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

Table

Unit %

Year 2021 Year 2018 Year 2015 Year 2012
Province
New Brunswick
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
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
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
12.2
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
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
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
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
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
6.8
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
11.4
6.5 - 16.2
7.5
2.8 - 12.2
13.5
7.4 - 19.7
S
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
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
10.9
4.7 - 17.0
S
19.0
10.4 - 27.6
S
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
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
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
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
S
7.3
3.7 - 10.9
5.3
2.3 - 8.4
S
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
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
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
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
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
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
S
S
S
S
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
14.8
7.2 - 22.3
26.0
15.4 - 36.7
14.2
5.7 - 22.6
S
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
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
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
13.3
5.1 - 21.4
17.0
5.8 - 28.3
23.4
12.6 - 34.3
S
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
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
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
S
S
S
S
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
S
9.8
4.4 - 15.2
8.9
3.8 - 14.0
13.1
5.9 - 20.3
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
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
15.1
8.3 - 21.9
16.8
7.2 - 26.4
S
S
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
S
S
S
S
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
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
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
S
11.9
6.7 - 17.1
11.8
5.4 - 18.2
0.0
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
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
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
7.8
2.5 - 13.1
S
15.7
7.8 - 23.6
S
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
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
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
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
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
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
12.5
10.6 - 14.4
12.8
10.9 - 14.7
13.1
11.1 - 15.2
10.7
8.4 - 13.0
Language
Preferred language of service: English
10.5
9.3 - 11.6
12.6
11.4 - 13.9
13.4
12.1 - 14.6
12.8
11.3 - 14.3
Preferred language of service: French
9.2
7.5 - 11.0
10.5
8.6 - 12.4
8.7
6.4 - 11.1
10.4
8.0 - 12.7
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
S
S
S
S
Non-Indigenous
10.5
9.5 - 11.5
12.1
11.0 - 13.2
12.7
11.6 - 13.8
12.3
11.0 - 13.6
Education level
High school or less
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
7.3 - 11.1
8.8
6.7 - 10.9
11.4
8.8 - 14.0
8.5
6.1 - 11.0
Household income
Less than $25,000
8.1
7.1 - 9.2
9.8
8.7 - 10.9
11.0
9.8 - 12.2
10.4
9.0 - 11.8
$25,000 to less than $60,000
17.4
14.4 - 20.4
20.1
16.8 - 23.5
21.8
17.9 - 25.6
18.6
14.7 - 22.4
$60,000 or more
S
S
S
15.3
6.4 - 24.2
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 a home support worker 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.

Notes

The 2021 edition of the Home Care Survey was conducted during the COVID-19 pandemic. While the pandemic did not influence the survey’s response rate, users are advised to use the survey data with caution, especially when creating estimates for small sub-populations or when comparing it to other editions of the survey.

Unit

%

NBHC code

HS_CHCAD_1

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