Citizens receiving home care services from the Extra-Mural Program who reported that they have been diagnosed or treated for chronic pain

Table

Unit %

Year 2024 Year 2021 Year 2018 Year 2015 Year 2012
Province
New Brunswick
27.1
26.2 - 28.0
28.5
27.4 - 29.5
28.4
27.3 - 29.5
27.6
26.5 - 28.7
39.1
37.7 - 40.6
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
25.7
24.0 - 27.4
28.0
26.0 - 30.1
25.8
23.6 - 27.9
25.8
23.6 - 28.1
34.8
31.9 - 37.7
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
29.0
27.1 - 30.9
27.8
25.7 - 29.9
32.3
29.8 - 34.8
28.8
26.4 - 31.2
44.1
41.1 - 47.0
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
26.6
24.7 - 28.5
28.2
26.2 - 30.2
26.9
24.6 - 29.2
29.2
26.6 - 31.7
38.4
35.1 - 41.6
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
25.2
22.3 - 28.1
29.4
25.8 - 32.9
28.8
25.2 - 32.3
30.3
26.6 - 33.9
40.3
35.7 - 44.9
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
26.7
22.5 - 30.8
28.0
23.5 - 32.6
30.5
25.2 - 35.8
33.1
28.1 - 38.0
42.2
36.0 - 48.4
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
28.5
25.9 - 31.1
29.7
26.4 - 33.0
28.1
24.8 - 31.4
22.2
18.8 - 25.5
38.0
33.3 - 42.8
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
27.0
23.1 - 31.0
31.1
26.6 - 35.6
28.0
23.6 - 32.4
24.8
20.9 - 28.8
36.0
30.4 - 41.6
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
32.1
27.8 - 36.4
31.9
26.6 - 37.1
30.4
24.2 - 36.7
27.8
21.5 - 34.0
44.1
36.0 - 52.1
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
20.0
16.5 - 23.5
27.1
22.0 - 32.1
24.6
18.7 - 30.5
27.8
21.3 - 34.4
31.5
24.0 - 38.9
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
25.9
20.0 - 31.8
25.0
18.6 - 31.4
32.6
25.1 - 40.1
31.5
24.4 - 38.7
41.5
33.1 - 50.0
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
16.6
12.4 - 20.8
21.3
14.7 - 27.9
25.9
19.1 - 32.7
15.7
9.6 - 21.9
34.6
24.5 - 44.8
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
27.3
21.5 - 33.1
30.7
24.3 - 37.2
28.3
20.7 - 36.0
34.4
27.5 - 41.2
43.0
33.8 - 52.3
Dieppe and Memramcook
22.8
18.6 - 26.9
25.6
19.0 - 32.2
26.2
19.3 - 33.0
16.7
10.3 - 23.1
41.9
31.2 - 52.6
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
27.9
20.8 - 35.1
38.4
29.3 - 47.5
40.2
30.6 - 49.9
33.3
22.0 - 44.6
46.4
33.6 - 59.2
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
23.9
20.0 - 27.7
28.4
23.8 - 33.1
28.4
23.7 - 33.1
31.7
26.5 - 36.8
38.6
32.3 - 44.9
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
23.2
19.4 - 27.0
25.7
21.8 - 29.6
28.0
23.2 - 32.8
31.2
26.3 - 36.1
36.6
30.5 - 42.6
Fredericton
27.8
24.1 - 31.5
26.1
22.3 - 29.8
24.6
20.3 - 28.9
30.8
25.6 - 36.0
45.0
37.7 - 52.3
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
S
18.4
8.6 - 28.2
13.7
5.4 - 22.0
25.6
14.2 - 37.1
43.7
29.9 - 57.4
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
25.2
20.2 - 30.3
26.7
20.7 - 32.6
30.5
23.8 - 37.2
29.2
23.4 - 34.9
41.4
33.6 - 49.1
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
S
34.7
21.1 - 48.2
24.7
12.4 - 37.0
24.3
13.3 - 35.3
35.1
20.3 - 49.9
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
S
46.7
32.4 - 60.9
26.0
16.1 - 35.9
27.6
16.0 - 39.2
45.0
30.1 - 59.9
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
30.8
23.2 - 38.4
29.7
21.1 - 38.3
29.2
20.9 - 37.6
29.0
19.0 - 39.1
36.2
24.3 - 48.1
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
27.6
23.3 - 31.8
31.4
26.5 - 36.3
29.8
25.0 - 34.5
25.3
20.9 - 29.6
36.9
30.7 - 43.2
Moncton
26.9
23.7 - 30.1
27.1
23.6 - 30.7
25.3
21.6 - 29.0
30.2
26.1 - 34.3
36.8
32.0 - 41.7
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
27.7
20.4 - 35.0
31.4
23.0 - 39.8
22.3
14.6 - 30.1
22.4
14.7 - 30.1
35.9
24.2 - 47.7
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
S
29.2
17.4 - 41.0
18.0
6.7 - 29.4
23.0
13.6 - 32.4
31.8
18.9 - 44.8
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
