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

Table

Unit %

Year 2024 Year 2021 Year 2018 Year 2015 Year 2012
Province
New Brunswick
30.0
28.7 - 31.2
30.9
29.5 - 32.3
30.7
29.3 - 32.2
30.8
29.3 - 32.3
31.3
29.6 - 33.1
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
29.1
26.3 - 31.8
34.6
31.3 - 37.8
29.1
25.9 - 32.3
37.4
33.8 - 41.0
33.9
29.9 - 37.9
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
35.1
32.2 - 37.9
31.0
27.9 - 34.1
29.6
26.6 - 32.6
29.2
26.1 - 32.3
27.0
23.3 - 30.7
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
28.6
25.6 - 31.6
30.7
27.6 - 33.8
32.6
29.2 - 36.0
27.3
24.0 - 30.5
31.5
27.7 - 35.2
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
28.7
24.7 - 32.7
28.9
24.4 - 33.3
34.2
29.3 - 39.2
29.2
24.6 - 33.7
41.6
35.6 - 47.6
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
28.4
23.7 - 33.0
24.5
19.4 - 29.6
33.4
27.3 - 39.5
29.8
24.2 - 35.5
29.8
22.9 - 36.7
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
28.0
25.0 - 31.0
31.9
28.1 - 35.7
28.9
25.2 - 32.6
31.2
27.1 - 35.3
31.5
26.4 - 36.7
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
27.4
23.1 - 31.8
28.1
23.5 - 32.8
30.7
25.9 - 35.5
30.8
26.1 - 35.5
24.2
18.5 - 29.8
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
31.0
26.3 - 35.6
35.6
29.8 - 41.5
33.4
27.4 - 39.4
36.0
29.8 - 42.3
36.5
28.9 - 44.2
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
30.9
24.4 - 37.4
28.9
22.0 - 35.9
28.7
20.6 - 36.8
36.1
27.5 - 44.7
36.4
26.1 - 46.7
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
32.6
25.0 - 40.2
27.3
19.3 - 35.3
34.6
25.2 - 43.9
35.3
26.0 - 44.6
28.5
18.0 - 39.0
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
24.1
17.7 - 30.6
34.7
25.2 - 44.1
26.0
16.2 - 35.7
20.7
11.8 - 29.6
23.8
12.0 - 35.6
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
24.8
19.2 - 30.4
22.3
15.6 - 28.9
32.5
24.3 - 40.7
26.0
18.9 - 33.1
30.9
21.5 - 40.3
Dieppe and Memramcook
S
41.7
29.6 - 53.7
38.2
26.5 - 49.8
29.6
17.5 - 41.8
S
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
S
25.0
16.6 - 33.3
19.3
11.3 - 27.3
19.1
10.8 - 27.3
35.7
24.7 - 46.7
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
29.2
23.8 - 34.6
31.8
25.5 - 38.2
29.7
23.5 - 36.0
30.9
24.6 - 37.1
43.9
35.8 - 52.0
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
28.7
21.8 - 35.6
23.8
17.3 - 30.2
34.5
27.0 - 41.9
30.8
23.8 - 37.8
38.7
30.0 - 47.4
Fredericton
35.9
30.0 - 41.9
38.4
32.2 - 44.7
35.2
28.2 - 42.3
33.8
25.9 - 41.7
31.6
22.9 - 40.3
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
S
S
S
S
S
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
32.6
25.2 - 39.9
28.2
21.2 - 35.2
41.9
33.5 - 50.4
29.5
22.0 - 37.1
41.3
31.6 - 51.1
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
30.7
21.0 - 40.5
42.2
30.2 - 54.1
22.9
12.7 - 33.0
33.8
21.5 - 46.0
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
28.9
23.9 - 33.9
30.2
24.7 - 35.8
33.5
28.0 - 39.0
34.7
28.7 - 40.7
25.0
18.1 - 31.8
Moncton
28.5
23.5 - 33.5
37.3
31.9 - 42.8
30.7
25.3 - 36.1
41.7
35.7 - 47.7
40.2
33.3 - 47.0
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
S
33.3
22.0 - 44.6
32.6
18.5 - 46.6
17.1
7.5 - 26.8
35.1
21.7 - 48.5
