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

Table

Unit %

Year 2024 Year 2021 Year 2018 Year 2015 Year 2012
Province
New Brunswick
37.0
35.6 - 38.3
38.4
36.9 - 39.9
37.7
36.2 - 39.2
39.5
38.0 - 41.1
47.2
45.3 - 49.2
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
34.3
31.4 - 37.2
34.0
30.8 - 37.3
34.6
31.3 - 37.9
40.6
36.9 - 44.2
46.6
42.3 - 50.8
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
37.5
34.6 - 40.3
41.7
38.4 - 45.0
38.7
35.5 - 41.9
36.4
33.1 - 39.7
48.0
43.9 - 52.2
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
36.4
33.2 - 39.6
35.2
32.0 - 38.5
35.3
31.8 - 38.7
40.7
37.1 - 44.3
45.1
41.1 - 49.2
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
37.5
33.2 - 41.8
37.4
32.7 - 42.1
48.4
43.2 - 53.6
41.6
36.6 - 46.5
50.6
44.5 - 56.8
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
37.5
32.5 - 42.5
37.7
32.0 - 43.5
43.9
37.5 - 50.4
48.8
42.6 - 55.0
55.7
48.1 - 63.4
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
38.9
35.7 - 42.1
40.7
36.7 - 44.8
37.5
33.6 - 41.5
37.0
32.7 - 41.3
44.4
38.8 - 50.0
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
39.5
34.7 - 44.3
46.7
41.5 - 51.9
32.0
27.1 - 36.8
36.8
31.9 - 41.7
45.8
39.1 - 52.5
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
43.2
38.3 - 48.1
47.3
41.2 - 53.4
44.3
38.0 - 50.6
41.5
35.2 - 47.9
49.5
41.3 - 57.7
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
31.0
24.6 - 37.5
22.4
16.0 - 28.8
26.9
18.9 - 34.8
38.7
29.9 - 47.4
40.6
29.9 - 51.2
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
35.4
27.7 - 43.1
36.3
27.6 - 45.0
46.2
36.4 - 55.9
47.3
37.6 - 57.0
59.9
48.3 - 71.5
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
44.1
36.9 - 51.4
33.2
23.9 - 42.5
28.0
18.0 - 38.1
24.9
15.4 - 34.3
40.3
26.5 - 54.1
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
39.3
32.8 - 45.9
38.8
31.0 - 46.6
42.2
33.6 - 50.9
49.8
41.8 - 57.9
52.5
42.2 - 62.9
Dieppe and Memramcook
S
45.5
33.3 - 57.7
41.6
29.8 - 53.4
47.7
34.4 - 61.0
S
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
S
26.1
17.6 - 34.6
30.7
21.4 - 40.1
35.1
25.0 - 45.1
44.6
33.1 - 56.2
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
36.6
31.0 - 42.3
37.9
31.2 - 44.5
48.5
41.7 - 55.4
42.5
35.7 - 49.2
54.4
46.3 - 62.5
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
32.1
25.0 - 39.1
32.3
25.2 - 39.4
35.7
28.2 - 43.2
37.7
30.4 - 45.1
41.5
32.5 - 50.5
Fredericton
38.0
32.0 - 44.1
38.2
31.9 - 44.4
38.1
30.9 - 45.2
48.5
40.1 - 56.8
46.4
37.1 - 55.8
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
S
S
S
S
S
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
35.8
28.3 - 43.2
35.4
28.0 - 42.9
48.4
39.8 - 57.0
43.0
34.9 - 51.2
49.3
39.0 - 59.6
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
37.9
27.6 - 48.1
36.2
24.6 - 47.9
37.6
25.9 - 49.3
52.6
39.3 - 65.9
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
40.8
35.4 - 46.3
48.2
42.2 - 54.3
34.9
29.3 - 40.4
38.8
32.7 - 45.0
47.4
39.4 - 55.4
Moncton
36.1
30.8 - 41.4
35.6
30.2 - 41.0
33.7
28.2 - 39.3
47.5
41.4 - 53.6
48.9
42.0 - 55.9
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
S
40.6
28.9 - 52.4
46.1
31.2 - 61.1
34.2
22.1 - 46.4
45.7
31.7 - 59.7
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
