Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainHealth in Division No. 1, Subdivision U trails almost every Canadian town
Across the region, 44% of adults say their health is very good or excellent; Newfoundland and Labrador as a whole reaches 52%. For Division No. 1, Subdivision U itself, the measure is access: 41 km to the nearest hospital on average, with 100% of homes beyond 30 km. The Health grade for Division No. 1, Subdivision U is D−.
What stands out about health in Division No. 1, Subdivision U
More chronic illness
For its ages, the region carries more long-term illness than most: high blood pressure for 36% of adults, diabetes for 15%. Conditions and habits ↓
Far from a hospital
For 100% of homes in Division No. 1, Subdivision U the nearest hospital is over 30 km off; from the town’s centre of population it is 38 km. Getting care ↓
Life expectancy below the norm
Division No. 1, Subdivision U’s region sits 2.9 years below the typical Canadian town, and those reaching 65 have 18.9 years ahead (2022/2024). The wider area ↓
A region that smokes more
The age-standardised smoking rate around Division No. 1, Subdivision U is well above the typical town’s; 13% of adults are daily smokers. Conditions and habits ↓
Survey and life expectancy: the health region (Statistics Canada). Distances and deprivation: the town’s own areas.
Division No. 1, Subdivision U 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.
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.
High blood pressure for 36% of adults in the region, diabetes for 15%
What the survey finds on conditions, weight and habits for the region, the province as the tick.
Conditions and weight · 2023/2024
Habits · 2023/2024
Self-reported obesity, 48%, tops Newfoundland and Labrador (42%).
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (table 13-10-0972), as published, not adjusted for age; obesity from reported height and weight.
The nearest hospital is 41 km from the average home in Division No. 1, Subdivision U
Measured from where the town’s residents live, so this part is Division No. 1, Subdivision U’s own, not the region’s.
From Division No. 1, Subdivision U that is further than the 8.5 km of the typical town in Newfoundland and Labrador, and the 3.7 km of the typical Canadian town.
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.
Longest and shortest lives among the 5 regions in Newfoundland and Labrador
Regional life expectancy in Newfoundland and Labrador, then the town’s place on the national deprivation index.
Life expectancy at birth by health region · 2022/2024
Of the 5 health regions in Newfoundland and Labrador, 3rd place goes to this one, between a low of 77.1 and a high of 80.2.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
Context only: each bar is the residents’ average quintile on one dimension of Statistics Canada’s index, for Division No. 1, Subdivision U’s own areas.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, three-year estimate 2022/2024, by health region.
On the trend for regions as deprived, just over it
One dot per health region, 102 in all, since life expectancy and the index are published for regions; Division No. 1, Subdivision U’s dot is marked, close to the line.
Use the deprivation index alone and Division No. 1, Subdivision U’s region, at 3.7, should live about 78.3 years, the trend through 102 regions (correlation −0.83), and it reaches 78.6, near enough. Even beside regions as deprived, it stands out: 6 of its 10 closest matches fall short, their median 78.2 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.
Self-rated health trails Newfoundland and Labrador: 42% very good or excellent, against 50%
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
Stress touches 15% of adults on most days; mental health is rated very good or excellent by 56%, the province 54% (Newfoundland and Labrador).
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
Health in the places around Division No. 1, Subdivision U
Nearby places: distance to a hospital and each one’s regional figures. Tap a town for its health page.
| Town | Hospital | Very good health | Life exp. | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division No. 1, Subdivision U | 41 km | 44% | 78.6 | D− |
| Witless Bay 9.8 km | 28 km | 54% | 80.2 | C |
| Bay Bulls 15 km | 24 km | 54% | 80.2 | C |
Not every neighbour shares the region: Witless Bay’s life expectancy is 80.2, this region’s 78.6.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Adjusted for age. Because older people report more illness, the grade uses age-standardised shares; the charts above show the unadjusted answers.
- Who the survey asks. Not everyone is in the survey’s sample: reserves, the Canadian Forces, institutions and two northern Québec regions are left out.
- 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. Only the distances on this page belong to Division No. 1, Subdivision U alone, because the health survey and life expectancy come for the whole health region.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about health in Division No. 1, Subdivision U
How far is Division No. 1, Subdivision U from a hospital?
A clinic is 44 km from the average resident of Division No. 1, Subdivision U and a pharmacy 17 km, as the crow flies.
How is Division No. 1, Subdivision U’s Health Grade worked out?
Not so far; the grade arrives with Canada’s grading run and will set the region’s figures, plus Division No. 1, Subdivision U’s own distance to care, against the typical Canadian town.
How healthy is Division No. 1, Subdivision U?
On every regional measure, the region does worse than the typical Canadian town. The three chronic conditions the grade counts average 24% of adults.
What is the life expectancy in Division No. 1, Subdivision U?
Statistics Canada publishes it for Division No. 1, Subdivision U’s health region only: 80.8 years for women and 76.4 for men (2022/2024).
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).