Very good or excellent health for 51% of adults in Secord’s health region
Life expectancy in the region is 81.2 years (83.6 for women, 78.8 for men, 2022/2024). For Secord itself the measure is access, and it lags: 5.8 km to the nearest hospital, where 3.7 km is typical. The Health grade for Secord is B, #345 of 474 in Alberta and #1,757 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Secord
Deprivation runs low
On the index’s situational vulnerability, which follows housing, income and education, Secord’s neighbourhoods average 1.0 out of 5, among the least deprived fifth of the country. The wider area ↓
From Statistics Canada: the health survey and life expectancy for the health region, the deprivation index for the town; distances from the healthcare facilities database and OpenStreetMap.
Secord grades B for health
Each input ranked against Canadian towns of 2,500 or more: the region’s four, the town’s distance to a hospital.
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. Its place: #345 of 474 in Alberta and #1,757 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
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.
Life expectancy across the 5 health regions in Alberta
What Statistics Canada publishes above the town: life expectancy for each health region in Alberta, and the deprivation index for the town’s own areas.
Life expectancy at birth by health region · 2022/2024
Of the 5 health regions in Alberta, 2nd place goes to this one, between a low of 78.3 and a high of 83.0.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
This is the one part of the block measured for Secord 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.
Deprivation all but predicts the region’s life expectancy, which falls just short of the trend
Plotted region by region (102 in all, since towns have no figures of their own), Secord’s region comes out on the trend.
Use the deprivation index alone and Secord’s region, at 2.8, should live about 81.4 years, the trend through 102 regions (correlation −0.83), and it reaches 81.2, near enough. Among its 10 nearest neighbours on the index it sits mid-table: 4 above, 4 below, a median of 81.2 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.
In the region, high blood pressure (19%) and diabetes (7.4%)
Long-term conditions and habits as the region’s adults reported them; the tick marks the province.
Conditions and weight · 2023/2024
Habits · 2023/2024
Self-reported obesity, 33%, sits within a few points of Alberta (32%).
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (table 13-10-0972), as published, not adjusted for age; obesity from reported height and weight. The anxiety disorder figure is the 2021/2022 estimate: Statistics Canada found the latest too unreliable to publish here.
Getting to hospital from Secord: 5.8 km on average
Straight-line distances from each part of Secord, weighted by who lives there.
Residents of Secord travel further than most of the province: the typical town in Alberta is 3.1 km from a hospital, the typical Canadian town 3.7 km. Few clinics are listed in Alberta, so the distance to one reads longer than it is.
Hospitals and clinics: Statistics Canada, Open Database of Healthcare Facilities. Pharmacies: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Straight-line distances from each dissemination area, weighted by its 2021 population.
Self-rated health much as in Alberta: 52% to 54%
The survey’s answers for the region as given, each beside the province’s (the tick).
Share of adults, as answered · 2023/2024
The region’s 51% in very good or excellent mental health is within reach of Alberta’s 52%, with 24% reporting stressful days.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
Among 40 towns its size, Secord is 28th nearest a hospital
The 40 Canadian towns nearest its population (8,085 to 8,327 people), nearest a hospital first; their median is 4.6 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | G-Section (bramalea) ON A− | 8,224 | 0.9 km | 49% |
| 2 | Wolseley MB B+ | 8,127 | 1.0 km | 52% |
| 3 | Ponoka AB C+ | 8,212 | 1.2 km | 52% |
| 26 | South Terwillegar AB B | 8,183 | 5.3 km | 51% |
| 27 | Kildare-Redonda MB B | 8,294 | 5.4 km | 52% |
| 28 | Secord AB B | 8,205 | 5.8 km | 51% |
| 29 | Southdale MB B | 8,210 | 5.9 km | 52% |
| 30 | Allard AB B | 8,148 | 6.8 km | 51% |
| 40 | Beaubassin East / Beaubassin-est NB C | 8,138 | 32 km | 43% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Secord
The places around, with the distance to a hospital and their regions’ figures. Tap a town for its health page.
| Town | Hospital | Very good health | Life exp. | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Secord | 5.8 km | 51% | 81.2 | B |
| Webber Greens 1.2 km | 4.3 km | 51% | 81.2 | B |
| Suder Greens 1.5 km | 4.7 km | 51% | 81.2 | B |
| Rosenthal 1.6 km | 5.6 km | 51% | 81.2 | B |
| Glastonbury 3.6 km | 4.3 km | 51% | 81.2 | B |
| Granville 3.8 km | 4.9 km | 51% | 81.2 | B |
| Belmead 4.0 km | 1.8 km | 51% | 81.2 | B+ |
Same region, same survey: Secord’s neighbours differ only in how far they are from a hospital. Residents of Belmead live nearer a hospital, at 1.8 km against 5.8 km in Secord.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- Adjusted for age. The grade’s three survey shares are age-standardised to Canada’s adults, so an older region isn’t marked down for age alone, while the survey charts show answers as given.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Regional figures. The survey figures and life expectancy are published for the health region, so every town in it shares them and only the distances are Secord’s own.
Questions about health in Secord
How is Secord’s Health Grade worked out?
Not so far; the grade arrives with Canada’s grading run and will set the region’s figures, plus Secord’s own distance to care, against the typical Canadian town.
How far is Secord from a hospital?
A pharmacy is 2.1 km from the average resident of Secord, as the crow flies; clinic lists here are too thin to measure.
What is the life expectancy in Secord?
Life expectancy comes by health region: 83.6 for women, 78.8 for men around Secord (2022/2024).
How healthy is Secord?
The region trails the typical Canadian town on each of its four survey and life-expectancy figures. Its chronic-condition figure, age-standardised, is 18%.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (13-10-0972) · Statistics Canada, life expectancy 2022/2024 (13-10-0988) · Statistics Canada, health regions 2023 (82-402-X) · Statistics Canada, Open Database of Healthcare Facilities · pharmacies © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) · Statistics Canada, Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation 2021. Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).