Nelson Community Health Profile
Some of the indicators presented in the Community Health Profiles are provided with data available at the level of Local Health Areas (LHAs). Please note that some of the LHAs have been given new names in the process of aligning them with newly created Community Health Service Area (CHSA) geographies. To view the new names, click here.
Comparison to BC
The summary below highlights how your community is doing compared to the provincial average.
The graph displays the BC average as a black line and your community’s data as a coloured bar on either side. The length of the bars represent percent difference between community data and provincial average.
| Income (dollars, 2016) | Community | BC | ||
| Average household income | $69,361 | $90,354 | ||
| Affordable housing (per cent, 2016) | Community | BC | ||
| Owners spending >30% income on shelter | 21.5 | 20.7 | ||
| Renters spending >30% income on shelter | 47.2 | 43.3 | ||
| Education (per cent, 2016) | Community | BC | ||
| High school diploma or higher education | 87.9 | 84.5 | ||
| Employment (per cent, 2016) | Community | BC | ||
| Unemployment rate | 8.8 | 6.7 | ||
| Active Transportation (per cent, 2016) | Community | BC | ||
| Population walk to work | 25.5 | 6.8 | ||
| Population bike to work | 5.1 | 2.5 | ||
| Life expectancy at birth (years, 2011-2015) | LHA | BC | ||
| Total | 81.7 | 82.6 | ||
| Female | 84.2 | 84.6 | ||
| Male | 79.4 | 80.6 | ||
| Chronic disease (age-standardized prevalence rate) (per cent, 2015) | LHA | BC | ||
| Asthma | 9.3 | 12.1 | ||
| COPD | 7.2 | 6.2 | ||
| Diabetes | 5.2 | 8.0 | ||
| Heart failure | 2.3 | 2.0 | ||
| High blood pressure | 18.8 | 22.8 | ||
| Chronic disease (age-standardized incidence rate) (per 1,000, 2015) | LHA | BC | ||
| Asthma | 6.3 | 6.1 | ||
| COPD | 8.4 | 7.6 | ||
| Diabetes | 3.6 | 6.1 | ||
| Heart failure | 3.4 | 3.2 | ||
| High blood pressure | 16.8 | 19.8 | ||
| Maternal and infant health (per 1,000 live births, 2011-2015) | LHA | BC | ||
| Infant mortality rate | 2 | 4 | ||
| Low birth weight rate | 39 | 58 | ||
| Students eating 5 or more servings of fruits and vegetables per day (per cent, 2015-2016) | LHA | BC | ||
| Grade 3/4 | 50 | 51 | ||
| Grade 7 | 57 | 46 | ||
| Grade 10 | 43 | 43 | ||
| Grade 12 | 52 | 42 | ||
| Students who are physically active (per cent, 2016-2017) | LHA | BC | ||
| Grade 3/4 | 48 | 38 | ||
| Grade 7 | 69 | 55 | ||
| Grade 10 | 57 | 54 | ||
| Grade 12 | 52 | 48 | ||
| Students who do not use tobacco or nicotine (per cent, 2016-2017) | LHA | BC | ||
| Grade 7 | 86 | 95 | ||
| Grade 10 | 54 | 78 | ||
| Grade 12 | 55 | 72 | ||
| Vulnerability in early childhood (per cent, 2013-2016) | LHA | BC | ||
| One or more areas of vulnerability | 32 | 32 | ||