Facts

• BC Children’s Hospital received more than 196,000 patient visits last year?
• An average of 690 sick and injured children receive care every day at BC Children’s Hospital?
• On its busiest day, BC Children’s Hospital treats almost 1,100 individual children?
• More than 1,100 of the tiniest, most fragile newborns in the province are cared for annually at BC Children’s Hospital and BC Women’s Hospital?
• There are more than 100 newly diagnosed cases of childhood cancer in the province each year?
• More than 750 youngsters receive active treatment for cancer at BC Children’s Hospital every year?
• BC Children’s Hospital is the only pediatric health centre and teaching hospital in BC, and the largest full-service child health centre in Canada?
• Last year 8,200 children in BC required surgery at BC Children’s Hospital for potentially life-threatening illness and injury?
• The Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at BC Children’s Hospital cares for 1,000 children every year?
• BC Children’s Hospital receives more than 42,800 children in our Emergency Room each year?
• BC Children’s Hospital performs 169 open-heart surgeries every year?
• 52% of the 169 open-heart surgeries performed every year at BC Children’s Hospital are performed on patients younger than one year old?
• One in every 100 children in BC is born with heart disease and most of them are treated at BC Children’s Hospital?
• BC Children’s Hospital provides expert care for more than 78,000 children every year?
• The Child & Youth Mental Health Program at BC Children’s Hospital receives over 13,000 outpatient visits each year?
• 67 per cent of patients seen every year at BC Children’s Hospital come from areas outside the City of Vancouver?
• More than 50 per cent of the children treated at BC Children’s Hospital have genetically linked health problems?
• One in every 400 children and adolescents in BC is likely to develop diabetes?
• Research suggests that one in three children will be diagnosed with diabetes in their lifetime?
• 3,400 families are seen every year by the Medical Genetics team at BC Children’s Hospital?
• Surgeons at BC Children’s Hospital clocked more than 12,000 hours in our operating rooms last year?
• In 2009, the total daily visits per month to BC Children’s Hospital increased by over
  30,000 or more than 12% since 2006?
  

Updated on: April 26, 2010