Health in Assiniboia · CCHS 2023/2024, Statistics Canada
Life expectancy around Assiniboia is 79.9 years, 1.6 less than for the typical Canadian town
In the health survey, 54% of adults in the region rate their health very good or excellent, more than Saskatchewan’s 49%. The town’s own part is the trip to care, and Assiniboia is well placed: 0.7 km to a hospital on average, against 3.7 km typical. Health gives Assiniboia a grade of B+.
Saskatchewan: 49% · Measured across the South West health region: very good or excellent health, chronic conditions, smokers and life expectancy
Chronic conditions
17%
arthritis, diabetes, high blood pressure: average share
Saskatchewan: 18%
Smokers
13%
daily or occasional, age-standardised
Saskatchewan: 13%
Life expectancy
79.9
at birth, 2022/2024
women 82.5 · men 77.5
Nearest hospital
0.7 km
residents’ average, straight line
the typical Canadian town: 3.7 km
Health Grade
Assiniboia 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 (54%)Better than 62% of Canadian towns
Chronic conditions (17%)Better than 55% of Canadian towns
Smokers (13%)Better than 55% of Canadian towns
Life expectancy (79.9)Better than 39% of Canadian towns
Distance to a hospital (0.7 km)Better than 97% 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.
For its deprivation
About as long-lived as regions this deprived, if slightly less
The comparison runs between 102 health regions, each shared by its towns; Assiniboia’s region’s dot is close to the line.
Situational vulnerability: residents’ average quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprivedLife expectancy at birth (years)
More deprivation, shorter lives: that holds across the 102 regions (correlation −0.83), and Assiniboia’s region fits it, 79.9 years at 3.1 against the line’s 80.5. Among the 10 regions closest to it on the index, longer lives win out: 7 of the 10, around a median of 80.9 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.
Conditions and habits
24% of the region’s adults have high blood pressure and 8.2% diabetes
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
8.2%
Obese (self-reported)
35%
Mood disorder
13%
Anxiety disorder
15%
Habits · 2023/2024
Smoke daily or now and then
13%
Smoke every day
10%
Heavy drinking
20%
Flu shot in the past year
42%
Saskatchewan
Fewer adults report obesity than across Saskatchewan: 35%, the province 40%.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (table 13-10-0972), as published, not adjusted for age; obesity from reported height and weight.
Getting care
From Assiniboia, a hospital is 0.7 km away on average
Straight-line distances from each part of Assiniboia, weighted by who lives there.
Hospital
0.7 km
residents’ average distance
the typical Canadian town: 3.7 km
Clinic
0.6 km
community health centre or clinic, residents’ average
Pharmacy
0.5 km
residents’ average distance
1.0 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 Assiniboia are closer than most of the province: the typical town in Saskatchewan is 2.2 km from a hospital, the typical Canadian town 3.7 km.
Life expectancy across the 7 health regions in Saskatchewan
What Statistics Canada publishes above the town: life expectancy for each health region in Saskatchewan, and the deprivation index for the town’s own areas.
79.9
years at birth, 2022/2024
20.1
more years expected at 65
3rd
longest of 7 regions in Saskatchewan
Life expectancy at birth by health region · 2022/2024
Saskatoon81.4
Regina80.2
South West79.9
South East78.6
North Central East77.0
North Central West76.6
Far North70.0
Life expectancy in Saskatchewan runs from 70.0 to 81.4; this region sits 3rd of the 7.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
Residential instability3.6
Economic dependency4.2
Ethno-cultural composition1.8
Situational vulnerability2.7
Statistics Canada scores every small area from 1 to 5 on each dimension; Assiniboia’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
Self-rated health beats Saskatchewan: 53% very good or excellent, against 50%
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
53%
Health fair or poor
14%
Mental health very good or excellent
52%
Mental health fair or poor
13%
Most days quite a bit stressful
20%
Strong sense of belonging
77%
Satisfied with life
87%
Saskatchewan
Asked about their mental health, 52% of adults here said very good or excellent; across Saskatchewan it was 50%, and 20% reported most days stressful.
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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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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Regional figures. Every place in the health region carries the same survey and life-expectancy figures; what is measured for Assiniboia itself is the trip to care.
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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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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. 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 Assiniboia
How is Assiniboia’s Health Grade worked out?
No letter yet for Assiniboia: 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 Assiniboia?
There is no figure for Assiniboia alone; its health region’s is 82.5 for women and 77.5 for men in 2022/2024.
How healthy is Assiniboia?
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 17%.
How far is Assiniboia from a hospital?
For everyday care, Assiniboia’s residents are 0.5 km from a pharmacy and 0.6 km from a clinic on average.
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