Citizens receiving home care services from home support workers who reported that they have been diagnosed or treated for gastric reflux (GERD)

Table

Unit %

Year 2024 Year 2021 Year 2018 Year 2015 Year 2012
Province
New Brunswick
28.0
26.8 - 29.3
28.9
27.5 - 30.3
29.2
27.8 - 30.6
28.6
27.1 - 30.0
34.9
33.1 - 36.8
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
26.2
23.6 - 28.8
27.7
24.6 - 30.7
27.8
24.6 - 30.9
31.9
28.4 - 35.3
33.9
29.9 - 38.0
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
28.6
25.9 - 31.2
28.3
25.3 - 31.3
33.2
30.1 - 36.3
28.5
25.4 - 31.6
32.1
28.2 - 36.0
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
30.8
27.8 - 33.8
29.7
26.7 - 32.8
29.8
26.5 - 33.1
26.5
23.3 - 29.8
33.8
30.0 - 37.7
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
25.1
21.2 - 28.9
26.9
22.6 - 31.2
28.5
23.8 - 33.2
24.6
20.3 - 28.9
36.8
30.6 - 43.0
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
26.4
21.9 - 30.9
31.1
25.6 - 36.5
29.7
23.8 - 35.6
28.8
23.2 - 34.4
37.9
30.2 - 45.6
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
26.8
23.9 - 29.7
29.8
26.1 - 33.6
28.7
25.0 - 32.4
29.6
25.5 - 33.7
40.8
35.2 - 46.4
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
30.8
26.2 - 35.3
30.8
26.0 - 35.6
22.2
17.8 - 26.5
29.0
24.4 - 33.7
35.0
28.7 - 41.4
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
28.6
24.1 - 33.0
29.5
23.9 - 35.1
30.4
24.6 - 36.2
34.3
28.2 - 40.5
49.0
40.9 - 57.0
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
32.5
26.0 - 38.9
28.5
21.6 - 35.5
21.0
13.7 - 28.3
32.8
24.4 - 41.2
38.4
27.3 - 49.4
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
26.6
19.6 - 33.7
24.9
17.1 - 32.6
26.2
17.5 - 34.8
29.9
21.0 - 38.9
45.7
33.8 - 57.6
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
31.9
25.0 - 38.9
37.6
28.1 - 47.2
24.1
14.6 - 33.7
20.3
11.5 - 29.2
31.9
18.1 - 45.6
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
26.2
20.4 - 32.0
35.9
28.3 - 43.6
32.4
24.2 - 40.6
28.0
20.8 - 35.2
31.3
21.2 - 41.4
Dieppe and Memramcook
S
34.8
23.1 - 46.4
29.0
18.2 - 39.9
37.2
24.4 - 50.1
S
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
S
33.9
24.7 - 43.1
38.2
28.4 - 48.0
29.6
20.0 - 39.2
40.6
29.3 - 51.9
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
26.6
21.4 - 31.7
23.0
17.3 - 28.8
27.2
21.0 - 33.3
26.9
20.9 - 33.0
35.2
27.1 - 43.2
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
31.3
24.4 - 38.2
25.3
18.7 - 31.8
24.7
18.0 - 31.5
27.8
21.0 - 34.7
31.9
23.3 - 40.6
Fredericton
29.4
23.7 - 35.1
32.0
26.0 - 38.0
29.8
23.1 - 36.6
27.4
19.9 - 34.8
36.0
27.0 - 45.0
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
S
S
S
S
S
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
21.0
14.5 - 27.5
30.2
23.0 - 37.3
29.0
21.3 - 36.8
22.9
16.0 - 29.8
44.4
33.6 - 55.2
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
25.7
16.4 - 34.9
25.0
14.5 - 35.5
21.1
11.2 - 31.0
24.9
13.2 - 36.6
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
31.9
26.7 - 37.1
31.2
25.6 - 36.8
23.4
18.5 - 28.4
29.5
23.7 - 35.2
37.7
29.9 - 45.4
Moncton
21.0
16.6 - 25.5
27.7
22.7 - 32.8
32.9
27.4 - 38.4
33.3
27.5 - 39.0
35.5
28.8 - 42.2
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
S
38.9
27.2 - 50.6
36.7
22.3 - 51.1
21.2
10.8 - 31.7
