Health in St. Alban's · CCHS 2023/2024, Statistics Canada
St. Alban's scores below 89% of Canadian towns for health
Adults here are more upbeat about their health than the province: 54% very good or excellent, against 52% in Newfoundland and Labrador. The town’s own part is the trip to care: residents of St. Alban's live 44 km from a hospital on average, and 100% of them more than 30 km. Health gives St. Alban's a grade of D.
Newfoundland and Labrador: 52% · Area-wide: very good or excellent health, chronic conditions, smokers and life expectancy, counted over the Central Zone
Chronic conditions
22%
arthritis, diabetes, high blood pressure: average share
Residents of St. Alban's live much further from a hospital than in the typical Canadian town (45 km from its centre of population), and 100% are more than 30 km away. Getting care ↓
Shorter lives in the region
St. Alban's’ region sits 2.5 years below the typical Canadian town, and those reaching 65 have 18.9 years ahead (2022/2024). The wider area ↓
Long-term conditions run high
Arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure are commoner here than in the typical town’s region, even for its ages: 33% report high blood pressure and 13% diabetes. Conditions and habits ↓
A region that smokes more
Smoking is commoner around St. Alban's than in the typical Canadian town’s region, and 14% of adults smoke every day. Conditions and habits ↓
Survey and life expectancy: the health region (Statistics Canada). Distances and deprivation: the town’s own areas.
Health Grade
St. Alban's 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 (54%)Better than 58% of Canadian towns
Chronic conditions (22%)Better than 3% of Canadian towns
Smokers (15%)Better than 29% of Canadian towns
Life expectancy (79.0)Better than 25% of Canadian towns
Distance to a hospital (44 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 St. Alban's, a hospital is 44 km away on average
Measured from where the town’s residents live, so this part is St. Alban's’ own, not the region’s.
Hospital
44 km
residents’ average distance
the typical Canadian town: 3.7 km
Clinic
1.2 km
community health centre or clinic, residents’ average
Pharmacy
1.1 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
St. Alban's is further out than the provincial norm of 8.5 km in Newfoundland and Labrador, and than the typical Canadian town at 3.7 km.
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.
79.0
years at birth, 2022/2024
18.9
more years expected at 65
2nd
longest of 5 regions in Newfoundland and Labrador
Life expectancy at birth by health region · 2022/2024
Eastern Urban Zone80.2
Central Zone79.0
Eastern Rural Zone78.6
Western Zone78.5
Labrador-Grenfell Zone77.1
This region is 2nd longest-lived of 5 in Newfoundland and Labrador, on a scale from 77.1 to 80.2 years.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
Residential instability1.5
Economic dependency5.0
Ethno-cultural composition1.0
Situational vulnerability5.0
Higher means more deprived: the bars average the quintiles of the areas St. Alban's’ residents live in, and none of them counts toward Health.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, three-year estimate 2022/2024, by health region.
Conditions and habits
In the region, high blood pressure (33%) and diabetes (13%)
Long-term conditions and habits as the region’s adults reported them; the tick marks the province.
Conditions and weight · 2023/2024
High blood pressure
33%
Arthritis
38%
Diabetes
13%
Obese (self-reported)
46%
Mood disorder
12%
Anxiety disorder
16%
Habits · 2023/2024
Smoke daily or now and then
15%
Smoke every day
14%
Heavy drinking
22%
Flu shot in the past year
40%
Newfoundland and Labrador
Obesity runs higher than in the province, at 46% of adults against 42% for Newfoundland and Labrador.
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.
For its deprivation
The region lives 1.2 years longer than its deprivation predicts
One dot per health region, 102 in all, since life expectancy and the index are published for regions; St. Alban's’ dot is marked, above the line.
Situational vulnerability: residents’ average quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprivedLife expectancy at birth (years)
Measured against 102 regions, more deprivation means shorter lives, and steadily so (correlation −0.83). St. Alban's’ region, at 3.9, outlives the trend’s 77.8 years with 79.0. The 10 regions scored most like it mostly do worse (7 of 10), with a median of 78.3.
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.
Health survey
51% in the region call their health very good or excellent, close to Newfoundland and Labrador (50%)
The survey’s answers for the region as given, each beside the province’s (the tick).
Share of adults, as answered · 2023/2024
Health very good or excellent
51%
Health fair or poor
20%
Mental health very good or excellent
59%
Mental health fair or poor
12%
Most days quite a bit stressful
11%
Strong sense of belonging
80%
Satisfied with life
90%
Newfoundland and Labrador
On mental health the region is ahead of Newfoundland and Labrador, 59% very good or excellent to 54%; 11% describe most days as quite a bit stressful.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
•
Deprivation is context. The Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation (2021) is context, never graded, and the territories have none.
•
Adjusted for age. Because older people report more illness, the grade uses age-standardised shares; the charts above show the unadjusted answers.
•
Distances are straight lines. Each small census area is measured as the crow flies to the nearest facility and weighted by its 2021 residents, so real trips run longer.
•
Regional figures. Every place in the health region carries the same survey and life-expectancy figures; what is measured for St. Alban's itself is the trip to care.
•
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.
•
What counts as a hospital. Facility locations come from Statistics Canada’s open database; records without coordinates sit at their postal code, and not every hospital has an emergency room.
Questions about health in St. Alban's
How far is St. Alban's from a hospital?
Residents of St. Alban's have a clinic 1.2 km away on average and a pharmacy 1.1 km away, in straight lines.
How is St. Alban's’ Health Grade worked out?
No letter yet for St. Alban's: Canada is graded in one run, and Health will then compare its region and its access to care with the typical Canadian town.
What is the life expectancy in St. Alban's?
For the health region that includes St. Alban's, women can expect 80.5 years and men 77.4 (2022/2024).
How healthy is St. Alban's?
The region does worse than the typical Canadian town on most regional measures, with at least one exception. The three chronic conditions the grade counts average 22% of adults.
Photo: https://www.flickr.com/photos/clifbudden/ Clif Budden · CC BY 2.0