Citizens receiving any type of home care services who reported that they have been diagnosed or treated for arthritis

Table

Unit %

Year 2024 Year 2021 Year 2018 Year 2015 Year 2012
Province
New Brunswick
44.8
43.9 - 45.6
44.8
43.9 - 45.8
44.2
43.1 - 45.2
46.5
45.4 - 47.5
48.3
47.1 - 49.6
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
40.4
38.7 - 42.1
40.9
39.0 - 42.9
41.0
38.9 - 43.1
43.2
41.0 - 45.4
44.7
42.1 - 47.4
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
48.3
46.5 - 50.0
46.0
44.1 - 48.0
49.3
47.0 - 51.5
50.6
48.3 - 52.8
52.0
49.4 - 54.6
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
47.2
45.3 - 49.1
45.7
43.7 - 47.7
44.1
41.9 - 46.3
49.8
47.4 - 52.1
51.1
48.3 - 54.0
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
41.9
39.1 - 44.7
45.9
42.6 - 49.2
41.9
38.6 - 45.3
44.0
40.6 - 47.3
45.5
41.5 - 49.5
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
49.7
46.0 - 53.4
52.3
48.3 - 56.4
51.4
46.7 - 56.2
52.0
47.6 - 56.3
56.5
51.3 - 61.8
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
39.7
37.4 - 42.0
43.0
40.1 - 45.8
40.1
37.2 - 43.0
40.8
37.7 - 44.0
44.2
40.3 - 48.1
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
47.1
43.7 - 50.6
45.6
41.8 - 49.3
42.9
39.1 - 46.7
43.1
39.5 - 46.7
43.7
39.1 - 48.3
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
43.8
40.2 - 47.3
43.8
39.4 - 48.2
44.8
40.0 - 49.6
42.6
37.6 - 47.5
48.6
42.6 - 54.6
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
32.6
29.0 - 36.2
34.3
29.7 - 38.9
36.7
31.0 - 42.4
49.9
43.9 - 56.0
39.8
33.1 - 46.6
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
52.7
47.2 - 58.3
53.7
47.8 - 59.7
50.2
43.4 - 57.0
51.5
45.1 - 58.0
57.4
50.0 - 64.8
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
37.2
32.4 - 42.0
41.5
35.1 - 48.0
32.6
26.1 - 39.0
36.4
29.5 - 43.3
39.8
31.1 - 48.6
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
47.1
42.1 - 52.0
51.1
45.5 - 56.7
52.6
45.9 - 59.2
52.3
46.4 - 58.2
55.6
48.1 - 63.2
Dieppe and Memramcook
38.1
33.5 - 42.7
40.1
33.5 - 46.6
39.7
32.9 - 46.4
34.1
26.9 - 41.4
49.2
39.5 - 59.0
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
49.1
42.8 - 55.5
48.1
41.1 - 55.2
47.6
40.2 - 55.0
66.6
59.0 - 74.2
56.0
46.8 - 65.2
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
39.9
36.3 - 43.6
44.3
40.0 - 48.7
39.7
35.3 - 44.1
45.2
40.6 - 49.9
44.0
38.7 - 49.3
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
51.7
47.6 - 55.8
44.8
40.6 - 48.9
42.9
38.2 - 47.5
48.0
43.4 - 52.6
47.1
41.6 - 52.7
Fredericton
43.4
39.9 - 46.9
45.5
41.8 - 49.3
41.7
37.3 - 46.1
48.1
43.3 - 53.0
50.8
44.5 - 57.1
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
S
46.0
35.6 - 56.5
32.7
23.0 - 42.4
44.5
33.7 - 55.4
43.7
31.4 - 56.0
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
44.9
39.8 - 50.1
47.8
42.2 - 53.3
47.8
41.7 - 53.8
45.8
40.4 - 51.3
52.0
45.2 - 58.8
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
S
50.5
37.4 - 63.6
45.1
32.3 - 57.8
56.2
44.9 - 67.5
59.5
46.8 - 72.3
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
41.7
34.0 - 49.3
48.1
36.3 - 60.0
33.8
23.7 - 44.0
29.2
18.8 - 39.7
30.3
17.9 - 42.7
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
40.0
33.5 - 46.4
47.9
40.3 - 55.4
51.4
43.6 - 59.3
53.7
45.2 - 62.1
53.5
43.8 - 63.1
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
46.1
42.4 - 49.9
45.8
41.6 - 49.9
42.7
38.6 - 46.9
42.9
38.8 - 47.1
44.0
38.7 - 49.3
Moncton
41.8
38.7 - 45.0
42.8
39.4 - 46.2
42.2
38.6 - 45.9
45.4
41.6 - 49.2
45.7
41.3 - 50.1
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
53.1
46.7 - 59.5
52.8
44.9 - 60.6
50.6
42.3 - 58.8
48.7
40.7 - 56.7
52.5
42.5 - 62.4
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
53.8
45.5 - 62.1
44.7
35.9 - 53.4
43.7
34.0 - 53.3
43.8
36.4 - 51.1
42.5
32.8 - 52.1
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
48.4
42.4 - 54.4
37.5
30.7 - 44.3
32.4
25.1 - 39.8
38.9
30.7 - 47.1
44.7
34.2 - 55.1
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
49.5
43.7 - 55.4
43.3
36.0 - 50.7
44.6
36.6 - 52.6
41.6
31.7 - 51.6
42.4
31.7 - 53.0
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
46.9
39.3 - 54.5
48.3
41.9 - 54.7
49.9
43.2 - 56.5
54.4
47.8 - 61.1
62.2
54.4 - 69.9
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
49.8
45.6 - 54.1
43.9
38.8 - 49.0
47.7
