Citizens receiving home care services from home support workers who reported that they have been diagnosed or treated for high blood pressure or hypertension

Table

Unit %

Year 2024 Year 2021 Year 2018 Year 2015 Year 2012
Province
New Brunswick
57.9
56.6 - 59.3
56.4
54.9 - 57.9
56.4
54.9 - 58.0
58.8
57.2 - 60.4
59.8
57.9 - 61.6
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
57.5
54.5 - 60.5
51.5
48.1 - 54.9
54.3
50.8 - 57.8
54.3
50.6 - 58.0
57.8
53.6 - 62.0
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
59.2
56.3 - 62.1
55.6
52.2 - 58.9
58.3
55.0 - 61.5
59.0
55.6 - 62.3
58.8
54.8 - 62.9
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
56.1
52.9 - 59.4
55.8
52.5 - 59.2
57.0
53.5 - 60.6
61.5
58.0 - 65.1
62.2
58.3 - 66.1
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
52.6
48.2 - 57.1
55.5
50.6 - 60.3
51.9
46.7 - 57.1
60.6
55.7 - 65.5
61.3
55.4 - 67.2
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
56.7
51.6 - 61.8
58.7
52.8 - 64.5
58.1
51.7 - 64.5
56.0
49.8 - 62.1
52.5
44.9 - 60.1
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
58.7
55.5 - 62.0
61.1
57.1 - 65.1
56.2
52.2 - 60.3
57.6
53.2 - 62.0
61.0
55.6 - 66.4
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
66.5
61.9 - 71.1
65.0
60.1 - 70.0
58.9
53.7 - 64.0
63.1
58.1 - 68.0
62.2
55.9 - 68.6
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
58.4
53.6 - 63.2
61.2
55.2 - 67.2
55.1
48.8 - 61.4
59.4
53.1 - 65.8
62.5
54.9 - 70.2
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
47.6
40.7 - 54.4
41.1
33.5 - 48.6
51.8
42.8 - 60.7
51.2
42.2 - 60.1
56.1
45.5 - 66.8
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
51.2
43.2 - 59.2
56.4
47.5 - 65.4
60.8
51.2 - 70.4
50.2
40.4 - 59.9
52.1
40.5 - 63.7
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
56.2
48.9 - 63.4
57.0
47.2 - 66.8
60.8
49.9 - 71.7
48.7
37.7 - 59.7
55.2
41.4 - 69.0
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
61.3
54.8 - 67.9
60.5
52.7 - 68.3
55.9
47.2 - 64.6
60.0
52.1 - 67.9
52.9
42.6 - 63.1
Dieppe and Memramcook
S
61.0
49.1 - 73.0
59.7
48.0 - 71.5
48.8
35.5 - 62.1
S
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
S
57.7
48.1 - 67.3
70.5
61.3 - 79.7
70.7
61.2 - 80.3
66.4
55.7 - 77.2
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
51.6
45.7 - 57.5
55.5
48.7 - 62.3
48.5
41.7 - 55.4
59.8
53.1 - 66.5
58.5
50.4 - 66.5
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
58.6
51.2 - 66.0
51.2
43.7 - 58.8
56.2
48.4 - 64.0
65.0
57.8 - 72.3
64.0
55.3 - 72.7
Fredericton
51.2
45.0 - 57.5
51.6
45.2 - 58.0
49.7
42.3 - 57.0
53.4
45.0 - 61.8
64.0
55.1 - 72.9
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
S
S
S
S
S
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
53.2
45.4 - 60.9
50.8
43.0 - 58.6
55.2
46.7 - 63.7
63.2
55.2 - 71.1
70.7
61.6 - 79.8
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
59.4
49.0 - 69.8
48.6
36.5 - 60.7
62.4
50.6 - 74.1
48.4
35.4 - 61.3
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
66.3
61.1 - 71.5
65.8
60.1 - 71.5
58.4
52.6 - 64.1
64.1
58.1 - 70.2
58.6
50.8 - 66.3
Moncton
56.4
51.0 - 61.9
52.0
46.4 - 57.6
54.8
48.9 - 60.6
53.7
47.6 - 59.8
55.5
48.6 - 62.5
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
S
59.3
47.5 - 71.1
70.1
56.4 - 83.8
69.8
58.0 - 81.6
74.4
