Health in Obedjiwan 28 · CCHS 2023/2024, Statistics Canada
The nearest hospital is 145 km from the average home in Obedjiwan 28
Across the region, 61% of adults say their health is very good or excellent; Quebec as a whole manages 57%. A pharmacy is nearer: 145 km on average, with 0.0 within 3 km of the typical home. As a First Nations reserve, Obedjiwan 28 can be graded for health but gets no overall grade and no place in ranked lists. The health survey doesn’t interview people living on reserves, so these regional figures describe the surrounding region, not Obedjiwan 28. The Health grade for Obedjiwan 28 is B.
Quebec: 57% · Measured across the Région de la Mauricie et du Centre-du-Québec: very good or excellent health, chronic conditions, smokers and life expectancy
Chronic conditions
14%
arthritis, diabetes, high blood pressure: average share
Even once age is allowed for, 9.5 points more adults here call their health very good or excellent than in the typical town’s region (59% as answered). Health survey ↓
No pharmacy close by
From the average home in Obedjiwan 28, a pharmacy is 145 km away, a longer trip than most Canadians make for medicine. Getting care ↓
More years than its deprivation would give
Obedjiwan 28’s region beats what its deprivation score of 3.2 predicts: 81.6 years against 80.0. For its deprivation ↓
Less chronic illness
High blood pressure (21%) and diabetes (8.2%) 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
Obedjiwan 28 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 (61%)Better than 95% of Canadian towns
Chronic conditions (14%)Better than 86% of Canadian towns
Smokers (13%)Better than 45% of Canadian towns
Life expectancy (81.6)Better than 67% of Canadian towns
Distance to a hospital (145 km)Better than 1% 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.
Health survey
59% in the region call their health very good or excellent, more than in Quebec (56%)
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
59%
Health fair or poor
11%
Mental health very good or excellent
68%
Mental health fair or poor
5.1%
Most days quite a bit stressful
20%
Strong sense of belonging
58%
Satisfied with life
91%
Quebec
Mental health looks better than in the province too: 68% rate it very good or excellent, against 64% in Quebec, and 20% find most days quite stressful.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
Getting care
Everyday care in Obedjiwan 28: the nearest pharmacy 145 km away, 0.0 within 3 km
Straight-line distances from each part of Obedjiwan 28, weighted by who lives there.
Hospital
145 km
residents’ average distance
the typical Canadian town: 3.7 km
Clinic
86 km
community health centre or clinic, residents’ average
Pharmacy
145 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 Obedjiwan 28 that is further than the 5.3 km of the typical town in Quebec, and the 3.7 km of the typical Canadian town.
Regions, not towns, with every town in a region sharing its dot: of the 102, the marked one, Obedjiwan 28’s, lies over the trend.
Situational vulnerability: residents’ average quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprivedLife expectancy at birth (years)
At 3.2 on the index, the trend across 102 regions (correlation −0.83) points to 80.0 years, and the region Obedjiwan 28 belongs to reaches 81.6. Its 10 closest matches on deprivation lean shorter-lived: 7 of them below it, a median of 80.5. On income alone, around $62,000 a household, this region would be expected to fare worse than most, yet it lives longer; between regions the link is weak (0.14).
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.
Conditions and habits
High blood pressure for 21% of adults in the region, diabetes for 8.2%
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
21%
Arthritis
21%
Diabetes
8.2%
Obese (self-reported)
34%
Mood disorder
9.5%
Anxiety disorder
9.9%
Habits · 2023/2024
Smoke daily or now and then
13%
Smoke every day
11%
Heavy drinking
25%
Flu shot in the past year
26%
Quebec
Self-reported obesity, 34%, tops Quebec (29%). More adults drink heavily, 25% to the province’s 22%.
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.
The wider area
Longest and shortest lives among the 18 regions in Quebec
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.
81.6
years at birth, 2022/2024
20.4
more years expected at 65
11th
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
Ranked 11th of 18 in Quebec: the regions span 65.2 to 84.1 years at birth.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
Residential instability1.0
Economic dependency4.0
Ethno-cultural composition4.0
Situational vulnerability5.0
These four scores average the national quintile of the areas where Obedjiwan 28’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.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
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Regional figures. Statistics Canada reports the survey and life expectancy by health region, not by town: Obedjiwan 28 shares them with its neighbours, while the distances are measured for it alone.
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What counts as a hospital. A “hospital” here is whatever the provinces listed as one in Statistics Canada’s database, which can mean a site without an emergency department.
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Deprivation is context. Deprivation is shown to set the scene and doesn’t count toward the grade; Statistics Canada left the territories out of the index.
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Distances are straight lines. Roads, rivers and ferries aren’t in it: the figure is a straight line from where people live, averaged over residents.
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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 Obedjiwan 28
How far is Obedjiwan 28 from a hospital?
Beyond the hospital, the average home in Obedjiwan 28 is 86 km from a clinic and 145 km from a pharmacy.
How healthy is Obedjiwan 28?
Most of the region’s figures sit on the healthier side of the typical Canadian town’s, though not all. Chronic conditions there average 14% across arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure.
How is Obedjiwan 28’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 Obedjiwan 28’s homes are from a hospital, against the typical Canadian town. Being a First Nations reserve, it has no overall grade or ranking, and its regional survey figures come from people living off reserve.
What is the life expectancy in Obedjiwan 28?
Life expectancy comes by health region: 83.3 for women, 79.9 for men around Obedjiwan 28 (2022/2024).
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