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

Table

Unit %

Year 2024 Year 2021 Year 2018 Year 2015 Year 2012
Province
New Brunswick
29.8
29.0 - 30.6
31.0
30.1 - 31.9
30.8
29.9 - 31.8
30.9
29.9 - 31.8
40.7
39.5 - 42.0
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
28.4
26.8 - 29.9
29.5
27.6 - 31.3
27.8
25.9 - 29.7
29.8
27.8 - 31.8
37.9
35.3 - 40.5
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
30.8
29.2 - 32.5
31.0
29.2 - 32.9
33.2
31.1 - 35.3
30.4
28.3 - 32.5
43.3
40.7 - 46.0
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
28.3
26.6 - 30.0
29.1
27.3 - 30.9
28.8
26.8 - 30.8
31.6
29.4 - 33.7
40.0
37.2 - 42.8
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
28.8
26.2 - 31.4
32.0
28.9 - 35.0
34.7
31.5 - 38.0
33.3
30.1 - 36.5
42.2
38.2 - 46.2
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
31.6
28.2 - 35.0
32.4
28.5 - 36.2
35.6
31.1 - 40.1
38.3
34.1 - 42.5
46.7
41.4 - 52.1
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
32.3
30.1 - 34.5
33.0
30.2 - 35.7
32.6
29.9 - 35.4
28.2
25.3 - 31.1
39.6
35.7 - 43.5
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
31.5
28.3 - 34.7
37.1
33.5 - 40.7
28.2
24.8 - 31.7
28.5
25.2 - 31.8
38.0
33.4 - 42.6
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
38.0
34.5 - 41.5
38.0
33.7 - 42.3
38.5
33.7 - 43.2
34.3
29.6 - 39.1
43.9
37.7 - 50.0
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
22.7
19.5 - 26.0
25.5
21.3 - 29.7
24.6
19.5 - 29.7
30.8
25.3 - 36.4
34.1
27.6 - 40.7
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
30.4
25.3 - 35.5
30.4
24.9 - 36.0
35.6
29.1 - 42.1
36.5
30.2 - 42.7
46.5
39.0 - 54.0
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
26.2
21.8 - 30.6
23.9
18.3 - 29.6
27.7
21.6 - 33.9
18.1
12.6 - 23.6
38.6
29.7 - 47.5
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
32.7
28.0 - 37.3
34.1
28.7 - 39.4
35.6
29.2 - 42.0
39.8
34.0 - 45.5
47.0
39.3 - 54.7
Dieppe and Memramcook
24.0
19.9 - 28.1
32.4
26.1 - 38.6
30.9
24.5 - 37.3
23.8
17.3 - 30.3
44.7
34.9 - 54.5
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
29.5
23.8 - 35.3
31.5
24.9 - 38.0
34.4
27.4 - 41.4
33.6
26.0 - 41.2
43.3
34.0 - 52.5
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
29.1
25.7 - 32.5
30.7
26.6 - 34.7
34.3
30.0 - 38.6
35.6
31.1 - 40.0
42.4
37.0 - 47.7
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
24.5
21.0 - 28.1
26.1
22.4 - 29.8
29.4
25.2 - 33.7
31.6
27.3 - 35.9
37.7
32.2 - 43.1
Fredericton
29.1
25.8 - 32.4
29.3
25.9 - 32.7
28.0
24.0 - 32.0
34.7
30.0 - 39.3
44.1
37.8 - 50.4
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
S
16.1
8.4 - 23.8
23.6
14.8 - 32.4
29.3
19.4 - 39.2
40.7
28.5 - 52.8
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
26.8
22.2 - 31.3
31.4
26.2 - 36.6
37.4
31.6 - 43.3
31.4
26.3 - 36.4
43.4
36.4 - 50.4
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
S
34.4
21.9 - 46.9
26.8
15.5 - 38.2
21.8
12.4 - 31.2
34.6
22.0 - 47.3
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
33.7
26.4 - 41.1
42.8
31.1 - 54.6
28.5
18.8 - 38.1
29.0
18.6 - 39.5
37.0
24.0 - 50.1
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
30.0
23.9 - 36.1
32.3
25.2 - 39.3
31.5
24.2 - 38.7
31.1
23.2 - 38.9
42.9
33.1 - 52.7
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
31.8
28.3 - 35.3
37.6
33.6 - 41.7
29.6
25.8 - 33.4
28.7
24.9 - 32.5
38.1
32.8 - 43.3
Moncton
30.0
27.0 - 32.9
29.8
26.6 - 32.9
28.4
25.0 - 31.7
35.9
32.2 - 39.6
39.7
35.3 - 44.0
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
33.4
27.3 - 39.5
32.0
24.6 - 39.3
26.9
19.6 - 34.3
23.1
16.4 - 29.9
40.6
30.8 - 50.3
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
29.1
21.6 - 36.7
34.5
26.2 - 42.8
21.5
13.5 - 29.5
28.1
21.4 - 34.7
37.7
27.9 - 47.4