62.1 - 86.7
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
S
62.1
51.9 - 72.3
61.1
49.7 - 72.5
60.9
52.3 - 69.6
71.0
60.1 - 82.0
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
60.3
50.6 - 70.1
55.5
46.5 - 64.5
59.9
51.2 - 68.7
56.1
45.4 - 66.8
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
66.3
58.8 - 73.9
55.4
45.1 - 65.7
52.4
42.7 - 62.2
47.5
37.7 - 57.3
56.0
44.1 - 67.9
Riverview and Coverdale
S
60.0
50.7 - 69.4
62.4
50.0 - 74.9
58.3
44.3 - 72.4
78.4
66.8 - 90.0
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
S
S
S
S
S
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
59.1
54.9 - 63.4
53.8
48.8 - 58.8
60.5
55.6 - 65.3
62.6
57.7 - 67.6
55.8
49.6 - 62.1
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
S
S
S
S
S
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
67.8
60.4 - 75.2
48.4
37.8 - 59.0
44.6
36.6 - 52.6
53.6
43.7 - 63.5
50.4
38.1 - 62.8
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
62.0
53.7 - 70.4
67.3
57.1 - 77.5
58.3
47.8 - 68.7
57.2
46.6 - 67.8
55.8
41.8 - 69.7
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
S
55.9
45.0 - 66.8
53.5
42.5 - 64.6
67.2
54.7 - 79.7
62.9
51.1 - 74.7
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
59.1
50.2 - 68.0
55.2
45.4 - 65.0
60.7
51.1 - 70.3
58.7
48.0 - 69.4
69.1
57.3 - 81.0
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
63.1
56.9 - 69.2
55.8
48.3 - 63.4
60.4
53.0 - 67.9
60.3
52.8 - 67.7
64.9
55.4 - 74.5
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
58.8
52.2 - 65.5
59.6
50.9 - 68.2
54.7
47.2 - 62.2
61.3
50.7 - 71.9
68.3
54.8 - 81.8
Age
18-64
42.2
38.9 - 45.4
41.5
38.2 - 44.7
44.0
40.9 - 47.1
50.4
47.2 - 53.5
47.1
43.7 - 50.5
65 and over
61.8
60.3 - 63.3
62.0
60.3 - 63.6
61.9
60.1 - 63.6
63.0
61.2 - 64.8
67.2
65.0 - 69.4
Gender
Female
60.2
58.6 - 61.8
59.3
57.5 - 61.0
59.6
57.8 - 61.4
61.9
60.1 - 63.8
63.7
61.5 - 65.8
Male
53.0
50.4 - 55.7
50.5
47.6 - 53.4
49.8
47.0 - 52.7
51.6
48.6 - 54.7
49.4
45.8 - 53.0
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
S
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Language
Most comfortable in English
58.6
56.9 - 60.3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Most comfortable in French
55.8
53.3 - 58.3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Comfortable in both English and French
60.0
55.1 - 64.9
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
S
51.6
38.1 - 65.1
58.4
44.6 - 72.3
52.2
39.4 - 65.0
57.6
47.6 - 67.7
Immigrant
Immigrants
68.2
59.8 - 76.7
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Education level
High school or less
58.1
56.5 - 59.8
58.2
56.4 - 60.0
57.2
55.5 - 59.0
59.8
58.0 - 61.5
61.6
59.5 - 63.7
Postsecondary
58.6
55.8 - 61.4
53.6
50.3 - 56.8
54.3
50.7 - 57.9
55.8
51.7 - 59.9
55.7
51.3 - 60.0
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
53.4
50.5 - 56.3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Household income
Less than $30,000
58.8
57.2 - 60.3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
$30,000 to less than $60,000
62.7
58.2 - 67.2
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 high blood pressure or hypertension.

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_CHCHB_1

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