Health in Salmo · CCHS 2023/2024, Statistics Canada
A hospital trip from Salmo means 32 km on average, in a straight line
In the health survey, 55% of adults in the region rate their health very good or excellent, more than British Columbia’s 50%. Pharmacies are closer at hand, 28 km away on average and 0.0 of them within 3 km of a typical home. The Health grade for Salmo is B.
British Columbia: 50% · Source area for very good or excellent health, chronic conditions, smokers and life expectancy: the Kootenay-Boundary Health Service Delivery Area
Chronic conditions
14%
arthritis, diabetes, high blood pressure: average share
Salmo’s region sits 2.0 years below the typical Canadian town, and those reaching 65 have 19.9 years ahead (2022/2024). The wider area ↓
No pharmacy close by
The nearest pharmacy on OpenStreetMap is 28 km from the average home in Salmo, so prescriptions mean a drive. Getting care ↓
More households under strain
On the index’s situational vulnerability, which follows housing, income and education, Salmo’s neighbourhoods average 4.0 out of 5, among the most deprived fifth of the country. The wider area ↓
Long-term conditions run low
High blood pressure (19%) and diabetes (5.5%) keep the region’s chronic-condition figure below the typical Canadian town’s. Conditions and habits ↓
Survey and life expectancy: the health region (Statistics Canada). Distances and deprivation: the town’s own areas.
Health Grade
Salmo 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 (32 km)Better than 8% 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
Regional life expectancy in British Columbia, then the town’s place on the national deprivation index.
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
Life expectancy in British Columbia runs from 76.6 to 86.8; this region sits 11th of the 16.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
Residential instability4.0
Economic dependency4.5
Ethno-cultural composition1.5
Situational vulnerability4.0
The index is context and never graded: it describes Salmo’s own areas, averaged over residents, on each of its four dimensions.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, three-year estimate 2022/2024, by health region.
Getting care
Pharmacies around Salmo: 0.0 within 3 km, the nearest 28 km away
Measured from where the town’s residents live, so this part is Salmo’s own, not the region’s.
Hospital
32 km
residents’ average distance
the typical Canadian town: 3.7 km
Clinic
34 km
community health centre or clinic, residents’ average
Pharmacy
28 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
From Salmo that is further than the 4.4 km of the typical town in British Columbia, and the 3.7 km of the typical Canadian town.
In the region, high blood pressure (19%) and diabetes (5.5%)
What the survey finds on conditions, weight and habits for the region, the province as the tick.
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
1.4 fewer years of life than regions as deprived
One dot per health region, 102 in all, since life expectancy and the index are published for regions; Salmo’s dot is marked, under the line.
Situational vulnerability: residents’ average quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprivedLife expectancy at birth (years)
Shorter lives come with deeper deprivation across the 102 regions (correlation −0.83). Even allowing for its score of 3.0, Salmo’s region’s 79.5 years sit under the line’s 80.9. The 10 regions scored most like it mostly do better (8 of 10), with a median of 80.3.
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%
How adults in the health region answered the survey, not adjusted for age; the tick marks the province.
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
Stress touches 22% of adults on most days; mental health is rated very good or excellent by 48%, the province 49% (British Columbia).
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
Neighbours
Health in the places around Salmo
Nearby places: distance to a hospital and each one’s regional figures. Tap a town for its health page.
The table’s survey and life-expectancy columns are one region’s, Salmo’s; read across for the hospital trip.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
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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 Salmo itself is the trip to care.
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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. Because older people report more illness, the grade uses age-standardised shares; the charts above show the unadjusted answers.
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Who the survey asks. Not everyone is in the survey’s sample: reserves, the Canadian Forces, institutions and two northern Québec regions are left out.
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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 Salmo
How far is Salmo from a hospital?
For everyday care, Salmo’s residents are 28 km from a pharmacy and 34 km from a clinic on average.
What is the life expectancy in Salmo?
Life expectancy comes by health region: 82.8 for women, 76.5 for men around Salmo (2022/2024).
How healthy is Salmo?
Taken together the region leans healthier than the typical Canadian town, but the picture is mixed. Chronic conditions there average 14% across arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure.
How is Salmo’s Health Grade worked out?
It will once Canada’s single grading run is done, measured on the region’s survey and life expectancy and on how far Salmo’s homes are from a hospital, against the typical Canadian town.