Citizens receiving any type of home care services who reported that they have been diagnosed or treated for gastric reflux (GERD)

Table

Unit %

Year 2024 Year 2021 Year 2018 Year 2015 Year 2012
Province
New Brunswick
24.3
23.5 - 25.0
24.5
23.7 - 25.4
24.6
23.7 - 25.5
24.8
23.9 - 25.7
31.5
30.3 - 32.7
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
24.1
22.6 - 25.6
23.7
22.0 - 25.4
23.2
21.3 - 25.0
25.1
23.2 - 27.1
30.3
27.8 - 32.8
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
24.5
23.0 - 26.0
24.5
22.8 - 26.2
27.7
25.7 - 29.7
26.3
24.3 - 28.3
30.9
28.5 - 33.4
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
25.1
23.5 - 26.8
23.9
22.2 - 25.6
24.4
22.5 - 26.3
23.1
21.1 - 25.1
30.4
27.8 - 33.0
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
21.5
19.1 - 23.8
24.3
21.5 - 27.1
23.8
20.8 - 26.7
24.2
21.3 - 27.1
33.0
29.2 - 36.9
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
24.6
21.5 - 27.8
24.7
21.2 - 28.3
26.1
22.0 - 30.3
25.2
21.5 - 29.0
34.3
29.1 - 39.5
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
24.3
22.2 - 26.3
26.6
24.0 - 29.1
24.5
22.0 - 27.1
24.7
21.9 - 27.4
34.1
30.3 - 37.8
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
24.0
21.0 - 26.9
26.6
23.3 - 29.9
20.0
16.9 - 23.0
25.1
21.9 - 28.2
32.0
27.5 - 36.4
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
25.3
22.2 - 28.5
27.8
23.8 - 31.8
26.0
21.7 - 30.3
28.3
23.8 - 32.8
39.2
33.2 - 45.2
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
24.6
21.3 - 27.9
22.6
18.6 - 26.6
20.1
15.4 - 24.8
26.8
21.5 - 32.1
33.7
26.9 - 40.5
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
24.9
20.2 - 29.7
22.3
17.3 - 27.4
23.2
17.5 - 29.0
25.3
19.6 - 30.9
39.3
31.9 - 46.7
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
22.0
17.9 - 26.1
27.7
21.8 - 33.6
21.2
15.5 - 26.8
17.8
12.4 - 23.3
30.3
21.8 - 38.8
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
24.4
20.2 - 28.6
26.8
21.9 - 31.8
28.8
22.7 - 34.8
25.2
20.1 - 30.3
28.9
21.7 - 36.1
Dieppe and Memramcook
24.3
20.2 - 28.4
28.2
22.2 - 34.3
26.8
20.6 - 32.9
19.9
13.8 - 26.0
33.6
24.4 - 42.8
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
26.6
21.1 - 32.2
27.3
21.0 - 33.6
28.9
22.2 - 35.6
24.9
17.9 - 31.8
34.2
25.4 - 43.1
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
23.0
19.9 - 26.2
21.6
18.0 - 25.2
23.0
19.2 - 26.8
25.4
21.3 - 29.4
31.2
26.2 - 36.3
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
23.8
20.3 - 27.3
19.3
16.0 - 22.6
20.4
16.6 - 24.2
24.7
20.7 - 28.6
27.6
22.6 - 32.7
Fredericton
25.4
22.3 - 28.5
24.8
21.6 - 28.0
24.7
20.9 - 28.6
24.8
20.6 - 29.0
33.9
27.9 - 39.9
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
S
11.0
4.4 - 17.5
24.4
15.5 - 33.3
16.0
8.0 - 24.0
35.6
23.7 - 47.4
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
18.9
14.8 - 23.1
24.7
19.9 - 29.6
23.8
18.6 - 28.9
21.2
16.7 - 25.7
37.7
30.6 - 44.9
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
S
23.7
12.5 - 34.9
29.9
18.2 - 41.6
33.0
22.3 - 43.7
24.6
13.2 - 35.9
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
22.0
15.5 - 28.4
40.0
28.4 - 51.6
27.4
17.9 - 36.9
30.2
19.6 - 40.7
28.0
15.8 - 40.3
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
21.3
15.8 - 26.8
23.4
17.1 - 29.8
26.3
19.4 - 33.2
23.1
15.9 - 30.2
25.3
16.6 - 34.0
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
23.4
20.1 - 26.6
26.5
22.8 - 30.2
20.5
17.1 - 23.9
25.3
21.6 - 28.9
33.7
28.5 - 38.8
Moncton
21.1
18.5 - 23.7
23.4
20.5 - 26.3
24.8
21.6 - 28.0
27.4
24.0 - 30.8
32.1
27.9 - 36.2
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
27.8
22.1 - 33.5
30.2
22.9 - 37.4
24.1
17.0 - 31.1
19.3
13.0 - 25.6
34.0
24.6 - 43.4
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
27.9
20.4 - 35.3
26.9
19.1 - 34.7
17.2
9.9 - 24.6
24.3
18.0 - 30.7
