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

Table

Unit %

Year 2024 Year 2021 Year 2018 Year 2015 Year 2012
Province
New Brunswick
28.8
27.5 - 30.0
30.6
29.2 - 32.0
30.8
29.4 - 32.3
33.9
32.4 - 35.5
36.8
35.0 - 38.7
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
31.7
28.9 - 34.5
26.2
23.2 - 29.2
31.9
28.6 - 35.1
30.1
26.7 - 33.5
35.2
31.1 - 39.2
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
29.7
27.0 - 32.3
31.1
28.0 - 34.2
34.0
30.9 - 37.1
39.8
36.4 - 43.1
37.8
33.8 - 41.8
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
29.8
26.8 - 32.7
34.7
31.5 - 37.9
32.4
29.0 - 35.8
36.3
32.7 - 39.8
44.2
40.1 - 48.2
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
23.5
19.8 - 27.2
26.9
22.6 - 31.3
25.6
21.1 - 30.1
31.5
26.8 - 36.2
31.1
25.5 - 36.7
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
25.2
20.7 - 29.6
31.6
26.0 - 37.1
27.3
21.5 - 33.1
32.3
26.5 - 38.0
36.4
29.1 - 43.8
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
25.6
22.8 - 28.4
28.2
24.5 - 31.9
26.4
22.8 - 30.0
29.6
25.5 - 33.6
28.3
23.3 - 33.3
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
30.1
25.6 - 34.5
37.2
32.2 - 42.2
31.8
27.0 - 36.6
33.5
28.7 - 38.3
38.5
32.1 - 44.9
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
24.7
20.6 - 28.8
27.3
21.8 - 32.7
20.1
15.1 - 25.2
27.7
21.9 - 33.5
27.7
20.7 - 34.8
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
32.0
25.6 - 38.4
26.6
19.9 - 33.4
34.8
26.2 - 43.3
40.7
31.9 - 49.5
35.6
25.3 - 45.8
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
18.4
12.3 - 24.6
27.9
19.8 - 36.0
29.0
20.1 - 37.9
25.2
16.7 - 33.6
31.3
20.5 - 42.0
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
23.8
17.6 - 30.0
26.7
17.9 - 35.4
31.2
20.8 - 41.5
22.9
13.7 - 32.1
25.0
13.0 - 37.0
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
30.8
24.5 - 37.2
34.4
26.8 - 42.0
26.0
18.3 - 33.7
37.2
29.4 - 45.0
40.6
30.4 - 50.7
Dieppe and Memramcook
S
20.2
10.3 - 30.0
31.6
20.4 - 42.7
27.0
15.2 - 38.8
S
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
S
36.0
26.7 - 45.3
38.6
28.8 - 48.5
51.9
41.4 - 62.4
57.1
45.7 - 68.5
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
22.6
17.7 - 27.6
31.3
24.9 - 37.6
29.6
23.3 - 35.9
30.8
24.5 - 37.1
27.3
20.0 - 34.5
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
34.5
27.5 - 41.6
34.6
27.4 - 41.8
29.7
22.5 - 36.9
36.8
29.5 - 44.1
51.3
42.3 - 60.3
Fredericton
23.5
18.2 - 28.7
31.3
25.4 - 37.3
26.8
20.2 - 33.3
23.4
16.3 - 30.5
37.4
28.2 - 46.5
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
S
S
S
S
S
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
22.9
16.6 - 29.1
19.2
13.1 - 25.4
20.6
13.7 - 27.5
35.7
27.8 - 43.6
39.9
30.2 - 49.5
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
30.8
21.0 - 40.6
26.2
15.6 - 36.9
36.8
25.1 - 48.5
34.8
22.3 - 47.3
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
30.6
25.5 - 35.7
37.7
31.9 - 43.5
31.3
25.9 - 36.7
33.1
27.2 - 39.0
42.4
34.5 - 50.2
Moncton
30.5
25.4 - 35.6
26.0
21.1 - 30.9
33.0
27.5 - 38.5
23.2
18.0 - 28.3
34.5
27.8 - 41.2
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
S
38.7
27.0 - 50.4
38.1
23.6 - 52.7
25.6
14.4 - 36.8
40.9
27.1 - 54.7
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
