Citizens receiving home care services from the Extra-Mural Program who reported that they have been diagnosed or treated for gastric reflux (GERD)

Table

Unit %

Year 2024 Year 2021 Year 2018 Year 2015 Year 2012
Province
New Brunswick
22.7
21.9 - 23.6
22.8
21.9 - 23.7
22.0
21.0 - 23.0
23.5
22.4 - 24.5
29.9
28.5 - 31.3
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
24.3
22.6 - 26.0
22.3
20.4 - 24.3
21.0
18.9 - 23.0
23.1
21.0 - 25.3
29.3
26.6 - 32.1
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
22.8
21.0 - 24.5
23.7
21.7 - 25.6
25.1
22.8 - 27.4
26.1
23.8 - 28.4
30.5
27.7 - 33.3
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
23.2
21.4 - 25.0
21.8
20.0 - 23.7
22.0
19.9 - 24.1
22.0
19.7 - 24.3
29.4
26.3 - 32.4
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
18.1
15.5 - 20.6
23.2
19.9 - 26.6
20.6
17.4 - 23.8
22.4
19.1 - 25.7
32.1
27.6 - 36.5
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
23.7
19.7 - 27.7
19.8
15.8 - 23.9
22.4
17.6 - 27.2
22.8
18.4 - 27.2
29.1
23.2 - 34.9
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
22.8
20.3 - 25.2
24.9
21.7 - 28.0
20.6
17.6 - 23.6
22.7
19.3 - 26.1
30.1
25.6 - 34.5
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
19.8
16.2 - 23.3
23.4
19.3 - 27.5
18.9
15.0 - 22.7
23.6
19.7 - 27.5
28.5
23.2 - 33.8
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
21.4
17.7 - 25.2
27.2
22.2 - 32.2
22.1
16.5 - 27.7
23.4
17.5 - 29.4
30.7
23.2 - 38.3
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
21.6
18.1 - 25.1
20.9
16.3 - 25.5
18.6
13.2 - 23.9
21.8
15.8 - 27.8
31.2
23.6 - 38.9
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
24.0
18.2 - 29.7
18.0
12.3 - 23.6
21.5
14.9 - 28.0
21.9
15.5 - 28.2
35.1
26.7 - 43.4
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
16.8
12.7 - 21.0
24.2
17.3 - 31.1
17.6
11.6 - 23.5
17.1
10.7 - 23.4
30.2
20.5 - 39.9
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
23.5
17.9 - 29.0
21.5
15.7 - 27.2
23.3
16.1 - 30.4
23.5
17.4 - 29.6
21.4
13.4 - 29.4
Dieppe and Memramcook
21.7
17.7 - 25.8
24.0
17.6 - 30.5
24.9
18.1 - 31.6
14.9
8.8 - 21.0
33.3
23.1 - 43.5
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
24.3
17.5 - 31.0
21.5
13.8 - 29.2
25.1
16.6 - 33.6
19.8
10.2 - 29.3
34.1
21.8 - 46.4
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
21.0
17.4 - 24.7
21.7
17.4 - 26.0
21.5
17.2 - 25.7
22.9
18.2 - 27.5
31.3
25.4 - 37.3
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
21.3
17.6 - 25.0
18.4
15.0 - 21.9
19.0
14.8 - 23.1
24.5
20.0 - 29.1
27.6
21.9 - 33.3
Fredericton
24.0
20.5 - 27.5
21.5
18.0 - 25.0
21.6
17.5 - 25.8
24.0
19.2 - 28.9
33.6
26.7 - 40.6
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
S
S
23.7
13.4 - 34.0
S
34.0
20.9 - 47.1
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
14.2
10.0 - 18.3
20.9
15.4 - 26.4
16.9
11.4 - 22.4
19.2
14.2 - 24.2
33.6
25.8 - 41.5
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
S
25.0
12.6 - 37.3
28.3
15.4 - 41.1
30.3
18.5 - 42.0
22.6
9.6 - 35.6
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
S
43.1
28.9 - 57.2
26.7
16.7 - 36.6
32.7
20.5 - 44.9
31.0
16.9 - 45.1
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
18.1
11.7 - 24.5
21.7
14.0 - 29.5
26.7
18.6 - 34.8
24.1
14.6 - 33.6
23.8
13.3 - 34.3
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
19.7
15.9 - 23.6
23.7
19.2 - 28.2
19.6
15.5 - 23.7
23.9
19.6 - 28.2
30.4
24.3 - 36.4
Moncton
23.3
20.3 - 26.3
21.2
18.0 - 24.5
20.7
17.2 - 24.2
27.2
23.2 - 31.1
31.7
27.0 - 36.3
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
23.3
16.5 - 30.1
25.7
17.8 - 33.6
19.0
11.7 - 26.3
19.5
12.2 - 26.8
31.2
19.9 - 42.5
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
S
21.8
11.1 - 32.5
S
22.3
13.0 - 31.6
20.9
9.8 - 32.0
