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Citizens receiving any type of home care services who reported that they have been diagnosed or treated for asthma

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Table

Unit %

Year 2024 Year 2021 Year 2018 Year 2015 Year 2012
Province
New Brunswick
18.4
17.8 - 19.1
17.8
17.1 - 18.6
19.5
18.7 - 20.3
15.6
14.8 - 16.4
20.3
19.2 - 21.3
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
18.0
16.7 - 19.3
18.2
16.6 - 19.7
19.1
17.4 - 20.8
16.2
14.5 - 17.8
17.6
15.6 - 19.7
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
17.3
15.9 - 18.7
15.5
14.0 - 16.9
18.9
17.1 - 20.6
12.6
11.1 - 14.1
19.1
17.0 - 21.2
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
20.0
18.5 - 21.5
19.5
17.9 - 21.1
20.8
19.0 - 22.6
14.3
12.7 - 16.0
19.6
17.4 - 21.8
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
15.1
13.1 - 17.2
17.8
15.2 - 20.3
17.4
14.8 - 20.0
16.8
14.3 - 19.4
24.1
20.7 - 27.5
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
20.5
17.5 - 23.5
20.4
17.1 - 23.7
25.0
20.9 - 29.1
20.4
16.9 - 23.9
26.4
21.7 - 31.1
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
19.9
18.0 - 21.8
18.3
16.0 - 20.5
19.2
16.9 - 21.6
18.6
16.1 - 21.1
25.3
21.9 - 28.7
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
18.1
15.4 - 20.8
17.1
14.3 - 19.9
17.6
14.7 - 20.5
16.0
13.4 - 18.7
16.5
13.1 - 20.0
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
24.1
21.0 - 27.2
18.7
15.2 - 22.1
19.2
15.4 - 23.1
19.0
15.1 - 22.9
25.3
20.1 - 30.6
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
22.4
19.2 - 25.7
18.6
14.9 - 22.4
18.7
14.1 - 23.3
14.9
10.6 - 19.2
17.0
11.9 - 22.2
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
21.3
16.7 - 25.8
17.7
13.1 - 22.3
19.8
14.4 - 25.3
19.3
14.2 - 24.4
28.3
21.5 - 35.1
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
11.1
8.0 - 14.2
14.0
9.4 - 18.5
13.6
8.9 - 18.4
14.5
9.4 - 19.5
22.3
14.8 - 29.8
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
19.8
15.8 - 23.8
22.7
18.0 - 27.4
29.7
23.6 - 35.7
21.3
16.5 - 26.1
24.4
17.9 - 31.0
Dieppe and Memramcook
16.8
13.2 - 20.5
18.6
13.4 - 23.9
19.6
14.1 - 25.0
23.0
16.5 - 29.4
15.3
8.2 - 22.4
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
18.2
13.3 - 23.2
30.6
24.1 - 37.1
27.3
20.7 - 33.8
22.9
16.1 - 29.7
25.7
17.6 - 33.8
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
17.3
14.5 - 20.2
18.5
15.1 - 21.9
16.5
13.2 - 19.9
19.8
16.1 - 23.5
26.0
21.3 - 30.7
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
24.7
21.0 - 28.3
19.9
16.6 - 23.2
21.3
17.4 - 25.1
14.1
10.8 - 17.3
18.9
14.6 - 23.3
Fredericton
18.4
15.7 - 21.2
20.2
17.2 - 23.2
18.3
14.9 - 21.7
12.9
9.6 - 16.1
22.8
17.5 - 28.0
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
S
12.2
5.3 - 19.1
19.1
10.9 - 27.2
S
18.7
9.1 - 28.4
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
11.6
8.3 - 14.9
12.3
8.7 - 16.0
17.9
13.3 - 22.5
13.5
9.7 - 17.2
20.2
14.8 - 25.7
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
S
S
16.4
6.9 - 25.9
12.1
4.7 - 19.6
21.6
11.0 - 32.3
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
15.9
10.1 - 21.7
35.4
24.1 - 46.8
20.3
11.7 - 28.9
14.3
6.2 - 22.3
27.4
15.4 - 39.5
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
19.6
14.3 - 24.8
18.3
12.4 - 24.1
20.8
14.4 - 27.2
14.3
8.4 - 20.3
22.7
14.6 - 30.8
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
17.4
14.5 - 20.4
15.4
12.4 - 18.4
17.6
14.4 - 20.7
13.9
11.0 - 16.8
15.0
11.2 - 18.8
Moncton
15.5
13.2 - 17.8
21.3
18.5 - 24.2
21.9
18.9 - 25.0
19.2
16.2 - 22.2
20.7
17.1 - 24.3
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
19.2
14.1 - 24.2
16.8
10.9 - 22.7
18.1
11.7 - 24.4
14.9
9.2 - 20.6
13.2
6.5 - 19.9
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
22.0
15.2 - 28.9
25.0
17.4 - 32.6
17.9
10.4 - 25.4
22.6
16.4 - 28.8