41.8 - 53.6
49.5
42.9 - 56.2
51.2
43.7 - 58.6
Riverview and Coverdale
50.6
45.4 - 55.8
46.3
40.6 - 52.0
49.9
42.9 - 56.9
42.0
34.8 - 49.2
49.1
41.0 - 57.1
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
47.7
42.0 - 53.4
38.8
31.5 - 46.2
46.8
38.2 - 55.4
47.9
39.7 - 56.2
47.3
37.1 - 57.6
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
51.0
48.1 - 54.0
47.0
43.9 - 50.2
50.9
47.3 - 54.5
52.7
49.2 - 56.2
52.8
48.6 - 57.0
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
S
45.2
35.1 - 55.4
35.5
24.9 - 46.1
42.5
32.1 - 52.8
54.8
42.4 - 67.3
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
34.7
29.7 - 39.7
39.1
33.5 - 44.8
36.4
31.6 - 41.1
34.4
29.2 - 39.5
32.1
25.4 - 38.8
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
35.0
28.8 - 41.2
43.8
36.6 - 51.0
36.7
29.4 - 44.0
43.0
35.9 - 50.1
42.1
32.9 - 51.4
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
39.3
33.8 - 44.7
41.9
36.0 - 47.7
50.7
43.8 - 57.6
50.5
43.7 - 57.3
56.2
49.0 - 63.4
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
50.5
45.8 - 55.2
48.7
43.5 - 54.0
54.2
48.5 - 59.8
52.5
46.4 - 58.5
53.2
45.9 - 60.6
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
44.5
40.3 - 48.8
45.5
40.4 - 50.6
45.5
39.7 - 51.2
46.3
40.9 - 51.7
48.7
42.1 - 55.2
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
37.3
32.4 - 42.1
41.9
35.6 - 48.3
40.6
35.2 - 46.1
38.9
31.3 - 46.5
41.0
32.1 - 49.9
Age
18-64
33.6
31.5 - 35.7
35.7
33.6 - 37.8
35.5
33.4 - 37.6
37.0
34.8 - 39.1
38.4
36.2 - 40.6
65 and over
47.0
46.1 - 48.0
47.8
46.7 - 48.8
47.7
46.5 - 48.9
51.1
49.9 - 52.3
55.0
53.5 - 56.6
Gender
Female
52.3
51.2 - 53.4
52.4
51.1 - 53.6
52.2
50.9 - 53.5
54.5
53.2 - 55.9
55.5
53.9 - 57.1
Male
33.4
32.1 - 34.7
33.6
32.2 - 35.1
32.3
30.8 - 33.9
34.1
32.5 - 35.8
35.5
33.5 - 37.5
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
S
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Language
Most comfortable in English
47.6
46.5 - 48.6
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Most comfortable in French
38.2
36.5 - 39.8
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Comfortable in both English and French
38.3
35.3 - 41.2
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
60.7
54.7 - 66.7
44.2
36.0 - 52.5
52.2
43.8 - 60.5
48.7
41.0 - 56.4
46.8
39.6 - 54.1
Immigrant
Immigrants
51.2
45.3 - 57.2
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Education level
High school or less
45.8
44.7 - 46.8
46.5
45.3 - 47.7
44.9
43.6 - 46.1
48.5
47.3 - 49.7
50.8
49.3 - 52.3
Postsecondary
43.3
41.8 - 44.8
41.3
39.6 - 43.1
42.3
40.2 - 44.3
41.8
39.5 - 44.1
47.5
44.9 - 50.2
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
50.6
48.6 - 52.7
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Household income
Less than $30,000
49.9
48.7 - 51.1
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
$30,000 to less than $60,000
41.2
39.3 - 43.1
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
$60,000 or more
30.1
27.2 - 33.0
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
48.1
41.7 - 54.5
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a = Not applicable / not available
S = Data suppressed due to confidentiality requirements and/or small sample size

About

This indicator is the percentage of citizens receiving any type of home care services who reported that they have been diagnosed or treated for arthritis.

Source

New Brunswick Health Council, Home Care Survey

Calculations

This indicator is calculated by dividing the number of respondents who answered "yes" by the number of respondents who answered "yes or no" to the question: Has a doctor or any other health professional ever diagnosed you with or treated you for any of the following chronic health conditions? Please select all that apply: arthritis, asthma, emphysema or COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease), chronic pain, cancer, diabetes, depression, heart disease, stroke, high blood pressure or hypertension, a mood disorder other than depression, such as bipolar disorder, mania, manic depression or dysthymia, gastric reflux (or GERD), alzheimer’s disease or another form of dementia, anxiety or high cholesterol.

Unit

%

Interpretation

Lower is better

NBHC code

HC_CHCAR_1

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