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

Table

Unit %

Year 2024 Year 2021 Year 2018 Year 2015 Year 2012
Province
New Brunswick
24.5
23.7 - 25.2
23.6
22.8 - 24.4
24.0
23.1 - 24.9
24.5
23.6 - 25.4
26.2
25.1 - 27.3
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
26.0
24.5 - 27.5
25.1
23.4 - 26.9
25.8
24.0 - 27.7
28.4
26.3 - 30.4
28.0
25.6 - 30.4
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
23.4
21.9 - 24.9
22.9
21.3 - 24.6
24.8
22.8 - 26.7
24.6
22.7 - 26.6
28.6
26.2 - 31.0
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
26.9
25.2 - 28.6
25.8
24.1 - 27.6
24.5
22.6 - 26.4
23.5
21.6 - 25.5
24.2
21.7 - 26.6
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
20.8
18.5 - 23.1
17.9
15.4 - 20.5
21.4
18.6 - 24.3
18.7
16.1 - 21.4
21.5
18.2 - 24.8
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
23.5
20.4 - 26.6
16.2
13.2 - 19.3
19.4
15.6 - 23.1
21.5
17.9 - 25.1
24.0
19.5 - 28.5
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
23.7
21.7 - 25.7
23.9
21.5 - 26.4
21.1
18.7 - 23.5
23.6
20.9 - 26.3
21.9
18.7 - 25.1
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
20.9
18.1 - 23.8
26.1
22.8 - 29.4
25.0
21.7 - 28.3
26.7
23.4 - 29.9
33.1
28.7 - 37.4
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
21.4
18.5 - 24.3
23.9
20.1 - 27.7
19.6
15.7 - 23.5
24.9
20.6 - 29.2
22.1
17.1 - 27.1
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
23.1
19.9 - 26.4
20.4
16.5 - 24.3
21.5
16.6 - 26.3
21.0
16.1 - 25.9
29.2
23.0 - 35.5
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
24.9
20.1 - 29.6
16.7
12.2 - 21.2
21.0
15.4 - 26.5
26.5
20.7 - 32.2
30.5
23.7 - 37.4
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
25.6
21.2 - 29.9
21.9
16.5 - 27.4
24.4
18.5 - 30.3
24.1
18.0 - 30.3
16.9
10.2 - 23.6
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
22.3
18.2 - 26.4
15.8
11.7 - 20.0
17.9
12.8 - 23.0
17.4
13.0 - 21.9
17.2
11.5 - 23.0
Dieppe and Memramcook
30.6
26.2 - 34.9
26.6
20.7 - 32.5
26.3
20.3 - 32.4
38.6
31.1 - 46.0
27.3
18.6 - 36.0
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
26.1
20.4 - 31.8
22.0
16.2 - 27.9
28.6
21.9 - 35.3
23.7
16.8 - 30.5
29.2
20.8 - 37.7
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
21.4
18.3 - 24.5
18.9
15.5 - 22.4
20.8
17.1 - 24.5
22.3
18.4 - 26.2
22.0
17.6 - 26.4
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
24.3
20.8 - 27.9
25.8
22.2 - 29.5
25.5
21.4 - 29.6
23.0
19.1 - 26.8
22.2
17.6 - 26.8
Fredericton
27.3
24.2 - 30.5
26.6
23.3 - 29.9
25.3
21.4 - 29.1
26.1
21.8 - 30.4
27.5
21.9 - 33.1
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
S
18.4
10.3 - 26.6
25.2
16.2 - 34.1
22.7
13.6 - 31.8
41.3
29.1 - 53.4
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
22.4
18.1 - 26.7
16.3
12.2 - 20.4
21.1
16.2 - 26.0
14.2
10.4 - 18.1
17.1
11.9 - 22.3
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
S
28.1
16.2 - 39.9
22.6
11.9 - 33.3
21.2
11.9 - 30.5
20.9
10.4 - 31.5
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
12.9
7.5 - 18.3
18.0
8.9 - 27.1
25.6
16.3 - 35.0
17.4
8.6 - 26.1
34.6
21.7 - 47.4
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
25.6
19.9 - 31.4
24.2
17.7 - 30.6
15.8
10.1 - 21.5
27.6
20.0 - 35.2
22.3
14.2 - 30.5
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
21.2
18.1 - 24.3
27.5
23.8 - 31.2
25.8
22.2 - 29.5
30.4
26.5 - 34.3
34.4
29.3 - 39.5
Moncton
27.3
24.5 - 30.2
22.9
20.0 - 25.8
24.1
20.9 - 27.2
27.1
23.7 - 30.5
27.0
23.1 - 30.9
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
32.1
26.0 - 38.1
23.3
16.6 - 29.9
25.4
18.2 - 32.6
24.9
18.0 - 31.8
24.0
15.6 - 32.5
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
19.3
12.7 - 25.8
19.6
12.7 - 26.6
20.8
12.9 - 28.8
15.4
10.0 - 20.7
28.7
19.9 - 37.5
