Photo: Trevcars1 · CC BY-SA 4.0Life expectancy around Stephenville Crossing is 78.5 years, 3.0 less than for the typical Canadian town
In the health survey, 47% of adults in the region rate their health very good or excellent, fewer than Newfoundland and Labrador’s 52%. The town’s own part is the trip to care, and Stephenville Crossing’s is long: 10 km to a hospital on average, against 3.7 km typical. Stephenville Crossing grades C− for health.
What stands out about health in Stephenville Crossing
More smokers
Around Stephenville Crossing, 12% of adults smoke daily, part of a smoking rate higher than most Canadian towns’ regions. Conditions and habits ↓
Hospital care at a distance
Residents of Stephenville Crossing live much further from a hospital than in the typical Canadian town (10 km from its centre of population), and 0% are more than 30 km away. Getting care ↓
A heavier load of illness
Arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure are commoner here than in the typical town’s region, even for its ages: 31% report high blood pressure and 14% diabetes. Conditions and habits ↓
Beating its deprivation on life expectancy
Deprivation alone, a score of 4.3, would put Stephenville Crossing’s region near 76.0 years; it reaches 78.5. For its deprivation ↓
Survey and life expectancy: the health region (Statistics Canada). Distances and deprivation: the town’s own areas.
Stephenville Crossing grades C− 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.
2.5 years above the line for regions this deprived
Compared region with region (102 health regions, each figure shared by all its towns); Stephenville Crossing’s region is above the line.
Ranked from least to most deprived on Statistics Canada’s index, regions see lives shorten along the way (correlation −0.83, 102 regions). Scored 4.3, Stephenville Crossing’s region would be expected to reach 76.0 years; it reaches 78.5. Among the 10 regions closest to it on the index, shorter lives win out: 5 of the 10, around a median of 77.9 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.
31% of the region’s adults have high blood pressure and 14% diabetes
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
At 43%, self-reported obesity is near Newfoundland and Labrador’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.
Getting to hospital from Stephenville Crossing: 10 km on average
Straight-line distances from each part of Stephenville Crossing, weighted by who lives there.
Residents of Stephenville Crossing travel about as far as most of the province: the typical town in Newfoundland and Labrador is 8.5 km from a hospital, the typical Canadian town 3.7 km.
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.
How the 5 health regions in Newfoundland and Labrador compare on life expectancy
What Statistics Canada publishes above the town: life expectancy for each health region in Newfoundland and Labrador, and the deprivation index for the town’s own areas.
Life expectancy at birth by health region · 2022/2024
Life expectancy in Newfoundland and Labrador runs from 77.1 to 80.2; this region sits 4th of the 5.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
This is the one part of the block measured for Stephenville Crossing 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.
Self-rated health trails Newfoundland and Labrador: 44% very good or excellent, against 50%
The survey’s answers for the region as given, each beside the province’s (the tick).
Share of adults, as answered · 2023/2024
Mental health is no outlier: 56% say very good or excellent (Newfoundland and Labrador: 54%) and 19% live with stressful days.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
Health in the places around Stephenville Crossing
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stephenville Crossing | 10 km | 47% | 78.5 | C− |
| St. George's 10 km | 16 km | 47% | 78.5 | D |
| Stephenville 12 km | 2.3 km | 47% | 78.5 | C |
| Kippens 15 km | 5.2 km | 47% | 78.5 | C− |
The neighbours all sit in Stephenville Crossing’s health region, which is why their regional columns are identical. Stephenville is the closest to care, 2.3 km to Stephenville Crossing’s 10 km.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Regional figures. Only the distances on this page belong to Stephenville Crossing alone, because the health survey and life expectancy come for the whole health region.
- Who the survey asks. The health survey leaves out people living on reserves, full-time Canadian Forces members, people in institutions, and Nunavik and the Cree lands of James Bay.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about health in Stephenville Crossing
What is the life expectancy in Stephenville Crossing?
Women in Stephenville Crossing’s region live to 81.1 on average and men to 76.0, Statistics Canada’s 2022/2024 estimate.
How is Stephenville Crossing’s Health Grade worked out?
Not yet: Health will weigh the region’s survey and life expectancy and Stephenville Crossing’s distance to a hospital against the typical Canadian town once Canada’s grading run happens.
How healthy is Stephenville Crossing?
All four of the region’s figures sit on the less healthy side of the typical Canadian town’s. Chronic conditions there average 20% across arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure.
How far is Stephenville Crossing from a hospital?
In a straight line from where people in Stephenville Crossing live: 205 km to a clinic, 1.5 km to a pharmacy.
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).