Health in Whitehead · CCHS 2023/2024, Statistics Canada
People in Whitehead’s health region live to 78.8 on average, 2.7 years short of the typical Canadian town
Across the region, 51% of adults say their health is very good or excellent, much as in Manitoba (51%). For Whitehead itself the measure is access, and it lags: 18 km to the nearest hospital, where 3.7 km is typical. Health gives Whitehead a grade of C.
For 0% of homes in Whitehead the nearest hospital is over 30 km off; from the town’s centre of population it is 17 km. Getting care ↓
Smoking runs high
Around Whitehead, 10% of adults smoke daily, part of a smoking rate higher than most Canadian towns’ regions. Conditions and habits ↓
A long way to a pharmacy
The nearest pharmacy on OpenStreetMap is 16 km from the average home in Whitehead, so prescriptions mean a drive. Getting care ↓
Survey and life expectancy: the health region (Statistics Canada). Distances and deprivation: the town’s own areas.
Health Grade
Whitehead 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 (18 km)Better than 31% 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
From Whitehead, a hospital is 18 km away on average
Straight-line distances from each part of Whitehead, weighted by who lives there.
Hospital
18 km
residents’ average distance
the typical Canadian town: 3.7 km
Clinic
24 km
community health centre or clinic, residents’ average
Pharmacy
16 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
From Whitehead that is further than the 3.1 km of the typical town in Manitoba, and the 3.7 km of the typical Canadian town. Few clinics are listed in Manitoba, so the distance to one reads longer than it is.
In the region, high blood pressure (24%) and diabetes (7.9%)
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
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
Self-reported obesity, 40%, tops Manitoba (36%). More adults drink heavily, 24% to the province’s 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
Life expectancy close to where deprivation puts it, a shade under
One dot per health region, 102 in all, since life expectancy and the index are published for regions; Whitehead’s dot is marked, close to the line.
Situational vulnerability: residents’ average quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprivedLife expectancy at birth (years)
Use the deprivation index alone and Whitehead’s region, at 3.5, should live about 79.0 years, the trend through 102 regions (correlation −0.83), and it reaches 78.8, near enough. Among its 10 nearest neighbours on the index it sits mid-table: 5 above, 5 below, a median of 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
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.
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
Ranked 3rd of 5 in Manitoba: the regions span 68.5 to 80.7 years at birth.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
Residential instability1.9
Economic dependency1.9
Ethno-cultural composition1.6
Situational vulnerability2.6
Statistics Canada scores every small area from 1 to 5 on each dimension; Whitehead’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.
Health survey
About as many rate their health highly here as in Manitoba: 51% 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
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.
Neighbours
Health in the places around Whitehead
The places around, with the distance to a hospital and their regions’ figures. Tap a town for its health page.
Only the hospital column is local here: Whitehead and its neighbours share one health region’s survey. Residents of Brandon live nearer a hospital, at 2.5 km against 18 km in Whitehead.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
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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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Adjusted for age. Self-rated health, chronic conditions and smoking enter the grade adjusted to Canada’s adult age mix, though the survey block prints them as people answered.
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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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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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Regional figures. Only the distances on this page belong to Whitehead alone, because the health survey and life expectancy come for the whole health region.
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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.
Questions about health in Whitehead
How far is Whitehead from a hospital?
For everyday care, Whitehead’s residents are 16 km from a pharmacy on average.
What is the life expectancy in Whitehead?
Life expectancy comes by health region: 81.2 for women, 76.6 for men around Whitehead (2022/2024).
How is Whitehead’s Health Grade worked out?
No letter yet for Whitehead: 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 Whitehead?
Self-rated health, chronic conditions, smoking and life expectancy all come out behind the typical Canadian town. Chronic conditions there average 18% across arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure.
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