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
31.4
25.8 - 37.0
27.6
21.4 - 33.9
27.3
20.3 - 34.3
27.2
19.7 - 34.7
23.4
14.5 - 32.3
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
23.9
19.0 - 28.8
26.3
19.8 - 32.8
26.5
19.5 - 33.6
18.8
10.9 - 26.7
20.5
11.8 - 29.2
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
25.8
19.2 - 32.5
27.5
21.8 - 33.2
19.2
14.0 - 24.5
16.2
11.2 - 21.1
22.8
16.0 - 29.6
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
28.8
25.0 - 32.6
25.3
20.8 - 29.8
26.7
21.5 - 31.9
24.3
18.6 - 30.0
28.0
21.3 - 34.7
Riverview and Coverdale
29.0
24.3 - 33.7
33.7
28.3 - 39.1
37.2
30.5 - 44.0
28.5
21.8 - 35.1
31.4
23.9 - 38.9
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
15.4
11.3 - 19.6
29.8
22.9 - 36.7
29.1
21.3 - 36.9
27.9
20.5 - 35.3
24.7
15.8 - 33.6
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
21.2
18.8 - 23.6
22.3
19.7 - 25.0
24.1
21.1 - 27.2
23.9
20.9 - 26.9
25.2
21.5 - 28.8
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
S
13.9
6.8 - 20.9
16.7
8.4 - 24.9
34.1
24.2 - 44.0
18.1
8.5 - 27.7
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
27.6
22.9 - 32.3
30.1
24.8 - 35.4
28.1
23.6 - 32.5
31.5
26.5 - 36.5
34.5
27.7 - 41.2
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
26.1
20.5 - 31.8
31.4
24.7 - 38.2
19.2
13.2 - 25.2
27.4
21.1 - 33.8
24.5
16.4 - 32.6
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
25.3
20.4 - 30.1
25.7
20.5 - 30.9
28.0
21.8 - 34.2
27.8
21.6 - 33.9
34.6
27.7 - 41.5
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
25.6
21.4 - 29.7
24.6
20.1 - 29.2
21.7
17.0 - 26.4
27.1
21.7 - 32.5
25.2
18.9 - 31.6
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
22.8
19.2 - 26.5
19.9
15.8 - 24.0
25.6
20.6 - 30.6
23.0
18.4 - 27.6
31.0
24.9 - 37.0
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
24.6
20.3 - 28.9
19.8
14.7 - 24.9
22.3
17.6 - 26.9
15.2
9.6 - 20.8
24.0
16.3 - 31.7
Age
18-64
21.0
19.2 - 22.7
20.5
18.7 - 22.3
19.6
17.9 - 21.4
23.4
21.5 - 25.2
23.2
21.3 - 25.1
65 and over
25.2
24.4 - 26.0
24.7
23.7 - 25.6
25.8
24.7 - 26.8
25.4
24.4 - 26.5
28.7
27.3 - 30.1
Gender
Female
23.1
22.2 - 24.0
22.3
21.3 - 23.4
23.2
22.0 - 24.3
23.1
22.0 - 24.2
25.2
23.9 - 26.6
Male
26.8
25.6 - 28.1
25.6
24.2 - 26.9
25.2
23.8 - 26.6
26.7
25.1 - 28.2
27.9
26.0 - 29.8
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
S
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Language
Most comfortable in English
25.0
24.1 - 25.9
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Most comfortable in French
22.8
21.3 - 24.2
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Comfortable in both English and French
25.0
22.3 - 27.6
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
25.4
20.1 - 30.7
23.6
16.6 - 30.7
28.0
20.5 - 35.5
18.8
12.8 - 24.9
23.0
16.8 - 29.1
Immigrant
Immigrants
26.2
21.0 - 31.4
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Education level
High school or less
22.8
21.9 - 23.7
22.3
21.3 - 23.3
22.4
21.4 - 23.5
23.5
22.4 - 24.5
26.7
25.4 - 28.0
Postsecondary
28.1
26.8 - 29.5
27.4
25.9 - 29.0
27.9
26.1 - 29.7
30.2
28.1 - 32.3
28.5
26.1 - 30.8
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
17.1
15.6 - 18.6
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Household income
Less than $30,000
21.7
20.7 - 22.7
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
$30,000 to less than $60,000
26.2
24.5 - 27.9
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
$60,000 or more
34.1
31.1 - 37.1
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
24.6
19.0 - 30.1
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 cancer.

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_CHCCA_1

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