Health in Strathroy · CCHS 2023/2024, Statistics Canada
Around Strathroy, 52% of adults call their health very good or excellent
For 2022/2024, the region’s figure is 81.9 years at birth, 84.2 for women and 79.6 for men. For Strathroy itself the measure is access: 4.3 km to the nearest hospital, much like the typical 3.7 km. Strathroy grades B+ for health, #470 of 866 in Ontario and #1,191 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
Ontario: 51% · Very good or excellent health, chronic conditions, smokers and life expectancy for the Middlesex-London Health Unit
Chronic conditions
18%
arthritis, diabetes, high blood pressure: average share
Ontario: 17%
Smokers
11%
daily or occasional, age-standardised
Ontario: 11%
Life expectancy
81.9
at birth, 2022/2024
women 84.2 · men 79.6
Nearest hospital
4.3 km
residents’ average, straight line
the typical Canadian town: 3.7 km
Health Grade
Strathroy grades B+ 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 (52%)Better than 55% of Canadian towns
Chronic conditions (18%)Better than 38% of Canadian towns
Smokers (11%)Better than 90% of Canadian towns
Life expectancy (81.9)Better than 73% of Canadian towns
Distance to a hospital (4.3 km)Better than 75% 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: #470 of 866 in Ontario and #1,191 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.
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; Strathroy’s dot is marked, close to the line.
Situational vulnerability: residents’ average quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprivedLife expectancy at birth (years)
Deprivation explains most of the gap between regions (correlation −0.83 over 102), and Strathroy’s region is a typical case: 81.9 years at a score of 2.7, where the trend says 81.9. Most of the 10 regions with the nearest deprivation scores fall short of it (7 of 10, median 81.3 years). Its towns’ household income, about $80,000, sits below most regions’ while its life expectancy sits above; across regions it is the deprivation index, not income, that follows lives (income’s correlation: 0.14).
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.
Conditions and habits
High blood pressure for 23% of adults in the region, diabetes for 7.4%
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
21%
Diabetes
7.4%
Obese (self-reported)
33%
Mood disorder
15%
Anxiety disorder
15%
Habits · 2023/2024
Smoke daily or now and then
10%
Smoke every day
7.6%
Heavy drinking
24%
Ontario
At 33%, self-reported obesity is above Ontario’s 30%. Heavy drinking is commoner too (24% against 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.
Getting care
Getting to hospital from Strathroy: 4.3 km on average
Straight-line distances from each part of Strathroy, weighted by who lives there.
Hospital
4.3 km
residents’ average distance
the typical Canadian town: 3.7 km
Clinic
16 km
community health centre or clinic, residents’ average
Pharmacy
1.9 km
residents’ average distance
0.8 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
Strathroy is further out than the provincial norm of 3.3 km in Ontario, and than the typical Canadian town at 3.7 km.
Life expectancy across the 34 health 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.
81.9
years at birth, 2022/2024
21.0
more years expected at 65
9th
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 9th of the 34.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
Residential instability2.8
Economic dependency3.0
Ethno-cultural composition2.4
Situational vulnerability2.5
These four scores average the national quintile of the areas where Strathroy’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.
Health survey
About as many rate their health highly here as in Ontario: 53% and 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
53%
Health fair or poor
14%
Mental health very good or excellent
53%
Mental health fair or poor
16%
Most days quite a bit stressful
22%
Strong sense of belonging
59%
Satisfied with life
84%
Ontario
Mental health is close to the province’s: 53% rate it very good or excellent, against 51% in Ontario, and 22% find most days quite 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, Strathroy is 23rd nearest a hospital
The 40 Canadian towns nearest its population (25,464 to 27,690 people), nearest a hospital first; their median is 3.9 km.
One health region covers Strathroy and every place in the table, so the survey and life-expectancy columns read the same. Residents of Middlesex Centre live further from a hospital, at 9.6 km against 4.3 km in Strathroy.
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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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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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.
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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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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.
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Regional figures. Statistics Canada reports the survey and life expectancy by health region, not by town: Strathroy shares them with its neighbours, while the distances are measured for it alone.
Questions about health in Strathroy
What is the life expectancy in Strathroy?
Life expectancy comes by health region: 84.2 for women, 79.6 for men around Strathroy (2022/2024).
How healthy is Strathroy?
Most of the region’s figures sit on the healthier side of the typical Canadian town’s, though not all. The three chronic conditions the grade counts average 18% of adults.
How is Strathroy’s Health Grade worked out?
Not yet: Health will weigh the region’s survey and life expectancy and Strathroy’s distance to a hospital against the typical Canadian town once Canada’s grading run happens.
How far is Strathroy from a hospital?
For everyday care, Strathroy’s residents are 1.9 km from a pharmacy and 16 km from a clinic on average.
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