Health in Carlyle · CCHS 2023/2024, Statistics Canada
For health, Carlyle sits behind 92% of Canadian towns
Across the region, 49% of adults say their health is very good or excellent, much as in Saskatchewan (49%). What sets Carlyle apart within its region is a longer trip to hospital, 16 km for the average resident (3.7 km typical). Health gives Carlyle a grade of D.
The age-standardised smoking rate around Carlyle is well above the typical town’s; 17% of adults are daily smokers. Conditions and habits ↓
A region where lives run shorter
Born around Carlyle, a child can expect 2.9 fewer years than in the typical Canadian town’s region; at 65, another 20.0 (2022/2024). The wider area ↓
Behind regions as deprived
Set against regions as deprived (3.0), Carlyle’s region loses years: 78.6 where the trend says 80.8. For its deprivation ↓
A long way to hospital
Distance is Carlyle’s own health question: 0% of residents live beyond 30 km of a hospital, and the trip from its centre is 16 km. Getting care ↓
Survey and life expectancy: the health region (Statistics Canada). Distances and deprivation: the town’s own areas.
Health Grade
Carlyle 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 (49%)Better than 32% of Canadian towns
Chronic conditions (20%)Better than 14% of Canadian towns
Smokers (20%)Better than 2% of Canadian towns
Life expectancy (78.6)Better than 16% of Canadian towns
Distance to a hospital (16 km)Better than 37% 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.
Conditions and habits
High blood pressure for 32% of adults in the region, diabetes for 10%
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
32%
Arthritis
25%
Diabetes
10%
Obese (self-reported)
47%
Mood disorder
10%
Anxiety disorder
13%
Habits · 2023/2024
Smoke daily or now and then
20%
Smoke every day
17%
Heavy drinking
23%
Flu shot in the past year
39%
Saskatchewan
Self-reported obesity, 47%, tops Saskatchewan (40%). More adults drink heavily, 23% to the province’s 20%.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (table 13-10-0972), as published, not adjusted for age; obesity from reported height and weight.
The wider area
Longest and shortest lives among the 7 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.
78.6
years at birth, 2022/2024
20.0
more years expected at 65
4th
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 4th 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 instability3.4
Economic dependency1.7
Ethno-cultural composition2.1
Situational vulnerability2.2
Statistics Canada scores every small area from 1 to 5 on each dimension; Carlyle’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.
For its deprivation
Shorter lives than deprivation would give: 2.2 years behind the trend
Compared region with region (102 health regions, each figure shared by all its towns); Carlyle’s region is below the line.
Situational vulnerability: residents’ average quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprivedLife expectancy at birth (years)
Where residents average 3.0 on the index, regions tend to reach 80.8 years (correlation −0.83, 102 regions); the one Carlyle belongs to trails at 78.6. Against the 10 regions with the nearest deprivation scores, all live longer; the middle of the group is 80.3 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.
Getting care
The nearest hospital is 16 km from the average home in Carlyle
Straight-line distances from each part of Carlyle, weighted by who lives there.
Hospital
16 km
residents’ average distance
the typical Canadian town: 3.7 km
Clinic
0.5 km
community health centre or clinic, residents’ average
Pharmacy
59 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
Residents of Carlyle travel further than most of the province: the typical town in Saskatchewan is 2.2 km from a hospital, the typical Canadian town 3.7 km.
48% in the region call their health very good or excellent, close to Saskatchewan (50%)
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
48%
Health fair or poor
16%
Mental health very good or excellent
54%
Mental health fair or poor
13%
Most days quite a bit stressful
18%
Strong sense of belonging
77%
Satisfied with life
88%
Saskatchewan
Mental health beats Saskatchewan as well: 54% very good or excellent to 50%, with 18% facing stressful days.
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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Who the survey asks. People on reserves and in institutions, full-time military members and the residents of Nunavik and Eeyou Istchee aren’t interviewed by the survey.
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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.
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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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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. The survey figures and life expectancy are published for the health region, so every town in it shares them and only the distances are Carlyle’s own.
Questions about health in Carlyle
What is the life expectancy in Carlyle?
For the health region that includes Carlyle, women can expect 80.8 years and men 76.5 (2022/2024).
How far is Carlyle from a hospital?
For everyday care, Carlyle’s residents are 59 km from a pharmacy and 0.5 km from a clinic on average.
How healthy is Carlyle?
On every regional measure, the region does worse than the typical Canadian town. Chronic conditions there average 20% across arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure.
How is Carlyle’s Health Grade worked out?
Not yet: Health will weigh the region’s survey and life expectancy and Carlyle’s distance to a hospital against the typical Canadian town once Canada’s grading run happens.
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