Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, NASA Johnson Space Center · Public domainSmoking runs high around Annapolis County, Subdivision B: 19% of adults, the typical Canadian town 12%
In the health survey, 44% of adults in the region rate their health very good or excellent, fewer than Nova Scotia’s 48%. Measured from where Annapolis County, Subdivision B’s residents live, the nearest hospital is 8.1 km away, beyond the typical 3.7 km. Annapolis County, Subdivision B grades C− for health, #56 of 88 in Nova Scotia and #2,455 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Annapolis County, Subdivision B
Self-rated health runs low
The survey’s age-standardised figure sits 7.4 points under the typical Canadian town’s, and 42% answered very good or excellent. Health survey ↓
A heavier load of illness
For its ages, the region carries more long-term illness than most: high blood pressure for 27% of adults, diabetes for 13%. Conditions and habits ↓
A region where lives run shorter
Annapolis County, Subdivision B’s region sits 1.5 years below the typical Canadian town, and those reaching 65 have 19.7 years ahead (2022/2024). The wider area ↓
Longer lives than its deprivation predicts
For a deprivation score of 3.9, the trend across regions gives 77.8 years of life; Annapolis County, Subdivision B’s region reaches 80.0. For its deprivation ↓
Survey and life expectancy: the health region (Statistics Canada). Distances and deprivation: the town’s own areas.
Annapolis County, Subdivision B 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. Its place: #56 of 88 in Nova Scotia and #2,455 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.
Longer lives than deprivation would give: 2.2 years ahead of the trend
Compared region with region (102 health regions, each figure shared by all its towns); Annapolis County, Subdivision B’s region is above the line.
Life expectancy and deprivation move in opposite directions across 102 regions (correlation −0.83); at 3.9, the expected figure is 77.8 years, and Annapolis County, Subdivision B’s region does better with 80.0. It outlives all 10 of its nearest neighbours on the index, whose median is 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.
Self-rated health trails Nova Scotia: 42% very good or excellent, against 47%
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 47% in very good or excellent mental health is within reach of Nova Scotia’s 48%, with 21% reporting stressful days.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
High blood pressure for 27% of adults in the region, diabetes for 13%
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
Obesity tracks the province: 40% of adults here, 39% across Nova Scotia.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (table 13-10-0972), as published, not adjusted for age; obesity from reported height and weight.
Longest and shortest lives among the 4 regions in Nova Scotia
What Statistics Canada publishes above the town: life expectancy for each health region in Nova Scotia, and the deprivation index for the town’s own areas.
Life expectancy at birth by health region · 2022/2024
Among the 4 regions in Nova Scotia, from 78.8 to 81.4 years, this one is 2nd.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
Statistics Canada scores every small area from 1 to 5 on each dimension; Annapolis County, Subdivision B’s bars are its residents’ average, shown and not graded.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, three-year estimate 2022/2024, by health region.
Getting to hospital from Annapolis County, Subdivision B: 8.1 km on average
Straight-line distances from each part of Annapolis County, Subdivision B, weighted by who lives there.
Nothing unusual for Annapolis County, Subdivision B here: the typical town in Nova Scotia is 9.2 km from a hospital and the typical Canadian town 3.7 km. The clinic list is thin in Nova Scotia: the facilities database holds few clinics there, so the clinic distance overstates the trip.
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.
Further from a hospital than most towns its size: Annapolis County, Subdivision B comes 25th of 40
The 40 Canadian towns nearest its population (5,005 to 5,169 people), nearest a hospital first; their median is 3.7 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Alexander MB B+ | 5,161 | 0.5 km | 52% |
| 2 | Meinzinger Park-Lakeside ON A | 5,007 | 0.8 km | 53% |
| 3 | Nipawin SK C− | 5,033 | 0.9 km | 47% |
| 23 | Edgemont AB B | 5,059 | 6.8 km | 51% |
| 24 | Electoral Area C, North Okanagan BC B | 5,029 | 7.5 km | 52% |
| 25 | Annapolis County, Subdivision B NS C− | 5,086 | 8.1 km | 44% |
| 26 | Saint-Germain-de-Grantham QC A− | 5,054 | 8.6 km | 61% |
| 27 | Starlight Village NB C | 5,108 | 9.6 km | 45% |
| 40 | Big Lakes County AB D− | 5,106 | 53 km | 48% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Annapolis County, Subdivision B
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annapolis County, Subdivision B | 8.1 km | 44% | 80.0 | C− |
| Middleton 17 km | 9.7 km | 44% | 80.0 | D |
The table’s survey and life-expectancy columns are one region’s, Annapolis County, Subdivision B’s; read across for the hospital trip.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Regional figures. Every place in the health region carries the same survey and life-expectancy figures; what is measured for Annapolis County, Subdivision B itself is the trip to care.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 Annapolis County, Subdivision B
How is Annapolis County, Subdivision B’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 Annapolis County, Subdivision B’s homes are from a hospital, against the typical Canadian town.
How healthy is Annapolis County, Subdivision B?
The region trails the typical Canadian town on each of its four survey and life-expectancy figures. The three chronic conditions the grade counts average 20% of adults.
What is the life expectancy in Annapolis County, Subdivision B?
Statistics Canada publishes it for Annapolis County, Subdivision B’s health region only: 82.5 years for women and 77.6 for men (2022/2024).
How far is Annapolis County, Subdivision B from a hospital?
Residents of Annapolis County, Subdivision B have a pharmacy 5.5 km away on average, in a straight line.
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).