Health in West Lorne · CCHS 2023/2024, Statistics Canada
49% of adults around West Lorne rate their health very good or excellent
Life expectancy in the region is 80.6 years (83.0 for women, 78.2 for men, 2022/2024). For West Lorne itself the measure is access: 4.7 km to the nearest hospital, much like the typical 3.7 km. West Lorne grades B− for health, #679 of 866 in Ontario and #2,003 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
Ontario: 51% · The very good or excellent health, chronic conditions, smokers and life expectancy numbers here cover the Oxford Elgin St. Thomas Health Unit
Chronic conditions
18%
arthritis, diabetes, high blood pressure: average share
Ontario: 17%
Smokers
12%
daily or occasional, age-standardised
Ontario: 11%
Life expectancy
80.6
at birth, 2022/2024
women 83.0 · men 78.2
Nearest hospital
4.7 km
residents’ average, straight line
the typical Canadian town: 3.7 km
Health Grade
West Lorne 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 (49%)Better than 35% of Canadian towns
Chronic conditions (18%)Better than 40% of Canadian towns
Smokers (12%)Better than 59% of Canadian towns
Life expectancy (80.6)Better than 49% of Canadian towns
Distance to a hospital (4.7 km)Better than 74% 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: #679 of 866 in Ontario and #2,003 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
0.8 fewer years of life than regions as deprived
Each dot is a health region, not a town, its figures shared by every town in it; West Lorne’s region sits below the trend line through 102 regions.
Situational vulnerability: residents’ average quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprivedLife expectancy at birth (years)
Life expectancy and deprivation move in opposite directions across 102 regions (correlation −0.83); at 2.9, the expected figure is 81.4 years, and West Lorne’s region falls below with 80.6. Most of the 10 regions with the nearest deprivation scores outlive it (8 of 10, median 81.4 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.
Conditions and habits
22% of the region’s adults have high blood pressure and 10% diabetes
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
22%
Arthritis
23%
Diabetes
10%
Obese (self-reported)
38%
Mood disorder
20%
Anxiety disorder
15%
Habits · 2023/2024
Smoke daily or now and then
12%
Smoke every day
9.9%
Heavy drinking
20%
Ontario
More adults report obesity than across Ontario: 38%, the province 30%.
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
From West Lorne, a hospital is 4.7 km away on average
Straight-line distances from each part of West Lorne, weighted by who lives there.
Hospital
4.7 km
residents’ average distance
the typical Canadian town: 3.7 km
Clinic
4.8 km
community health centre or clinic, residents’ average
Pharmacy
4.9 km
residents’ average distance
0.5 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
Compared with 3.3 km for the typical town in Ontario and 3.7 km for the typical Canadian town, West Lorne is on the far side.
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.
80.6
years at birth, 2022/2024
19.9
more years expected at 65
21st
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 21st 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 instability2.9
Economic dependency4.1
Ethno-cultural composition2.2
Situational vulnerability3.7
These four scores average the national quintile of the areas where West Lorne’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: 49% and 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
49%
Health fair or poor
16%
Mental health very good or excellent
50%
Mental health fair or poor
17%
Most days quite a bit stressful
23%
Strong sense of belonging
63%
Satisfied with life
84%
Ontario
Mental wellbeing sits at the provincial level, 50% very good or excellent against 51% for Ontario; stress is a daily matter for 23%.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
Towns its size
West Lorne is 26th of 40 towns its size for nearness to a hospital
The 40 Canadian towns nearest its population (5,457 to 5,678 people), nearest a hospital first; their median is 3.6 km.
West Lorne and all of these places belong to one health region: the regional figures repeat, the hospital distances don’t. Dutton is the furthest from care, 12 km to West Lorne’s 4.7 km.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
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Regional figures. Only the distances on this page belong to West Lorne alone, because the health survey and life expectancy come for the whole health region.
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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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Who the survey asks. The survey’s frame skips reserves and other Indigenous settlements, institutions, the Forces and two Québec regions, so their figures come from elsewhere or not at all.
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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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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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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 West Lorne
How is West Lorne’s Health Grade worked out?
No letter yet for West Lorne: 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 West Lorne?
The region trails the typical Canadian town on each of its four survey and life-expectancy figures. On arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure, the region’s average share is 18%.
What is the life expectancy in West Lorne?
Women in West Lorne’s region live to 83.0 on average and men to 78.2, Statistics Canada’s 2022/2024 estimate.
How far is West Lorne from a hospital?
For everyday care, West Lorne’s residents are 4.9 km from a pharmacy and 4.8 km from a clinic on average.
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