Health in Whapmagoostui · CCHS 2023/2024, Statistics Canada
People in Whapmagoostui’s health region live to 76.8 on average, 4.7 years short of the typical Canadian town
Closer to home, a hospital is just 0.7 km from the average resident of Whapmagoostui, nearer than the usual 3.7 km. Whapmagoostui can’t get a Health grade: Région des Terres-Cries-de-la-Baie-James lies outside the health survey’s frame, so only life expectancy is published there, and without Health there is no overall grade either.
The nearest pharmacy on OpenStreetMap is 614 km from the average home in Whapmagoostui, so prescriptions mean a drive. Getting care ↓
More households under strain
With a situational-vulnerability score of 5.0 out of 5, Whapmagoostui sits in the index’s harder-pressed areas. The wider area ↓
Ahead of regions as deprived
Deprivation alone, a score of 5.0, would put Whapmagoostui’s region near 73.6 years; it reaches 76.8. For its deprivation ↓
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
No Health grade is possible for Whapmagoostui
The inputs, each beside the typical one of Canadian towns: four for the health region, one for the town itself.
76.8
life expectancy, region (typical town 81.5)
0.7 km
to a hospital, town’s residents (typical town 3.7 km)
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
The region lives 3.2 years longer than its deprivation predicts
Compared region with region (102 health regions, each figure shared by all its towns); Whapmagoostui’s region is above the line.
Situational vulnerability: residents’ average quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprivedLife expectancy at birth (years)
Use the deprivation index alone and Whapmagoostui’s region, at 5.0, should live about 73.6 years, the trend through 102 regions (correlation −0.83), and it reaches 76.8. Its 10 closest matches on deprivation lean longer-lived: 6 of them above it, a median of 77.2. Households here earn around $118,000, more than in most regions, but the region still lives less long than most; across regions income barely tracks life expectancy (correlation 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.
Getting care
Getting to hospital from Whapmagoostui: 0.7 km on average
Straight-line distances from each part of Whapmagoostui, weighted by who lives there.
Hospital
0.7 km
residents’ average distance
the typical Canadian town: 3.7 km
Clinic
262 km
community health centre or clinic, residents’ average
Pharmacy
614 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
Whapmagoostui is closer in than the provincial norm of 5.3 km in Quebec, and than the typical Canadian town at 3.7 km.
Life expectancy across the 18 health 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.
76.8
years at birth, 2022/2024
19.3
more years expected at 65
17th
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
Among the 18 regions in Quebec, from 65.2 to 84.1 years, this one is 17th.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
Residential instability1.0
Economic dependency1.0
Ethno-cultural composition4.0
Situational vulnerability5.0
Statistics Canada scores every small area from 1 to 5 on each dimension; Whapmagoostui’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.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
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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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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.
Questions about health in Whapmagoostui
What is the life expectancy in Whapmagoostui?
There is no figure for Whapmagoostui alone; its health region’s is 79.1 for women and 73.1 for men in 2022/2024.
Does Whapmagoostui have a Health grade?
No: Région des Terres-Cries-de-la-Baie-James isn’t covered by the health survey, so Whapmagoostui can’t be graded for health, and without Health there is no overall grade.
How far is Whapmagoostui from a hospital?
Beyond the hospital, the average home in Whapmagoostui is 262 km from a clinic and 614 km from a pharmacy.
Photo: Marie-Hélène Lareault · Public domain