Health in Port-Daniel--Gascons · CCHS 2023/2024, Statistics Canada
More smokers around Port-Daniel--Gascons: 18% of adults, where the typical Canadian town has 12%
In the health survey, 56% of adults in the region rate their health very good or excellent, close to Quebec’s 57%. What sets Port-Daniel--Gascons apart within its region is a longer trip to hospital, 22 km for the average resident (3.7 km typical). Health gives Port-Daniel--Gascons a grade of C.
Quebec: 57% · Source area for very good or excellent health, chronic conditions, smokers and life expectancy: the Région de la Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine
Chronic conditions
18%
arthritis, diabetes, high blood pressure: average share
Quebec: 14%
Smokers
18%
daily or occasional, age-standardised
Quebec: 12%
Life expectancy
79.9
at birth, 2022/2024
women 81.6 · men 78.2
Nearest hospital
22 km
residents’ average, straight line
the typical Canadian town: 3.7 km
What stands out · In brief
What stands out about health in Port-Daniel--Gascons
Set against regions as deprived (4.1), Port-Daniel--Gascons’ region gains years: 79.9 where the trend says 76.8. For its deprivation ↓
Far from a hospital
For 0% of homes in Port-Daniel--Gascons the nearest hospital is over 30 km off; from the town’s centre of population it is 25 km. Getting care ↓
A region where lives run shorter
Port-Daniel--Gascons’ region sits 1.6 years below the typical Canadian town, and those reaching 65 have 19.4 years ahead (2022/2024). The wider area ↓
More people feeling well
Even once age is allowed for, 4.7 points more adults here call their health very good or excellent than in the typical town’s region (53% 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
Port-Daniel--Gascons 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 (56%)Better than 76% of Canadian towns
Chronic conditions (18%)Better than 47% of Canadian towns
Smokers (18%)Better than 7% of Canadian towns
Life expectancy (79.9)Better than 39% 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.
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
Longer lives than deprivation would give: 3.1 years ahead of the trend
Every town shares its health region’s figures, so this compares 102 regions; the one holding Port-Daniel--Gascons’ lies above the line.
Situational vulnerability: residents’ average quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprivedLife expectancy at birth (years)
The trend over 102 regions (correlation −0.83) is clear, and Port-Daniel--Gascons’ region sits above it: 79.9 years where a score of 4.1 predicts 76.8. Set beside its 10 nearest neighbours on the index, it outlives the majority, 9 of 10; their median is 77.9 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.
Getting care
Getting to hospital from Port-Daniel--Gascons: 22 km on average
Straight-line distances from each part of Port-Daniel--Gascons, weighted by who lives there.
Hospital
22 km
residents’ average distance
the typical Canadian town: 3.7 km
Clinic
4.5 km
community health centre or clinic, residents’ average
Pharmacy
6.8 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
Port-Daniel--Gascons is further out than the provincial norm of 5.3 km in Quebec, and than the typical Canadian town at 3.7 km.
Longest and shortest lives among the 18 regions in Quebec
What Statistics Canada publishes above the town: life expectancy for each health region in Quebec, and the deprivation index for the town’s own areas.
79.9
years at birth, 2022/2024
19.4
more years expected at 65
13th
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
This region is 13th longest-lived of 18 in Quebec, on a scale from 65.2 to 84.1 years.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
Residential instability3.4
Economic dependency4.8
Ethno-cultural composition1.4
Situational vulnerability5.0
Statistics Canada scores every small area from 1 to 5 on each dimension; Port-Daniel--Gascons’ bars are its residents’ average, shown and not graded.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, three-year estimate 2022/2024, by health region.
Health survey
53% in the region call their health very good or excellent, fewer than in Quebec (56%)
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
53%
Health fair or poor
15%
Mental health very good or excellent
68%
Mental health fair or poor
8.3%
Most days quite a bit stressful
12%
Strong sense of belonging
80%
Satisfied with life
91%
Quebec
Mental health beats Quebec as well: 68% very good or excellent to 64%, with 12% facing stressful days.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
Conditions and habits
28% of the region’s adults have high blood pressure and 11% 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
28%
Arthritis
30%
Diabetes
11%
Obese (self-reported)
37%
Mood disorder
7.9%
Anxiety disorder
10%
Habits · 2023/2024
Smoke daily or now and then
18%
Smoke every day
14%
Heavy drinking
21%
Flu shot in the past year
32%
Quebec
Obesity runs higher than in the province, at 37% of adults against 29% for Quebec.
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.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
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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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What counts as a hospital. The facilities database merges provincial lists of different vintages; its hospitals include some with no emergency department, and a few are placed by postal code.
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Deprivation is context. Statistics Canada’s 2021 deprivation index describes the town’s own areas for context only, with no index for the territories.
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Regional figures. Statistics Canada reports the survey and life expectancy by health region, not by town: Port-Daniel--Gascons shares them with its neighbours, while the distances are measured for it alone.
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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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Distances are straight lines. They run from where residents live, not along roads, so they understate a drive; each dissemination area counts by its 2021 population.
Questions about health in Port-Daniel--Gascons
How far is Port-Daniel--Gascons from a hospital?
Residents of Port-Daniel--Gascons have a clinic 4.5 km away on average and a pharmacy 6.8 km away, in straight lines.
How is Port-Daniel--Gascons’ Health Grade worked out?
It will once Canada’s single grading run is done, measured on the region’s survey and life expectancy and on how far Port-Daniel--Gascons’ homes are from a hospital, against the typical Canadian town.
How healthy is Port-Daniel--Gascons?
Taken together the region leans less healthy than the typical Canadian town, but the picture is mixed. On arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure, the region’s average share is 18%.
What is the life expectancy in Port-Daniel--Gascons?
For the health region that includes Port-Daniel--Gascons, women can expect 81.6 years and men 78.2 (2022/2024).
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