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Indicator - Craniotomy mortality rate Select a different indicator   Legend for Risk Adjusted Rates: BLUE Better than the British Columbia average for the selected year. WHITE Not different from the British Columbia average for the selected year. RED Worse than the British Columbia average for the selected year. Craniotomy mortality rate Deaths due to the surgical opening of the skull performed to remove a brain tumor, repair an aneurysm (ballooning of blood vessels), perform a biopsy or to relieve pressure inside the skull. Lower rates are more desirable. View by Hospital Municipality Sort by Rank Name Year 2008-2009 2007-2008 2006-2007 2005-2006 2004-2005 2003-2004 2002-2003 2001-2002   # Hospital Rank Score Risk adjusted (%) 1)   St. Paul's Hospital 1 100  0.00% 2)   Vancouver General Hospital 2 71  4.62% 3)   Kelowna General Hospital 3 69  4.94% 4)   Lions Gate Hospital 4 62  6.02% 5)   Royal Columbian Hospital 5 43  8.93% 6)   Victoria General and Royal Jubilee Hospitals 6 38  9.84% 7)   Royal Inland Hospital 7 0  15.79%   British Columbia average     7.03% DEFINITIONS: Rank All institutions were ranked on each indicator based on their scores, where the highest rank of 1 corresponds to the highest score out of 100. Volume indicators were not ranked since they have threshold requirements. Score The score indicates how well a hospital performs on a given indicator, based on its risk adjusted rate where a score of 100 is the highest. Risk adjusted rate Measures the observed rate adjusted for differences in patients’ age, sex, and the presence of complications. Observed rate Measures outcome of interest compared to population at risk. British Columbia average/total This value is the risk adjusted average (British Columbia average) or total (British Columbia total) of an indicator across all acute care hospitals in British Columbia.

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