Citizens receiving any type of home care services and support from an informal caregiver who reported that their spouse or partner helped them the most with their home care in the last 2 months

Table

Unit %

Year 2024 Year 2021 Year 2018 Year 2015 Year 2012
Province
New Brunswick
41.3
40.2 - 42.4
41.5
40.3 - 42.7
41.6
40.3 - 42.8
41.1
39.7 - 42.5
33.5
31.9 - 35.0
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
47.1
44.9 - 49.2
43.1
40.5 - 45.6
46.1
43.4 - 48.8
44.7
41.8 - 47.7
40.1
36.7 - 43.5
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
39.0
36.9 - 41.2
40.8
38.3 - 43.2
37.7
35.0 - 40.5
37.7
34.8 - 40.5
34.1
30.9 - 37.3
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
43.0
40.6 - 45.3
45.4
42.9 - 47.8
42.6
39.8 - 45.3
42.0
39.0 - 45.0
31.7
28.4 - 35.1
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
39.9
36.1 - 43.6
35.2
30.9 - 39.4
46.1
41.7 - 50.5
41.0
36.3 - 45.6
35.9
30.7 - 41.1
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
29.3
24.8 - 33.8
36.9
31.6 - 42.2
36.9
31.2 - 42.6
39.4
33.6 - 45.3
26.0
19.8 - 32.2
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
39.8
36.8 - 42.8
40.2
36.5 - 43.8
39.6
36.0 - 43.2
40.1
35.8 - 44.4
28.3
23.7 - 32.8
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
35.7
31.6 - 39.8
37.9
33.4 - 42.5
36.7
32.0 - 41.4
40.5
35.6 - 45.4
27.4
22.1 - 32.7
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
43.3
38.6 - 48.0
43.6
37.8 - 49.3
39.7
33.2 - 46.2
48.5
40.8 - 56.2
32.9
25.1 - 40.8
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
50.8
46.1 - 55.6
37.2
31.2 - 43.3
39.2
31.9 - 46.6
37.6
29.8 - 45.4
38.0
28.8 - 47.1
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
29.9
23.6 - 36.2
25.5
18.2 - 32.8
36.0
27.8 - 44.3
36.7
27.9 - 45.5
23.7
15.6 - 31.8
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
32.0
26.3 - 37.7
38.2
29.9 - 46.5
43.4
35.3 - 51.6
30.3
21.4 - 39.1
31.9
21.4 - 42.4
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
28.7
22.3 - 35.1
45.9
38.5 - 53.3
37.7
29.6 - 45.7
41.6
33.7 - 49.5
28.8
19.1 - 38.5
Dieppe and Memramcook
55.3
49.3 - 61.3
48.3
39.2 - 57.3
51.6
43.0 - 60.3
52.1
42.1 - 62.1
47.4
35.2 - 59.7
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
42.2
34.4 - 49.9
38.1
29.5 - 46.8
39.0
29.9 - 48.1
40.4
29.7 - 51.2
27.2
16.1 - 38.3
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
41.9
36.9 - 46.9
39.6
33.8 - 45.4
45.8
40.0 - 51.7
44.0
37.5 - 50.6
35.5
28.4 - 42.6
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
40.7
35.5 - 45.8
49.7
44.4 - 55.0
44.3
38.5 - 50.0
40.8
35.0 - 46.6
29.8
23.2 - 36.4
Fredericton
41.0
36.5 - 45.5
40.4
35.9 - 44.9
37.4
32.2 - 42.5
41.2
35.0 - 47.4
31.0
23.5 - 38.5
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
S
42.1
29.0 - 55.3
51.9
37.9 - 66.0
41.2
26.7 - 55.7
31.2
17.3 - 45.1
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
34.1
27.3 - 40.9
26.0
19.2 - 32.8
41.2
33.4 - 49.1
36.9
29.5 - 44.2
33.6
24.9 - 42.2
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
S
51.1
35.3 - 66.9
S
40.1
25.7 - 54.6
S
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
46.8
36.9 - 56.6
S
60.4
47.6 - 73.3
S
S
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
41.2
33.2 - 49.2
48.1
38.3 - 58.0
48.1
38.6 - 57.7
41.8
30.3 - 53.4
41.5
29.6 - 53.4
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
37.7
33.1 - 42.2
40.7
35.5 - 45.9
35.0
29.8 - 40.1
40.6
35.1 - 46.2
30.3
24.0 - 36.5
Moncton
41.2
37.3 - 45.2
43.1
38.8 - 47.4
43.2
38.6 - 47.8
48.4
43.3 - 53.5
41.1
35.3 - 46.8
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
39.3
31.7 - 47.0
37.0
27.8 - 46.1
41.1
31.6 - 50.7
43.2
32.5 - 54.0
27.6
17.1 - 38.1
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
23.7
15.1 - 32.3
25.6
16.3 - 35.0
44.3
32.4 - 56.2
40.1
29.3 - 50.9
18.3
8.7 - 27.8
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
