Citizens receiving home care services from home support workers who reported that they have been diagnosed or treated for arthritis

Table

Unit %

Year 2024 Year 2021 Year 2018 Year 2015 Year 2012
Province
New Brunswick
52.1
50.8 - 53.5
52.9
51.4 - 54.5
52.5
50.9 - 54.0
55.1
53.5 - 56.7
54.4
52.5 - 56.2
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
46.7
43.7 - 49.8
46.6
43.2 - 50.0
49.0
45.5 - 52.5
52.3
48.6 - 56.0
50.4
46.2 - 54.6
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
55.6
52.7 - 58.5
58.9
55.6 - 62.1
57.7
54.4 - 60.9
58.2
54.8 - 61.5
58.9
54.9 - 63.0
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
56.8
53.5 - 60.0
54.9
51.5 - 58.2
52.5
48.9 - 56.1
61.6
58.0 - 65.2
57.6
53.6 - 61.6
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
51.3
46.9 - 55.7
51.9
47.0 - 56.7
54.5
49.3 - 59.6
51.9
46.8 - 56.9
54.2
48.2 - 60.2
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
52.4
47.2 - 57.5
54.5
48.6 - 60.4
60.2
53.9 - 66.6
59.6
53.5 - 65.6
60.8
53.4 - 68.2
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
46.0
42.7 - 49.2
49.4
45.3 - 53.5
46.7
42.7 - 50.8
46.8
42.4 - 51.3
48.6
43.0 - 54.1
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
55.8
51.0 - 60.7
53.4
48.3 - 58.6
49.1
43.9 - 54.3
52.7
47.6 - 57.8
47.2
40.6 - 53.7
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
49.0
44.1 - 53.9
50.4
44.3 - 56.6
50.3
44.0 - 56.7
46.3
39.9 - 52.8
51.5
43.5 - 59.4
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
37.1
30.5 - 43.8
44.5
36.9 - 52.1
49.0
40.0 - 58.0
54.8
45.9 - 63.8
43.4
32.8 - 54.0
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
55.4
47.5 - 63.3
52.2
43.2 - 61.2
60.2
50.6 - 69.8
61.4
51.9 - 70.9
67.1
56.2 - 78.0
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
45.6
38.3 - 52.8
52.2
42.4 - 62.1
45.9
34.8 - 57.0
42.2
31.4 - 53.1
39.9
26.3 - 53.5
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
49.8
43.1 - 56.5
56.3
48.4 - 64.3
60.2
51.6 - 68.8
58.3
50.4 - 66.3
55.8
45.6 - 66.0
Dieppe and Memramcook
S
58.4
46.3 - 70.4
44.5
32.6 - 56.4
42.8
29.6 - 55.9
S
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
S
54.0
44.4 - 63.7
52.0
41.9 - 62.1
72.4
63.0 - 81.8
60.4
49.2 - 71.5
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
46.9
41.0 - 52.8
50.7
43.8 - 57.5
49.9
43.0 - 56.7
50.7
43.9 - 57.5
51.6
43.5 - 59.7
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
61.4
54.0 - 68.7
57.3
49.8 - 64.8
52.3
44.4 - 60.1
59.7
52.2 - 67.1
55.7
46.6 - 64.7
Fredericton
52.6
46.4 - 58.8
54.3
47.9 - 60.7
50.0
42.6 - 57.4
50.2
41.8 - 58.6
57.7
48.6 - 66.9
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
S
S
S
S
S
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
58.4
50.7 - 66.1
54.3
46.5 - 62.1
63.2
55.0 - 71.5
58.3
50.1 - 66.4
63.4
53.8 - 73.0
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
55.5
45.0 - 66.1
65.5
53.9 - 77.0
71.7
60.8 - 82.6
56.7
43.9 - 69.6
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
54.5
49.0 - 60.0
55.2
49.2 - 61.2
48.2
42.4 - 54.0
55.1
48.8 - 61.3
47.1
39.3 - 54.9
Moncton
49.7
44.3 - 55.2
45.7
40.1 - 51.3
49.7
43.9 - 55.6
50.7
44.6 - 56.8
49.5
42.6 - 56.5
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
S
58.1
46.3 - 69.9
59.0
44.3 - 73.7
63.0
50.6 - 75.4
65.9
