Citizens receiving home care services from home support workers who reported that they have been diagnosed or treated for asthma

Table

Unit %

Year 2024 Year 2021 Year 2018 Year 2015 Year 2012
Province
New Brunswick
20.7
19.6 - 21.8
20.6
19.4 - 21.8
22.5
21.2 - 23.8
18.7
17.4 - 19.9
21.6
20.0 - 23.1
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
18.0
15.7 - 20.3
21.5
18.7 - 24.3
22.6
19.6 - 25.5
20.8
17.8 - 23.8
21.9
18.4 - 25.4
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
19.1
16.8 - 21.5
18.7
16.1 - 21.3
21.1
18.5 - 23.8
13.1
10.8 - 15.4
19.1
15.8 - 22.3
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
23.8
21.1 - 26.6
21.0
18.3 - 23.8
24.9
21.8 - 28.0
19.3
16.5 - 22.2
19.8
16.6 - 23.1
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
17.2
13.9 - 20.5
22.2
18.1 - 26.3
21.0
16.8 - 25.2
18.5
14.6 - 22.4
25.5
20.2 - 30.7
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
23.0
18.6 - 27.3
23.8
18.8 - 28.9
30.0
24.1 - 35.9
28.1
22.5 - 33.6
24.8
18.2 - 31.4
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
21.7
19.0 - 24.5
21.2
17.9 - 24.6
21.8
18.5 - 25.2
21.3
17.7 - 25.0
27.6
22.6 - 32.5
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
24.0
19.7 - 28.2
17.1
13.1 - 21.0
18.1
14.1 - 22.1
15.8
12.1 - 19.5
16.0
11.2 - 20.8
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
25.1
20.7 - 29.4
22.5
17.4 - 27.6
20.2
15.1 - 25.3
21.5
16.2 - 26.8
33.2
25.7 - 40.7
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
22.7
16.9 - 28.5
18.7
12.7 - 24.7
25.5
17.7 - 33.3
20.8
13.5 - 28.0
19.3
10.8 - 27.7
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
22.4
15.7 - 29.1
23.9
16.2 - 31.6
26.3
17.6 - 34.9
29.8
20.9 - 38.7
28.0
17.3 - 38.6
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
16.7
11.2 - 22.2
21.9
13.7 - 30.1
17.1
8.7 - 25.5
18.1
9.7 - 26.6
S
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
23.5
17.8 - 29.2
23.8
17.0 - 30.6
32.9
24.7 - 41.1
26.8
19.7 - 34.0
22.5
14.0 - 31.0
Dieppe and Memramcook
S
16.6
7.5 - 25.7
25.6
15.1 - 36.0
50.1
36.8 - 63.4
S
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
S
26.0
17.5 - 34.5
26.3
17.4 - 35.2
23.3
14.4 - 32.2
27.9
17.7 - 38.1
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
19.1
14.5 - 23.7
25.6
19.7 - 31.6
21.1
15.5 - 26.7
19.7
14.3 - 25.1
28.5
21.2 - 35.8
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
32.0
25.0 - 39.1
23.6
17.1 - 30.0
30.8
23.5 - 38.0
21.0
14.8 - 27.2
18.4
11.4 - 25.3
Fredericton
22.6
17.4 - 27.8
26.9
21.2 - 32.6
22.4
16.3 - 28.6
19.1
12.5 - 25.7
26.3
18.1 - 34.4
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
S
S
S
S
S
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
16.7
10.9 - 22.5
14.0
8.6 - 19.5
21.3
14.3 - 28.3
17.1
10.9 - 23.3
20.4
12.4 - 28.3
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
S
S
S
S
S
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
S
S
S
S
S
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
S
11.6
4.8 - 18.3
23.9
13.5 - 34.2
14.4
5.9 - 22.9
18.2
8.2 - 28.2
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
23.3
18.5 - 28.1
15.2
10.9 - 19.5
18.4
13.9 - 22.9
15.0
10.5 - 19.4
14.3
8.8 - 19.8
Moncton
14.0
10.2 - 17.8
27.1
22.1 - 32.1
25.8
20.7 - 30.9
21.9
16.8 - 26.9
28.2
22.0 - 34.5
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
S
13.6
5.4 - 21.8
21.3
9.0 - 33.5
20.1
9.8 - 30.3
15.4
5.2 - 25.5
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
S
24.0
15.0 - 33.0
16.7
8.0 - 25.5
17.4
