Health in Kamsack · CCHS 2023/2024, Statistics Canada
20% of adults smoke in the health region around Kamsack, against 12% for the typical Canadian town
Self-rated health is ordinary for Saskatchewan: 49% of the region’s adults say very good or excellent, the province 49%. For Kamsack itself the measure is access, and it scores well: 0.7 km to the nearest hospital, where 3.7 km is typical. Health gives Kamsack a grade of C−.
Saskatchewan: 49% · Area-wide: very good or excellent health, chronic conditions, smokers and life expectancy, counted over the South East health region
Chronic conditions
20%
arthritis, diabetes, high blood pressure: average share
Kamsack’s region sits 2.9 years below the typical Canadian town, and those reaching 65 have 20.0 years ahead (2022/2024). The wider area ↓
Fewer years than its deprivation would give
For a deprivation score of 3.0, the trend across regions gives 80.8 years of life; Kamsack’s region reaches only 78.6. For its deprivation ↓
Pharmacies far off
The nearest pharmacy on OpenStreetMap is 55 km from the average home in Kamsack, so prescriptions mean a drive. Getting care ↓
Long-term conditions run high
For its ages, the region carries more long-term illness than most: high blood pressure for 32% of adults, diabetes for 10%. Conditions and habits ↓
Survey and life expectancy: the health region (Statistics Canada). Distances and deprivation: the town’s own areas.
Health Grade
Kamsack grades C− 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 (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.
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.
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
Of the 7 health regions in Saskatchewan, 4th place goes to this one, between a low of 70.0 and a high of 81.4.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
Residential instability4.0
Economic dependency4.5
Ethno-cultural composition1.3
Situational vulnerability4.7
Higher means more deprived: the bars average the quintiles of the areas Kamsack’s residents live in, and none of them counts toward Health.
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
102 dots, 102 health regions: no town has its own life expectancy here, and Kamsack’s region shows under the trend.
Situational vulnerability: residents’ average quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprivedLife expectancy at birth (years)
Shorter lives come with deeper deprivation across the 102 regions (correlation −0.83). Even allowing for its score of 3.0, Kamsack’s region’s 78.6 years sit under the line’s 80.8. It trails all 10 of its nearest neighbours on the index, whose median is 80.3.
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 0.7 km from the average home in Kamsack
Measured from where the town’s residents live, so this part is Kamsack’s own, not the region’s.
Hospital
0.7 km
residents’ average distance
the typical Canadian town: 3.7 km
Clinic
0.5 km
community health centre or clinic, residents’ average
Pharmacy
55 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
Kamsack is closer in than the provincial norm of 2.2 km in Saskatchewan, and than the typical Canadian town at 3.7 km.
High blood pressure for 32% of adults in the region, diabetes for 10%
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
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
More adults report obesity than across Saskatchewan: 47%, the province 40%. At 23%, heavy drinking beats the provincial 20%.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (table 13-10-0972), as published, not adjusted for age; obesity from reported height and weight.
Health survey
Self-rated health much as in Saskatchewan: 48% 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
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
On mental health the region is ahead of Saskatchewan, 54% very good or excellent to 50%; 18% describe most days as quite a bit 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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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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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. Facility locations come from Statistics Canada’s open database; records without coordinates sit at their postal code, and not every hospital has an emergency room.
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Distances are straight lines. Each small census area is measured as the crow flies to the nearest facility and weighted by its 2021 residents, so real trips run longer.
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Regional figures. Only the distances on this page belong to Kamsack alone, because the health survey and life expectancy come for the whole health region.
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Deprivation is context. The Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation (2021) is context, never graded, and the territories have none.
Questions about health in Kamsack
What is the life expectancy in Kamsack?
There is no figure for Kamsack alone; its health region’s is 80.8 for women and 76.5 for men in 2022/2024.
How healthy is Kamsack?
The region trails the typical Canadian town on each of its four survey and life-expectancy figures. Chronic conditions there average 20% across arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure.
How far is Kamsack from a hospital?
Residents of Kamsack have a clinic 0.5 km away on average and a pharmacy 55 km away, in straight lines.
How is Kamsack’s Health Grade worked out?
No letter yet for Kamsack: Canada is graded in one run, and Health will then compare its region and its access to care with the typical Canadian town.
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