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Citizens receiving home care services from home support workers who reported that they have been diagnosed or treated for Alzheimer’s disease or another form of dementia

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Table

Unit %

Year 2024 Year 2021 Year 2018 Year 2015 Year 2012
Province
New Brunswick
11.0
10.2 - 11.9
9.9
9.0 - 10.8
11.7
10.7 - 12.7
12.3
11.3 - 13.4
12.1
10.8 - 13.4
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
10.2
8.4 - 12.1
8.3
6.4 - 10.2
10.1
8.0 - 12.2
10.7
8.4 - 13.0
7.4
5.1 - 9.6
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
14.0
12.1 - 15.9
11.1
9.0 - 13.2
14.9
12.6 - 17.3
16.1
13.6 - 18.6
14.6
11.7 - 17.5
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
12.5
10.4 - 14.6
12.2
10.0 - 14.4
12.2
9.8 - 14.5
14.4
11.8 - 16.9
15.1
12.2 - 18.0
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
7.0
4.8 - 9.2
4.2
2.3 - 6.2
8.3
5.4 - 11.1
7.3
4.7 - 9.9
7.9
4.4 - 11.3
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
10.6
7.4 - 13.7
4.3
1.9 - 6.7
7.5
4.1 - 10.9
15.0
10.6 - 19.4
10.9
6.1 - 15.8
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
8.4
6.7 - 10.1
10.7
8.2 - 13.2
11.5
8.9 - 14.1
9.5
6.9 - 12.1
14.7
10.6 - 18.7
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
10.2
7.4 - 13.1
13.8
10.2 - 17.4
12.2
8.8 - 15.5
10.7
7.6 - 13.9
11.0
6.9 - 15.1
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
6.3
4.1 - 8.5
6.8
3.7 - 9.9
9.4
5.7 - 13.1
8.2
4.6 - 11.8
13.9
8.2 - 19.5
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
9.3
5.4 - 13.1
11.4
6.5 - 16.2
7.5
2.8 - 12.2
13.5
7.4 - 19.7
S
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
14.8
9.3 - 20.3
7.4
2.7 - 12.2
7.8
2.6 - 13.1
13.1
6.5 - 19.6
12.6
4.6 - 20.5
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
13.0
8.2 - 17.8
10.9
4.7 - 17.0
S
19.0
10.4 - 27.6
S
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
7.0
3.5 - 10.5
S
7.2
2.7 - 11.7
16.4
10.4 - 22.3
9.7
3.5 - 15.8
Dieppe and Memramcook
S
S
S
S
S
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
S
17.2
9.9 - 24.6
9.5
3.5 - 15.4
12.1
5.3 - 19.0
22.4
12.9 - 31.9
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
7.1
4.1 - 10.1
S
7.3
3.7 - 10.9
5.3
2.3 - 8.4
S
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
9.9
5.6 - 14.2
10.6
5.9 - 15.2
9.6
5.0 - 14.3
16.9
11.2 - 22.6
18.3
11.3 - 25.3
Fredericton
8.1
4.8 - 11.3
9.2
5.5 - 12.9
7.7
3.8 - 11.6
13.9
8.1 - 19.7
14.4
7.8 - 21.0
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
S
S
S
S
S
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
7.6
3.7 - 11.5
5.5
2.0 - 9.1
8.8
3.9 - 13.6
10.8
5.7 - 16.0
14.7
7.3 - 22.2
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
S
14.8
7.2 - 22.3
26.0
15.4 - 36.7
14.2
5.7 - 22.6
S
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
10.3
7.0 - 13.5
14.3
10.1 - 18.6
12.7
8.8 - 16.6
10.4
6.5 - 14.2
10.3
5.5 - 15.2
Moncton
11.6
8.2 - 15.1
5.9
3.3 - 8.6
8.0
4.9 - 11.2
9.0
5.5 - 12.5
6.2
2.8 - 9.5
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
S
13.3
5.1 - 21.4
17.0
5.8 - 28.3
23.4
12.6 - 34.3
S
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
S
11.7
4.9 - 18.4
S
11.4
5.8 - 17.0
12.6
4.4 - 20.8
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
S
S
S
S
S
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
S
S
S
S
S
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
S
S
9.8
4.4 - 15.2
8.9
3.8 - 14.0
13.1
5.9 - 20.3
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
25.0
17.9 - 32.0
13.0
6.0 - 19.9
20.6
12.7 - 28.5
15.5
8.4 - 22.6
13.3
5.0 - 21.7
Riverview and Coverdale
S
15.1
8.3 - 21.9
16.8
7.2 - 26.4
S
S
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
S
S
S
S
S
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
11.5
8.8 - 14.1
10.5
7.4 - 13.5
16.8
13.0 - 20.5
13.9
10.4 - 17.4
18.7
13.7 - 23.6
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
S
S
S
S
S
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
12.0
6.7 - 17.3
S
11.9
6.7 - 17.1
11.8
5.4 - 18.2
0.0
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
S
17.5
9.3 - 25.8
12.3
5.3 - 19.2
S
18.2
7.4 - 29.1
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
S
10.4
3.7 - 17.1
16.1
7.9 - 24.2
16.1
6.3 - 25.9
S
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
8.0
3.7 - 12.3
7.8
2.5 - 13.1
S
15.7
7.8 - 23.6
S
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
19.9
14.8 - 25.0
15.3
9.8 - 20.7
14.0
8.7 - 19.3
17.1
11.3 - 22.8
18.2
10.5 - 25.9
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
10.1
6.3 - 14.0
13.3
7.3 - 19.3
15.8
10.2 - 21.3
9.4
3.1 - 15.8
19.5
7.2 - 31.8
Age
18-64
3.0
1.9 - 4.1
2.2
1.2 - 3.1
1.9
1.1 - 2.8
2.5
1.5 - 3.5
1.8
0.9 - 2.7
65 and over
13.0
12.0 - 14.0
12.7
11.6 - 13.8
15.9
14.6 - 17.2
16.9
15.5 - 18.3
17.5
15.7 - 19.3
Gender
Female
10.2
9.2 - 11.2
8.6
7.6 - 9.6
11.1
9.9 - 12.3
12.0
10.8 - 13.2
12.6
11.1 - 14.1
Male
13.1
11.4 - 14.8
12.5
10.6 - 14.4
12.8
10.9 - 14.7
13.1
11.1 - 15.2
10.7
8.4 - 13.0
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
S
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Language
Most comfortable in English
11.8
10.7 - 12.9
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Most comfortable in French
8.8
7.4 - 10.2
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Comfortable in both English and French
10.3
7.3 - 13.3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
S
S
S
S
S
Immigrant
Immigrants
22.1
14.4 - 29.8
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Education level
High school or less
12.2
11.1 - 13.2
10.4
9.3 - 11.5
12.8
11.6 - 14.0
12.7
11.5 - 13.9
12.9
11.4 - 14.3
Postsecondary
9.2
7.6 - 10.9
9.2
7.3 - 11.1
8.8
6.7 - 10.9
11.4
8.8 - 14.0
8.5
6.1 - 11.0
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
7.7
6.2 - 9.3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Household income
Less than $30,000
9.7
8.7 - 10.6
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
$30,000 to less than $60,000
21.5
17.8 - 25.2
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
$60,000 or more
S
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
S
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 home support workers who reported that they have been diagnosed or treated for Alzheimer’s disease or another form of dementia.

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

HS_CHCAD_1

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