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
32.4
26.9 - 38.0
29.0
22.7 - 35.4
25.8
19.0 - 32.7
27.3
19.8 - 34.8
31.3
21.5 - 41.1
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
21.3
16.6 - 26.1
29.2
22.5 - 35.9
30.6
23.2 - 37.9
30.0
20.7 - 39.3
36.8
26.3 - 47.3
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
27.7
20.9 - 34.6
29.7
23.8 - 35.5
24.4
18.7 - 30.1
34.3
28.0 - 40.7
40.1
32.3 - 47.9
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
26.5
22.8 - 30.2
28.0
23.4 - 32.6
31.9
26.4 - 37.4
33.3
27.0 - 39.5
44.6
37.1 - 52.1
Riverview and Coverdale
37.2
32.2 - 42.2
31.6
26.3 - 36.9
36.9
30.1 - 43.6
26.3
19.9 - 32.8
34.2
26.4 - 42.0
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
37.3
31.8 - 42.8
29.9
23.0 - 36.8
34.5
26.3 - 42.7
32.9
25.2 - 40.7
46.5
36.2 - 56.8
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
34.4
31.6 - 37.1
32.3
29.4 - 35.2
35.1
31.7 - 38.5
31.1
27.8 - 34.4
42.5
38.3 - 46.7
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
S
23.7
15.1 - 32.4
26.7
16.9 - 36.5
19.0
10.8 - 27.2
39.5
27.3 - 51.8
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
22.8
18.4 - 27.3
30.8
25.5 - 36.1
20.9
16.9 - 25.0
25.3
20.7 - 30.0
32.7
25.9 - 39.5
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
20.3
15.1 - 25.6
25.1
18.8 - 31.4
28.3
21.4 - 35.1
26.4
20.1 - 32.6
30.3
21.6 - 38.9
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
25.0
20.2 - 29.9
27.8
22.5 - 33.2
29.9
23.6 - 36.2
31.2
24.9 - 37.5
41.8
34.6 - 49.0
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
36.5
32.0 - 41.0
36.3
31.2 - 41.4
34.2
28.8 - 39.6
30.4
24.8 - 36.0
45.7
38.4 - 53.1
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
28.6
24.7 - 32.5
30.8
26.1 - 35.6
33.1
27.7 - 38.5
26.4
21.6 - 31.2
44.6
38.0 - 51.1
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
34.3
29.5 - 39.0
37.1
30.9 - 43.3
30.6
25.5 - 35.7
27.3
20.4 - 34.3
40.7
31.7 - 49.7
Age
18-64
34.7
32.6 - 36.8
35.9
33.8 - 38.1
37.2
35.0 - 39.3
37.9
35.8 - 40.0
45.4
43.2 - 47.7
65 and over
28.8
27.9 - 29.6
29.4
28.4 - 30.3
28.4
27.3 - 29.4
28.6
27.5 - 29.7
40.0
38.4 - 41.5
Gender
Female
33.1
32.1 - 34.2
34.6
33.4 - 35.8
34.8
33.5 - 36.0
35.2
33.9 - 36.5
43.3
41.7 - 44.9
Male
24.8
23.6 - 26.0
25.6
24.3 - 27.0
25.0
23.5 - 26.4
24.3
22.8 - 25.7
36.2
34.2 - 38.3
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
S
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Language
Most comfortable in English
30.5
29.5 - 31.4
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Most comfortable in French
28.0
26.4 - 29.5
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Comfortable in both English and French
28.6
25.9 - 31.4
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
39.6
33.6 - 45.7
31.9
24.1 - 39.6
42.7
34.5 - 51.0
40.2
32.7 - 47.8
42.3
35.0 - 49.6
Immigrant
Immigrants
29.2
23.8 - 34.6
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Education level
High school or less
29.1
28.1 - 30.1
30.7
29.6 - 31.8
29.6
28.4 - 30.7
31.5
30.4 - 32.7
41.8
40.3 - 43.3
Postsecondary
31.3
29.8 - 32.7
32.3
30.7 - 34.0
33.1
31.2 - 35.0
31.2
29.1 - 33.4
42.5
39.9 - 45.1
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
43.3
41.3 - 45.4
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Household income
Less than $30,000
33.8
32.7 - 34.9
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
$30,000 to less than $60,000
27.0
25.3 - 28.7
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
$60,000 or more
19.1
16.7 - 21.6
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
28.0
22.3 - 33.8
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 chronic pain.

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_CHCCP_1

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