Citizens receiving any type of home care services who reported that they have been diagnosed or treated for high blood pressure or hypertension

Table

Unit %

Year 2024 Year 2021 Year 2018 Year 2015 Year 2012
Province
New Brunswick
54.8
54.0 - 55.7
52.9
52.0 - 53.9
53.8
52.8 - 54.8
54.8
53.8 - 55.9
56.8
55.6 - 58.1
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
53.4
51.7 - 55.2
50.4
48.3 - 52.4
51.7
49.5 - 53.8
53.2
51.0 - 55.4
55.5
52.8 - 58.1
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
55.5
53.7 - 57.3
52.8
50.9 - 54.8
55.9
53.6 - 58.1
56.2
54.0 - 58.5
56.8
54.1 - 59.4
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
54.1
52.2 - 56.0
52.0
50.0 - 54.0
53.2
51.0 - 55.4
55.4
53.0 - 57.7
56.6
53.8 - 59.4
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
50.0
47.2 - 52.9
48.6
45.3 - 51.9
48.8
45.4 - 52.3
53.4
50.0 - 56.8
56.3
52.4 - 60.3
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
56.1
52.4 - 59.7
62.5
58.6 - 66.5
57.3
52.7 - 62.0
57.4
53.1 - 61.7
54.3
49.0 - 59.5
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
57.2
54.8 - 59.5
55.8
52.9 - 58.7
54.2
51.2 - 57.1
52.4
49.2 - 55.6
59.2
55.3 - 63.0
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
60.1
56.7 - 63.5
57.9
54.2 - 61.6
58.4
54.7 - 62.2
57.5
53.9 - 61.1
60.8
56.2 - 65.3
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
57.3
53.7 - 60.8
57.0
52.6 - 61.4
51.9
47.0 - 56.8
56.2
51.2 - 61.2
62.4
56.6 - 68.2
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
44.1
40.3 - 47.9
46.7
41.8 - 51.5
51.8
45.9 - 57.7
50.8
44.8 - 56.8
50.9
44.0 - 57.8
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
52.3
46.8 - 57.8
64.9
59.2 - 70.7
56.5
49.8 - 63.2
56.9
50.5 - 63.3
51.2
43.7 - 58.6
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
52.7
47.7 - 57.6
45.8
39.2 - 52.3
56.0
49.1 - 62.8
47.6
40.5 - 54.8
58.0
49.1 - 66.8
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
59.4
54.5 - 64.2
60.4
54.9 - 65.9
58.1
51.5 - 64.7
57.8
52.0 - 63.6
57.4
49.9 - 65.0
Dieppe and Memramcook
52.5
47.8 - 57.2
55.3
48.6 - 62.0
53.4
46.6 - 60.3
44.7
37.1 - 52.3
53.2
43.3 - 63.0
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
54.8
48.4 - 61.2
50.0
42.9 - 57.0
60.7
53.5 - 67.9
69.9
62.5 - 77.3
64.0
55.1 - 72.9
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
50.6
46.9 - 54.4
48.1
43.7 - 52.5
45.4
40.9 - 49.9
55.8
51.2 - 60.5
52.6
47.3 - 57.9
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
54.7
50.6 - 58.8
49.8
45.6 - 53.9
51.9
47.2 - 56.6
56.4
51.8 - 61.0
58.0
52.5 - 63.5
Fredericton
50.1
46.5 - 53.6
50.1
46.4 - 53.8
48.2
43.8 - 52.6
52.5
47.6 - 57.4
56.2
50.0 - 62.5
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
S
56.7
46.3 - 67.2
38.9
28.8 - 49.0
44.0
33.2 - 54.8
43.7
31.4 - 56.0
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
50.3
45.1 - 55.4
48.0
42.5 - 53.6
53.0
46.9 - 59.0
52.2
46.7 - 57.6
62.1
55.4 - 68.7
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
S
60.1
47.2 - 73.0
56.8
44.1 - 69.5
56.3
45.0 - 67.6
55.0
41.9 - 68.0
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
46.3
38.6 - 54.1
54.1
42.3 - 65.9
52.2
41.5 - 62.9
44.9
33.4 - 56.3
57.4
44.0 - 70.7
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
62.0
55.5 - 68.4
54.8
47.3 - 62.3
51.0
43.2 - 58.8
59.1
50.8 - 67.4
52.2
42.5 - 61.8
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
59.4
55.7 - 63.1
57.8
53.7 - 61.9
58.0
53.9 - 62.1
57.2
53.0 - 61.3
57.5
52.2 - 62.7
Moncton
54.1
50.9 - 57.3
48.5
45.0 - 51.9
51.7
48.0 - 55.4
54.6
50.7 - 58.4
56.3
51.9 - 60.7
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
56.7
50.3 - 63.1
52.5
44.7 - 60.4
54.6
46.4 - 62.8
49.5
41.6 - 57.5
58.5
48.7 - 68.2
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
64.8
56.8 - 72.9
58.2
49.5 - 66.8
60.8
51.3 - 70.3
58.7
51.4 - 66.0
71.5
62.7 - 80.2
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
57.7
51.8 - 63.6
57.4
50.5 - 64.3
59.1
51.4 - 66.8
49.4
41.0 - 57.9
48.0
37.6 - 58.4
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
57.8
52.0 - 63.5
58.3
51.0 - 65.6
58.4
50.5 - 66.3
55.3
45.2 - 65.3
54.7
43.9 - 65.6
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
50.2
42.6 - 57.9
53.2
46.9 - 59.6
55.8
49.2 - 62.4
54.3
47.6 - 61.0
57.2
49.2 - 65.1
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
52.4
48.2 - 56.7
49.9
44.8 - 55.1
53.7
47.8 - 59.6
55.2
48.6 - 61.8
53.7
46.2 - 61.1
Riverview and Coverdale
56.9
51.8 - 62.1
55.5
49.8 - 61.2
54.2
47.2 - 61.1
59.4
52.2 - 66.6
67.9
60.3 - 75.5
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
57.8
52.1 - 63.4
53.1
45.6 - 60.6
61.7
53.3 - 70.1
56.5
48.3 - 64.7
55.8
45.6 - 66.0
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
58.0
55.1 - 60.9
54.3
51.2 - 57.5
57.9
54.4 - 61.4
57.4
53.9 - 60.9
55.7
51.5 - 59.9
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
S
50.4
40.2 - 60.6
44.2
33.2 - 55.2
59.5
49.2 - 69.7
58.5
46.1 - 70.8
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
55.7
50.4 - 60.9
49.6
43.8 - 55.4
46.8
41.9 - 51.8
49.9
44.5 - 55.2
48.8
41.7 - 56.0
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
59.9
53.6 - 66.2
60.0
52.9 - 67.1
52.3
44.7 - 59.9
49.6
42.5 - 56.8
51.4
41.9 - 60.9
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
58.3
52.8 - 63.8
47.0
41.0 - 52.9
51.5
44.6 - 58.4
60.8
54.2 - 67.5
59.9
52.8 - 67.0
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
54.6
49.9 - 59.3
53.3
48.0 - 58.5
57.2
51.5 - 62.8
59.3
53.3 - 65.2
63.0
55.9 - 70.1
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
52.2
47.9 - 56.5
53.9
48.8 - 59.0
58.6
52.9 - 64.2
51.9
46.5 - 57.4
57.7
51.2 - 64.3
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
58.5
53.5 - 63.4
58.3
52.0 - 64.6
57.3
51.8 - 62.8
52.1
44.3 - 59.9
60.3
51.5 - 69.2
Age
18-64
39.4
37.3 - 41.5
39.4
37.2 - 41.6
41.1
38.9 - 43.2
44.4
42.2 - 46.6
44.3
42.1 - 46.5
65 and over
58.0
57.1 - 58.9
57.3
56.3 - 58.4
58.9
57.7 - 60.0
60.0
58.8 - 61.1
65.0
63.5 - 66.5
Gender
Female
57.3
56.2 - 58.4
54.9
53.7 - 56.2
55.6
54.3 - 56.9
57.9
56.6 - 59.3
61.1
59.6 - 62.7
Male
51.7
50.3 - 53.1
49.9
48.4 - 51.4
51.1
49.4 - 52.7
50.1
48.4 - 51.8
49.1
47.0 - 51.2
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
S
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Language
Most comfortable in English
55.9
54.9 - 56.9
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Most comfortable in French
51.8
50.1 - 53.5
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Comfortable in both English and French
53.9
50.8 - 56.9
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
55.5
49.3 - 61.7
56.8
48.6 - 65.0
48.5
40.1 - 56.8
54.2
46.5 - 61.9
51.8
44.5 - 59.1
Immigrant
Immigrants
62.2
56.4 - 67.9
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Education level
High school or less
57.1
56.0 - 58.2
54.9
53.7 - 56.1
54.7
53.5 - 56.0
56.2
55.0 - 57.4
59.8
58.3 - 61.3
Postsecondary
51.0
49.5 - 52.6
49.3
47.5 - 51.0
51.9
49.9 - 53.9
52.1
49.8 - 54.4
54.2
51.6 - 56.8
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
52.9
50.9 - 55.0
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Household income
Less than $30,000
57.2
56.0 - 58.4
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
$30,000 to less than $60,000
54.9
52.9 - 56.8
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
$60,000 or more
46.6
43.4 - 49.7
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
62.9
56.7 - 69.1
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 high blood pressure or hypertension.

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_CHCHB_1

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