10.7 - 24.1
19.9
10.2 - 29.6
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
S
S
S
S
S
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
S
S
S
S
S
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
S
9.9
3.9 - 15.8
17.3
10.4 - 24.2
13.4
7.3 - 19.5
10.4
3.8 - 16.9
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
9.1
4.4 - 13.7
9.1
3.2 - 15.1
24.0
15.6 - 32.3
14.7
7.7 - 21.6
13.4
5.2 - 21.6
Riverview and Coverdale
S
14.4
7.7 - 21.1
13.0
4.4 - 21.6
20.6
9.1 - 32.2
20.8
9.6 - 32.1
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
S
S
S
S
S
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
24.6
20.9 - 28.3
21.6
17.5 - 25.7
20.5
16.5 - 24.5
15.4
11.7 - 19.1
21.8
16.6 - 27.1
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
S
S
S
S
S
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
24.1
17.2 - 31.0
20.6
12.0 - 29.1
18.4
12.1 - 24.6
9.9
4.0 - 15.9
15.9
7.1 - 24.8
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
19.2
12.5 - 26.0
22.3
13.2 - 31.4
21.2
12.5 - 29.8
24.9
15.7 - 34.2
26.6
14.7 - 38.5
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
S
22.0
12.9 - 31.1
20.7
11.7 - 29.7
S
12.9
4.7 - 21.1
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
13.1
6.6 - 19.6
22.0
13.8 - 30.2
27.0
18.3 - 35.7
13.5
6.0 - 20.9
23.2
12.3 - 34.0
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
14.0
9.6 - 18.5
15.0
9.6 - 20.5
18.0
12.2 - 23.9
8.7
4.4 - 13.1
18.5
10.8 - 26.2
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
20.3
15.0 - 25.6
17.6
10.9 - 24.4
26.7
20.0 - 33.4
20.1
11.4 - 28.8
29.8
16.5 - 43.0
Age
18-64
26.2
23.3 - 29.1
25.2
22.3 - 28.0
26.6
23.8 - 29.4
25.9
23.1 - 28.7
25.9
23.0 - 28.9
65 and over
19.3
18.2 - 20.5
18.9
17.6 - 20.3
20.7
19.2 - 22.2
15.3
13.9 - 16.6
19.2
17.4 - 21.0
Gender
Female
21.7
20.4 - 23.1
22.8
21.3 - 24.3
24.4
22.8 - 26.0
20.2
18.6 - 21.7
23.1
21.2 - 24.9
Male
18.3
16.2 - 20.3
15.9
13.8 - 18.0
18.4
16.2 - 20.6
15.4
13.1 - 17.6
17.6
14.8 - 20.3
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
S
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Language
Most comfortable in English
20.7
19.3 - 22.1
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Most comfortable in French
19.6
17.6 - 21.6
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Comfortable in both English and French
23.8
19.5 - 28.0
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
S
33.1
20.4 - 45.8
31.9
18.8 - 45.0
28.8
17.2 - 40.4
35.5
25.8 - 45.2
Immigrant
Immigrants
19.9
13.0 - 26.9
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Education level
High school or less
20.7
19.3 - 22.0
20.4
18.9 - 21.9
22.2
20.7 - 23.7
18.6
17.2 - 20.0
22.8
21.0 - 24.6
Postsecondary
20.4
18.1 - 22.7
21.2
18.6 - 23.9
21.8
18.8 - 24.8
19.6
16.3 - 22.8
17.1
13.8 - 20.3
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
24.5
22.0 - 27.1
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Household income
Less than $30,000
22.1
20.8 - 23.5
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
$30,000 to less than $60,000
12.9
9.7 - 16.1
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
$60,000 or more
S
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
S
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 home care services from home support workers who reported that they have been diagnosed or treated for asthma.

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

HS_CHCAS_1

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