Table II

National and Provincial Antireflux Surgery Rates for the Fiscal Year 1996*

ProvinceType of surgery
AbdominalThoracicLaparoscopic
British Columbia6.51.05.2
Alberta10.30.66.3
Saskatchewan5.80.66.0
Manitoba7.40.90
Ontario6.21.13.7
Quebec7.50.60.5
New Brunswick10.50.83.7
Nova Scotia18.41.00.1
Prince Edward Island2.30.80
Newfoundland7.91.10.5
Yukon/Northwest Territories6.61.10
Canada7.50.93.0
  • * Procedures per 100 000 population