Citizens receiving home care services from the Extra-Mural Program and from an informal caregiver who reported that a friend, family member or volunteer helped them with their home care a few times a week in the last 2 months

Table

Unit %

Year 2024 Year 2021 Year 2018 Year 2015 Year 2012
Province
New Brunswick
21.4
20.3 - 22.4
21.0
19.9 - 22.1
19.2
18.1 - 20.4
20.7
19.4 - 22.0
19.3
17.8 - 20.8
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
20.5
18.5 - 22.4
21.2
18.8 - 23.6
19.0
16.6 - 21.3
23.9
21.1 - 26.6
17.5
14.5 - 20.4
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
22.1
20.0 - 24.2
22.0
19.7 - 24.4
19.5
16.9 - 22.0
17.5
14.9 - 20.0
19.3
16.3 - 22.2
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
19.6
17.4 - 21.7
19.3
17.1 - 21.6
20.4
17.9 - 23.0
22.5
19.7 - 25.4
20.3
17.0 - 23.6
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
22.3
18.7 - 25.9
21.6
17.3 - 25.8
14.0
10.7 - 17.3
22.5
18.2 - 26.9
25.4
20.1 - 30.8
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
31.4
25.8 - 37.0
21.8
16.5 - 27.1
19.4
14.1 - 24.7
17.9
12.8 - 22.9
17.1
11.2 - 23.1
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
24.4
21.3 - 27.5
21.1
17.4 - 24.7
20.9
17.4 - 24.4
17.3
13.4 - 21.1
19.5
14.8 - 24.2
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
15.8
11.9 - 19.8
21.5
16.7 - 26.3
19.0
14.4 - 23.6
19.0
14.4 - 23.6
16.2
10.9 - 21.5
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
26.4
21.4 - 31.5
16.7
11.4 - 21.9
19.9
13.3 - 26.5
23.3
15.2 - 31.4
14.6
7.1 - 22.1
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
17.9
13.8 - 22.0
19.3
13.5 - 25.2
17.4
10.9 - 23.9
24.2
16.1 - 32.4
9.6
3.4 - 15.9
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
31.6
24.1 - 39.2
16.2
9.0 - 23.3
22.5
14.7 - 30.3
14.3
7.5 - 21.2
16.8
8.8 - 24.7
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
20.0
14.6 - 25.5
18.0
10.0 - 26.0
13.8
7.5 - 20.0
14.2
6.4 - 22.0
31.5
19.7 - 43.2
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
31.1
22.9 - 39.4
26.1
18.5 - 33.8
16.4
9.2 - 23.6
20.8
13.5 - 28.1
17.6
8.4 - 26.8
Dieppe and Memramcook
24.3
18.9 - 29.7
22.3
13.6 - 31.0
21.7
14.0 - 29.4
46.4
35.6 - 57.3
30.0
17.3 - 42.7
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
15.6
8.7 - 22.5
25.2
15.0 - 35.3
S
25.6
12.1 - 39.2
S
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
25.2
20.2 - 30.3
21.7
16.2 - 27.3
14.4
10.0 - 18.9
22.0
16.0 - 28.0
19.9
13.3 - 26.5
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
16.9
12.5 - 21.3
17.5
13.1 - 21.8
23.5
17.9 - 29.1
16.9
12.0 - 21.8
26.0
19.1 - 32.9
Fredericton
23.8
19.5 - 28.2
21.9
17.7 - 26.1
22.9
17.9 - 27.9
25.5
19.5 - 31.5
22.0
14.5 - 29.4
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
S
S
21.1
8.2 - 33.9
S
S
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
21.7
15.1 - 28.3
18.5
11.3 - 25.7
15.5
9.0 - 22.1
24.5
17.2 - 31.8
35.0
24.9 - 45.2
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
24.2
15.6 - 32.8
13.4
5.3 - 21.4
19.5
10.8 - 28.2
25.0
12.4 - 37.6
S
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
14.6
10.5 - 18.8
22.7
17.4 - 28.1
19.1
14.1 - 24.1
17.8
12.8 - 22.7
13.4
7.9 - 18.9
Moncton
24.0
20.2 - 27.7
22.5
18.3 - 26.6
20.1
16.0 - 24.3
19.6
15.1 - 24.1
17.7
12.9 - 22.4
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
24.9
16.6 - 33.2
18.2
9.7 - 26.6
27.6
18.0 - 37.2
23.4
12.9 - 33.9
S
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
S
S
S
24.8
12.2 - 37.3
S
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
14.6
9.0 - 20.2
17.8
10.9 - 24.7
14.8
7.3 - 22.3
16.9
9.1 - 24.7
21.0
9.7 - 32.3
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
19.4
13.1 - 25.6
21.0
13.2 - 28.8
14.7
7.0 - 22.5
25.4
14.6 - 36.2
S
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
