Health in Burrard Inlet 3 · CCHS 2023/2024, Statistics Canada
Health in Burrard Inlet 3 beats almost every Canadian town
The survey puts the region’s share in very good or excellent health at 59%, ahead of the 50% for British Columbia. What sets Burrard Inlet 3 apart within its region is distance, and at 3.3 km to a hospital it is ordinary (3.7 km typical). Burrard Inlet 3 is a First Nations reserve: a Health grade is possible, an overall grade and a ranking are not. People on reserves are outside the survey’s sample: the figures here are the surrounding region’s, and don’t describe Burrard Inlet 3 itself. The Health grade for Burrard Inlet 3 is A+.
British Columbia: 50% · Measured across the North Shore/Coast Garibaldi Health Service Delivery Area: very good or excellent health, chronic conditions, smokers and life expectancy
Chronic conditions
12%
arthritis, diabetes, high blood pressure: average share
The age-standardised smoking rate around Burrard Inlet 3 is well below the typical town’s; 3.7% of adults are daily smokers. Conditions and habits ↓
A long-lived region
Born around Burrard Inlet 3, a child can expect 2.8 more years than in the typical Canadian town’s region; at 65, another 22.6 (2022/2024). The wider area ↓
Less chronic illness
High blood pressure (16%) and diabetes (4%) keep the region’s chronic-condition figure below the typical Canadian town’s. Conditions and habits ↓
More people feeling well
Even once age is allowed for, 7.6 points more adults here call their health very good or excellent than in the typical town’s region (59% as answered). Health survey ↓
Survey and life expectancy: the health region (Statistics Canada). Distances and deprivation: the town’s own areas.
Health Grade
Burrard Inlet 3 grades A+ for health
Each input ranked against Canadian towns of 2,500 or more: the region’s four, the town’s distance to a hospital.
Very good or excellent health (59%)Better than 87% of Canadian towns
Chronic conditions (12%)Better than almost every Canadian town
Smokers (6.5%)Better than almost every Canadian town
Life expectancy (84.3)Better than almost every Canadian town
Distance to a hospital (3.3 km)Better than 79% of Canadian towns
The region’s four figures and the town’s distance to a hospital are each ranked against Canadian towns of 2,500 or more, then averaged.
How the grade works
Health is graded as a regional score, labelled as such: very good or excellent self-rated health, chronic conditions (arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure averaged) and smoking from the Canadian Community Health Survey, each age-standardised so an older region isn’t marked down for age alone, and life expectancy at birth, all for the health region. The residents’ average distance to a hospital is the one input measured for the town itself, so towns in one region can still differ.
Conditions and habits
In the region, high blood pressure (16%) and diabetes (4%)
Long-term conditions and habits as the region’s adults reported them; the tick marks the province.
Conditions and weight · 2023/2024
High blood pressure
16%
Arthritis
20%
Diabetes
4%
Obese (self-reported)
23%
Mood disorder
15%
Anxiety disorder
12%
Habits · 2023/2024
Smoke daily or now and then
6.5%
Smoke every day
3.7%
Heavy drinking
23%
British Columbia
Obesity tracks the province: 23% of adults here, 25% across British Columbia. Heavy drinking runs above the province, 23% to 19%.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (table 13-10-0972), as published, not adjusted for age; obesity from reported height and weight. The anxiety disorder figure is the 2021/2022 estimate: Statistics Canada found the latest too unreliable to publish here.
The wider area
Longest and shortest lives among the 16 regions in British Columbia
What Statistics Canada publishes above the town: life expectancy for each health region in British Columbia, and the deprivation index for the town’s own areas.
84.3
years at birth, 2022/2024
22.6
more years expected at 65
3rd
longest of 16 regions in British Columbia
Life expectancy at birth by health region · 2022/2024
Richmond Health Service Delivery Area86.8
Fraser North Health Service Delivery Area84.4
North Shore/Coast Garibaldi Health Service Delivery Area84.3
Vancouver Health Service Delivery Area83.3
Fraser South Health Service Delivery Area83.2
South Vancouver Island Health Service Delivery Area82.7
Okanagan Health Service Delivery Area81.0
East Kootenay Health Service Delivery Area80.5
Fraser East Health Service Delivery Area80.0
Central Vancouver Island Health Service Delivery Area79.8
Kootenay-Boundary Health Service Delivery Area79.5
North Vancouver Island Health Service Delivery Area79.5
Thompson/Cariboo Health Service Delivery Area78.8
Northwest Health Service Delivery Area77.0
Northeast Health Service Delivery Area76.9
Northern Interior Health Service Delivery Area76.6
Among the 16 regions in British Columbia, from 76.6 to 86.8 years, this one is 3rd.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
Residential instability4.0
Economic dependency1.0
Ethno-cultural composition4.0
Situational vulnerability1.0
This is the one part of the block measured for Burrard Inlet 3 itself, and it sets the scene rather than feeding the grade.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, three-year estimate 2022/2024, by health region.