52.3 - 79.4
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
S
46.8
36.3 - 57.2
53.3
41.6 - 65.0
48.1
39.2 - 56.9
47.3
35.1 - 59.6
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
53.5
43.6 - 63.4
55.0
46.0 - 64.0
64.0
55.5 - 72.6
67.1
57.0 - 77.1
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
53.2
45.2 - 61.2
53.6
43.3 - 63.9
62.7
53.3 - 72.2
50.3
40.4 - 60.1
50.8
38.9 - 62.8
Riverview and Coverdale
S
43.0
33.6 - 52.5
52.4
39.6 - 65.2
48.7
34.4 - 63.0
58.1
44.4 - 71.8
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
S
S
S
S
S
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
57.5
53.3 - 61.8
61.3
56.4 - 66.2
56.9
52.0 - 61.8
61.8
56.9 - 66.8
57.5
51.3 - 63.7
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
S
S
S
S
S
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
40.6
32.8 - 48.4
42.7
32.2 - 53.2
44.9
36.9 - 52.9
51.0
41.1 - 61.0
37.0
25.2 - 48.8
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
42.5
34.1 - 51.0
58.1
47.3 - 68.8
41.6
31.1 - 52.0
45.3
34.6 - 55.9
46.8
33.2 - 60.5
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
S
45.7
34.8 - 56.6
54.9
43.9 - 65.9
63.0
50.2 - 75.9
66.5
55.0 - 78.1
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
65.6
57.1 - 74.1
67.7
58.5 - 77.0
63.9
54.4 - 73.3
63.6
53.1 - 74.1
60.4
47.9 - 72.9
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
56.4
50.1 - 62.8
55.6
48.0 - 63.1
57.4
49.8 - 64.9
53.5
45.9 - 61.2
65.1
55.7 - 74.6
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
43.2
36.5 - 49.8
39.4
30.7 - 48.0
44.5
37.0 - 52.1
54.2
43.4 - 65.1
51.1
36.6 - 65.6
Age
18-64
39.8
36.6 - 43.1
43.8
40.5 - 47.1
42.0
38.9 - 45.1
45.6
42.5 - 48.8
44.6
41.2 - 48.0
65 and over
55.1
53.6 - 56.6
56.3
54.6 - 58.0
57.1
55.3 - 58.9
59.8
58.0 - 61.6
60.4
58.1 - 62.6
Gender
Female
57.8
56.2 - 59.4
58.3
56.5 - 60.1
60.4
58.6 - 62.3
61.4
59.6 - 63.2
61.0
58.8 - 63.1
Male
39.6
37.0 - 42.1
41.7
38.8 - 44.5
35.9
33.2 - 38.6
41.0
38.0 - 44.0
36.9
33.4 - 40.4
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
S
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Language
Most comfortable in English
55.5
53.8 - 57.2
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Most comfortable in French
45.2
42.7 - 47.7
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Comfortable in both English and French
47.8
42.9 - 52.8
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
S
59.4
46.1 - 72.6
72.6
60.1 - 85.2
63.0
50.6 - 75.4
54.8
44.7 - 64.8
Immigrant
Immigrants
55.7
46.7 - 64.8
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Education level
High school or less
52.1
50.5 - 53.8
54.1
52.3 - 55.9
52.7
50.9 - 54.5
55.9
54.1 - 57.7
56.2
54.0 - 58.3
Postsecondary
54.0
51.2 - 56.8
51.4
48.2 - 54.7
51.7
48.1 - 55.4
54.9
50.8 - 59.0
52.5
48.1 - 56.8
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
51.9
48.9 - 54.9
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Household income
Less than $30,000
55.0
53.3 - 56.6
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
$30,000 to less than $60,000
46.0
41.5 - 50.5
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 arthritis.

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_CHCAR_1

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