S
17.5
9.8 - 25.2
19.5
10.7 - 28.2
32.3
21.1 - 43.5
19.7
9.5 - 29.9
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
20.3
16.0 - 24.6
18.3
13.1 - 23.5
17.4
11.3 - 23.4
21.7
13.4 - 30.1
13.6
6.8 - 20.4
Riverview and Coverdale
13.3
8.0 - 18.5
23.4
16.3 - 30.4
15.2
8.5 - 21.9
16.6
9.0 - 24.2
20.3
11.4 - 29.3
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
22.1
16.1 - 28.1
22.3
13.9 - 30.6
17.2
8.4 - 26.1
25.4
14.9 - 35.8
S
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
20.7
16.9 - 24.4
23.0
18.9 - 27.2
22.0
17.4 - 26.5
16.1
12.2 - 20.0
19.2
14.4 - 23.9
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
S
S
S
S
S
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
21.2
14.9 - 27.6
21.5
13.9 - 29.1
21.2
15.5 - 27.0
20.5
14.3 - 26.6
14.1
6.9 - 21.4
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
24.4
15.8 - 33.0
20.0
12.0 - 28.1
26.9
17.8 - 35.9
19.8
12.0 - 27.6
18.5
7.4 - 29.6
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
22.5
16.8 - 28.2
17.5
11.4 - 23.7
24.1
16.3 - 31.9
17.3
9.8 - 24.7
23.1
13.9 - 32.2
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
25.6
19.8 - 31.4
22.4
16.8 - 28.1
19.5
13.5 - 25.5
19.9
13.3 - 26.5
11.4
5.0 - 17.8
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
26.3
20.6 - 32.0
26.4
19.8 - 33.0
11.5
5.9 - 17.2
16.6
10.3 - 22.8
27.2
18.3 - 36.0
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
25.0
18.2 - 31.8
31.8
22.5 - 41.2
23.0
16.4 - 29.6
S
15.6
6.9 - 24.3
Age
18-64
17.9
15.3 - 20.5
20.6
17.7 - 23.5
19.3
16.7 - 21.9
21.1
18.4 - 23.8
20.3
17.6 - 23.0
65 and over
22.0
20.9 - 23.0
21.1
19.9 - 22.3
19.3
18.0 - 20.6
20.8
19.3 - 22.3
19.0
17.2 - 20.8
Gender
Female
21.8
20.4 - 23.2
22.3
20.7 - 23.8
19.2
17.7 - 20.8
20.7
19.0 - 22.4
19.9
18.0 - 21.8
Male
20.3
18.8 - 21.9
19.3
17.6 - 21.0
19.3
17.5 - 21.0
20.7
18.7 - 22.6
18.4
16.1 - 20.7
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
S
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Language
Most comfortable in English
20.3
19.1 - 21.5
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Most comfortable in French
24.0
21.8 - 26.2
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Comfortable in both English and French
23.6
19.6 - 27.6
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
20.7
13.0 - 28.5
24.0
14.1 - 33.8
S
16.8
8.1 - 25.5
19.5
11.2 - 27.8
Immigrant
Immigrants
17.6
10.5 - 24.7
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Education level
High school or less
20.7
19.4 - 22.0
20.6
19.1 - 22.1
18.8
17.4 - 20.2
21.0
19.4 - 22.5
19.4
17.6 - 21.2
Postsecondary
21.9
20.2 - 23.6
21.3
19.3 - 23.3
20.4
18.3 - 22.6
20.4
17.9 - 22.9
19.8
16.9 - 22.7
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
15.7
13.4 - 18.0
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Household income
Less than $30,000
26.0
24.3 - 27.8
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
$30,000 to less than $60,000
17.8
15.9 - 19.6
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
$60,000 or more
16.8
13.9 - 19.6
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
21.1
13.9 - 28.4
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 and from an informal caregiver who reported that a friend, family member or volunteer helped them with their home care a few times a week in the last 2 months.

Source

New Brunswick Health Council, Home Care Survey

Calculations

This indicator is based on respondents who receive help from informal caregivers. 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: In the last 2 months of care, how often did you receive help with your home care from a friend, family member or volunteer: a few times a week

Unit

%

NBHC code

XM_FCGFT_1

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