Citizens receiving home care services from home support workers who reported that when they first started receiving services, someone offered them services in the official language of their choice (English or French)

Table

Unit %

Year 2024 Year 2021 Year 2018 Year 2015 Year 2012
Province
New Brunswick
90.2
89.3 - 91.1
91.5
90.6 - 92.4
90.9
90.0 - 91.9
90.7
89.7 - 91.7
81.8
80.2 - 83.4
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
89.7
87.8 - 91.6
90.7
88.5 - 92.8
89.0
86.7 - 91.3
91.9
89.7 - 94.0
83.1
79.8 - 86.5
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
83.0
80.5 - 85.6
86.9
84.3 - 89.4
87.7
85.4 - 90.0
84.6
81.9 - 87.3
76.9
73.0 - 80.8
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
87.4
85.0 - 89.7
90.0
87.8 - 92.2
89.9
87.5 - 92.2
87.6
85.0 - 90.2
76.5
72.8 - 80.3
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
92.5
90.0 - 94.9
92.2
89.5 - 94.9
93.1
90.4 - 95.7
92.5
89.7 - 95.3
82.2
77.4 - 86.9
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
97.7
96.1 - 99.2
96.7
94.6 - 98.9
97.1
94.9 - 99.2
94.4
91.5 - 97.3
87.8
82.7 - 92.9
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
96.7
95.5 - 97.8
95.7
94.0 - 97.4
95.7
94.1 - 97.4
97.2
95.8 - 98.7
86.9
83.1 - 90.7
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
96.1
94.2 - 98.0
96.6
94.6 - 98.5
90.6
87.4 - 93.8
92.4
89.5 - 95.2
89.4
85.2 - 93.6
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
95.6
93.5 - 97.7
98.2
96.5 - 99.8
94.4
91.4 - 97.4
97.2
95.0 - 99.4
88.2
83.0 - 93.4
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
92.8
88.8 - 96.8
93.1
88.9 - 97.2
91.0
85.7 - 96.4
97.7
94.9 - 100.0
87.1
79.5 - 94.6
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
97.1
94.4 - 99.8
97.6
94.7 - 100.0
98.8
96.6 - 100.0
94.9
90.6 - 99.3
94.0
88.3 - 99.6
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
97.2
94.9 - 99.5
93.2
87.8 - 98.5
94.5
89.3 - 99.6
98.3
95.5 - 100.0
93.8
86.6 - 100.0
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
98.1
96.4 - 99.8
96.1
92.9 - 99.2
95.6
92.0 - 99.3
94.0
90.1 - 97.9
82.9
74.9 - 90.9
Dieppe and Memramcook
S
59.0
46.1 - 71.9
76.1
64.5 - 87.8
87.6
78.3 - 96.9
S
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
S
92.6
87.2 - 98.0
93.8
88.8 - 98.9
80.2
71.1 - 89.3
76.2
65.8 - 86.7
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
94.7
92.0 - 97.5
91.1
87.0 - 95.1
94.0
90.7 - 97.3
92.1
88.2 - 96.0
80.2
73.5 - 86.9
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
98.4
96.3 - 100.0
93.0
88.7 - 97.3
93.2
89.0 - 97.3
93.6
89.6 - 97.6
82.8
75.3 - 90.2
Fredericton
80.9
75.6 - 86.2
88.4
84.1 - 92.8
87.9
82.6 - 93.2
88.9
83.2 - 94.5
75.1
65.6 - 84.6
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
S
S
S
S
S
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
89.0
83.9 - 94.2
93.2
89.1 - 97.3
90.5
85.3 - 95.7
93.5
89.2 - 97.8
83.8
76.4 - 91.3
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
88.5
80.8 - 96.1
88.7
80.5 - 96.9
90.3
82.6 - 98.0
84.0
73.9 - 94.2
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
95.8
93.6 - 98.0
96.4
94.0 - 98.7
89.8
86.1 - 93.5
93.4
90.1 - 96.7
86.3
80.5 - 92.1
Moncton
90.9
87.6 - 94.2
92.6
89.5 - 95.8
86.2
82.0 - 90.5
88.4
84.3 - 92.5
79.7
73.8 - 85.6
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
S
91.6
83.9 - 99.3
S
83.4
72.4 - 94.3
S
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
S
97.2
93.8 - 100.0
94.0
88.2 - 99.7
90.4
85.1 - 95.7
95.9
91.0 - 100.0