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
S
20.2
11.8 - 28.7
17.8
8.8 - 26.8
22.9
15.5 - 30.4
22.3
12.2 - 32.4
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
33.9
24.5 - 43.4
30.3
22.0 - 38.6
33.8
25.3 - 42.2
24.3
15.1 - 33.6
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
31.1
23.8 - 38.4
27.3
18.1 - 36.6
31.2
22.2 - 40.3
27.4
18.6 - 36.2
22.2
12.0 - 32.3
Riverview and Coverdale
S
34.5
25.4 - 43.6
20.4
10.1 - 30.8
36.2
22.5 - 49.9
26.4
14.2 - 38.7
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
S
S
S
S
S
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
39.3
35.1 - 43.5
33.0
28.2 - 37.7
35.8
31.0 - 40.5
33.6
28.8 - 38.4
30.8
24.9 - 36.6
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
S
S
S
S
S
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
33.2
25.8 - 40.6
28.7
19.1 - 38.3
26.6
19.4 - 33.7
31.9
22.6 - 41.2
21.7
11.7 - 31.7
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
26.1
18.6 - 33.6
28.4
18.6 - 38.2
21.0
12.4 - 29.7
36.2
25.9 - 46.5
25.7
13.7 - 37.6
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
S
24.1
14.7 - 33.4
19.3
10.5 - 28.0
19.7
9.1 - 30.3
16.2
7.2 - 25.2
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
27.0
18.5 - 35.4
37.1
27.5 - 46.6
26.3
17.7 - 35.0
25.8
16.3 - 35.3
28.4
16.8 - 39.9
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
29.7
23.9 - 35.6
26.4
19.6 - 33.1
21.6
15.3 - 27.9
27.0
20.2 - 33.8
27.8
18.9 - 36.6
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
26.3
20.4 - 32.2
25.2
17.5 - 32.9
28.0
21.2 - 34.8
22.5
13.4 - 31.6
31.0
17.3 - 44.6
Age
18-64
46.2
42.9 - 49.5
46.0
42.7 - 49.3
46.4
43.2 - 49.5
45.3
42.2 - 48.5
43.0
39.6 - 46.3
65 and over
26.0
24.7 - 27.3
25.4
23.9 - 26.9
23.9
22.4 - 25.4
24.3
22.7 - 25.9
26.1
24.1 - 28.1
Gender
Female
32.5
30.9 - 34.0
32.5
30.8 - 34.2
33.8
32.1 - 35.6
31.8
30.0 - 33.5
33.2
31.1 - 35.3
Male
24.0
21.7 - 26.3
27.6
25.1 - 30.2
24.3
21.9 - 26.8
28.6
25.9 - 31.4
26.2
23.0 - 29.4
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
S
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Language
Most comfortable in English
30.8
29.2 - 32.4
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Most comfortable in French
27.4
25.1 - 29.6
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Comfortable in both English and French
31.6
26.9 - 36.2
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
S
31.1
18.6 - 43.5
47.9
33.8 - 61.9
41.5
28.9 - 54.1
43.2
33.1 - 53.2
Immigrant
Immigrants
29.4
21.3 - 37.6
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Education level
High school or less
29.1
27.6 - 30.6
29.2
27.5 - 30.9
30.6
28.9 - 32.3
30.0
28.4 - 31.7
31.1
29.0 - 33.1
Postsecondary
34.0
31.3 - 36.7
39.9
36.7 - 43.0
31.7
28.3 - 35.1
37.4
33.5 - 41.4
37.2
33.0 - 41.4
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
37.5
34.7 - 40.4
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Household income
Less than $30,000
32.1
30.6 - 33.7
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
$30,000 to less than $60,000
27.7
23.6 - 31.7
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 depression.

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_CHCDP_1

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