S
41.0
30.6 - 51.3
18.7
9.6 - 27.9
32.7
24.4 - 41.0
41.8
29.3 - 54.3
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
37.6
28.0 - 47.3
28.3
20.1 - 36.5
46.3
37.4 - 55.2
46.3
35.6 - 56.9
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
34.4
27.0 - 41.9
35.8
25.9 - 45.7
38.4
28.9 - 47.8
37.2
27.7 - 46.7
44.3
32.4 - 56.2
Riverview and Coverdale
S
39.3
30.0 - 48.7
48.9
36.1 - 61.8
31.1
17.9 - 44.4
38.3
24.4 - 52.2
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
S
S
S
S
S
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
38.8
34.6 - 43.0
44.3
39.4 - 49.3
41.6
36.7 - 46.5
36.1
31.3 - 41.0
48.1
41.8 - 54.5
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
S
S
S
S
S
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
25.5
18.4 - 32.6
33.8
23.8 - 43.9
29.8
22.4 - 37.2
32.0
22.7 - 41.3
43.8
31.7 - 56.0
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
27.7
20.1 - 35.4
34.1
23.8 - 44.4
31.6
21.8 - 41.5
33.8
23.7 - 43.9
32.0
19.1 - 45.0
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
S
45.3
34.4 - 56.2
30.2
20.1 - 40.4
33.8
21.2 - 46.4
50.0
37.7 - 62.4
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
42.3
33.4 - 51.2
49.3
39.4 - 59.2
41.0
31.3 - 50.7
43.5
32.7 - 54.3
50.8
37.8 - 63.8
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
35.8
29.7 - 41.9
37.0
29.7 - 44.4
34.5
27.3 - 41.8
33.4
26.2 - 40.6
49.4
39.5 - 59.3
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
35.4
29.0 - 41.8
38.0
29.4 - 46.6
35.1
27.9 - 42.4
39.5
28.9 - 50.1
47.4
33.0 - 61.9
Age
18-64
41.6
38.4 - 44.8
42.3
39.0 - 45.6
44.1
41.0 - 47.2
48.2
45.1 - 51.3
53.5
50.0 - 56.9
65 and over
35.8
34.4 - 37.3
37.0
35.3 - 38.6
34.8
33.1 - 36.6
35.8
34.0 - 37.5
44.7
42.4 - 47.1
Gender
Female
39.2
37.6 - 40.8
41.6
39.8 - 43.3
40.9
39.0 - 42.7
43.2
41.3 - 45.0
49.4
47.1 - 51.6
Male
32.0
29.6 - 34.5
31.8
29.1 - 34.4
31.0
28.4 - 33.7
31.2
28.4 - 34.1
41.7
38.1 - 45.3
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
S
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Language
Most comfortable in English
37.5
35.8 - 39.2
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Most comfortable in French
35.4
32.9 - 37.8
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Comfortable in both English and French
39.4
34.6 - 44.2
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
S
48.0
34.5 - 61.4
46.8
32.8 - 60.9
53.9
41.1 - 66.7
49.3
39.0 - 59.6
Immigrant
Immigrants
34.2
25.7 - 42.7
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Education level
High school or less
34.6
33.0 - 36.2
37.0
35.2 - 38.7
35.3
33.6 - 37.0
38.5
36.8 - 40.3
46.7
44.6 - 48.9
Postsecondary
45.2
42.4 - 48.0
45.8
42.5 - 49.0
45.3
41.7 - 49.0
47.3
43.2 - 51.4
54.0
49.6 - 58.4
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
45.1
42.1 - 48.0
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Household income
Less than $30,000
38.9
37.3 - 40.5
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
$30,000 to less than $60,000
33.8
29.4 - 38.2
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 chronic pain.

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_CHCCP_1

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