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 a few times a week in the last 2 months

Table

Unit %

Year 2024 Year 2021 Year 2018 Year 2015 Year 2012
Province
New Brunswick
23.2
22.2 - 24.1
22.7
21.7 - 23.7
20.5
19.5 - 21.6
22.0
20.8 - 23.1
20.8
19.4 - 22.1
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
23.2
21.3 - 25.1
23.3
21.1 - 25.5
20.0
17.9 - 22.2
25.3
22.7 - 27.8
19.6
16.8 - 22.3
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
23.3
21.4 - 25.2
23.0
20.8 - 25.1
20.5
18.2 - 22.7
19.4
17.1 - 21.8
20.9
18.2 - 23.7
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
21.3
19.4 - 23.3
20.1
18.0 - 22.1
21.1
18.8 - 23.4
22.3
19.8 - 24.8
20.8
17.9 - 23.8
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
25.6
22.2 - 29.0
24.9
21.0 - 28.9
17.3
13.9 - 20.6
24.1
20.1 - 28.2
26.0
21.2 - 30.9
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
31.6
26.9 - 36.3
25.8
20.9 - 30.7
20.8
16.0 - 25.6
20.1
15.3 - 24.8
18.3
12.8 - 23.8
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
24.8
22.1 - 27.5
22.7
19.6 - 25.9
21.5
18.5 - 24.5
19.1
15.6 - 22.5
21.6
17.4 - 25.7
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
18.7
15.4 - 22.1
24.5
20.4 - 28.6
22.5
18.4 - 26.7
21.3
17.2 - 25.4
18.1
13.5 - 22.7
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
27.0
22.7 - 31.4
18.5
13.9 - 23.1
22.1
16.5 - 27.7
24.5
18.0 - 31.0
17.2
11.0 - 23.4
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
18.2
14.4 - 22.0
20.8
15.7 - 25.9
17.8
11.9 - 23.7
28.2
21.1 - 35.4
14.9
8.0 - 21.7
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
33.5
26.9 - 40.0
26.9
19.5 - 34.3
26.0
18.6 - 33.4
19.8
12.6 - 27.1
20.3
12.5 - 28.2
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
19.8
14.9 - 24.8
20.3
13.4 - 27.1
16.7
10.5 - 22.8
16.6
9.4 - 23.9
34.6
23.9 - 45.3
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
29.4
22.6 - 36.1
24.9
18.4 - 31.5
16.1
10.0 - 22.2
20.2
13.8 - 26.7
15.8
7.9 - 23.7
Dieppe and Memramcook
27.8
22.3 - 33.2
22.3
14.4 - 30.2
21.7
14.6 - 28.9
42.1
32.1 - 52.1
29.8
18.2 - 41.4
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
15.3
9.6 - 21.0
22.6
14.9 - 30.3
16.0
9.1 - 22.9
25.9
16.3 - 35.6
S
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
29.1
24.5 - 33.7
23.9
18.8 - 29.0
18.0
13.4 - 22.5
23.5
17.9 - 29.0
20.0
14.1 - 26.0
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
23.2
18.7 - 27.7
18.1
14.0 - 22.3
22.1
17.2 - 27.0
16.4
12.0 - 20.8
26.2
19.9 - 32.5
Fredericton
25.1
21.1 - 29.1
22.3
18.4 - 26.2
24.0
19.5 - 28.6
25.2
19.7 - 30.7
22.5
15.7 - 29.3
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
S
22.8
11.5 - 34.2
22.8
10.8 - 34.8
S
28.0
14.3 - 41.6
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
24.5
18.2 - 30.9
25.5
18.6 - 32.4
18.6
12.4 - 24.9
26.1
19.4 - 32.8
36.5
27.3 - 45.7
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
S
S
S
21.5
9.0 - 34.0
S
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
S
S
S
S
S
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
23.4
16.3 - 30.5
17.5
9.9 - 25.1
17.7
10.4 - 25.0
25.8
15.3 - 36.2
18.5
9.0 - 28.0
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
17.7
14.1 - 21.3
25.0
20.4 - 29.6
22.3
17.8 - 26.9
20.2
15.6 - 24.7
15.6
10.6 - 20.6
Moncton
26.0
22.5 - 29.6
25.2
21.4 - 29.1
21.3
17.5 - 25.1
21.3
17.2 - 25.5
18.3
13.9 - 22.8
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
24.6
17.8 - 31.5
19.5
11.9 - 27.0
26.9
18.2 - 35.7
22.2
13.0 - 31.4
21.7
12.0 - 31.4
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
25.1
16.3 - 33.9
22.1
13.1 - 31.2
23.5
13.3 - 33.7
25.7
15.9 - 35.6
26.0
15.1 - 36.8
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
12.6
7.7 - 17.6
18.3
