Health in Davidson · CCHS 2023/2024, Statistics Canada
Expect 79.9 years of life in the region around Davidson, 1.6 under the typical Canadian town
Across the region, 54% of adults say their health is very good or excellent; Saskatchewan as a whole manages 49%. Measured from where Davidson’s residents live, the nearest hospital is 0.6 km away, under the typical 3.7 km. The Health grade for Davidson is B+.
Picking up a prescription in Davidson takes a trip of 64 km on average to the nearest mapped pharmacy. Getting care ↓
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
Davidson 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 (0.6 km)Better than 98% 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.
Getting care
From Davidson, a hospital is 0.6 km away on average
Measured from where the town’s residents live, so this part is Davidson’s own, not the region’s.
Hospital
0.6 km
residents’ average distance
the typical Canadian town: 3.7 km
Clinic
27 km
community health centre or clinic, residents’ average
Pharmacy
64 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
Davidson is closer in than the provincial norm of 2.2 km in Saskatchewan, and than the typical Canadian town at 3.7 km.
Level with regions as deprived, give or take a few months
Plotted region by region (102 in all, since towns have no figures of their own), Davidson’s region comes out on the trend.
Situational vulnerability: residents’ average quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprivedLife expectancy at birth (years)
Life expectancy and deprivation move in opposite directions across 102 regions (correlation −0.83); at 3.1, the expected figure is 80.5 years, and Davidson’s region matches it closely with 79.9. Set beside its 10 nearest neighbours on the index, it trails the majority, 7 of 10; their median is 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
High blood pressure for 24% of adults in the region, diabetes for 8.2%
What the survey finds on conditions, weight and habits for the region, the province as the tick.
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
Regional life expectancy in Saskatchewan, then the town’s place on the national deprivation index.
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
Among the 7 regions in Saskatchewan, from 70.0 to 81.4 years, this one is 3rd.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
Residential instability4.0
Economic dependency3.0
Ethno-cultural composition1.5
Situational vulnerability2.5
Context only: each bar is the residents’ average quintile on one dimension of Statistics Canada’s index, for Davidson’s own areas.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, three-year estimate 2022/2024, by health region.
Health survey
53% in the region call their health very good or excellent, more than in 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
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
For 20% of adults most days are quite a bit stressful, and 52% 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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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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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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Regional figures. Only the distances on this page belong to Davidson alone, because the health survey and life expectancy come for the whole health region.
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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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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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Who the survey asks. The health survey leaves out people living on reserves, full-time Canadian Forces members, people in institutions, and Nunavik and the Cree lands of James Bay.
Questions about health in Davidson
What is the life expectancy in Davidson?
Statistics Canada publishes it for Davidson’s health region only: 82.5 years for women and 77.5 for men (2022/2024).
How healthy is Davidson?
Taken together the region leans healthier than the typical Canadian town, but the picture is mixed. Its chronic-condition figure, age-standardised, is 17%.
How is Davidson’s Health Grade worked out?
Not so far; the grade arrives with Canada’s grading run and will set the region’s figures, plus Davidson’s own distance to care, against the typical Canadian town.
How far is Davidson from a hospital?
Residents of Davidson have a clinic 27 km away on average and a pharmacy 64 km away, in straight lines.
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