31.0
25.1 - 36.9
30.2
23.5 - 36.9
24.8
17.6 - 32.0
25.6
17.5 - 33.7
29.9
18.8 - 41.0
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
19.9
15.0 - 24.7
30.6
23.5 - 37.8
30.2
22.5 - 37.9
29.7
19.4 - 40.1
35.3
23.9 - 46.8
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
26.0
18.4 - 33.6
28.0
21.2 - 34.7
20.3
13.6 - 27.1
26.6
18.9 - 34.3
36.6
26.9 - 46.3
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
24.8
20.8 - 28.8
27.8
22.8 - 32.8
30.3
24.0 - 36.6
31.8
24.2 - 39.3
48.9
40.5 - 57.3
Riverview and Coverdale
34.5
28.9 - 40.2
31.5
25.4 - 37.6
36.0
28.5 - 43.5
23.5
16.5 - 30.6
30.6
22.4 - 38.8
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
33.0
27.2 - 38.9
28.6
21.2 - 35.9
35.0
26.3 - 43.8
30.1
21.8 - 38.3
37.3
25.4 - 49.1
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
32.1
28.7 - 35.6
26.5
23.2 - 29.9
34.8
30.6 - 39.0
29.6
25.7 - 33.5
42.5
37.8 - 47.3
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
S
21.1
11.6 - 30.6
24.6
12.5 - 36.8
16.6
7.2 - 26.1
39.1
24.0 - 54.2
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
22.1
16.8 - 27.4
31.1
25.0 - 37.3
18.8
14.2 - 23.3
23.2
18.2 - 28.2
30.3
22.9 - 37.8
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
18.1
12.3 - 23.8
23.0
15.8 - 30.3
25.3
17.1 - 33.6
22.0
15.1 - 29.0
31.3
20.8 - 41.7
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
22.2
17.5 - 26.9
26.1
20.4 - 31.8
30.3
23.4 - 37.2
29.7
23.1 - 36.3
42.3
34.4 - 50.2
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
36.2
31.3 - 41.0
34.4
29.1 - 39.7
32.8
26.9 - 38.7
28.7
22.8 - 34.5
45.1
37.1 - 53.1
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
26.4
21.7 - 31.1
27.1
21.5 - 32.7
34.3
27.3 - 41.2
25.1
19.3 - 30.9
44.5
36.7 - 52.2
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
40.0
33.7 - 46.2
38.7
30.8 - 46.5
29.0
22.9 - 35.2
19.8
12.3 - 27.4
37.5
27.6 - 47.5
Age
18-64
31.6
29.0 - 34.1
32.6
30.0 - 35.1
32.9
30.4 - 35.5
31.3
28.8 - 33.8
42.0
39.4 - 44.6
65 and over
26.3
25.4 - 27.3
27.3
26.2 - 28.4
26.8
25.6 - 28.0
27.0
25.7 - 28.2
39.5
37.7 - 41.3
Gender
Female
30.1
28.9 - 31.4
31.3
29.9 - 32.7
31.9
30.4 - 33.5
31.5
30.0 - 33.0
41.7
39.8 - 43.6
Male
23.2
21.9 - 24.5
24.8
23.3 - 26.2
23.7
22.1 - 25.3
22.4
20.7 - 24.0
35.4
33.1 - 37.6
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
S
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Language
Most comfortable in English
28.3
27.2 - 29.4
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Most comfortable in French
24.4
22.7 - 26.2
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Comfortable in both English and French
23.3
20.3 - 26.3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
29.0
21.8 - 36.2
29.5
20.9 - 38.1
40.0
30.2 - 49.7
36.2
27.6 - 44.9
42.2
33.7 - 50.6
Immigrant
Immigrants
27.7
21.4 - 34.1
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Education level
High school or less
27.0
25.8 - 28.1
28.5
27.2 - 29.8
27.7
26.4 - 29.1
28.6
27.2 - 29.9
40.5
38.8 - 42.3
Postsecondary
27.4
25.9 - 28.9
28.6
26.8 - 30.4
29.5
27.5 - 31.6
27.2
25.0 - 29.5
40.4
37.5 - 43.3
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
42.8
40.3 - 45.3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Household income
Less than $30,000
30.5
29.0 - 31.9
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
$30,000 to less than $60,000
26.7
24.9 - 28.5
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
$60,000 or more
19.3
16.9 - 21.8
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
23.9
17.2 - 30.5
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 the Extra-Mural Program who reported that they have been diagnosed or treated for chronic pain.

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

XM_CHCCP_1

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