Health in Barraute · CCHS 2023/2024, Statistics Canada
A hospital trip from Barraute means 30 km on average, in a straight line
About as many adults call their health very good or excellent here as across Quebec, 57% against 57%. For everyday care, the nearest pharmacy is 30 km away on average (0.0 within 3 km). Health gives Barraute a grade of C+.
Barraute’s region sits 2.0 years below the typical Canadian town, and those reaching 65 have 19.2 years ahead (2022/2024). The wider area ↓
Smoking runs high
Smoking is commoner around Barraute than in the typical Canadian town’s region, and 14% of adults smoke every day. Conditions and habits ↓
Pharmacies far off
From the average home in Barraute, a pharmacy is 30 km away, a longer trip than most Canadians make for medicine. Getting care ↓
Self-rated health runs high
Even once age is allowed for, 5.7 points more adults here call their health very good or excellent than in the typical town’s region (56% as answered). Health survey ↓
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
Barraute 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 (57%)Better than 82% of Canadian towns
Chronic conditions (15%)Better than 68% of Canadian towns
Smokers (15%)Better than 26% of Canadian towns
Life expectancy (79.5)Better than 34% of Canadian towns
Distance to a hospital (30 km)Better than 10% 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 18 health regions in Quebec compare on life expectancy
What Statistics Canada publishes above the town: life expectancy for each health region in Quebec, and the deprivation index for the town’s own areas.
79.5
years at birth, 2022/2024
19.2
more years expected at 65
14th
longest of 18 regions in Quebec
Life expectancy at birth by health region · 2022/2024
Région de Laval84.1
Région de Montréal83.4
Région de la Capitale-Nationale82.9
Région de l'Estrie82.9
Région de la Chaudière-Appalaches82.8
Région de la Montérégie82.5
Région des Laurentides82.2
Région de Lanaudière82.0
Région du Saguenay—Lac-Saint-Jean81.8
Région du Bas-Saint-Laurent81.7
Région de la Mauricie et du Centre-du-Québec81.6
Région de l'Outaouais80.7
Région de la Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine79.9
Région de l'Abitibi-Témiscamingue79.5
Région de la Côte-Nord79.4
Région du Nord-du-Québec78.1
Région des Terres-Cries-de-la-Baie-James76.8
Région du Nunavik65.2
This region is 14th longest-lived of 18 in Quebec, on a scale from 65.2 to 84.1 years.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
Residential instability3.3
Economic dependency3.4
Ethno-cultural composition1.0
Situational vulnerability3.9
These four scores average the national quintile of the areas where Barraute’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 (21%) and diabetes (9.8%)
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
21%
Arthritis
20%
Diabetes
9.8%
Obese (self-reported)
37%
Mood disorder
10%
Anxiety disorder
14%
Habits · 2023/2024
Smoke daily or now and then
15%
Smoke every day
14%
Heavy drinking
25%
Flu shot in the past year
28%
Quebec
At 37%, self-reported obesity is above Quebec’s 29%.
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.
Getting care
Pharmacies around Barraute: 0.0 within 3 km, the nearest 30 km away
Straight-line distances from each part of Barraute, weighted by who lives there.
Hospital
30 km
residents’ average distance
the typical Canadian town: 3.7 km
Clinic
2.3 km
community health centre or clinic, residents’ average
Pharmacy
30 km
residents’ average distance
0.0 within 3 km of a typical home
More than 30 km from a hospital
22%
share of residents
Emergency
911
police, fire, ambulance; 811 for health advice in most provinces
Compared with 5.3 km for the typical town in Quebec and 3.7 km for the typical Canadian town, Barraute is on the far side.
56% in the region call their health very good or excellent, close to Quebec (56%)
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
56%
Health fair or poor
14%
Mental health very good or excellent
65%
Mental health fair or poor
8.9%
Most days quite a bit stressful
18%
Strong sense of belonging
61%
Satisfied with life
91%
Quebec
The region’s 65% in very good or excellent mental health is within reach of Quebec’s 64%, with 18% reporting stressful days.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
For its deprivation
Deprivation all but predicts the region’s life expectancy, which edges past the trend
One dot per health region, 102 in all, since life expectancy and the index are published for regions; Barraute’s dot is marked, close to the line.
Situational vulnerability: residents’ average quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprivedLife expectancy at birth (years)
Deprivation explains most of the gap between regions (correlation −0.83 over 102), and Barraute’s region is a typical case: 79.5 years at a score of 3.5, where the trend says 79.0. Set beside its 10 nearest neighbours on the index, it outlives the majority, 8 of 10; their median is 78.7 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.
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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Regional figures. Every place in the health region carries the same survey and life-expectancy figures; what is measured for Barraute itself is the trip to care.
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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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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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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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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.
Questions about health in Barraute
How far is Barraute from a hospital?
For everyday care, Barraute’s residents are 30 km from a pharmacy and 2.3 km from a clinic on average.
How is Barraute’s Health Grade worked out?
Not so far; the grade arrives with Canada’s grading run and will set the region’s figures, plus Barraute’s own distance to care, against the typical Canadian town.
How healthy is Barraute?
The region does better than the typical Canadian town on most regional measures, with at least one exception. Its chronic-condition figure, age-standardised, is 15%.
What is the life expectancy in Barraute?
Women in Barraute’s region live to 81.6 on average and men to 77.6, Statistics Canada’s 2022/2024 estimate.
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