Health in Stuartburn · CCHS 2023/2024, Statistics Canada
Around Stuartburn, 51% of adults call their health very good or excellent
People in the region live to 80.7 on average: 82.9 for women and 78.7 for men in 2022/2024. Closer to home, a hospital is 7.7 km from the average resident of Stuartburn, further than the usual 3.7 km. Stuartburn grades B− for health.
The nearest pharmacy on OpenStreetMap is 37 km from the average home in Stuartburn, so prescriptions mean a drive. Getting care ↓
More households under strain
On the index’s situational vulnerability, which follows housing, income and education, Stuartburn’s neighbourhoods average 5.0 out of 5, among the most deprived fifth of the country. The wider area ↓
More years than its deprivation would give
Deprivation alone, a score of 3.7, would put Stuartburn’s region near 78.3 years; it reaches 80.7. For its deprivation ↓
Survey and life expectancy: the health region (Statistics Canada). Distances and deprivation: the town’s own areas.
Health Grade
Stuartburn 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 (51%)Better than 48% of Canadian towns
Chronic conditions (19%)Better than 31% of Canadian towns
Smokers (13%)Better than 55% of Canadian towns
Life expectancy (80.7)Better than 51% of Canadian towns
Distance to a hospital (7.7 km)Better than 65% 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.
For its deprivation
2.4 more years of life than regions as deprived
Compared region with region (102 health regions, each figure shared by all its towns); Stuartburn’s region is above the line.
Situational vulnerability: residents’ average quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprivedLife expectancy at birth (years)
The line through 102 regions (correlation −0.83) puts a deprivation score of 3.7 at 78.3 years of life; Stuartburn’s region does better, at 80.7. It tops the 10 regions closest to it on the index, which centre on 78.2 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.
Getting care
Getting to hospital from Stuartburn: 7.7 km on average
Straight-line distances from each part of Stuartburn, weighted by who lives there.
Hospital
7.7 km
residents’ average distance
the typical Canadian town: 3.7 km
Clinic
47 km
community health centre or clinic, residents’ average
Pharmacy
37 km
residents’ average distance
0.0 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
Stuartburn is further out than the provincial norm of 3.1 km in Manitoba, and than the typical Canadian town at 3.7 km. Homes are spread out: from the town’s centre of population the hospital is 2.9 km, while the average resident is 7.7 km away. The clinic list is thin in Manitoba: the facilities database holds few clinics there, so the clinic distance overstates the trip.
How the 5 health regions in Manitoba compare on life expectancy
What Statistics Canada publishes above the town: life expectancy for each health region in Manitoba, and the deprivation index for the town’s own areas.
80.7
years at birth, 2022/2024
20.3
more years expected at 65
1st
longest of 5 regions in Manitoba
Life expectancy at birth by health region · 2022/2024
Southern Health Region80.7
Winnipeg-Churchill Health Region80.0
Prairie Mountain Health Region78.8
Interlake-Eastern Health Region78.5
Northern Health Region68.5
This is the longest-lived of the 5 regions in Manitoba, 12.2 years ahead of the last at 68.5.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
Residential instability2.1
Economic dependency4.0
Ethno-cultural composition2.7
Situational vulnerability5.0
These four scores average the national quintile of the areas where Stuartburn’s residents live; they carry no weight in the grade.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, three-year estimate 2022/2024, by health region.
Conditions and habits
In the region, high blood pressure (23%) and diabetes (8.3%)
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
23%
Arthritis
21%
Diabetes
8.3%
Obese (self-reported)
40%
Mood disorder
12%
Anxiety disorder
15%
Habits · 2023/2024
Smoke daily or now and then
13%
Smoke every day
10%
Heavy drinking
20%
Flu shot in the past year
34%
Manitoba
At 40%, self-reported obesity is above Manitoba’s 36%.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (table 13-10-0972), as published, not adjusted for age; obesity from reported height and weight.
Health survey
About as many rate their health highly here as in Manitoba: 52% and 52%
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
52%
Health fair or poor
13%
Mental health very good or excellent
56%
Mental health fair or poor
14%
Most days quite a bit stressful
20%
Strong sense of belonging
67%
Satisfied with life
87%
Manitoba
On mental health the region is ahead of Manitoba, 56% very good or excellent to 52%; 20% describe most days as quite a bit 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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What counts as a hospital. Facility locations come from Statistics Canada’s open database; records without coordinates sit at their postal code, and not every hospital has an emergency room.
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Deprivation is context. The Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation (2021) is context, never graded, and the territories have none.
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Distances are straight lines. Each small census area is measured as the crow flies to the nearest facility and weighted by its 2021 residents, so real trips run longer.
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Regional figures. Only the distances on this page belong to Stuartburn alone, because the health survey and life expectancy come for the whole health region.
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Who the survey asks. The health survey leaves out people living on reserves, full-time Canadian Forces members, people in institutions, and Nunavik and the Cree lands of James Bay.
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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.
Questions about health in Stuartburn
How far is Stuartburn from a hospital?
For everyday care, Stuartburn’s residents are 37 km from a pharmacy on average.
What is the life expectancy in Stuartburn?
Statistics Canada publishes it for Stuartburn’s health region only: 82.9 years for women and 78.7 for men (2022/2024).
How is Stuartburn’s Health Grade worked out?
No letter yet for Stuartburn: Canada is graded in one run, and Health will then compare its region and its access to care with the typical Canadian town.
How healthy is Stuartburn?
On every regional measure, the region does worse than the typical Canadian town. Chronic conditions there average 19% across arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure.
Photo: Andrew Filer from Seattle (ex-Minneapolis) · CC BY-SA 2.0