Health in Faraday · CCHS 2023/2024, Statistics Canada
Faraday’s health region counts 18% of adults who smoke, above the typical Canadian town’s 12%
In the health survey, 45% of adults in the region rate their health very good or excellent, fewer than Ontario’s 51%. Measured from where Faraday’s residents live, the nearest hospital is 7.3 km away, beyond the typical 3.7 km. The Health grade for Faraday is C−.
Ontario: 51% · Measured across the Hastings and Prince Edward Counties Health Unit: very good or excellent health, chronic conditions, smokers and life expectancy
Chronic conditions
20%
arthritis, diabetes, high blood pressure: average share
Life expectancy in the region around Faraday runs 1.7 years behind the typical Canadian town’s, and at 65 people can expect 20.0 more years (2022/2024). The wider area ↓
Fewer people feeling well
Even once age is allowed for, 6.7 points fewer adults here call their health very good or excellent than in the typical town’s region (43% as answered). Health survey ↓
Long-term conditions run high
For its ages, the region carries more long-term illness than most: high blood pressure for 28% of adults, diabetes for 11%. Conditions and habits ↓
Survey and life expectancy: the health region (Statistics Canada). Distances and deprivation: the town’s own areas.
Health Grade
Faraday 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.
Very good or excellent health (45%)Better than 15% of Canadian towns
Chronic conditions (20%)Better than 15% of Canadian towns
Smokers (18%)Better than 9% of Canadian towns
Life expectancy (79.8)Better than 37% of Canadian towns
Distance to a hospital (7.3 km)Better than 66% 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.
The wider area
Longest and shortest lives among the 34 regions in Ontario
What Statistics Canada publishes above the town: life expectancy for each health region in Ontario, and the deprivation index for the town’s own areas.
79.8
years at birth, 2022/2024
20.0
more years expected at 65
26th
longest of 34 regions in Ontario
Life expectancy at birth by health region · 2022/2024
York Regional Health Unit86.3
Peel Regional Health Unit85.3
Halton Regional Health Unit84.9
City of Toronto Health Unit84.7
City of Ottawa Health Unit83.7
Waterloo Health Unit82.8
Durham Regional Health Unit82.6
Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Health Unit82.4
Middlesex-London Health Unit81.9
Kingston, Frontenac and Lennox and Addington Health Unit81.8
Huron Perth Health Unit81.7
Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit81.5
Grey Bruce Health Unit81.3
Windsor-Essex County Health Unit81.3
City of Hamilton Health Unit81.2
Leeds, Grenville and Lanark District Health Unit81.2
Niagara Regional Area Health Unit81.2
Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit81.0
Renfrew County and District Health Unit81.0
The Eastern Ontario Health Unit81.0
Oxford Elgin St. Thomas Health Unit80.6
Peterborough County—City Health Unit80.5
Brant County Health Unit80.4
Lambton Health Unit80.0
North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit80.0
Hastings and Prince Edward Counties Health Unit79.8
Haldimand-Norfolk Health Unit79.6
Sudbury and District Health Unit79.1
Chatham-Kent Health Unit78.6
The District of Algoma Health Unit77.9
Porcupine Health Unit77.3
Timiskaming Health Unit77.0
Thunder Bay District Health Unit76.5
Northwestern Health Unit73.7
Among the 34 regions in Ontario, from 73.7 to 86.3 years, this one is 26th.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
Residential instability3.6
Economic dependency5.0
Ethno-cultural composition1.6
Situational vulnerability3.8
Statistics Canada scores every small area from 1 to 5 on each dimension; Faraday’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.
Health survey
Fewer people rate their health highly here than in Ontario: 43% to 51%
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
43%
Health fair or poor
15%
Mental health very good or excellent
47%
Mental health fair or poor
19%
Most days quite a bit stressful
27%
Strong sense of belonging
60%
Satisfied with life
81%
Ontario
Mental health trails Ontario: 47% very good or excellent to 51%, with 27% facing stressful days.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
Conditions and habits
High blood pressure for 28% of adults in the region, diabetes for 11%
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
28%
Arthritis
33%
Diabetes
11%
Obese (self-reported)
39%
Mood disorder
21%
Anxiety disorder
15%
Habits · 2023/2024
Smoke daily or now and then
18%
Smoke every day
14%
Heavy drinking
25%
Ontario
Obesity runs higher than in the province, at 39% of adults against 30% for Ontario. Heavy drinking runs above the province, 25% to 17%.
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
Deprivation all but predicts the region’s life expectancy, which falls just short of the trend
Compared region with region (102 health regions, each figure shared by all its towns); Faraday’s region is near the line.
Situational vulnerability: residents’ average quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprivedLife expectancy at birth (years)
More deprivation, shorter lives: that holds across the 102 regions (correlation −0.83), and Faraday’s region fits it, 79.8 years at 3.2 against the line’s 80.0. Set beside its 10 nearest neighbours on the index, it trails the majority, 7 of 10; their median is 81.2 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.
Getting care
Getting to hospital from Faraday: 7.3 km on average
Straight-line distances from each part of Faraday, weighted by who lives there.
Hospital
7.3 km
residents’ average distance
the typical Canadian town: 3.7 km
Clinic
7.6 km
community health centre or clinic, residents’ average
Pharmacy
8.3 km
residents’ average distance
0.0 within 3 km of a typical home
More than 30 km from a hospital
0%
share of residents
Emergency
911
police, fire, ambulance; 811 for health advice in most provinces
Residents of Faraday travel further than most of the province: the typical town in Ontario is 3.3 km from a hospital, the typical Canadian town 3.7 km.
The neighbours all sit in Faraday’s health region, which is why their regional columns are identical. Residents of Hastings Highlands live further from a hospital, at 13 km against 7.3 km in Faraday.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
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Deprivation is context. None of the four deprivation scores enters the grade; they come from the 2021 index, which skips the territories.
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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.
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Distances are straight lines. A straight line from each neighbourhood’s centre to the nearest facility, weighted by who lives there, is shorter than any drive.
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What counts as a hospital. Hospitals and clinics come from Statistics Canada’s facilities database, built from provincial lists of different dates, and a listed hospital may have no emergency department.
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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.
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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 Faraday’s own.
Questions about health in Faraday
How healthy is Faraday?
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.
How is Faraday’s Health Grade worked out?
Canada’s grades haven’t been set, so Faraday has none yet; when they are, Health will set its region and its hospital distance against the typical Canadian town.
What is the life expectancy in Faraday?
There is no figure for Faraday alone; its health region’s is 81.8 for women and 77.8 for men in 2022/2024.
How far is Faraday from a hospital?
A clinic is 7.6 km from the average resident of Faraday and a pharmacy 8.3 km, as the crow flies.
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