Citizens receiving any type of home care services and support from an informal caregiver who reported that a friend, family member or volunteer helped them with their home care every day in the last 2 months

Table

Unit %

Year 2024 Year 2021 Year 2018 Year 2015 Year 2012
Province
New Brunswick
54.3
53.2 - 55.4
59.0
57.8 - 60.3
54.7
53.4 - 56.0
59.0
57.6 - 60.4
59.3
57.7 - 61.0
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
54.4
52.2 - 56.7
57.5
54.9 - 60.1
57.5
54.9 - 60.2
54.0
51.1 - 56.9
59.7
56.3 - 63.1
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
55.6
53.3 - 57.8
58.6
56.1 - 61.1
53.1
50.3 - 55.9
62.1
59.2 - 65.0
59.1
55.7 - 62.4
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
55.4
53.0 - 57.8
64.0
61.6 - 66.5
50.7
48.0 - 53.5
57.6
54.6 - 60.6
56.0
52.4 - 59.6
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
51.6
47.7 - 55.5
55.1
50.5 - 59.6
58.6
54.2 - 63.0
56.7
52.0 - 61.4
53.5
48.0 - 59.0
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
49.0
43.9 - 54.0
60.3
54.9 - 65.8
56.9
51.1 - 62.8
61.3
55.5 - 67.1
60.7
53.7 - 67.6
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
50.1
46.9 - 53.2
59.1
55.4 - 62.8
56.2
52.5 - 59.8
64.5
60.3 - 68.7
63.8
58.9 - 68.7
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
58.1
53.9 - 62.4
51.2
46.5 - 56.0
55.6
50.7 - 60.5
62.2
57.3 - 67.0
67.8
62.2 - 73.3
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
42.9
38.1 - 47.8
58.0
52.2 - 63.9
55.8
49.1 - 62.4
57.2
49.7 - 64.6
64.7
56.8 - 72.6
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
57.3
52.5 - 62.2
56.2
49.9 - 62.4
55.2
47.5 - 62.9
55.0
47.1 - 62.9
69.1
60.3 - 78.0
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
52.2
45.3 - 59.1
59.3
51.1 - 67.5
51.5
43.1 - 60.0
58.0
49.1 - 67.0
61.4
51.9 - 70.9
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
49.7
43.4 - 56.0
64.3
56.2 - 72.5
61.2
53.2 - 69.3
74.3
65.8 - 82.8
54.6
43.4 - 65.8
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
45.1
37.7 - 52.4
61.1
53.7 - 68.5
61.8
53.7 - 69.9
63.9
56.2 - 71.6
59.8
49.2 - 70.4
Dieppe and Memramcook
53.9
47.7 - 60.1
52.3
42.8 - 61.8
61.1
52.6 - 69.5
36.0
26.3 - 45.7
46.6
34.0 - 59.3
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
54.9
47.0 - 62.8
56.2
47.1 - 65.3
57.0
47.7 - 66.3
56.9
46.0 - 67.8
60.0
47.9 - 72.1
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
52.2
47.1 - 57.3
57.9
52.0 - 63.9
58.6
52.7 - 64.4
55.1
48.6 - 61.6
53.5
46.1 - 60.9
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
57.4
52.1 - 62.7
69.4
64.4 - 74.5
48.8
43.0 - 54.7
68.0
62.5 - 73.5
51.0
43.8 - 58.2
Fredericton
46.5
41.9 - 51.1
57.8
53.2 - 62.4
46.8
41.5 - 52.1
50.3
44.0 - 56.6
55.0
46.9 - 63.2
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
S
63.5
50.6 - 76.5
58.1
44.0 - 72.2
63.8
49.6 - 77.9
46.1
30.9 - 61.3
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
50.7
43.2 - 58.1
46.5
38.6 - 54.4
56.7
48.8 - 64.7
56.8
49.2 - 64.4
54.2
44.7 - 63.7
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
S
S
S
49.1
33.9 - 64.3
S
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
51.2
41.4 - 61.1
S
63.6
50.8 - 76.4
S
S
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
53.8
45.5 - 62.1
63.0
53.4 - 72.6
60.7
51.4 - 70.0
52.0
40.0 - 63.9
69.8
58.6 - 81.1
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
58.0
53.3 - 62.6
50.3
45.0 - 55.7
55.1
49.6 - 60.5
63.6
58.2 - 69.0
68.7
62.3 - 75.1
Moncton
53.9
49.9 - 58.0
56.3
52.0 - 60.7
54.3
49.7 - 58.8
55.1
50.1 - 60.2
56.0
50.3 - 61.7
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
59.0
51.0 - 66.9
64.8
55.7 - 74.0
44.1
34.4 - 53.9
49.0
37.9 - 60.1
55.1
43.4 - 66.7
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
59.1
49.0 - 69.2
55.2
44.4 - 66.1
58.0
46.2 - 69.8
56.5
45.3 - 67.7
64.9
53.0 - 76.7
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
66.9
59.9 - 73.9
72.8
65.1 - 80.5
58.8
48.9 - 68.8
68.1
59.0 - 77.3
57.3
44.7 - 69.8
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
62.5
