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

Table

Unit %

Year 2024 Year 2021 Year 2018 Year 2015 Year 2012
Province
New Brunswick
22.9
22.1 - 23.6
22.7
21.9 - 23.5
23.2
22.3 - 24.1
22.7
21.8 - 23.5
24.5
23.4 - 25.6
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
22.7
21.2 - 24.2
24.3
22.6 - 26.1
21.3
19.5 - 23.1
24.5
22.5 - 26.4
24.8
22.5 - 27.1
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
25.5
24.0 - 27.1
23.2
21.5 - 24.9
23.2
21.3 - 25.1
21.6
19.7 - 23.5
23.7
21.4 - 26.0
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
22.1
20.5 - 23.7
21.5
19.8 - 23.1
25.4
23.5 - 27.4
21.1
19.2 - 23.0
25.1
22.6 - 27.5
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
19.3
17.0 - 21.6
20.2
17.6 - 22.9
22.4
19.5 - 25.2
19.8
17.1 - 22.5
25.5
22.0 - 28.9
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
23.7
20.6 - 26.9
22.7
19.3 - 26.1
24.4
20.4 - 28.5
23.0
19.3 - 26.6
23.1
18.6 - 27.6
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
21.6
19.6 - 23.6
23.9
21.5 - 26.4
22.0
19.6 - 24.5
24.2
21.5 - 27.0
24.9
21.5 - 28.2
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
22.2
19.3 - 25.1
20.6
17.6 - 23.7
24.0
20.7 - 27.2
25.5
22.3 - 28.6
24.0
20.0 - 28.0
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
23.1
20.0 - 26.2
28.1
24.1 - 32.1
24.2
20.0 - 28.4
28.4
23.9 - 32.9
26.4
21.0 - 31.7
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
22.5
19.2 - 25.8
23.4
19.4 - 27.5
23.6
18.6 - 28.6
25.0
19.8 - 30.3
27.6
21.4 - 33.8
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
24.2
19.4 - 29.1
24.2
19.0 - 29.3
24.3
18.5 - 30.1
25.5
19.9 - 31.2
22.2
16.0 - 28.4
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
15.1
11.5 - 18.8
19.8
14.6 - 25.1
19.8
14.4 - 25.3
18.5
13.0 - 24.1
26.2
18.3 - 34.1
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
23.3
19.1 - 27.5
21.4
16.8 - 26.1
24.6
18.8 - 30.3
20.9
16.1 - 25.7
24.0
17.5 - 30.5
Dieppe and Memramcook
20.4
16.4 - 24.4
24.2
18.4 - 29.9
26.0
20.0 - 32.1
20.6
14.4 - 26.8
20.5
12.6 - 28.4
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
24.9
19.4 - 30.5
26.9
20.6 - 33.1
21.2
15.2 - 27.2
23.3
16.5 - 30.1
29.7
21.2 - 38.3
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
18.5
15.6 - 21.5
20.7
17.1 - 24.3
18.2
14.7 - 21.7
21.3
17.5 - 25.1
25.0
20.4 - 29.7
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
19.4
16.1 - 22.7
19.1
15.8 - 22.4
25.2
21.2 - 29.3
24.1
20.1 - 28.1
28.3
23.3 - 33.3
Fredericton
24.1
21.1 - 27.2
22.7
19.6 - 25.8
26.8
22.9 - 30.8
20.7
16.8 - 24.7
25.4
19.8 - 30.9
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
S
23.3
14.5 - 32.2
15.6
8.1 - 23.1
14.2
6.6 - 21.8
24.0
13.5 - 34.6
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
21.9
17.5 - 26.3
21.2
16.7 - 25.8
31.8
26.1 - 37.4
18.8
14.5 - 23.1
28.5
22.4 - 34.7
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
S
S
S
21.6
12.2 - 30.9
21.5
10.9 - 32.2
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
14.8
9.4 - 20.3
13.0
5.1 - 21.0
12.4
5.3 - 19.4
15.6
7.3 - 24.0
16.4
6.4 - 26.4
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
14.9
9.9 - 19.8
23.8
17.3 - 30.2
30.9
23.7 - 38.2
16.6
10.3 - 22.9
25.7
17.2 - 34.1
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
23.3
20.1 - 26.5
21.6
18.1 - 25.0
25.4
21.8 - 29.1
26.7
23.0 - 30.4
25.0
20.4 - 29.6
Moncton
23.3
20.6 - 26.1
27.1
24.0 - 30.1
22.8
19.7 - 25.9
29.1
25.6 - 32.6
28.8
24.8 - 32.8
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
19.3
14.3 - 24.4
21.3
14.9 - 27.8
21.8
15.0 - 28.7
20.3
13.8 - 26.7
25.6
17.0 - 34.2
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
14.9
8.8 - 21.1
16.3
9.8 - 22.7
16.7
9.4 - 23.9
21.8
15.7 - 27.9
20.7
12.8 - 28.5
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
