Health in Big River 118 · CCHS 2023/2024, Statistics Canada
Big River 118 scores below almost every Canadian town for health
The survey puts the region’s share in very good or excellent health at 47%, behind the 49% for Saskatchewan. The town’s own part is the trip to care: residents of Big River 118 live 42 km from a hospital on average, and 100% of them more than 30 km. Big River 118 is a First Nations reserve: a Health grade is possible, an overall grade and a ranking are not. The health survey doesn’t interview people living on reserves, so these regional figures describe the surrounding region, not Big River 118. Big River 118 grades D− for health.
Saskatchewan: 49% · Area-wide: very good or excellent health, chronic conditions, smokers and life expectancy, counted over the North Central East health region
Chronic conditions
21%
arthritis, diabetes, high blood pressure: average share
Born around Big River 118, a child can expect 4.5 fewer years than in the typical Canadian town’s region; at 65, another 19.8 (2022/2024). The wider area ↓
More smokers
The age-standardised smoking rate around Big River 118 is well above the typical town’s; 15% of adults are daily smokers. Conditions and habits ↓
Hospital care at a distance
Distance is Big River 118’s own health question: 100% of residents live beyond 30 km of a hospital, and the trip from its centre is 39 km. Getting care ↓
Long-term conditions run high
Arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure are commoner here than in the typical town’s region, even for its ages: 25% report high blood pressure and 17% diabetes. Conditions and habits ↓
Survey and life expectancy: the health region (Statistics Canada). Distances and deprivation: the town’s own areas.
Health Grade
Big River 118 grades D− 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 (47%)Better than 19% of Canadian towns
Chronic conditions (21%)Better than 6% of Canadian towns
Smokers (18%)Better than 8% of Canadian towns
Life expectancy (77.0)Better than 7% of Canadian towns
Distance to a hospital (42 km)Better than 4% 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 7 health regions in Saskatchewan compare on life expectancy
Regional life expectancy in Saskatchewan, then the town’s place on the national deprivation index.
77.0
years at birth, 2022/2024
19.8
more years expected at 65
5th
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
Ranked 5th of 7 in Saskatchewan: the regions span 70.0 to 81.4 years at birth.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
Residential instability3.0
Economic dependency3.5
Ethno-cultural composition4.0
Situational vulnerability5.0
Context only: each bar is the residents’ average quintile on one dimension of Statistics Canada’s index, for Big River 118’s own areas.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, three-year estimate 2022/2024, by health region.
Conditions and habits
High blood pressure for 25% of adults in the region, diabetes for 17%
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
25%
Arthritis
26%
Diabetes
17%
Obese (self-reported)
44%
Mood disorder
15%
Anxiety disorder
17%
Habits · 2023/2024
Smoke daily or now and then
18%
Smoke every day
15%
Heavy drinking
20%
Flu shot in the past year
41%
Saskatchewan
More adults report obesity than across Saskatchewan: 44%, 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 Big River 118, a hospital is 42 km away on average
Measured from where the town’s residents live, so this part is Big River 118’s own, not the region’s.
Hospital
42 km
residents’ average distance
the typical Canadian town: 3.7 km
Clinic
18 km
community health centre or clinic, residents’ average
Pharmacy
42 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 Big River 118 that is further than the 2.2 km of the typical town in Saskatchewan, and the 3.7 km of the typical Canadian town.
Life expectancy about where the region’s deprivation puts it, a shade above
One dot per health region, 102 in all, since life expectancy and the index are published for regions; Big River 118’s dot is marked, close to the line.
Situational vulnerability: residents’ average quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprivedLife expectancy at birth (years)
Placed among 102 regions by deprivation (correlation −0.83), the region Big River 118 belongs to lives about as long as its score of 4.1 predicts: 77.0 years, the trend 77.0. Set beside its 10 nearest neighbours on the index, it trails the majority, 6 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.
Health survey
Fewer people rate their health highly here than in Saskatchewan: 46% to 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
46%
Health fair or poor
20%
Mental health very good or excellent
50%
Mental health fair or poor
21%
Most days quite a bit stressful
22%
Strong sense of belonging
72%
Satisfied with life
81%
Saskatchewan
For 22% of adults most days are quite a bit stressful, and 50% rate their mental health very good or excellent, near Saskatchewan’s 50%.
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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Adjusted for age. Because older people report more illness, the grade uses age-standardised shares; the charts above show the unadjusted answers.
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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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Regional figures. Every place in the health region carries the same survey and life-expectancy figures; what is measured for Big River 118 itself is the trip to care.
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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.
Questions about health in Big River 118
What is the life expectancy in Big River 118?
For the health region that includes Big River 118, women can expect 79.6 years and men 74.5 (2022/2024).
How far is Big River 118 from a hospital?
In a straight line from where people in Big River 118 live: 18 km to a clinic, 42 km to a pharmacy.
How is Big River 118’s Health Grade worked out?
No letter yet for Big River 118: Canada is graded in one run, and Health will then compare its region and its access to care with 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.
How healthy is Big River 118?
The region trails the typical Canadian town on each of its four survey and life-expectancy figures. Chronic conditions there average 21% across arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure.