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

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Table

Unit %

Year 2024 Year 2021 Year 2018
Province
New Brunswick
30.0
29.2 - 30.8
28.4
27.5 - 29.2
30.4
29.5 - 31.4
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
32.3
30.6 - 33.9
27.3
25.5 - 29.1
29.9
27.9 - 31.9
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
28.8
27.2 - 30.4
28.3
26.5 - 30.1
29.2
27.2 - 31.2
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
28.2
26.5 - 29.9
26.7
25.0 - 28.5
31.1
29.1 - 33.2
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
25.9
23.4 - 28.4
29.2
26.2 - 32.2
28.6
25.5 - 31.7
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
30.9
27.5 - 34.3
34.4
30.5 - 38.3
30.8
26.5 - 35.2
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
33.2
31.0 - 35.5
27.7
25.1 - 30.3
30.8
28.1 - 33.5
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
31.1
28.0 - 34.3
33.4
29.9 - 37.0
35.0
31.4 - 38.7
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
31.4
28.1 - 34.8
31.3
27.2 - 35.5
32.1
27.6 - 36.6
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
27.6
24.1 - 31.1
22.6
18.6 - 26.7
30.0
24.6 - 35.5
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
32.2
27.0 - 37.3
35.7
29.9 - 41.4
34.4
28.0 - 40.8
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
26.1
21.8 - 30.5
18.9
13.8 - 24.1
28.0
21.9 - 34.2
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
29.8
25.3 - 34.3
33.3
28.0 - 38.6
27.6
21.6 - 33.5
Dieppe and Memramcook
29.5
25.3 - 33.8
32.0
25.8 - 38.3
27.9
21.7 - 34.1
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
33.6
27.6 - 39.7
27.2
20.9 - 33.5
29.7
22.9 - 36.4
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
25.3
22.0 - 28.5
30.5
26.4 - 34.5
25.6
21.7 - 29.6
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
27.1
23.5 - 30.7
25.2
21.5 - 28.8
30.9
26.6 - 35.3
Fredericton
24.4
21.3 - 27.5
23.8
20.6 - 27.0
26.7
22.8 - 30.6
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
S
27.4
18.0 - 36.7
21.1
12.7 - 29.5
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
26.7
22.1 - 31.2
30.5
25.4 - 35.6
33.3
27.6 - 39.0
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
S
28.7
16.8 - 40.6
26.8
15.4 - 38.1
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
26.2
19.3 - 33.1
15.7
7.1 - 24.4
28.1
18.5 - 37.7
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
31.0
24.9 - 37.2
28.3
21.5 - 35.1
34.3
26.9 - 41.7
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
29.9
26.5 - 33.4
33.8
29.8 - 37.7
36.3
32.3 - 40.3
Moncton
32.4
29.4 - 35.4
26.1
23.1 - 29.1
30.7
27.3 - 34.1
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
26.3
20.7 - 31.9
27.2
20.2 - 34.2
33.7
25.9 - 41.5
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
39.1
31.1 - 47.1
31.9
23.7 - 40.0
28.9
20.0 - 37.7
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
32.6
27.0 - 38.2
32.1
25.5 - 38.7
37.7
30.0 - 45.3
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
29.9
24.5 - 35.2
32.0
25.1 - 38.9
32.0
24.5 - 39.4
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
31.4
24.3 - 38.5
29.4
23.6 - 35.2
34.3
27.9 - 40.6
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
29.4
25.5 - 33.3
25.3
20.8 - 29.8
24.3
19.3 - 29.4
Riverview and Coverdale
42.2
37.1 - 47.3
28.2
23.1 - 33.4
34.7
28.0 - 41.4
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
33.0
27.7 - 38.3
30.0
23.1 - 36.9
34.9
26.7 - 43.1
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
29.0
26.4 - 31.7
28.5
25.7 - 31.3
30.6
27.4 - 33.9
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
S
32.8
23.2 - 42.3
26.4
16.6 - 36.2
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
28.3
23.5 - 33.0
29.9
24.6 - 35.2
26.3
21.9 - 30.7
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
38.8
32.6 - 45.1
29.2
22.6 - 35.8
27.9
21.1 - 34.8
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
22.5
17.9 - 27.1
26.1
20.9 - 31.4
26.2
20.2 - 32.3
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
30.1
25.8 - 34.3
31.4
26.5 - 36.3
31.4
26.1 - 36.7
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
31.0
27.0 - 35.0
29.1
24.5 - 33.8
31.9
26.5 - 37.2
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
37.8
32.9 - 42.6
26.9
21.2 - 32.6
32.6
27.4 - 37.9
Age
18-64
23.5
21.6 - 25.4
22.4
20.6 - 24.3
27.3
25.3 - 29.3
65 and over
31.3
30.5 - 32.2
30.3
29.4 - 31.3
31.8
30.7 - 32.9
Gender
Female
29.0
28.0 - 30.0
27.0
26.0 - 28.1
29.8
28.5 - 31.0
Male
31.9
30.6 - 33.2
30.3
28.9 - 31.8
31.4
29.9 - 33.0
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
S
n/a
n/a
Language
Most comfortable in English
30.5
29.5 - 31.4
n/a
n/a
Most comfortable in French
29.2
27.7 - 30.8
n/a
n/a
Comfortable in both English and French
28.0
25.2 - 30.7
n/a
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
41.2
35.1 - 47.4
27.9
20.5 - 35.4
33.3
25.5 - 41.2
Immigrant
Immigrants
34.0
28.4 - 39.7
n/a
n/a
Education level
High school or less
30.9
29.9 - 32.0
29.5
28.4 - 30.6
31.9
30.8 - 33.1
Postsecondary
28.5
27.1 - 29.8
27.1
25.5 - 28.7
27.6
25.7 - 29.4
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
30.1
28.2 - 32.0
n/a
n/a
Household income
Less than $30,000
31.6
30.4 - 32.7
n/a
n/a
$30,000 to less than $60,000
28.8
27.1 - 30.6
n/a
n/a
$60,000 or more
30.4
27.5 - 33.3
n/a
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
35.6
29.5 - 41.7
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 cholesterol.

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_CHCHC_1

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