21.5
13.5 - 29.5
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
25.7
20.5 - 31.0
16.5
11.3 - 21.7
24.1
17.4 - 30.9
11.4
6.0 - 16.7
14.4
7.1 - 21.8
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
16.6
12.3 - 21.0
22.9
16.7 - 29.1
25.1
18.1 - 32.0
17.2
9.6 - 24.9
23.7
14.5 - 32.8
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
13.8
8.5 - 19.0
10.2
6.3 - 14.1
17.0
12.0 - 22.0
12.1
7.7 - 16.4
14.2
8.6 - 19.8
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
14.9
11.9 - 17.9
10.2
7.1 - 13.3
20.4
15.6 - 25.1
12.4
8.0 - 16.7
16.3
10.7 - 21.8
Riverview and Coverdale
21.7
17.5 - 26.0
13.6
9.7 - 17.5
12.9
8.2 - 17.6
12.9
8.0 - 17.8
14.2
8.6 - 19.9
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
16.4
12.1 - 20.6
11.1
6.4 - 15.8
19.5
12.7 - 26.3
11.5
6.3 - 16.8
15.5
8.1 - 23.0
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
22.2
19.8 - 24.7
18.3
15.9 - 20.7
18.7
15.9 - 21.5
12.5
10.2 - 14.8
19.3
15.9 - 22.6
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
S
17.3
9.6 - 25.0
13.4
5.9 - 21.0
S
15.8
6.7 - 25.0
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
17.7
13.7 - 21.7
18.5
14.0 - 22.9
18.2
14.4 - 22.1
14.9
11.0 - 18.7
14.7
9.7 - 19.7
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
15.0
10.4 - 19.6
19.4
13.7 - 25.1
17.8
12.0 - 23.6
19.4
13.8 - 25.1
25.7
17.6 - 33.8
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
14.0
10.1 - 17.8
14.7
10.5 - 18.9
20.4
14.9 - 26.0
17.9
12.6 - 23.1
18.7
13.1 - 24.4
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
13.4
10.1 - 16.7
16.5
12.6 - 20.4
20.3
15.7 - 24.9
15.1
10.8 - 19.5
25.0
18.6 - 31.4
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
12.3
9.4 - 15.1
12.3
8.9 - 15.6
15.3
11.2 - 19.5
9.5
6.3 - 12.7
16.4
11.5 - 21.3
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
21.9
17.7 - 26.0
20.1
14.9 - 25.2
24.0
19.2 - 28.7
21.2
14.8 - 27.5
27.8
19.8 - 35.8
Age
18-64
22.9
21.0 - 24.7
19.8
18.1 - 21.6
21.4
19.5 - 23.2
19.1
17.3 - 20.8
21.2
19.3 - 23.0
65 and over
17.5
16.8 - 18.2
17.2
16.4 - 18.0
18.8
17.9 - 19.7
14.2
13.4 - 15.1
19.9
18.6 - 21.1
Gender
Female
20.2
19.3 - 21.1
20.0
19.0 - 21.0
22.1
21.0 - 23.2
17.0
16.0 - 18.0
21.0
19.7 - 22.3
Male
15.7
14.7 - 16.7
14.6
13.6 - 15.7
15.6
14.4 - 16.8
13.4
12.2 - 14.6
19.0
17.4 - 20.7
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
S
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Language
Most comfortable in English
18.8
17.9 - 19.6
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Most comfortable in French
16.9
15.6 - 18.2
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Comfortable in both English and French
19.7
17.2 - 22.1
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
30.9
25.2 - 36.5
28.3
20.8 - 35.7
28.0
20.5 - 35.5
19.9
13.7 - 26.0
33.8
26.9 - 40.7
Immigrant
Immigrants
18.8
14.1 - 23.4
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Education level
High school or less
18.8
18.0 - 19.7
18.6
17.7 - 19.6
20.3
19.3 - 21.3
15.7
14.8 - 16.6
21.4
20.2 - 22.6
Postsecondary
17.5
16.3 - 18.7
16.0
14.7 - 17.3
17.1
15.6 - 18.7
14.5
12.9 - 16.2
17.4
15.4 - 19.4
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
24.2
22.5 - 26.0
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Household income
Less than $30,000
20.9
19.9 - 21.9
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
$30,000 to less than $60,000
16.3
14.9 - 17.8
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
$60,000 or more
12.6
10.5 - 14.6
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
21.2
16.0 - 26.4
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 any type of home care services who reported that they have been diagnosed or treated for asthma.

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

HC_CHCAS_1

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