Downtown Eastside
Community Health Service Area
Health Profile (Version 2.0)

3221 Downtown Eastside

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 Infarction1.61.21.8+33.1%-8.5%
Alzheimer's Disease & Other Dementia9.44.64.9+105.1%+91.3%
Asthma5.34.34.9+23.0%+7.6%
Chronic Kidney Disease9.25.15.5+78.7%+66.6%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease11.33.54.6+221.6%+146.3%
Depression23.214.816.1+57.0%+44.3%
Diabetes7.26.97.1+3.7%+1.6%
Epilepsy1.70.60.7+181.8%+162.6%
Gout1.42.72.7-49.9%-50.1%
Heart Failure7.43.03.4+143.7%+117.1%
Hospitalized Stroke2.21.21.3+79.1%+72.3%
Hypertension15.314.616.2+4.6%-5.7%
Ischemic Heart Disease9.37.27.7+30.1%+21.8%
Mood & Anxiety Disorders32.222.924.4+40.9%+32.2%
Multiple Sclerosis*0.10.2--
Osteoarthritis5.05.27.0-3.1%-28.8%
Osteoporosis7.66.95.9+10.9%+29.0%
Parkinsonism0.70.60.6+18.4%+25.5%
Rheumatoid Arthritis1.01.20.9-16.5%+4.1%
Schizophrenia & Delusional Disorders 4.60.70.7+529.8%+527.1%
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.

3221 Downtown Eastside
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 Infarction16.613.718.2+21.4%-8.6%
Alzheimer's Disease & Other Dementia43.521.922.0+98.7%+97.8%
Asthma142.0109.1126.9+30.1%+11.9%
Chronic Kidney Disease58.331.534.9+84.9%+66.8%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease110.141.953.9+162.8%+104.1%
Depression365.0220.6255.9+65.4%+42.6%
Diabetes89.084.087.5+6.0%+1.7%
Epilepsy17.57.69.6+131.0%+81.8%
Gout27.431.632.6-13.2%-16.0%
Heart Failure34.518.921.4+82.7%+61.0%
Hospitalized Stroke16.29.29.4+77.1%+73.5%
Hypertension202.4218.7236.2-7.4%-14.3%
Ischemic Heart Disease73.367.176.1+9.2%-3.6%
Mood & Anxiety Disorders431.1282.4318.3+52.7%+35.5%
Multiple Sclerosis2.12.32.9-9.4%-29.6%
Osteoarthritis86.469.890.0+23.7%-4.0%
Osteoporosis124.3103.987.1+19.6%+42.6%
Parkinsonism4.84.84.7-1.6%+1.9%
Rheumatoid Arthritis14.011.812.4+18.4%+12.1%
Schizophrenia & Delusional Disorders 90.513.311.7+582.6%+673.9%
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.

3221 Downtown Eastside

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+70.476.476.8-7.8%-8.4%
Community belonging - strong, 18+43.946.746.1-6.0%-4.8%
General health - good, 18+90.591.189.4-0.7%+1.2%
Physically active, 18+72.567.769.1+7.1%+4.9%
Feeling lonely - always, 18+13.811.512.1+20.0%+14.0%
Mental health - poor, 18+38.732.032.1+20.9%+20.6%
Smoke/vape daily/occasionally, 18+27.112.913.7+110.1%+97.8%
Binge drink, 18+38.828.027.1+38.6%+43.2%
Small for Gestational Age, 06.57.86.6-16.7%-1.5%
Preterm Births, 014.59.811.4+48.0%+27.2%
Low birth weight singletons, 04.54.24.7+7.1%-4.3%
Cesarean Deliveries, 0+34.636.237.4-4.4%-7.5%
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

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