S
35.2
25.2 - 45.3
34.1
23.0 - 45.2
34.4
26.0 - 42.8
29.5
18.5 - 40.6
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
41.7
31.8 - 51.5
39.5
30.6 - 48.4
46.6
37.7 - 55.5
39.6
29.1 - 50.2
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
35.5
27.8 - 43.3
35.9
26.0 - 45.9
30.4
21.5 - 39.4
36.1
26.7 - 45.5
36.6
25.0 - 48.3
Riverview and Coverdale
S
24.4
16.2 - 32.6
38.4
25.9 - 50.8
37.4
23.6 - 51.2
44.2
30.4 - 57.9
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
S
S
S
S
S
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
28.9
25.0 - 32.8
32.4
27.7 - 37.1
37.0
32.2 - 41.8
37.2
32.3 - 42.1
36.9
30.8 - 43.0
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
S
S
S
S
S
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
25.6
19.0 - 32.2
26.4
17.1 - 35.8
21.3
14.7 - 27.9
26.8
18.0 - 35.6
21.9
11.7 - 32.0
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
32.3
24.2 - 40.4
26.6
17.0 - 36.2
26.8
17.4 - 36.2
34.4
24.2 - 44.6
23.2
11.7 - 34.8
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
S
27.4
17.6 - 37.2
30.6
20.4 - 40.8
41.5
28.4 - 54.7
47.7
35.3 - 60.0
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
26.1
18.7 - 33.5
20.1
12.1 - 28.0
32.2
23.0 - 41.4
36.0
25.6 - 46.5
32.9
20.7 - 45.1
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
32.4
26.4 - 38.3
34.1
26.9 - 41.3
31.8
24.7 - 38.9
47.6
39.9 - 55.2
39.5
29.9 - 49.2
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
24.2
18.5 - 29.9
32.2
23.9 - 40.5
33.4
26.2 - 40.5
35.9
25.5 - 46.3
40.0
25.6 - 54.5
Age
18-64
15.5
13.1 - 17.9
17.5
15.0 - 20.0
17.0
14.6 - 19.4
19.1
16.6 - 21.5
24.1
21.2 - 27.0
65 and over
32.0
30.6 - 33.4
35.4
33.8 - 37.1
36.9
35.2 - 38.6
41.0
39.1 - 42.8
44.0
41.7 - 46.3
Gender
Female
26.2
24.8 - 27.7
28.6
27.0 - 30.2
29.3
27.6 - 31.0
33.9
32.1 - 35.7
37.2
35.0 - 39.4
Male
34.4
32.0 - 36.9
34.7
32.0 - 37.5
34.0
31.3 - 36.7
34.1
31.2 - 37.0
35.9
32.4 - 39.3
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
S
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Language
Most comfortable in English
31.0
29.5 - 32.6
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Most comfortable in French
24.5
22.3 - 26.6
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Comfortable in both English and French
23.1
19.0 - 27.2
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
S
41.6
28.3 - 54.9
24.7
12.5 - 36.8
35.7
23.4 - 48.0
37.9
28.0 - 47.9
Immigrant
Immigrants
27.4
19.4 - 35.3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Education level
High school or less
30.0
28.5 - 31.5
32.4
30.7 - 34.1
31.6
29.9 - 33.3
35.9
34.1 - 37.6
38.5
36.4 - 40.6
Postsecondary
26.9
24.4 - 29.3
26.7
23.8 - 29.6
28.6
25.3 - 31.9
28.0
24.3 - 31.7
31.8
27.7 - 35.9
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
26.1
23.5 - 28.7
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Household income
Less than $30,000
28.8
27.4 - 30.3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
$30,000 to less than $60,000
30.7
26.6 - 34.8
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 heart disease.

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_CHCHD_1

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