Health in North Stormont · CCHS 2023/2024, Statistics Canada
49% of adults around North Stormont rate their health very good or excellent
Statistics Canada puts the region’s life expectancy at 81.0, women 83.0 and men 78.9 (2022/2024). What sets North Stormont apart within its region is a longer trip to hospital, 22 km for the average resident (3.7 km typical). North Stormont grades C for health, #805 of 866 in Ontario and #2,304 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
For 0% of homes in North Stormont the nearest hospital is over 30 km off; from the town’s centre of population it is 23 km. Getting care ↓
A region that smokes more
Around North Stormont, 13% of adults smoke daily, part of a smoking rate higher than most Canadian towns’ regions. Conditions and habits ↓
From Statistics Canada: the health survey and life expectancy for the health region, the deprivation index for the town; distances from the healthcare facilities database and OpenStreetMap.
Health Grade
North Stormont 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 (49%)Better than 37% of Canadian towns
Chronic conditions (19%)Better than 29% of Canadian towns
Smokers (14%)Better than 38% of Canadian towns
Life expectancy (81.0)Better than 55% of Canadian towns
Distance to a hospital (22 km)Better than 20% 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. Its place: #805 of 866 in Ontario and #2,304 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.
Getting care
Getting to hospital from North Stormont: 22 km on average
Measured from where the town’s residents live, so this part is North Stormont’s own, not the region’s.
Hospital
22 km
residents’ average distance
the typical Canadian town: 3.7 km
Clinic
17 km
community health centre or clinic, residents’ average
Pharmacy
6.5 km
residents’ average distance
0.2 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
North Stormont is further out than the provincial norm of 3.3 km in Ontario, and than the typical Canadian town at 3.7 km.
23% of the region’s adults have high blood pressure and 11% diabetes
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
23%
Arthritis
29%
Diabetes
11%
Obese (self-reported)
39%
Mood disorder
16%
Anxiety disorder
16%
Habits · 2023/2024
Smoke daily or now and then
14%
Smoke every day
13%
Heavy drinking
22%
Ontario
Self-reported obesity, 39%, tops Ontario (30%). More adults drink heavily, 22% to the province’s 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
On the trend for regions as deprived, just over it
One dot per health region, 102 in all, since life expectancy and the index are published for regions; North Stormont’s dot is marked, close to the line.
Situational vulnerability: residents’ average quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprivedLife expectancy at birth (years)
At 3.2 on the index, regions tend to reach 80.3 years (correlation −0.83, 102 regions), and the one North Stormont belongs to reaches 81.0. The 10 regions closest to it on the index split evenly around it, 5 above and 5 below; their median is 81.0 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.
The wider area
Longest and shortest lives among the 34 regions in Ontario
Regional life expectancy in Ontario, then the town’s place on the national deprivation index.
81.0
years at birth, 2022/2024
19.9
more years expected at 65
18th
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
The region comes 18th of 34 in Ontario, where life expectancy runs from 73.7 to 86.3 years.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
Residential instability2.4
Economic dependency2.3
Ethno-cultural composition1.8
Situational vulnerability3.2
The index is context and never graded: it describes North Stormont’s own areas, averaged over residents, on each of its four dimensions.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, three-year estimate 2022/2024, by health region.
Health survey
Self-rated health trails Ontario: 48% very good or excellent, against 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
48%
Health fair or poor
22%
Mental health very good or excellent
53%
Mental health fair or poor
15%
Most days quite a bit stressful
27%
Strong sense of belonging
60%
Satisfied with life
87%
Ontario
About as many adults report very good or excellent mental health as across Ontario (53% against 51%), while 27% call most days stressful.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
Towns its size
Among 40 towns its size, North Stormont is 36th nearest a hospital
Ordered by residents’ distance to a hospital: 40 Canadian towns of 7,808 to 8,085 people, median 5.0 km.
Nothing in the regional columns separates North Stormont from its neighbours; the hospital distance is what does.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
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Who the survey asks. People on reserves and in institutions, full-time military members and the residents of Nunavik and Eeyou Istchee aren’t interviewed by the survey.
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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.
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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.
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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 North Stormont’s own.
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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.
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Adjusted for age. Because older people report more illness, the grade uses age-standardised shares; the charts above show the unadjusted answers.
Questions about health in North Stormont
How far is North Stormont from a hospital?
Beyond the hospital, the average home in North Stormont is 17 km from a clinic and 6.5 km from a pharmacy.
How is North Stormont’s Health Grade worked out?
No letter yet for North Stormont: Canada is graded in one run, and Health will then compare its region and its access to care with the typical Canadian town.
How healthy is North Stormont?
All four of the region’s figures sit on the less healthy side of the typical Canadian town’s. Its chronic-condition figure, age-standardised, is 19%.
What is the life expectancy in North Stormont?
For the health region that includes North Stormont, women can expect 83.0 years and men 78.9 (2022/2024).
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