11.6 - 24.9
13.7
6.7 - 20.6
16.3
9.1 - 23.6
22.2
11.7 - 32.7
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
22.3
16.1 - 28.4
21.8
14.2 - 29.3
13.6
6.4 - 20.8
24.1
14.2 - 34.1
S
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
14.4
6.9 - 21.9
17.6
10.9 - 24.3
24.7
16.6 - 32.7
31.3
22.0 - 40.5
16.9
8.8 - 25.0
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
21.8
17.7 - 25.9
19.0
14.1 - 23.9
19.1
13.6 - 24.6
21.4
14.3 - 28.5
14.7
8.2 - 21.1
Riverview and Coverdale
20.3
14.8 - 25.8
24.8
18.6 - 31.0
15.8
9.6 - 21.9
18.9
11.3 - 26.4
24.6
15.6 - 33.6
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
25.1
19.1 - 31.0
20.6
13.2 - 28.0
18.2
9.9 - 26.5
30.1
19.7 - 40.4
20.0
8.0 - 32.0
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
22.0
18.8 - 25.1
23.3
19.7 - 26.8
22.1
18.3 - 25.9
18.5
15.0 - 22.1
22.1
17.5 - 26.6
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
S
15.2
6.3 - 24.0
15.9
5.8 - 26.1
32.4
18.9 - 46.0
S
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
22.5
16.9 - 28.0
27.7
20.2 - 35.2
24.0
18.7 - 29.3
22.6
16.7 - 28.5
17.5
10.5 - 24.6
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
19.0
12.0 - 26.0
26.0
18.2 - 33.7
26.3
18.8 - 33.8
19.5
12.3 - 26.7
20.1
10.3 - 29.9
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
22.2
16.4 - 28.0
19.2
13.1 - 25.4
23.0
15.8 - 30.2
19.2
11.8 - 26.7
21.3
13.0 - 29.5
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
27.3
21.8 - 32.9
22.4
16.9 - 27.9
20.0
14.3 - 25.7
22.8
16.1 - 29.5
13.9
7.4 - 20.4
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
27.5
22.8 - 32.2
29.1
23.4 - 34.8
16.1
10.8 - 21.3
19.5
13.7 - 25.4
26.7
19.2 - 34.1
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
28.2
22.4 - 34.0
29.8
22.0 - 37.5
20.7
15.2 - 26.2
11.7
5.4 - 18.0
17.9
9.4 - 26.3
Age
18-64
19.5
17.2 - 21.8
21.6
19.2 - 24.1
20.8
18.4 - 23.1
20.8
18.5 - 23.1
21.4
19.0 - 23.8
65 and over
23.9
22.9 - 24.9
23.0
21.9 - 24.1
20.5
19.4 - 21.7
22.7
21.4 - 24.1
20.5
18.9 - 22.2
Gender
Female
24.0
22.8 - 25.3
24.2
22.9 - 25.6
20.5
19.2 - 21.9
22.2
20.7 - 23.7
21.7
20.0 - 23.4
Male
21.6
20.1 - 23.0
20.4
18.8 - 22.0
20.5
18.9 - 22.2
21.6
19.8 - 23.5
19.2
17.0 - 21.3
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
S
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Language
Most comfortable in English
22.1
21.0 - 23.2
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Most comfortable in French
26.6
24.6 - 28.5
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Comfortable in both English and French
24.1
20.4 - 27.8
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
22.3
15.6 - 28.9
24.7
15.8 - 33.7
16.7
8.9 - 24.4
15.7
7.9 - 23.5
23.2
14.9 - 31.6
Immigrant
Immigrants
20.5
14.0 - 27.0
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Education level
High school or less
23.4
22.2 - 24.6
22.9
21.6 - 24.2
20.6
19.3 - 21.9
22.5
21.1 - 23.8
20.7
19.1 - 22.3
Postsecondary
22.6
21.0 - 24.2
22.3
20.4 - 24.1
21.2
19.1 - 23.2
21.2
18.8 - 23.6
22.1
19.2 - 24.9
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
18.0
16.0 - 20.0
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Household income
Less than $30,000
27.8
26.4 - 29.2
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
$30,000 to less than $60,000
19.1
17.2 - 20.9
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
$60,000 or more
16.7
13.8 - 19.5
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
24.0
17.2 - 30.8
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 a few times a week 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: a few times a week

Unit

%

NBHC code

HC_FCGFT_1

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