Health survey
More people rate their health highly here than in British Columbia: 59% to 50%
The survey’s answers for the region as given, each beside the province’s (the tick).
Share of adults, as answered · 2023/2024
Health very good or excellent
59%
Health fair or poor
14%
Mental health very good or excellent
55%
Mental health fair or poor
16%
Most days quite a bit stressful
22%
Strong sense of belonging
69%
Satisfied with life
85%
British Columbia
Mental health looks better than in the province too: 55% rate it very good or excellent, against 49% in British Columbia, and 22% find most days quite stressful.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
For its deprivation
1.4 fewer years of life than regions as deprived
Regions, not towns, with every town in a region sharing its dot: of the 102, the marked one, Burrard Inlet 3’s, lies beneath the trend.
Situational vulnerability: residents’ average quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprivedLife expectancy at birth (years)
Deprivation accounts for much of the spread between regions (correlation −0.83 over 102), but not for all of Burrard Inlet 3’s region’s: 84.3 years where the line expects 85.7 at 1.7. Its 10 closest matches on deprivation lean shorter-lived: 6 of them below it, a median of 83.5.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, 2022/2024, by health region. Deprivation: Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation 2021 (situational vulnerability), averaged over each region’s towns by their residents; income: 2021 Census median household income, averaged the same way. The averages and the line are TownRatings calculations.
Getting care
The nearest hospital is 3.3 km from the average home in Burrard Inlet 3
Straight-line distances from each part of Burrard Inlet 3, weighted by who lives there.
Hospital
3.3 km
residents’ average distance
the typical Canadian town: 3.7 km
Clinic
3.1 km
community health centre or clinic, residents’ average
Pharmacy
1.0 km
residents’ average distance
4.0 within 3 km of a typical home
More than 30 km from a hospital
0%
share of residents
Emergency
911
police, fire, ambulance; 811 for health advice in most provinces
Against 4.4 km for the typical town in British Columbia and 3.7 km for the typical Canadian town, Burrard Inlet 3 sits near the middle.
Across a regional line, Heights has its own figures: life expectancy 84.4, against 84.3 here.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
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Distances are straight lines. Roads, rivers and ferries aren’t in it: the figure is a straight line from where people live, averaged over residents.
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Adjusted for age. The grade’s three survey shares are age-standardised to Canada’s adults, so an older region isn’t marked down for age alone, while the survey charts show answers as given.
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What counts as a hospital. A “hospital” here is whatever the provinces listed as one in Statistics Canada’s database, which can mean a site without an emergency department.
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Deprivation is context. Deprivation is shown to set the scene and doesn’t count toward the grade; Statistics Canada left the territories out of the index.
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Regional figures. Every place in the health region carries the same survey and life-expectancy figures; what is measured for Burrard Inlet 3 itself is the trip to care.
Questions about health in Burrard Inlet 3
How healthy is Burrard Inlet 3?
Self-rated health, chronic conditions, smoking and life expectancy all come out ahead of the typical Canadian town. The three chronic conditions the grade counts average 12% of adults.
What is the life expectancy in Burrard Inlet 3?
There is no figure for Burrard Inlet 3 alone; its health region’s is 86.3 for women and 82.3 for men in 2022/2024.
How is Burrard Inlet 3’s Health Grade worked out?
Not yet: Health will weigh the region’s survey and life expectancy and Burrard Inlet 3’s distance to a hospital against the typical Canadian town once Canada’s grading run happens. Being a First Nations reserve, it has no overall grade or ranking, and its regional survey figures come from people living off reserve.
How far is Burrard Inlet 3 from a hospital?
A clinic is 3.1 km from the average resident of Burrard Inlet 3 and a pharmacy 1.0 km, as the crow flies.