Health in Moose Range No. 486 · CCHS 2023/2024, Statistics Canada
Health in Moose Range No. 486 trails 91% of Canadian towns
Adults here are less upbeat about their health than the province: 47% very good or excellent, against 49% in Saskatchewan. Closer to home, a hospital is 7.1 km from the average resident of Moose Range No. 486, further than the usual 3.7 km. Moose Range No. 486 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
Saskatchewan: 18%
Smokers
18%
daily or occasional, age-standardised
Saskatchewan: 13%
Life expectancy
77.0
at birth, 2022/2024
women 79.6 · men 74.5
Nearest hospital
7.1 km
residents’ average, straight line
the typical Canadian town: 3.7 km
What stands out · In brief
What stands out about health in Moose Range No. 486
Born around Moose Range No. 486, 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 ↓
Smoking runs high
Around Moose Range No. 486, 15% of adults smoke daily, part of a smoking rate higher than most Canadian towns’ regions. Conditions and habits ↓
Long-term conditions run high
For its ages, the region carries more long-term illness than most: high blood pressure for 25% of adults, diabetes for 17%. Conditions and habits ↓
A long way to a pharmacy
Picking up a prescription in Moose Range No. 486 takes a trip of 87 km on average to the nearest mapped pharmacy. Getting care ↓
Survey and life expectancy: the health region (Statistics Canada). Distances and deprivation: the town’s own areas.
Health Grade
Moose Range No. 486 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 7% of Canadian towns
Life expectancy (77.0)Better than 7% of Canadian towns
Distance to a hospital (7.1 km)Better than 67% 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
Life expectancy across the 7 health regions in Saskatchewan
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
The region comes 5th of 7 in Saskatchewan, where life expectancy runs from 70.0 to 81.4 years.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
Residential instability1.0
Economic dependency2.0
Ethno-cultural composition1.4
Situational vulnerability5.0
Context only: each bar is the residents’ average quintile on one dimension of Statistics Canada’s index, for Moose Range No. 486’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
Getting to hospital from Moose Range No. 486: 7.1 km on average
Measured from where the town’s residents live, so this part is Moose Range No. 486’s own, not the region’s.
Hospital
7.1 km
residents’ average distance
the typical Canadian town: 3.7 km
Clinic
26 km
community health centre or clinic, residents’ average
Pharmacy
87 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
Compared with 2.2 km for the typical town in Saskatchewan and 3.7 km for the typical Canadian town, Moose Range No. 486 is on the far side. The centre of population is 1.7 km from a hospital, but spread-out homes take the residents’ average to 7.1 km.
As long-lived as regions this deprived, if slightly longer
The comparison runs between 102 health regions, each shared by its towns; Moose Range No. 486’s region’s dot is close to the line.
Situational vulnerability: residents’ average quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprivedLife expectancy at birth (years)
The line through 102 regions (correlation −0.83) gives a score of 4.1 about 77.0 years; Moose Range No. 486’s region’s 77.0 is within a year of it. 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
Self-rated health trails Saskatchewan: 46% very good or excellent, against 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
Asked about their mental health, 50% of adults here said very good or excellent; across Saskatchewan it was 50%, and 22% reported most days 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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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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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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Regional figures. Only the distances on this page belong to Moose Range No. 486 alone, because the health survey and life expectancy come for the whole health region.
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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 survey’s frame skips reserves and other Indigenous settlements, institutions, the Forces and two Québec regions, so their figures come from elsewhere or not at all.
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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.
Questions about health in Moose Range No. 486
What is the life expectancy in Moose Range No. 486?
Statistics Canada publishes it for Moose Range No. 486’s health region only: 79.6 years for women and 74.5 for men (2022/2024).
How healthy is Moose Range No. 486?
All four of the region’s figures sit on the less healthy side of the typical Canadian town’s. Chronic conditions there average 21% across arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure.
How is Moose Range No. 486’s Health Grade worked out?
Not so far; the grade arrives with Canada’s grading run and will set the region’s figures, plus Moose Range No. 486’s own distance to care, against the typical Canadian town.
How far is Moose Range No. 486 from a hospital?
Residents of Moose Range No. 486 have a clinic 26 km away on average and a pharmacy 87 km away, in straight lines.