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Clinical Trials and Preclinical Infrastructure Asset Map - Life Sciences

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CLINICAL TRIALS AND PRECLINICAL INFRASTRUCTURE ASSET MAP<br />

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Disease Area<br />

Population Information<br />

Children 16<br />

Total treated/ year at B.C. Children’s Hospital > 72,000<br />

Cancer<br />

900 treated/yr<br />

Pediatric intensive care<br />

1,200/year<br />

Open heart surgery<br />

140/year<br />

Number of births 44,554 in 2008/9 17<br />

Pre-term births (< 37 weeks gestation) 6.32% 18<br />

15<br />

Statistics Canada. www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/82-620-m/2005001/c-g/adults-adutles/4053576-eng.htm. Accessed March 9, 2010.<br />

16<br />

www.bcchildrens.ca/AboutUs/BCCH/Facts.htm. Accessed November 6, 2009.<br />

17<br />

Statistics Canada. www40.statcan.gc.ca/l01/cst01/demo04a-eng.htm. Accessed March 9, 2010. Data refer to the 10 year period Jan<br />

1981-Dec 2000 (more recent data were not found).<br />

18<br />

www.vs.gov.bc.ca/stats/pdf/ChartingBirthOutcomeReport.pdf. Accessed March 9, 2010.

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