Health in Neebing · CCHS 2023/2024, Statistics Canada
Health in Neebing trails 94% of Canadian towns
Across the region, 49% of adults say their health is very good or excellent; Ontario as a whole reaches 51%. What sets Neebing apart within its region is a longer trip to hospital, 30 km for the average resident (3.7 km typical). Health gives Neebing a grade of D.
Ontario: 51% · Area-wide: very good or excellent health, chronic conditions, smokers and life expectancy, counted over the Thunder Bay District Health Unit
Chronic conditions
18%
arthritis, diabetes, high blood pressure: average share
Neebing’s region sits 5.0 years below the typical Canadian town, and those reaching 65 have 19.2 years ahead (2022/2024). The wider area ↓
Far from a hospital
Distance is Neebing’s own health question: 24% of residents live beyond 30 km of a hospital, and the trip from its centre is 29 km. Getting care ↓
A region that smokes more
Around Neebing, 13% of adults smoke daily, part of a smoking rate higher than most Canadian towns’ regions. Conditions and habits ↓
A long way to a pharmacy
The nearest pharmacy on OpenStreetMap is 20 km from the average home in Neebing, so prescriptions mean a drive. Getting care ↓
Survey and life expectancy: the health region (Statistics Canada). Distances and deprivation: the town’s own areas.
Health Grade
Neebing 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 (49%)Better than 32% of Canadian towns
Chronic conditions (18%)Better than 38% of Canadian towns
Smokers (17%)Better than 12% of Canadian towns
Life expectancy (76.5)Better than 3% of Canadian towns
Distance to a hospital (30 km)Better than 10% 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.
76.5
years at birth, 2022/2024
19.2
more years expected at 65
33rd
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
Life expectancy in Ontario runs from 73.7 to 86.3; this region sits 33rd of the 34.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
Residential instability1.7
Economic dependency3.5
Ethno-cultural composition1.5
Situational vulnerability3.3
These four scores average the national quintile of the areas where Neebing’s residents live; they carry no weight in the grade.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, three-year estimate 2022/2024, by health region.
Getting care
From Neebing, a hospital is 30 km away on average
Straight-line distances from each part of Neebing, weighted by who lives there.
Hospital
30 km
residents’ average distance
the typical Canadian town: 3.7 km
Clinic
26 km
community health centre or clinic, residents’ average
Pharmacy
20 km
residents’ average distance
0.0 within 3 km of a typical home
More than 30 km from a hospital
24%
share of residents
Emergency
911
police, fire, ambulance; 811 for health advice in most provinces
Compared with 3.3 km for the typical town in Ontario and 3.7 km for the typical Canadian town, Neebing is on the far side.
In the region, high blood pressure (24%) and diabetes (8.8%)
What the survey finds on conditions, weight and habits for the region, the province as the tick.
Conditions and weight · 2023/2024
High blood pressure
24%
Arthritis
24%
Diabetes
8.8%
Obese (self-reported)
41%
Mood disorder
15%
Anxiety disorder
17%
Habits · 2023/2024
Smoke daily or now and then
17%
Smoke every day
13%
Heavy drinking
25%
Ontario
Obesity runs higher than in the province, at 41% 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
The region lives 1.5 years less than its deprivation predicts
The comparison runs between 102 health regions, each shared by its towns; Neebing’s region’s dot is under the line.
Situational vulnerability: residents’ average quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprivedLife expectancy at birth (years)
Life expectancy drops as deprivation climbs across Canada’s 102 health regions (correlation −0.83); a score of 3.8 would suggest 78.0 years, but Neebing’s region stops at 76.5. Each of the 10 regions scored most like it does better, with a median of 79.2.
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
Fewer people rate their health highly here than in Ontario: 48% to 51%
How adults in the health region answered the survey, not adjusted for age; the tick marks the province.
Share of adults, as answered · 2023/2024
Health very good or excellent
48%
Health fair or poor
19%
Mental health very good or excellent
47%
Mental health fair or poor
18%
Most days quite a bit stressful
18%
Strong sense of belonging
65%
Satisfied with life
85%
Ontario
Mental health looks weaker than in the province: 47% rate it very good or excellent, against 51% in Ontario, and 18% find most days quite 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
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Deprivation is context. The Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation (2021) is context, never graded, and the territories have none.
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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. 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.
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Who the survey asks. Not everyone is in the survey’s sample: reserves, the Canadian Forces, institutions and two northern Québec regions are left out.
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Regional figures. Only the distances on this page belong to Neebing alone, because the health survey and life expectancy come for the whole health region.
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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 Neebing
What is the life expectancy in Neebing?
For the health region that includes Neebing, women can expect 79.0 years and men 74.1 (2022/2024).
How far is Neebing from a hospital?
Beyond the hospital, the average home in Neebing is 26 km from a clinic and 20 km from a pharmacy.
How healthy is Neebing?
All four of the region’s figures sit on the less healthy side of the typical Canadian town’s. The three chronic conditions the grade counts average 18% of adults.
How is Neebing’s Health Grade worked out?
Canada’s grades haven’t been set, so Neebing has none yet; when they are, Health will set its region and its hospital distance against the typical Canadian town.
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