Citizens receiving home care services from home support workers who reported that the staff always explained things in a way that was easy to understand in the last 2 months

Table

Unit %

Year 2024 Year 2021 Year 2018 Year 2015 Year 2012
Province
New Brunswick
78.0
76.8 - 79.2
80.2
79.0 - 81.5
77.2
75.9 - 78.5
77.8
76.4 - 79.1
84.5
83.1 - 85.9
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
74.1
71.3 - 76.9
79.8
76.9 - 82.6
76.9
73.9 - 79.9
75.9
72.7 - 79.2
89.4
86.7 - 92.1
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
75.4
72.8 - 78.1
81.0
78.3 - 83.7
75.3
72.4 - 78.1
78.3
75.4 - 81.2
85.0
81.9 - 88.0
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
76.3
73.4 - 79.2
79.9
77.1 - 82.7
76.8
73.7 - 79.8
78.5
75.5 - 81.5
86.0
83.1 - 88.8
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
75.0
70.9 - 79.1
75.8
71.3 - 80.3
73.5
68.9 - 78.1
74.6
70.1 - 79.2
72.4
66.7 - 78.0
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
87.2
83.4 - 90.9
82.2
77.4 - 87.0
81.4
76.2 - 86.5
77.8
72.7 - 82.9
85.4
80.0 - 90.9
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
83.8
81.3 - 86.4
79.3
75.9 - 82.7
78.0
74.5 - 81.4
78.2
74.5 - 81.9
82.2
77.9 - 86.6
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
85.7
82.5 - 88.9
85.0
81.2 - 88.8
83.9
80.1 - 87.7
80.8
76.8 - 84.8
84.4
79.5 - 89.3
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
80.3
76.0 - 84.5
76.4
71.1 - 81.7
80.4
75.2 - 85.6
81.8
76.7 - 86.9
79.6
73.1 - 86.0
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
87.4
82.5 - 92.2
86.6
81.3 - 92.0
84.4
77.6 - 91.2
71.7
63.7 - 79.7
89.0
82.3 - 95.8
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
87.6
81.7 - 93.4
80.0
72.1 - 87.9
85.3
78.1 - 92.4
70.5
61.7 - 79.3
83.0
73.9 - 92.1
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
89.1
84.5 - 93.8
80.7
72.5 - 89.0
74.1
64.2 - 84.0
70.5
60.3 - 80.7
82.0
71.3 - 92.6
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
86.9
82.0 - 91.8
83.8
77.7 - 89.9
78.4
71.1 - 85.7
83.1
77.1 - 89.1
87.2
80.3 - 94.1
Dieppe and Memramcook
S
72.4
60.2 - 84.7
66.3
53.9 - 78.7
85.8
76.2 - 95.5
S
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
S
78.6
70.6 - 86.6
78.8
70.9 - 86.8
79.4
71.2 - 87.7
85.6
77.6 - 93.6
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
73.1
67.6 - 78.6
76.0
69.7 - 82.2
68.3
61.8 - 74.7
73.1
66.7 - 79.5
68.9
61.1 - 76.6
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
77.9
71.4 - 84.4
83.5
77.7 - 89.4
73.9
67.2 - 80.7
74.2
67.6 - 80.8
82.1
75.0 - 89.1
Fredericton
65.6
59.3 - 71.8
74.4
68.4 - 80.3
71.6
64.7 - 78.5
77.9
71.0 - 84.8
88.3
82.1 - 94.5
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
S
S
S
S
S
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
78.6
71.7 - 85.5
74.6
67.4 - 81.7
79.0
71.8 - 86.2
75.6
68.3 - 82.9
73.9
64.8 - 83.0
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
77.5
68.4 - 86.6
86.4
78.4 - 94.3
88.6
80.7 - 96.5
88.6
80.3 - 97.0
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
87.2
83.7 - 90.8
85.8
81.5 - 90.1
84.1
79.8 - 88.3
81.3
76.5 - 86.2
86.0
80.4 - 91.6
Moncton
66.4
60.9 - 71.9
73.8
68.5 - 79.0
75.5
70.4 - 80.6
76.3
71.0 - 81.6
89.7
85.3 - 94.1
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
S
87.1
78.8 - 95.3
85.9
75.4 - 96.5
84.5
75.0 - 94.0
81.5
70.5 - 92.4
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
S
81.9
73.4 - 90.3
83.3
74.4 - 92.1
79.7
72.5 - 86.9
80.6
70.7 - 90.5
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
82.4
74.4 - 90.4
84.6
78.1 - 91.1
82.4
