Health in Macklin · CCHS 2023/2024, Statistics Canada
Health in Macklin trails 95% of Canadian towns
In the health survey, 46% of adults in the region rate their health very good or excellent, fewer than Saskatchewan’s 49%. Closer to home, a hospital is 54 km from the average resident of Macklin, and 100% live more than 30 km away. Health gives Macklin a grade of D−.
Saskatchewan: 49% · Measured across the North Central West health region: very good or excellent health, chronic conditions, smokers and life expectancy
Chronic conditions
18%
arthritis, diabetes, high blood pressure: average share
Life expectancy in the region around Macklin runs 4.9 years behind the typical Canadian town’s, and at 65 people can expect 19.8 more years (2022/2024). The wider area ↓
Far from a hospital
Residents of Macklin live much further from a hospital than in the typical Canadian town (53 km from its centre of population), and 100% are more than 30 km away. Getting care ↓
More smokers
Smoking is commoner around Macklin than in the typical Canadian town’s region, and 11% of adults smoke every day. Conditions and habits ↓
Pharmacies far off
From the average home in Macklin, a pharmacy is 100 km away, a longer trip than most Canadians make for medicine. Getting care ↓
Survey and life expectancy: the health region (Statistics Canada). Distances and deprivation: the town’s own areas.
Health Grade
Macklin 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 (46%)Better than 16% of Canadian towns
Chronic conditions (18%)Better than 47% of Canadian towns
Smokers (17%)Better than 17% of Canadian towns
Life expectancy (76.6)Better than 4% of Canadian towns
Distance to a hospital (54 km)Better than 3% 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
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.
76.6
years at birth, 2022/2024
19.8
more years expected at 65
6th
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
This region is 6th longest-lived of 7 in Saskatchewan, on a scale from 70.0 to 81.4 years.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
Residential instability2.9
Economic dependency2.1
Ethno-cultural composition1.4
Situational vulnerability3.9
This is the one part of the block measured for Macklin itself, and it sets the scene rather than feeding the grade.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, three-year estimate 2022/2024, by health region.
Getting care
Getting to hospital from Macklin: 54 km on average
Straight-line distances from each part of Macklin, weighted by who lives there.
Hospital
54 km
residents’ average distance
the typical Canadian town: 3.7 km
Clinic
0.4 km
community health centre or clinic, residents’ average
Pharmacy
100 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
Compared with 2.2 km for the typical town in Saskatchewan and 3.7 km for the typical Canadian town, Macklin is on the far side.
High blood pressure for 24% of adults in the region, diabetes for 11%
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
24%
Arthritis
20%
Diabetes
11%
Obese (self-reported)
44%
Mood disorder
13%
Anxiety disorder
12%
Habits · 2023/2024
Smoke daily or now and then
17%
Smoke every day
11%
Heavy drinking
17%
Flu shot in the past year
34%
Saskatchewan
Obesity runs higher than in the province, at 44% of adults against 40% for Saskatchewan.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (table 13-10-0972), as published, not adjusted for age; obesity from reported height and weight.
For its deprivation
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), Macklin’s region comes out on the trend.
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 Macklin’s region fits it, 76.6 years at 4.1 against the line’s 76.8. All 10 regions closest to it on the index live longer; their middle figure is 78.5 years. Judged by income, around $82,000 a household, the region would look well placed, but income tracks life expectancy only weakly between regions (0.14), and this one lives less long than most.
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%
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
46%
Health fair or poor
12%
Mental health very good or excellent
48%
Mental health fair or poor
18%
Most days quite a bit stressful
18%
Strong sense of belonging
69%
Satisfied with life
89%
Saskatchewan
The region’s 48% in very good or excellent mental health is within reach of Saskatchewan’s 50%, with 18% reporting 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. 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.
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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 Macklin alone, because the health survey and life expectancy come for the whole health region.
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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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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. The Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation (2021) is context, never graded, and the territories have none.
Questions about health in Macklin
What is the life expectancy in Macklin?
Life expectancy comes by health region: 79.8 for women, 73.7 for men around Macklin (2022/2024).
How far is Macklin from a hospital?
For everyday care, Macklin’s residents are 100 km from a pharmacy and 0.4 km from a clinic on average.
How healthy is Macklin?
Self-rated health, chronic conditions, smoking and life expectancy all come out behind the typical Canadian town. Chronic conditions there average 18% across arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure.
How is Macklin’s Health Grade worked out?
Not yet: Health will weigh the region’s survey and life expectancy and Macklin’s distance to a hospital against the typical Canadian town once Canada’s grading run happens.
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