34.7
21.3 - 48.1
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
S
29.5
19.9 - 39.0
16.4
7.7 - 25.0
28.2
20.3 - 36.2
28.7
17.5 - 39.9
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
25.9
17.2 - 34.7
34.5
25.8 - 43.1
30.5
22.3 - 38.7
31.6
21.4 - 41.8
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
30.9
23.5 - 38.3
30.1
20.6 - 39.6
36.8
27.4 - 46.2
26.8
18.1 - 35.5
30.8
19.6 - 41.9
Riverview and Coverdale
S
22.3
14.4 - 30.3
19.2
9.1 - 29.3
32.8
19.4 - 46.2
24.7
12.7 - 36.7
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
S
S
S
S
S
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
33.3
29.3 - 37.4
30.3
25.7 - 34.9
37.7
32.8 - 42.5
28.7
24.1 - 33.3
31.1
25.2 - 37.1
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
S
S
S
S
S
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
27.3
20.5 - 34.1
18.2
10.0 - 26.4
25.9
18.9 - 33.0
16.4
9.1 - 23.8
27.7
16.7 - 38.6
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
19.6
12.8 - 26.4
20.0
11.3 - 28.7
24.9
15.8 - 34.1
24.5
15.3 - 33.7
33.1
19.9 - 46.4
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
S
27.6
17.8 - 37.4
26.8
17.0 - 36.6
29.8
17.6 - 42.0
17.2
7.7 - 26.8
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
24.3
16.7 - 31.9
34.2
24.8 - 43.6
30.4
21.3 - 39.4
36.5
26.0 - 47.0
48.0
34.9 - 61.2
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
18.7
13.9 - 23.5
21.0
14.8 - 27.2
28.1
21.2 - 35.0
27.1
20.4 - 33.9
32.8
23.4 - 42.3
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
25.1
19.2 - 30.9
31.8
23.6 - 40.1
30.3
23.3 - 37.2
30.9
20.8 - 40.9
32.9
19.0 - 46.7
Age
18-64
28.9
26.0 - 31.9
29.1
26.1 - 32.1
29.4
26.5 - 32.2
30.7
27.8 - 33.6
35.3
32.0 - 38.7
65 and over
27.8
26.5 - 29.2
28.8
27.3 - 30.4
29.1
27.5 - 30.8
27.7
26.1 - 29.4
34.7
32.4 - 36.9
Gender
Female
30.1
28.6 - 31.6
30.9
29.3 - 32.6
31.3
29.6 - 33.1
30.3
28.6 - 32.1
37.5
35.3 - 39.7
Male
24.0
21.7 - 26.2
24.6
22.2 - 27.1
24.8
22.3 - 27.2
24.5
21.9 - 27.2
28.0
24.6 - 31.3
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
S
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Language
Most comfortable in English
29.0
27.4 - 30.6
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Most comfortable in French
26.1
23.9 - 28.3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Comfortable in both English and French
28.0
23.6 - 32.4
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
S
20.9
9.9 - 31.8
46.0
32.0 - 60.1
39.8
27.2 - 52.3
38.1
27.4 - 48.7
Immigrant
Immigrants
22.3
14.9 - 29.8
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Education level
High school or less
27.2
25.7 - 28.7
28.8
27.1 - 30.4
28.9
27.3 - 30.6
28.8
27.2 - 30.4
35.5
33.3 - 37.6
Postsecondary
31.5
28.9 - 34.1
29.8
26.9 - 32.8
28.2
24.9 - 31.5
28.2
24.5 - 31.9
33.8
29.7 - 38.0
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
31.9
29.1 - 34.6
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Household income
Less than $30,000
28.7
27.2 - 30.2
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
$30,000 to less than $60,000
26.1
22.1 - 30.1
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 gastric reflux (GERD).

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_CHCGR_1

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