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
25.2
19.7 - 30.7
23.6
17.4 - 29.8
24.8
17.6 - 32.0
18.5
11.3 - 25.7
30.5
19.6 - 41.4
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
23.9
18.6 - 29.2
23.2
16.6 - 29.7
15.8
9.7 - 21.9
S
22.9
12.8 - 33.0
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
24.7
17.2 - 32.2
26.7
20.1 - 33.3
30.1
22.4 - 37.7
24.0
16.5 - 31.4
29.2
19.9 - 38.5
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
19.2
15.5 - 22.9
30.4
25.2 - 35.5
23.7
17.9 - 29.6
27.0
19.8 - 34.2
32.4
24.6 - 40.3
Riverview and Coverdale
26.0
20.8 - 31.3
28.8
22.9 - 34.8
22.8
16.3 - 29.4
18.3
11.9 - 24.7
26.2
18.4 - 34.1
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
30.1
24.3 - 35.8
20.4
13.9 - 27.0
21.4
13.9 - 29.0
26.6
18.6 - 34.5
22.2
12.0 - 32.3
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
28.1
24.8 - 31.5
23.8
20.5 - 27.0
26.7
22.8 - 30.6
26.4
22.6 - 30.2
29.8
25.4 - 34.3
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
S
12.8
5.1 - 20.6
30.9
17.9 - 43.9
22.3
11.8 - 32.9
36.0
21.1 - 50.9
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
29.3
23.5 - 35.1
23.7
18.0 - 29.3
17.0
12.6 - 21.3
20.9
16.1 - 25.8
25.1
18.1 - 32.1
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
23.3
17.0 - 29.6
18.5
11.8 - 25.2
24.6
16.4 - 32.8
24.9
17.7 - 32.1
27.8
17.4 - 38.2
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
21.2
16.5 - 25.8
19.5
14.3 - 24.6
19.3
13.4 - 25.1
30.8
24.1 - 37.5
27.0
19.8 - 34.3
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
20.3
16.4 - 24.2
28.2
23.2 - 33.2
24.4
19.0 - 29.8
25.8
20.2 - 31.5
38.5
30.6 - 46.5
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
18.6
14.4 - 22.8
17.5
12.8 - 22.3
27.6
21.1 - 34.2
24.6
18.8 - 30.3
24.9
18.2 - 31.7
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
29.2
23.5 - 35.0
26.9
19.8 - 34.1
18.6
13.3 - 23.9
25.3
17.1 - 33.6
30.7
21.3 - 40.2
Age
18-64
21.5
19.2 - 23.7
22.6
20.3 - 24.9
21.1
18.8 - 23.3
24.6
22.2 - 26.9
29.9
27.4 - 32.4
65 and over
23.0
22.1 - 23.9
22.8
21.8 - 23.9
22.2
21.1 - 23.4
22.6
21.4 - 23.8
30.3
28.6 - 32.0
Gender
Female
25.1
23.9 - 26.3
25.6
24.3 - 26.9
23.8
22.4 - 25.2
25.0
23.6 - 26.5
33.3
31.5 - 35.1
Male
20.0
18.8 - 21.3
19.2
17.8 - 20.5
19.7
18.2 - 21.1
21.3
19.8 - 22.9
24.8
22.8 - 26.8
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
S
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Language
Most comfortable in English
23.7
22.6 - 24.7
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Most comfortable in French
20.5
18.8 - 22.2
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Comfortable in both English and French
21.3
18.3 - 24.2
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
25.8
18.9 - 32.8
13.1
6.7 - 19.4
24.5
15.9 - 33.1
21.1
13.8 - 28.5
26.9
19.0 - 34.9
Immigrant
Immigrants
21.8
16.0 - 27.7
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Education level
High school or less
22.8
21.7 - 23.9
22.9
21.7 - 24.1
22.9
21.6 - 24.2
23.6
22.4 - 24.9
30.3
28.6 - 32.0
Postsecondary
23.5
22.0 - 24.9
22.8
21.1 - 24.4
20.7
18.9 - 22.6
23.2
21.0 - 25.3
30.0
27.3 - 32.7
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
29.4
27.1 - 31.7
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Household income
Less than $30,000
24.7
23.4 - 26.1
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
$30,000 to less than $60,000
22.5
20.8 - 24.2
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
$60,000 or more
19.7
17.2 - 22.2
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
20.5
14.3 - 26.8
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 gastric reflux (GERD).

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_CHCGR_1

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