Radon, raw percentages of homes tested with radon concentrations above 200 Bq/m3 (Zones and Communities)

Table

Unit %

Year 2007
Province
New Brunswick
25
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
21
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
11
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
18
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
28
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
24
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
40
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
29
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
39
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
47
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
25
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
48
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
23
Dieppe and Memramcook
n/a
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
n/a
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
24
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
40
Fredericton
6
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
12
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
36
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
0
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
23
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
27
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
28
Moncton
11
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
0
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
32
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
33
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
0
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
33
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
6
Riverview and Coverdale
5
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
n/a
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
8
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
25
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
20
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
47
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
14
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
13
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
13
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
23
n/a = Not applicable / not available
S = Data suppressed due to confidentiality requirements and/or small sample size

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Source

National sources (Other), Health Canada's National Radon Program, Cross-Canada Survey of Radon Concentrations in Homes

Calculations

Indicators calculated by the NBHC. Details to come.

Unit

%

Interpretation

Lower is better

NBHC code

HCRAD-CCSRCH-001

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