19.8
15.0 - 24.5
12.6
8.0 - 17.3
21.3
14.9 - 27.8
14.9
8.9 - 20.9
16.6
8.8 - 24.4
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
21.5
16.7 - 26.3
18.0
12.4 - 23.7
27.8
20.6 - 35.0
14.3
7.2 - 21.3
25.1
15.7 - 34.5
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
30.4
23.3 - 37.5
27.2
21.5 - 32.9
25.7
19.9 - 31.5
24.7
18.9 - 30.5
18.5
12.3 - 24.8
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
24.6
20.9 - 28.3
19.4
15.3 - 23.5
20.9
16.1 - 25.7
23.4
17.8 - 29.1
16.9
11.3 - 22.6
Riverview and Coverdale
21.4
17.0 - 25.7
27.7
22.6 - 32.8
18.0
12.6 - 23.4
20.8
14.8 - 26.7
17.4
11.3 - 23.5
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
19.6
15.0 - 24.1
16.7
11.1 - 22.3
20.1
13.2 - 27.0
26.8
19.5 - 34.1
31.5
22.0 - 41.1
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
28.7
26.0 - 31.4
25.5
22.7 - 28.2
28.0
24.8 - 31.2
24.4
21.4 - 27.5
25.3
21.6 - 29.1
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
S
16.4
8.8 - 23.9
20.3
11.4 - 29.2
20.3
11.9 - 28.7
15.4
6.3 - 24.6
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
27.6
22.9 - 32.4
24.1
19.1 - 29.0
18.3
14.5 - 22.2
19.7
15.4 - 24.0
20.6
14.8 - 26.4
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
19.2
14.1 - 24.4
22.7
16.6 - 28.8
19.9
13.8 - 25.9
22.3
16.4 - 28.2
21.5
13.8 - 29.1
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
18.7
14.4 - 23.1
18.6
14.0 - 23.2
17.3
12.1 - 22.5
19.2
13.8 - 24.6
22.6
16.5 - 28.6
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
22.4
18.3 - 26.5
23.9
19.3 - 28.4
21.7
17.0 - 26.4
17.6
13.0 - 22.2
24.3
18.0 - 30.6
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
24.5
20.8 - 28.2
22.7
18.4 - 26.9
19.4
14.9 - 24.0
20.4
16.0 - 24.7
25.4
19.7 - 31.1
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
24.9
20.5 - 29.3
20.6
15.4 - 25.8
21.9
17.3 - 26.5
23.1
16.5 - 29.7
23.4
15.7 - 31.1
Age
18-64
38.0
35.8 - 40.1
35.8
33.7 - 38.0
37.1
35.0 - 39.3
34.0
31.9 - 36.1
33.3
31.2 - 35.5
65 and over
19.8
19.0 - 20.5
18.4
17.6 - 19.2
17.8
16.9 - 18.7
18.4
17.4 - 19.3
21.4
20.1 - 22.7
Gender
Female
26.2
25.2 - 27.1
25.7
24.6 - 26.8
26.9
25.7 - 28.1
24.7
23.6 - 25.9
27.1
25.6 - 28.5
Male
18.1
17.0 - 19.2
18.3
17.1 - 19.5
17.7
16.4 - 18.9
19.5
18.1 - 20.9
20.0
18.3 - 21.6
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
S
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Language
Most comfortable in English
23.5
22.6 - 24.4
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Most comfortable in French
20.6
19.2 - 22.0
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Comfortable in both English and French
24.0
21.3 - 26.6
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
31.0
25.2 - 36.8
23.5
16.5 - 30.6
38.3
30.2 - 46.4
31.6
24.4 - 38.8
35.3
28.3 - 42.3
Immigrant
Immigrants
23.6
18.7 - 28.6
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Education level
High school or less
23.4
22.4 - 24.3
22.3
21.3 - 23.3
23.6
22.6 - 24.7
22.9
21.9 - 23.9
25.3
24.0 - 26.6
Postsecondary
23.1
21.8 - 24.4
24.8
23.3 - 26.3
22.0
20.3 - 23.7
23.3
21.4 - 25.3
25.9
23.6 - 28.2
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
32.6
30.6 - 34.5
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Household income
Less than $30,000
28.0
26.9 - 29.1
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
$30,000 to less than $60,000
18.3
16.8 - 19.8
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
$60,000 or more
16.9
14.5 - 19.3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
26.9
21.2 - 32.6
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 depression.

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_CHCDP_1

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