remainder of the atlas. [Contents] 
Introduction Premature mortality rate Life expectancy Potential years of life lost Age-standardized mortality rate Infant mortality Summary
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