Cowichan Valley West
Community Health Service Area
Health Profile (Version 2.0)

4220 Cowichan Valley West

Comparison to Provincial and Regional Health Authority Averages

Comparison to provincial and regional health authority averages – Chronic diseases

The following chart compares the CHSA’s age-standardized incidence and lifetime prevalence rates for various chronic diseases with the provincial (BC) and corresponding regional health authority's (HA) rates. A negative value indicates that the CHSA rate is lower than the provincial or regional health authority rate while a positive value indicates that it is higher.

Annual Age-standardized
incidence rate (per 1000 population)
Percent Difference of CHSA Value
Condition CHSA HA BC Compared to HA Compared to BC
Acute Myocardial Infarction2.21.81.8+23.4%+26.9%
Alzheimer's Disease & Other Dementia5.35.34.9-1.3%+6.9%
Asthma8.85.54.9+60.8%+78.7%
Chronic Kidney Disease7.95.15.5+55.4%+43.9%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease10.24.64.6+119.2%+121.7%
Depression18.119.416.1-6.6%+12.3%
Diabetes7.45.67.1+31.4%+3.9%
Epilepsy1.00.70.7+42.4%+54.1%
Gout3.02.42.7+27.9%+11.8%
Heart Failure3.03.53.4-14.8%-13.3%
Hospitalized Stroke1.61.21.3+38.0%+28.0%
Hypertension16.415.616.2+5.2%+1.2%
Ischemic Heart Disease6.58.27.7-20.7%-15.3%
Mood & Anxiety Disorders33.729.424.4+14.5%+38.1%
Multiple Sclerosis*0.20.2--
Osteoarthritis7.07.77.0-8.6%-0.5%
Osteoporosis4.25.45.9-22.3%-29.6%
Parkinsonism*0.60.6--
Rheumatoid Arthritis*0.70.9--
Schizophrenia & Delusional Disorders *0.80.7--
An asterisk (*) in the table indicates data for this CHSA is not publicly releasable

Please note that indicator values presented in this table have been rounded to one (1) decimal place while percent (%) differences of CHSA value compared to HA or BC values are calculated using unrounded indicator values.

     CHSA is ahead of the health authority (HA) or provincial (BC) average
     CHSA is behind the health authority (HA) or provincial (BC) average, signaling opportunity for improvement

Data source: B.C. Chronic Disease Registry, 2020-21.

4220 Cowichan Valley West
Annual Age-standardized
prevalence rate (per 1000 population)
Percent Difference of CHSA Value
Condition CHSA HA BC Compared to HA Compared to BC
Acute Myocardial Infarction21.917.718.2+23.8%+20.0%
Alzheimer's Disease & Other Dementia22.922.822.0+0.3%+4.0%
Asthma141.5135.5126.9+4.4%+11.5%
Chronic Kidney Disease37.833.134.9+14.2%+8.1%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease113.555.853.9+103.5%+110.4%
Depression305.5291.6255.9+4.8%+19.4%
Diabetes79.674.387.5+7.2%-9.0%
Epilepsy16.010.89.6+47.5%+66.3%
Gout39.428.132.6+40.0%+20.6%
Heart Failure21.220.021.4+6.3%-0.9%
Hospitalized Stroke11.88.49.4+41.4%+26.6%
Hypertension243.8221.7236.2+10.0%+3.2%
Ischemic Heart Disease67.668.976.1-2.0%-11.2%
Mood & Anxiety Disorders391.0363.4318.3+7.6%+22.8%
Multiple Sclerosis3.43.62.9-7.3%+14.8%
Osteoarthritis108.695.990.0+13.3%+20.7%
Osteoporosis60.279.087.1-23.9%-30.9%
Parkinsonism4.74.54.7+5.6%+1.3%
Rheumatoid Arthritis14.711.512.4+27.4%+17.9%
Schizophrenia & Delusional Disorders 12.212.411.7-1.1%+4.5%
An asterisk (*) in the table indicates data for this CHSA is not publicly releasable

Please note that indicator values presented in this table have been rounded to one (1) decimal place while percent (%) differences of CHSA value compared to HA or BC values are calculated using unrounded indicator values.

     CHSA is ahead of the health authority (HA) or provincial (BC) average
     CHSA is behind the health authority (HA) or provincial (BC) average, signaling opportunity for improvement

Data source: B.C. Chronic Disease Registry, 2020-21.

4220 Cowichan Valley West

Comparison to provincial and regional health authority averages – All other indicators

The following chart compares the CHSA's values for all other indicators with the provincial (BC) and the corresponding regional health authority's (HA) averages. A negative value indicates that the CHSA value is lower than the provincial or health authority average while a positive value indicates that it is higher.

Indicator Value, % Percent Difference of CHSA Value
Indicator, age (year) CHSA HA BC Compared to HA Compared to BC
Attached to GP or group practice, 0+76.377.576.8-1.6%-0.7%
Community belonging - strong, 18+41.248.046.1-14.2%-10.6%
General health - good, 18+82.588.989.4-7.2%-7.7%
Physically active, 18+70.572.469.1-2.6%+2.0%
Feeling lonely - always, 18+9.511.312.1-15.9%-21.5%
Mental health - poor, 18+28.831.132.1-7.4%-10.3%
Smoke/vape daily/occasionally, 18+18.214.313.7+27.3%+32.8%
Binge drink, 18+27.627.827.1-0.7%+1.8%
Small for Gestational Age, 00.04.96.6-100.0%-100.0%
Preterm Births, 05.611.511.4-51.3%-50.9%
Low birth weight singletons, 00.04.24.7-100.0%-100.0%
Cesarean Deliveries, 0+33.332.337.4+3.1%-11.0%
An asterisk (*) in the table indicates data for this CHSA is not publicly releasable

Please note that indicator values presented in this table have been rounded to one (1) decimal place while percent (%) differences of CHSA value compared to HA or BC values are calculated using unrounded indicator values.

     CHSA is ahead of the health authority (HA) or provincial (BC) average
     CHSA is behind the health authority (HA) or provincial (BC) average, signaling opportunity for improvement

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