Citizens with a preference for English or French who reported they had always received services in their preferred official language during their interactions with the hospital emergency department in the last 12 months

Table

Unit %

Year 2024 Year 2023
Province
New Brunswick
89.8
88.3 - 91.2
86.1
84.4 - 87.8
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
88.4
85.1 - 91.8
81.2
76.8 - 85.5
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
96.0
93.7 - 98.3
94.1
91.3 - 97.0
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
95.4
93.5 - 97.3
91.2
88.4 - 94.0
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
86.4
81.6 - 91.2
80.4
74.5 - 86.3
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
63.8
54.7 - 72.9
63.0
54.6 - 71.4
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
77.9
70.7 - 85.2
75.2
68.0 - 82.4
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
82.4
76.5 - 88.4
86.9
81.6 - 92.1
Age
18-64
89.1
87.3 - 90.8
85.1
83.0 - 87.2
65 and over
92.0
89.8 - 94.1
89.4
86.9 - 91.9
Gender
Female
89.3
87.5 - 91.1
85.7
83.4 - 87.9
Male
90.1
87.7 - 92.4
86.5
83.8 - 89.2
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
93.1
86.6 - 99.6
84.0
76.6 - 91.3
Language
Most comfortable in English
94.4
93.2 - 95.6
90.7
88.9 - 92.4
Most comfortable in French
78.4
74.5 - 82.4
71.8
67.3 - 76.3
Comfortable in both English and French
58.6
42.8 - 74.4
73.5
62.2 - 84.8
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
93.4
88.4 - 98.4
86.0
77.7 - 94.4
Immigrant
Immigrants
87.4
80.2 - 94.5
85.7
79.9 - 91.5
Education level
High school or less
87.5
84.5 - 90.5
84.6
81.3 - 88.0
Postsecondary
90.4
88.7 - 92.1
86.7
84.7 - 88.7
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
92.0
88.8 - 95.3
84.5
79.3 - 89.7
Household income
Less than $30,000
86.0
81.5 - 90.5
83.4
79.3 - 87.6
$30,000 to less than $60,000
86.9
83.8 - 89.9
82.9
79.0 - 86.8
$60,000 or more
92.8
91.1 - 94.5
89.0
86.8 - 91.2
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
83.1
74.7 - 91.5
84.2
77.6 - 90.7
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 with a preference for English or French who reported they had always received services in their preferred official language during their interactions with the hospital emergency department in the last 12 months.

Source

New Brunswick Health Council, Primary Health Survey and Primary Care Survey

Calculations

This indicator is based on respondents who have a preference between English or French when receiving health services and who used a hospital emergency department in the last 12 months. 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: During your interaction(s) with the emergency department at the hospital, how often did you receive the services in the language you preferred?

Unit

%

Interpretation

Higher is better

NBHC code

PC_LINED_1

Charts

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