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
88.6
81.7 - 95.6
85.1
78.3 - 92.0
88.6
82.5 - 94.7
70.4
59.9 - 80.9
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
90.2
84.7 - 95.7
91.8
85.7 - 97.9
89.5
83.0 - 95.9
85.6
77.6 - 93.6
79.5
67.4 - 91.6
Riverview and Coverdale
S
91.4
85.1 - 97.7
94.7
89.0 - 100.0
94.3
87.6 - 100.0
87.5
77.7 - 97.2
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
S
S
S
S
S
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
80.9
77.1 - 84.7
86.7
82.9 - 90.5
85.8
82.3 - 89.4
85.4
81.4 - 89.4
78.9
73.2 - 84.7
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
S
S
S
S
S
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
84.2
78.4 - 89.9
94.6
89.4 - 99.8
92.4
88.0 - 96.7
92.1
86.5 - 97.7
87.2
78.6 - 95.7
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
98.2
95.8 - 100.0
91.8
85.7 - 97.9
100.0
100.0 - 100.0
96.6
92.8 - 100.0
81.2
70.4 - 92.1
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
S
84.2
75.2 - 93.2
83.2
74.8 - 91.5
79.5
68.3 - 90.7
92.5
85.1 - 99.9
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
81.2
72.8 - 89.7
83.9
75.9 - 91.9
91.0
85.0 - 97.0
85.2
76.6 - 93.9
63.9
50.3 - 77.4
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
84.0
79.0 - 89.0
85.1
78.6 - 91.6
88.9
83.5 - 94.2
84.8
78.9 - 90.6
66.4
55.9 - 76.8
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
97.2
95.1 - 99.3
95.3
91.5 - 99.1
95.7
92.7 - 98.8
96.9
93.2 - 100.0
82.4
71.1 - 93.6
Age
18-64
88.3
86.1 - 90.5
90.5
88.4 - 92.6
91.6
89.8 - 93.3
90.6
88.8 - 92.5
84.6
82.0 - 87.2
65 and over
90.7
89.8 - 91.7
91.9
90.9 - 92.9
90.7
89.6 - 91.7
90.7
89.6 - 91.9
80.3
78.3 - 82.2
Gender
Female
90.4
89.4 - 91.5
91.9
90.8 - 92.9
90.5
89.3 - 91.6
90.8
89.7 - 92.0
81.2
79.4 - 83.1
Male
90.8
89.1 - 92.4
90.8
89.1 - 92.6
91.9
90.3 - 93.5
90.5
88.6 - 92.3
83.4
80.5 - 86.2
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
S
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Language
Most comfortable in English
89.4
88.2 - 90.6
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Most comfortable in French
93.9
92.7 - 95.2
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Comfortable in both English and French
83.2
79.0 - 87.5
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
S
92.0
84.6 - 99.4
89.8
81.6 - 97.9
87.4
78.1 - 96.6
84.7
76.8 - 92.5
Immigrant
Immigrants
82.9
75.4 - 90.4
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Education level
High school or less
90.8
89.7 - 91.8
92.8
91.8 - 93.8
92.1
91.0 - 93.1
90.9
89.8 - 92.0
81.7
79.9 - 83.4
Postsecondary
87.5
85.4 - 89.6
87.8
85.4 - 90.2
88.8
86.3 - 91.2
88.8
86.0 - 91.7
81.1
77.2 - 84.9
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
88.6
86.6 - 90.7
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Household income
Less than $30,000
91.0
90.0 - 92.0
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
$30,000 to less than $60,000
85.7
82.0 - 89.4
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 when they first started receiving services, someone offered them services in the official language of their choice (English or French).

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: When you first started receiving home care services, did someone offer to give you these services in the language (English or French) of your choice?

Unit

%

Interpretation

Higher is better

NBHC code

HS_LOS03_1

Charts

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