Health in Témiscaming · CCHS 2023/2024, Statistics Canada
Témiscaming’s region trails the typical Canadian town by 2.0 years: life expectancy 79.5
In the health survey, 57% of adults in the region rate their health very good or excellent, close to Quebec’s 57%. Closer to home, a hospital is just 2.0 km from the average resident of Témiscaming, nearer than the usual 3.7 km. The Health grade for Témiscaming is 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
Around Témiscaming, 14% of adults smoke daily, part of a smoking rate higher than most Canadian towns’ regions. Conditions and habits ↓
Deprivation runs high
Statistics Canada’s deprivation index places Témiscaming at 4.6 of 5 for situational vulnerability, close to the top band. The wider area ↓
More people feeling well
The survey’s age-standardised figure sits 5.7 points over the typical Canadian town’s, and 56% answered very good or excellent. 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
Témiscaming 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 (2.0 km)Better than 85% 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
High blood pressure for 21% of adults in the region, diabetes for 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
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.
Health survey
About as many rate their health highly here as in Quebec: 56% and 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
About as many adults report very good or excellent mental health as across Quebec (65% against 64%), while 18% call most days stressful.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
The wider area
Life expectancy across the 18 health 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.
79.5
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 instability3.3
Economic dependency4.0
Ethno-cultural composition1.2
Situational vulnerability4.6
This is the one part of the block measured for Témiscaming itself, and it sets the scene rather than feeding the grade.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, three-year estimate 2022/2024, by health region.
For its deprivation
Barely ahead of regions as deprived
One dot per health region, 102 in all, since life expectancy and the index are published for regions; Témiscaming’s dot is marked, close to the line.
Situational vulnerability: residents’ average quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprivedLife expectancy at birth (years)
More deprivation, shorter lives: that holds across the 102 regions (correlation −0.83), and Témiscaming’s region fits it, 79.5 years at 3.5 against the line’s 79.0. Narrow the field to the 10 regions most like it on deprivation and it still beats 8, with 78.7 years in the middle.
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
The nearest hospital is 2.0 km from the average home in Témiscaming
Straight-line distances from each part of Témiscaming, weighted by who lives there.
Hospital
2.0 km
residents’ average distance
the typical Canadian town: 3.7 km
Clinic
2.0 km
community health centre or clinic, residents’ average
Pharmacy
2.0 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
Compared with 5.3 km for the typical town in Quebec and 3.7 km for the typical Canadian town, Témiscaming is on the near side.
Regional figures. Only the distances on this page belong to Témiscaming 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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Adjusted for age. Self-rated health, chronic conditions and smoking enter the grade adjusted to Canada’s adult age mix, though the survey block prints them as people answered.
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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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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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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.
Questions about health in Témiscaming
How healthy is Témiscaming?
More of the region’s survey and life-expectancy figures beat the typical Canadian town than trail it. Its chronic-condition figure, age-standardised, is 15%.
How is Témiscaming’s Health Grade worked out?
Canada’s grades haven’t been set, so Témiscaming has none yet; when they are, Health will set its region and its hospital distance against the typical Canadian town.
What is the life expectancy in Témiscaming?
Life expectancy comes by health region: 81.6 for women, 77.6 for men around Témiscaming (2022/2024).
How far is Témiscaming from a hospital?
Residents of Témiscaming have a clinic 2.0 km away on average and a pharmacy 2.0 km away, in straight lines.
Photo: François Ruph · CC BY-SA 4.0