55.4 - 69.5
71.8
63.5 - 80.0
57.1
46.7 - 67.5
50.9
39.3 - 62.5
61.3
46.7 - 75.9
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
62.3
52.0 - 72.5
63.0
54.5 - 71.4
45.8
36.5 - 55.1
52.6
42.6 - 62.5
51.9
41.1 - 62.7
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
60.2
55.3 - 65.1
63.4
57.3 - 69.4
61.5
54.7 - 68.4
62.9
54.6 - 71.2
67.0
58.4 - 75.7
Riverview and Coverdale
53.0
46.3 - 59.8
62.1
55.2 - 69.1
64.5
56.5 - 72.6
62.1
52.8 - 71.5
62.9
52.8 - 72.9
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
45.7
38.9 - 52.6
56.4
47.4 - 65.5
70.5
60.6 - 80.3
54.7
43.5 - 65.9
60.5
45.8 - 75.1
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
51.2
47.4 - 55.0
55.8
51.6 - 59.9
50.5
45.9 - 55.1
61.6
57.2 - 66.1
61.9
56.5 - 67.2
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
S
69.8
58.4 - 81.1
55.5
41.7 - 69.3
53.6
39.1 - 68.1
S
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
56.3
49.7 - 62.9
53.4
45.0 - 61.7
56.2
50.1 - 62.4
56.7
49.7 - 63.7
67.0
58.3 - 75.7
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
59.0
50.3 - 67.7
61.5
53.0 - 70.1
54.8
46.4 - 63.3
60.0
51.1 - 68.9
57.3
45.2 - 69.4
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
59.6
52.8 - 66.5
62.6
55.1 - 70.1
50.3
41.8 - 58.8
62.9
53.8 - 72.0
61.0
51.1 - 70.9
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
56.3
50.3 - 62.4
61.0
54.5 - 67.4
52.0
44.9 - 59.2
63.6
55.9 - 71.3
64.6
55.6 - 73.6
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
51.1
45.8 - 56.4
55.5
49.3 - 61.8
52.4
45.2 - 59.6
60.6
53.4 - 67.8
44.6
36.2 - 53.0
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
56.1
49.6 - 62.6
54.4
46.0 - 62.9
54.0
47.2 - 60.7
72.7
63.9 - 81.4
76.8
67.5 - 86.0
Age
18-64
61.1
58.3 - 63.9
63.6
60.7 - 66.5
56.0
53.1 - 58.8
58.3
55.4 - 61.1
57.6
54.7 - 60.5
65 and over
53.0
51.8 - 54.2
57.7
56.4 - 59.1
54.1
52.7 - 55.6
59.0
57.4 - 60.6
59.6
57.6 - 61.6
Gender
Female
51.0
49.6 - 52.5
54.9
53.3 - 56.5
52.3
50.6 - 53.9
57.5
55.7 - 59.3
56.7
54.7 - 58.8
Male
59.2
57.5 - 60.9
65.0
63.1 - 66.9
58.3
56.3 - 60.4
61.0
58.9 - 63.2
63.9
61.3 - 66.5
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
S
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Language
Most comfortable in English
55.2
53.9 - 56.6
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Most comfortable in French
50.2
48.0 - 52.5
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Comfortable in both English and French
55.1
50.8 - 59.4
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
51.5
43.6 - 59.4
50.3
39.9 - 60.6
63.1
53.1 - 73.2
69.3
59.5 - 79.2
62.5
53.0 - 72.1
Immigrant
Immigrants
55.7
47.9 - 63.5
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Education level
High school or less
54.7
53.4 - 56.1
58.5
57.0 - 60.1
54.6
53.0 - 56.2
58.2
56.6 - 59.9
58.3
56.4 - 60.3
Postsecondary
53.3
51.4 - 55.3
60.3
58.1 - 62.5
55.6
53.1 - 58.0
60.4
57.5 - 63.3
59.2
55.9 - 62.6
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
59.6
57.0 - 62.1
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Household income
Less than $30,000
45.1
43.5 - 46.7
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
$30,000 to less than $60,000
62.0
59.7 - 64.3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
$60,000 or more
70.3
66.9 - 73.8
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
55.3
47.5 - 63.2
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 and support from an informal caregiver who reported that a friend, family member or volunteer helped them with their home care every day in the last 2 months.

Source

New Brunswick Health Council, Home Care Survey

Calculations

This indicator is based on respondents who receive help from informal caregivers. 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: In the last 2 months of care, how often did you receive help with your home care from a friend, family member or volunteer: every day

Unit

%

NBHC code

HC_FCGEV_1

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