50.6
43.3 - 57.9
57.1
48.6 - 65.6
51.4
41.3 - 61.4
52.5
42.7 - 62.2
42.3
29.3 - 55.3
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
47.1
40.0 - 54.2
55.7
46.6 - 64.7
55.1
44.6 - 65.6
41.6
30.0 - 53.1
46.9
32.4 - 61.3
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
48.5
38.0 - 59.0
42.0
33.5 - 50.5
36.2
27.4 - 45.1
35.6
25.8 - 45.4
20.7
12.1 - 29.2
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
47.3
42.4 - 52.2
46.2
40.1 - 52.4
49.8
42.8 - 56.9
43.5
35.1 - 51.9
41.3
32.2 - 50.4
Riverview and Coverdale
49.8
43.0 - 56.6
42.9
35.9 - 50.0
50.0
41.5 - 58.4
52.0
42.1 - 62.0
39.5
29.4 - 49.6
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
43.2
36.5 - 49.9
54.0
45.0 - 62.9
45.0
34.4 - 55.7
44.9
33.5 - 56.4
32.9
19.1 - 46.8
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
30.9
27.5 - 34.4
33.9
30.1 - 37.8
32.0
27.7 - 36.4
35.5
31.1 - 39.9
32.9
27.7 - 38.1
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
S
44.0
32.0 - 56.1
46.2
32.2 - 60.3
43.2
29.3 - 57.1
S
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
46.0
39.4 - 52.6
37.1
29.1 - 45.1
51.1
44.9 - 57.3
37.3
30.5 - 44.1
42.3
33.2 - 51.4
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
38.9
30.7 - 47.0
41.4
32.7 - 50.1
34.9
26.8 - 43.1
38.7
29.8 - 47.6
20.3
10.7 - 29.9
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
50.2
43.4 - 57.0
47.1
39.4 - 54.8
31.5
23.6 - 39.5
39.9
31.1 - 48.8
30.8
21.6 - 40.1
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
38.4
32.6 - 44.2
44.2
37.8 - 50.6
34.8
27.9 - 41.6
31.3
23.9 - 38.8
34.5
25.6 - 43.4
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
42.5
37.3 - 47.8
46.2
40.0 - 52.4
43.0
35.9 - 50.1
40.8
33.8 - 47.8
33.9
26.0 - 41.8
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
40.7
34.4 - 47.1
34.3
26.5 - 42.2
40.3
33.6 - 46.9
38.0
28.6 - 47.5
23.7
14.4 - 33.0
Age
18-64
44.9
42.1 - 47.8
48.3
45.3 - 51.3
48.0
45.1 - 50.9
49.2
46.3 - 52.1
46.3
43.4 - 49.2
65 and over
40.6
39.5 - 41.7
39.6
38.3 - 40.9
39.3
37.9 - 40.7
38.4
36.8 - 40.0
28.9
27.1 - 30.8
Gender
Female
31.4
30.1 - 32.7
31.6
30.1 - 33.1
30.9
29.4 - 32.4
31.7
30.0 - 33.4
24.3
22.5 - 26.0
Male
55.3
53.6 - 57.0
55.7
53.8 - 57.6
57.1
55.0 - 59.1
54.4
52.2 - 56.7
49.7
47.0 - 52.4
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
S
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Language
Most comfortable in English
41.5
40.2 - 42.8
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Most comfortable in French
39.8
37.7 - 41.9
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Comfortable in both English and French
45.1
41.0 - 49.3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
44.4
36.7 - 52.1
33.2
23.4 - 43.0
54.0
43.6 - 64.3
47.3
36.5 - 58.2
25.9
17.3 - 34.6
Immigrant
Immigrants
47.3
39.8 - 54.8
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Education level
High school or less
36.4
35.1 - 37.8
36.5
35.0 - 37.9
36.4
34.9 - 38.0
37.8
36.2 - 39.4
31.1
29.3 - 33.0
Postsecondary
50.7
48.8 - 52.6
53.7
51.5 - 55.9
53.4
51.0 - 55.9
54.5
51.6 - 57.5
45.9
42.6 - 49.3
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
39.1
36.6 - 41.6
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Household income
Less than $30,000
21.5
20.2 - 22.8
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
$30,000 to less than $60,000
61.8
59.6 - 64.1
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
$60,000 or more
78.4
75.3 - 81.4
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
39.8
32.3 - 47.3
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 their spouse or partner helped them the most with their home care 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, who has helped you the most with your home care: husband, wife or common-law partner

Unit

%

NBHC code

HC_FCGHW_1

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