Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainFor health, Annapolis County, Subdivision D sits behind 94% of Canadian towns
In the health survey, 44% of adults in the region rate their health very good or excellent, fewer than Nova Scotia’s 48%. What sets Annapolis County, Subdivision D apart within its region is a longer trip to hospital, 19 km for the average resident (3.7 km typical). The Health grade for Annapolis County, Subdivision D is D, #82 of 88 in Nova Scotia and #2,545 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Annapolis County, Subdivision D
Smoking runs high
Smoking is commoner around Annapolis County, Subdivision D than in the typical Canadian town’s region, and 16% of adults smoke every day. Conditions and habits ↓
A long way to hospital
Distance is Annapolis County, Subdivision D’s own health question: 0% of residents live beyond 30 km of a hospital, and the trip from its centre is 18 km. Getting care ↓
Less upbeat about their health
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 ↓
Longer lives than its deprivation predicts
Regions scoring 3.9 on the deprivation index typically live 77.8 years; Annapolis County, Subdivision D’s region, at 80.0, does better. For its deprivation ↓
Survey and life expectancy: the health region (Statistics Canada). Distances and deprivation: the town’s own areas.
Annapolis County, Subdivision D 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. Its place: #82 of 88 in Nova Scotia and #2,545 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.
In the region, high blood pressure (27%) 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
Habits · 2023/2024
At 40%, self-reported obesity is near Nova Scotia’s 39%.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (table 13-10-0972), as published, not adjusted for age; obesity from reported height and weight.
From Annapolis County, Subdivision D, a hospital is 19 km away on average
Straight-line distances from each part of Annapolis County, Subdivision D, weighted by who lives there.
Compared with 9.2 km for the typical town in Nova Scotia and 3.7 km for the typical Canadian town, Annapolis County, Subdivision D is on the far side. 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.
2.2 years above the line for regions this deprived
These are health regions, 102 of them, not towns: the survey and life expectancy are published that way, so the dot for Annapolis County, Subdivision D’s region, above the line, stands for every town in it.
Deprivation explains much of the gap between regions (correlation −0.83 over 102 of them), yet Annapolis County, Subdivision D’s region beats it: 80.0 years against the 77.8 the trend gives a score of 3.9. No region among the 10 scored most like it does better; they centre on 78.3 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.
42% in the region call their health very good or excellent, fewer than in Nova Scotia (47%)
The survey’s answers for the region as given, each beside the province’s (the tick).
Share of adults, as answered · 2023/2024
On mental health the region tracks Nova Scotia, 47% very good or excellent to 48%; 21% 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 the 4 health regions in Nova Scotia compare on life expectancy
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
This region is 2nd longest-lived of 4 in Nova Scotia, on a scale from 78.8 to 81.4 years.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
This is the one part of the block measured for Annapolis County, Subdivision D 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.
Among 40 towns its size, Annapolis County, Subdivision D is 32nd nearest a hospital
The 40 Canadian towns nearest its population (3,226 to 3,322 people), nearest a hospital first; their median is 4.0 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Miller AB B+ | 3,294 | 0.8 km | 51% |
| 2 | Virden MB B− | 3,322 | 1.1 km | 51% |
| 3 | Mill Courtland Woodside Park ON A | 3,319 | 1.1 km | 53% |
| 30 | Pilot Butte SK B− | 3,255 | 14 km | 49% |
| 31 | Enderby BC B | 3,292 | 14 km | 52% |
| 32 | Annapolis County, Subdivision D NS D | 3,273 | 19 km | 44% |
| 33 | Central Okanagan West BC B− | 3,298 | 22 km | 52% |
| 34 | Dalhousie NB D− | 3,255 | 23 km | 36% |
| 40 | Hampton NB D | 3,268 | 27 km | 43% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- Regional figures. The survey figures and life expectancy are published for the health region, so every town in it shares them and only the distances are Annapolis County, Subdivision D’s own.
- Deprivation is context. Statistics Canada’s 2021 deprivation index describes the town’s own areas for context only, with no index for the territories.
- What counts as a hospital. The facilities database merges provincial lists of different vintages; its hospitals include some with no emergency department, and a few are placed by postal code.
- Distances are straight lines. They run from where residents live, not along roads, so they understate a drive; each dissemination area counts by its 2021 population.
- Adjusted for age. The grade’s three survey shares are age-standardised to Canada’s adults, so an older region isn’t marked down for age alone, while the survey charts show answers as given.
Questions about health in Annapolis County, Subdivision D
How far is Annapolis County, Subdivision D from a hospital?
A pharmacy is 14 km from the average resident of Annapolis County, Subdivision D, as the crow flies; clinic lists here are too thin to measure.
How healthy is Annapolis County, Subdivision D?
Self-rated health, chronic conditions, smoking and life expectancy all come out behind the typical Canadian town. Chronic conditions there average 20% across arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure.
How is Annapolis County, Subdivision D’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 D’s homes are from a hospital, against the typical Canadian town.
What is the life expectancy in Annapolis County, Subdivision D?
Life expectancy comes by health region: 82.5 for women, 77.6 for men around Annapolis County, Subdivision D (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).