26.4
17.7 - 35.0
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
28.9
23.5 - 34.3
24.0
18.0 - 30.0
25.9
19.0 - 32.8
19.1
12.5 - 25.8
31.4
21.7 - 41.1
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
25.2
20.1 - 30.3
22.7
16.5 - 28.9
16.6
10.6 - 22.5
10.6
4.4 - 16.8
26.3
16.7 - 35.9
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
21.5
15.2 - 27.8
26.5
20.8 - 32.1
32.1
25.9 - 38.3
26.9
20.9 - 32.8
30.2
22.7 - 37.6
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
22.4
18.8 - 25.9
30.2
25.4 - 34.9
27.7
22.4 - 32.9
26.0
20.1 - 31.8
31.2
24.2 - 38.1
Riverview and Coverdale
25.4
20.9 - 29.9
26.2
21.1 - 31.2
21.5
15.7 - 27.2
21.1
15.1 - 27.0
26.3
19.1 - 33.5
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
31.2
25.9 - 36.4
25.0
18.5 - 31.6
20.7
13.7 - 27.7
30.4
22.8 - 38.0
28.7
19.3 - 38.1
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
29.4
26.7 - 32.1
25.1
22.4 - 27.8
30.7
27.4 - 34.0
26.1
23.0 - 29.2
31.3
27.3 - 35.3
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
S
18.3
10.4 - 26.1
27.0
17.2 - 36.9
21.8
13.2 - 30.4
31.0
19.4 - 42.6
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
28.4
23.7 - 33.2
21.6
16.8 - 26.4
20.2
16.2 - 24.1
21.2
16.8 - 25.6
25.9
19.6 - 32.3
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
22.4
17.0 - 27.8
18.8
13.2 - 24.5
24.7
18.2 - 31.3
23.0
17.0 - 29.0
31.0
22.1 - 39.8
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
21.9
17.3 - 26.6
21.7
16.8 - 26.6
21.0
15.4 - 26.6
30.9
24.6 - 37.2
24.5
18.2 - 30.9
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
20.3
16.6 - 24.0
28.0
23.2 - 32.7
26.1
21.1 - 31.1
29.4
23.9 - 34.9
39.1
31.8 - 46.3
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
19.4
16.0 - 22.8
19.0
15.0 - 23.0
26.3
21.2 - 31.3
24.0
19.4 - 28.6
27.2
21.3 - 33.0
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
25.1
20.7 - 29.4
29.4
23.5 - 35.2
24.6
19.8 - 29.4
25.7
18.9 - 32.5
29.5
21.2 - 37.8
Age
18-64
24.0
22.2 - 25.9
25.1
23.1 - 27.0
24.8
22.9 - 26.7
26.2
24.3 - 28.2
31.8
29.7 - 33.9
65 and over
24.3
23.5 - 25.1
24.4
23.5 - 25.3
24.4
23.4 - 25.4
23.9
22.9 - 25.0
31.7
30.3 - 33.2
Gender
Female
27.0
26.1 - 28.0
27.5
26.4 - 28.6
27.0
25.8 - 28.2
26.8
25.6 - 28.0
34.8
33.2 - 36.3
Male
20.5
19.4 - 21.6
20.2
19.0 - 21.4
21.0
19.7 - 22.4
21.8
20.3 - 23.2
25.6
23.7 - 27.4
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
S
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Language
Most comfortable in English
24.9
24.0 - 25.8
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Most comfortable in French
23.2
21.7 - 24.6
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Comfortable in both English and French
22.5
20.0 - 25.1
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
28.3
22.8 - 33.9
13.9
8.1 - 19.6
32.6
24.8 - 40.4
27.1
20.2 - 34.0
31.1
23.9 - 38.2
Immigrant
Immigrants
22.8
17.9 - 27.7
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Education level
High school or less
24.1
23.1 - 25.0
24.5
23.4 - 25.5
25.2
24.1 - 26.2
25.1
24.0 - 26.2
32.2
30.8 - 33.6
Postsecondary
25.4
24.0 - 26.7
24.8
23.2 - 26.3
22.8
21.0 - 24.5
24.3
22.3 - 26.3
30.5
28.1 - 33.0
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
30.5
28.6 - 32.4
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Household income
Less than $30,000
26.4
25.4 - 27.5
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
$30,000 to less than $60,000
23.1
21.5 - 24.7
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
$60,000 or more
19.5
17.0 - 22.1
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
23.2
17.9 - 28.5
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 gastric reflux (GERD).

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_CHCGR_1

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