Health in McAdam · CCHS 2023/2024, Statistics Canada
On health, McAdam falls short of 88% of Canadian towns
Across the region, 45% of adults say their health is very good or excellent, much as in New Brunswick (44%). Closer to home, a hospital is 45 km from the average resident of McAdam, and 100% live more than 30 km away. McAdam grades D for health.
For 100% of homes in McAdam the nearest hospital is over 30 km off; from the town’s centre of population it is 45 km. Getting care ↓
Smoking runs high
Around McAdam, 11% of adults smoke daily, part of a smoking rate higher than most Canadian towns’ regions. Conditions and habits ↓
Self-rated health runs low
Adjusted for age, the region’s share in very good or excellent health is 7.0 points below the typical Canadian town’s; as answered, it is 44%. Health survey ↓
A region where lives run shorter
Born around McAdam, a child can expect 1.4 fewer years than in the typical Canadian town’s region; at 65, another 19.6 (2022/2024). 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.
Health Grade
McAdam 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 (45%)Better than 13% of Canadian towns
Chronic conditions (18%)Better than 34% of Canadian towns
Smokers (15%)Better than 26% of Canadian towns
Life expectancy (80.1)Better than 44% of Canadian towns
Distance to a hospital (45 km)Better than 4% 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.
Getting care
From McAdam, a hospital is 45 km away on average
Straight-line distances from each part of McAdam, weighted by who lives there.
Hospital
45 km
residents’ average distance
the typical Canadian town: 3.7 km
Clinic
143 km
community health centre or clinic, residents’ average
Pharmacy
0.9 km
residents’ average distance
1.0 within 3 km of a typical home
More than 30 km from a hospital
100%
share of residents
Emergency
911
police, fire, ambulance; 811 for health advice in most provinces
Compared with 11 km for the typical town in New Brunswick and 3.7 km for the typical Canadian town, McAdam is on the far side. Few clinics are listed in New Brunswick, so the distance to one reads longer than it is.
In the region, high blood pressure (23%) and diabetes (9.4%)
What the survey finds on conditions, weight and habits for the region, the province as the tick.
Conditions and weight · 2023/2024
High blood pressure
23%
Arthritis
27%
Diabetes
9.4%
Obese (self-reported)
39%
Mood disorder
18%
Anxiety disorder
16%
Habits · 2023/2024
Smoke daily or now and then
15%
Smoke every day
11%
Heavy drinking
23%
New Brunswick
At 39%, self-reported obesity is below New Brunswick’s 42%.
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.
Health survey
About as many rate their health highly here as in New Brunswick: 44% and 43%
How adults in the health region answered the survey, not adjusted for age; the tick marks the province.
Share of adults, as answered · 2023/2024
Health very good or excellent
44%
Health fair or poor
23%
Mental health very good or excellent
45%
Mental health fair or poor
22%
Most days quite a bit stressful
26%
Strong sense of belonging
64%
Satisfied with life
82%
New Brunswick
Mental health trails New Brunswick: 45% very good or excellent to 49%, with 26% facing stressful days.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
The wider area
Longest and shortest lives among the 7 regions in New Brunswick
What Statistics Canada publishes above the town: life expectancy for each health region in New Brunswick, and the deprivation index for the town’s own areas.
80.1
years at birth, 2022/2024
19.6
more years expected at 65
3rd
longest of 7 regions in New Brunswick
Life expectancy at birth by health region · 2022/2024
Zone 1 (Moncton area)81.5
Zone 6 (Bathurst area)80.2
Zone 3 (Fredericton area)80.1
Zone 2 (Saint John area)79.3
Zone 4 (Edmundston area)79.1
Zone 5 (Campbellton area)79.0
Zone 7 (Miramichi area)78.9
The region comes 3rd of 7 in New Brunswick, where life expectancy runs from 78.9 to 81.5 years.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
Residential instability3.1
Economic dependency4.6
Ethno-cultural composition1.4
Situational vulnerability4.4
This is the one part of the block measured for McAdam 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.
For its deprivation
Shorter lives than deprivation would give: 1.0 years behind the trend
Each dot is a health region, not a town, its figures shared by every town in it; McAdam’s region sits below the trend line through 102 regions.
Situational vulnerability: residents’ average quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprivedLife expectancy at birth (years)
Use the deprivation index alone and McAdam’s region, at 2.9, should live about 81.1 years, the trend through 102 regions (correlation −0.83), but it reaches only 80.1. Among the 10 regions closest to it on the index, longer lives win out: 9 of the 10, around 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.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
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Deprivation is context. None of the four deprivation scores enters the grade; they come from the 2021 index, which skips the territories.
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What counts as a hospital. Hospitals and clinics come from Statistics Canada’s facilities database, built from provincial lists of different dates, and a listed hospital may have no emergency department.
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Distances are straight lines. A straight line from each neighbourhood’s centre to the nearest facility, weighted by who lives there, is shorter than any drive.
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Regional figures. Statistics Canada reports the survey and life expectancy by health region, not by town: McAdam shares them with its neighbours, while the distances are measured for it alone.
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Who the survey asks. People on reserves and in institutions, full-time military members and the residents of Nunavik and Eeyou Istchee aren’t interviewed by the survey.
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Adjusted for age. Self-rated health, chronic conditions and smoking enter the grade adjusted to Canada’s adult age mix, though the survey block prints them as people answered.
Questions about health in McAdam
How far is McAdam from a hospital?
Beyond the hospital, the average home in McAdam is 0.9 km from a pharmacy; clinics are too sparsely listed in the province to say.
How healthy is McAdam?
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%.
What is the life expectancy in McAdam?
Statistics Canada publishes it for McAdam’s health region only: 81.9 years for women and 78.2 for men (2022/2024).
How is McAdam’s Health Grade worked out?
It will once Canada’s single grading run is done, measured on the region’s survey and life expectancy and on how far McAdam’s homes are from a hospital, against the typical Canadian town.
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