Health in Two Borders · CCHS 2023/2024, Statistics Canada
People in Two Borders’ health region live to 78.8 on average, 2.7 years short of the typical Canadian town
In the health survey, 51% of adults in the region rate their health very good or excellent, close to Manitoba’s 51%. The town’s own part is the trip to care, and Two Borders’ is long: 15 km to a hospital on average, against 3.7 km typical. Health gives Two Borders a grade of C.
Manitoba: 51% · Area-wide: very good or excellent health, chronic conditions, smokers and life expectancy, counted over the Prairie Mountain Health Region
Chronic conditions
18%
arthritis, diabetes, high blood pressure: average share
For 0% of homes in Two Borders the nearest hospital is over 30 km off; from the town’s centre of population it is 21 km. Getting care ↓
Smoking runs high
Smoking is commoner around Two Borders than in the typical Canadian town’s region, and 10% of adults smoke every day. Conditions and habits ↓
A long way to a pharmacy
Picking up a prescription in Two Borders takes a trip of 15 km on average to the nearest mapped pharmacy. Getting care ↓
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
Two Borders grades C 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 (18%)Better than 42% of Canadian towns
Smokers (15%)Better than 35% of Canadian towns
Life expectancy (78.8)Better than 22% of Canadian towns
Distance to a hospital (15 km)Better than 38% 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.
Getting care
Getting to hospital from Two Borders: 15 km on average
Measured from where the town’s residents live, so this part is Two Borders’ own, not the region’s.
Hospital
15 km
residents’ average distance
the typical Canadian town: 3.7 km
Clinic
26 km
community health centre or clinic, residents’ average
Pharmacy
15 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
Residents of Two Borders travel further than most of the province: the typical town in Manitoba is 3.1 km from a hospital, the typical Canadian town 3.7 km. The clinic list is thin in Manitoba: the facilities database holds few clinics there, so the clinic distance overstates the trip.
24% of the region’s adults have high blood pressure and 7.9% diabetes
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
24%
Arthritis
24%
Diabetes
7.9%
Obese (self-reported)
40%
Mood disorder
14%
Anxiety disorder
16%
Habits · 2023/2024
Smoke daily or now and then
15%
Smoke every day
10%
Heavy drinking
24%
Flu shot in the past year
35%
Manitoba
Obesity runs higher than in the province, at 40% of adults against 36% for Manitoba. Heavy drinking runs above the province, 24% to 21%.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (table 13-10-0972), as published, not adjusted for age; obesity from reported height and weight.
For its deprivation
Deprivation all but predicts the region’s life expectancy, which falls just short of the trend
One dot per health region, 102 in all, since life expectancy and the index are published for regions; Two Borders’ dot is marked, close to the line.
Situational vulnerability: residents’ average quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprivedLife expectancy at birth (years)
Canada’s 102 health regions show life expectancy dropping as deprivation climbs (correlation −0.83); a region scored 3.5 would be expected to reach 79.0 years, and Two Borders’ region is close, at 78.8. The 10 regions closest to it on the index split evenly around it, 5 above and 5 below; their median is 78.9 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.
The wider area
Life expectancy across the 5 health regions in Manitoba
Regional life expectancy in Manitoba, then the town’s place on the national deprivation index.
78.8
years at birth, 2022/2024
19.8
more years expected at 65
3rd
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
Life expectancy in Manitoba runs from 68.5 to 80.7; this region sits 3rd of the 5.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
Residential instability1.7
Economic dependency2.6
Ethno-cultural composition1.0
Situational vulnerability3.0
The index is context and never graded: it describes Two Borders’ 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.
Health survey
About as many rate their health highly here as in Manitoba: 51% and 52%
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
51%
Health fair or poor
13%
Mental health very good or excellent
54%
Mental health fair or poor
15%
Most days quite a bit stressful
20%
Strong sense of belonging
70%
Satisfied with life
85%
Manitoba
Mental health beats Manitoba as well: 54% very good or excellent to 52%, with 20% facing stressful days.
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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Regional figures. Every place in the health region carries the same survey and life-expectancy figures; what is measured for Two Borders 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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Who the survey asks. People on reserves and in institutions, full-time military members and the residents of Nunavik and Eeyou Istchee aren’t interviewed by the survey.
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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.
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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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Adjusted for age. Because older people report more illness, the grade uses age-standardised shares; the charts above show the unadjusted answers.
Questions about health in Two Borders
How is Two Borders’ Health Grade worked out?
No letter yet for Two Borders: Canada is graded in one run, and Health will then compare its region and its access to care with the typical Canadian town.
What is the life expectancy in Two Borders?
Life expectancy comes by health region: 81.2 for women, 76.6 for men around Two Borders (2022/2024).
How far is Two Borders from a hospital?
Residents of Two Borders have a pharmacy 15 km away on average, in a straight line.
How healthy is Two Borders?
The region trails the typical Canadian town on each of its four survey and life-expectancy figures. Its chronic-condition figure, age-standardised, is 18%.
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