Health in Palmarolle · CCHS 2023/2024, Statistics Canada
Palmarolle’s region trails the typical Canadian town by 2.0 years: life expectancy 79.5
About as many adults call their health very good or excellent here as across Quebec, 57% against 57%. For Palmarolle itself the measure is access, and it lags: 13 km to the nearest hospital, where 3.7 km is typical. Health gives Palmarolle a grade of B−.
Quebec: 57% · The very good or excellent health, chronic conditions, smokers and life expectancy numbers here cover the Région de l'Abitibi-Témiscamingue
Chronic conditions
15%
arthritis, diabetes, high blood pressure: average share
Smoking is commoner around Palmarolle than in the typical Canadian town’s region, and 14% of adults smoke every day. Conditions and habits ↓
A long way to hospital
Distance is Palmarolle’s own health question: 0% of residents live beyond 30 km of a hospital, and the trip from its centre is 15 km. Getting care ↓
A long way to a pharmacy
Picking up a prescription in Palmarolle takes a trip of 15 km on average to the nearest mapped pharmacy. Getting care ↓
More people feeling well
Even once age is allowed for, 5.7 points more adults here call their health very good or excellent than in the typical town’s region (56% as answered). Health survey ↓
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
Palmarolle 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 (57%)Better than 82% of Canadian towns
Chronic conditions (15%)Better than 68% of Canadian towns
Smokers (15%)Better than 26% of Canadian towns
Life expectancy (79.5)Better than 34% of Canadian towns
Distance to a hospital (13 km)Better than 45% 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.
Conditions and habits
In the region, high blood pressure (21%) and diabetes (9.8%)
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
21%
Arthritis
20%
Diabetes
9.8%
Obese (self-reported)
37%
Mood disorder
10%
Anxiety disorder
14%
Habits · 2023/2024
Smoke daily or now and then
15%
Smoke every day
14%
Heavy drinking
25%
Flu shot in the past year
28%
Quebec
At 37%, self-reported obesity is above Quebec’s 29%.
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 Palmarolle: 13 km on average
Measured from where the town’s residents live, so this part is Palmarolle’s own, not the region’s.
Hospital
13 km
residents’ average distance
the typical Canadian town: 3.7 km
Clinic
1.8 km
community health centre or clinic, residents’ average
Pharmacy
15 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
Compared with 5.3 km for the typical town in Quebec and 3.7 km for the typical Canadian town, Palmarolle is on the far side.
56% in the region call their health very good or excellent, close to Quebec (56%)
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
56%
Health fair or poor
14%
Mental health very good or excellent
65%
Mental health fair or poor
8.9%
Most days quite a bit stressful
18%
Strong sense of belonging
61%
Satisfied with life
91%
Quebec
On mental health the region tracks Quebec, 65% very good or excellent to 64%; 18% describe most days as quite a bit stressful.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
For its deprivation
As long-lived as regions this deprived, if slightly longer
Plotted region by region (102 in all, since towns have no figures of their own), Palmarolle’s region comes out on the trend.
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 3.5, the expected figure is 79.0 years, and Palmarolle’s region matches it closely with 79.5. Set beside its 10 nearest neighbours on the index, it outlives the majority, 8 of 10; their median is 78.7 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
How the 18 health regions in Quebec compare on life expectancy
Regional life expectancy in Quebec, then the town’s place on the national deprivation index.
79.5
years at birth, 2022/2024
19.2
more years expected at 65
14th
longest of 18 regions in Quebec
Life expectancy at birth by health region · 2022/2024
Région de Laval84.1
Région de Montréal83.4
Région de la Capitale-Nationale82.9
Région de l'Estrie82.9
Région de la Chaudière-Appalaches82.8
Région de la Montérégie82.5
Région des Laurentides82.2
Région de Lanaudière82.0
Région du Saguenay—Lac-Saint-Jean81.8
Région du Bas-Saint-Laurent81.7
Région de la Mauricie et du Centre-du-Québec81.6
Région de l'Outaouais80.7
Région de la Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine79.9
Région de l'Abitibi-Témiscamingue79.5
Région de la Côte-Nord79.4
Région du Nord-du-Québec78.1
Région des Terres-Cries-de-la-Baie-James76.8
Région du Nunavik65.2
Life expectancy in Quebec runs from 65.2 to 84.1; this region sits 14th of the 18.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
Residential instability2.6
Economic dependency3.0
Ethno-cultural composition1.0
Situational vulnerability2.7
The index is context and never graded: it describes Palmarolle’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.
Neighbours
Health in the places around Palmarolle
The places around, with the distance to a hospital and their regions’ figures. Tap a town for its health page.
Nothing in the regional columns separates Palmarolle from its neighbours; the hospital distance is what does. La Sarre is the closest to care, 1.2 km to Palmarolle’s 13 km.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
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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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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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Adjusted for age. Standardising for age lets a retirement region and a young one be set side by side; the charts keep the raw answers, the grade the standardised ones.
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Regional figures. Statistics Canada reports the survey and life expectancy by health region, not by town: Palmarolle shares them with its neighbours, while the distances are measured for it alone.
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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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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.
Questions about health in Palmarolle
How is Palmarolle’s Health Grade worked out?
Not yet: Health will weigh the region’s survey and life expectancy and Palmarolle’s distance to a hospital against the typical Canadian town once Canada’s grading run happens.
How healthy is Palmarolle?
Most of the region’s figures sit on the healthier side of the typical Canadian town’s, though not all. Its chronic-condition figure, age-standardised, is 15%.
What is the life expectancy in Palmarolle?
Statistics Canada publishes it for Palmarolle’s health region only: 81.6 years for women and 77.6 for men (2022/2024).
How far is Palmarolle from a hospital?
Beyond the hospital, the average home in Palmarolle is 1.8 km from a clinic and 15 km from a pharmacy.
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