75.5 - 89.3
88.4
81.5 - 95.4
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
76.6
69.3 - 83.8
83.2
75.5 - 90.9
71.3
62.8 - 79.9
75.0
65.7 - 84.3
77.7
67.2 - 88.3
Riverview and Coverdale
S
84.3
76.7 - 92.0
76.9
66.3 - 87.6
73.4
61.0 - 85.8
97.5
93.1 - 100.0
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
S
S
S
S
S
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
70.9
66.7 - 75.0
76.0
71.6 - 80.4
72.5
68.1 - 76.9
74.9
70.4 - 79.4
83.5
78.7 - 88.4
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
S
S
69.7
55.2 - 84.2
S
S
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
79.9
73.3 - 86.5
84.5
76.7 - 92.3
81.1
74.7 - 87.5
83.6
76.1 - 91.2
86.7
77.9 - 95.5
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
87.8
81.9 - 93.8
82.0
73.2 - 90.8
83.5
75.5 - 91.6
80.8
72.5 - 89.1
82.6
71.9 - 93.3
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
S
90.7
83.8 - 97.7
78.3
69.2 - 87.4
79.0
68.1 - 90.0
87.6
79.2 - 96.1
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
80.6
73.4 - 87.7
85.0
77.7 - 92.3
86.5
79.7 - 93.3
90.9
84.4 - 97.5
84.9
75.4 - 94.4
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
80.3
75.1 - 85.5
84.1
78.2 - 90.1
74.5
67.8 - 81.3
82.4
76.6 - 88.3
87.5
80.9 - 94.1
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
84.4
79.5 - 89.4
82.2
75.4 - 89.0
72.9
65.9 - 80.0
73.4
64.1 - 82.8
91.4
82.7 - 100.0
Age
18-64
77.5
74.6 - 80.4
79.1
76.3 - 81.9
74.7
72.0 - 77.4
74.7
72.0 - 77.4
83.8
81.2 - 86.4
65 and over
78.1
76.8 - 79.4
80.7
79.2 - 82.1
78.3
76.8 - 79.8
79.3
77.8 - 80.8
84.9
83.2 - 86.6
Gender
Female
78.0
76.5 - 79.4
80.3
78.8 - 81.8
78.1
76.5 - 79.6
78.6
77.0 - 80.2
84.4
82.8 - 86.1
Male
78.4
76.1 - 80.7
80.1
77.7 - 82.5
75.4
72.9 - 77.9
75.9
73.3 - 78.5
84.7
82.0 - 87.3
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
S
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Language
Most comfortable in English
77.0
75.5 - 78.5
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Most comfortable in French
79.4
77.2 - 81.6
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Comfortable in both English and French
85.4
81.7 - 89.2
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
S
90.2
82.0 - 98.3
80.0
68.9 - 91.1
69.1
56.8 - 81.4
80.5
72.3 - 88.6
Immigrant
Immigrants
66.5
57.2 - 75.9
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Education level
High school or less
79.9
78.5 - 81.3
81.9
80.5 - 83.4
78.5
77.0 - 80.0
79.0
77.5 - 80.5
84.0
82.4 - 85.6
Postsecondary
70.7
67.9 - 73.4
75.0
71.9 - 78.1
73.5
70.2 - 76.7
71.4
67.5 - 75.3
86.6
83.5 - 89.7
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
74.1
71.3 - 76.9
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Household income
Less than $30,000
78.2
76.8 - 79.6
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
$30,000 to less than $60,000
68.6
63.9 - 73.3
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 the staff always explained things in a way that was easy to understand in the last 2 months.

Source

New Brunswick Health Council, Home Care Survey

Calculations

This indicator is calculated by dividing the number of respondents who answered "always" by the number of respondents who answered "never, sometimes, usually or always" to the question: In the last 2 months, how often did home support workers do each of the following: explain things in a way that was easy to understand?

Unit

%

Interpretation

Higher is better

NBHC code

HS_COM02_1

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