Health in Electoral Area D, Central Kootenay · CCHS 2023/2024, Statistics Canada
A hospital trip from Electoral Area D, Central Kootenay means 57 km on average, in a straight line
The survey puts the region’s share in very good or excellent health at 55%, ahead of the 50% for British Columbia. For everyday care, the nearest pharmacy is 62 km away on average (0.0 within 3 km). Health gives Electoral Area D, Central Kootenay a grade of B.
British Columbia: 50% · Very good or excellent health, chronic conditions, smokers and life expectancy for the Kootenay-Boundary Health Service Delivery Area
Chronic conditions
14%
arthritis, diabetes, high blood pressure: average share
British Columbia: 15%
Smokers
9.9%
daily or occasional, age-standardised
British Columbia: 8.9%
Life expectancy
79.5
at birth, 2022/2024
women 82.8 · men 76.5
Nearest hospital
57 km
residents’ average, straight line
the typical Canadian town: 3.7 km
What stands out · In brief
What stands out about health in Electoral Area D, Central Kootenay
Born around Electoral Area D, Central Kootenay, a child can expect 2.0 fewer years than in the typical Canadian town’s region; at 65, another 19.9 (2022/2024). The wider area ↓
A long way to a pharmacy
The nearest pharmacy on OpenStreetMap is 62 km from the average home in Electoral Area D, Central Kootenay, so prescriptions mean a drive. Getting care ↓
Long-term conditions run low
Arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure are rarer here than in the typical town’s region, even for its ages: 19% report high blood pressure and 5.5% diabetes. Conditions and habits ↓
From Statistics Canada: the health survey and life expectancy for the health region, the deprivation index for the town; distances from the healthcare facilities database and OpenStreetMap.
Health Grade
Electoral Area D, Central Kootenay grades B 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 (55%)Better than 65% of Canadian towns
Chronic conditions (14%)Better than 89% of Canadian towns
Smokers (9.9%)Better than 92% of Canadian towns
Life expectancy (79.5)Better than 34% of Canadian towns
Distance to a hospital (57 km)Better than 2% 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.
The wider area
How the 16 health regions in British Columbia compare on life expectancy
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.
79.5
years at birth, 2022/2024
19.9
more years expected at 65
11th
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
This region is 11th longest-lived of 16 in British Columbia, on a scale from 76.6 to 86.8 years.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
Residential instability3.4
Economic dependency4.7
Ethno-cultural composition2.0
Situational vulnerability3.4
Statistics Canada scores every small area from 1 to 5 on each dimension; Electoral Area D, Central Kootenay’s bars are its residents’ average, shown and not graded.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, three-year estimate 2022/2024, by health region.
Getting care
Pharmacies around Electoral Area D, Central Kootenay: 0.0 within 3 km, the nearest 62 km away
Straight-line distances from each part of Electoral Area D, Central Kootenay, weighted by who lives there.
Hospital
57 km
residents’ average distance
the typical Canadian town: 3.7 km
Clinic
65 km
community health centre or clinic, residents’ average
Pharmacy
62 km
residents’ average distance
0.0 within 3 km of a typical home
More than 30 km from a hospital
100%
share of residents
Emergency
911
police, fire, ambulance; 811 for health advice in most provinces
Compared with 4.4 km for the typical town in British Columbia and 3.7 km for the typical Canadian town, Electoral Area D, Central Kootenay is on the far side.
In the region, high blood pressure (19%) and diabetes (5.5%)
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
19%
Arthritis
25%
Diabetes
5.5%
Obese (self-reported)
28%
Mood disorder
17%
Anxiety disorder
11%
Habits · 2023/2024
Smoke daily or now and then
9.8%
Smoke every day
6.5%
Heavy drinking
28%
British Columbia
At 28%, self-reported obesity is above British Columbia’s 25%. Heavy drinking is commoner too (28% against 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.
For its deprivation
Behind regions as deprived by 1.4 years of life
Regions, not towns, with every town in a region sharing its dot: of the 102, the marked one, Electoral Area D, Central Kootenay’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 Electoral Area D, Central Kootenay’s region’s: 79.5 years where the line expects 80.9 at 3.0. Set beside its 10 nearest neighbours on the index, it trails the majority, 8 of 10; their median is 80.3 years.
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.
Health survey
More people rate their health highly here than in British Columbia: 53% 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
53%
Health fair or poor
18%
Mental health very good or excellent
48%
Mental health fair or poor
19%
Most days quite a bit stressful
22%
Strong sense of belonging
75%
Satisfied with life
81%
British Columbia
Asked about their mental health, 48% of adults here said very good or excellent; across British Columbia it was 49%, and 22% reported most days stressful.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
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Deprivation is context. Statistics Canada’s 2021 deprivation index describes the town’s own areas for context only, with no index for the territories.
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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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Who the survey asks. The survey’s frame skips reserves and other Indigenous settlements, institutions, the Forces and two Québec regions, so their figures come from elsewhere or not at all.
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What counts as a hospital. The facilities database merges provincial lists of different vintages; its hospitals include some with no emergency department, and a few are placed by postal code.
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Regional figures. Every place in the health region carries the same survey and life-expectancy figures; what is measured for Electoral Area D, Central Kootenay itself is the trip to care.
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Distances are straight lines. They run from where residents live, not along roads, so they understate a drive; each dissemination area counts by its 2021 population.
Questions about health in Electoral Area D, Central Kootenay
How far is Electoral Area D, Central Kootenay from a hospital?
For everyday care, Electoral Area D, Central Kootenay’s residents are 62 km from a pharmacy and 65 km from a clinic on average.
How is Electoral Area D, Central Kootenay’s Health Grade worked out?
Not so far; the grade arrives with Canada’s grading run and will set the region’s figures, plus Electoral Area D, Central Kootenay’s own distance to care, against the typical Canadian town.
What is the life expectancy in Electoral Area D, Central Kootenay?
For the health region that includes Electoral Area D, Central Kootenay, women can expect 82.8 years and men 76.5 (2022/2024).
How healthy is Electoral Area D, Central Kootenay?
The region does better than the typical Canadian town on most regional measures, with at least one exception. On arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure, the region’s average share is 14%.
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