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

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Table

Unit %

Year 2024 Year 2021 Year 2018
Province
New Brunswick
32.8
31.5 - 34.1
29.9
28.5 - 31.3
32.5
31.0 - 33.9
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
35.5
32.6 - 38.4
26.5
23.5 - 29.5
31.9
28.7 - 35.2
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
29.9
27.2 - 32.6
28.1
25.1 - 31.1
31.5
28.4 - 34.5
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
31.3
28.3 - 34.3
28.1
25.1 - 31.1
30.9
27.6 - 34.3
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
29.6
25.6 - 33.6
33.6
29.0 - 38.2
35.3
30.3 - 40.3
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
34.0
29.1 - 38.8
34.3
28.7 - 39.9
33.1
27.0 - 39.1
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
35.0
31.8 - 38.1
31.5
27.7 - 35.3
32.3
28.5 - 36.1
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
37.0
32.3 - 41.7
38.2
33.2 - 43.3
36.7
31.7 - 41.7
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
34.7
30.1 - 39.4
36.8
30.9 - 42.7
32.9
26.9 - 38.8
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
31.6
25.2 - 38.0
20.0
13.9 - 26.1
30.2
21.9 - 38.4
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
33.2
25.7 - 40.8
28.3
20.2 - 36.5
41.0
31.3 - 50.7
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
29.7
23.0 - 36.3
15.1
8.0 - 22.1
30.8
20.5 - 41.1
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
34.6
28.3 - 40.8
39.0
31.2 - 46.8
26.9
19.1 - 34.6
Dieppe and Memramcook
S
25.8
15.1 - 36.5
33.6
22.3 - 44.9
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
S
33.5
24.4 - 42.7
33.4
23.9 - 42.9
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
27.8
22.6 - 33.1
36.8
30.2 - 43.5
32.9
26.5 - 39.4
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
25.1
18.7 - 31.5
22.1
15.8 - 28.3
31.8
24.5 - 39.1
Fredericton
26.0
20.5 - 31.5
20.6
15.4 - 25.8
25.3
18.9 - 31.7
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
S
S
S
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
33.6
26.3 - 40.9
32.4
25.1 - 39.7
39.2
30.8 - 47.6
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
S
S
S
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
S
S
S
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
S
31.6
21.7 - 41.4
26.8
16.1 - 37.6
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
36.4
31.1 - 41.7
39.6
33.7 - 45.5
38.1
32.4 - 43.8
Moncton
35.2
29.9 - 40.4
28.1
23.0 - 33.1
34.5
28.9 - 40.1
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
S
33.9
22.6 - 45.3
40.3
25.6 - 55.0
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
S
32.9
23.0 - 42.8
30.2
19.4 - 41.0
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
S
S
S
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
S
S
S
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
S
25.8
17.0 - 34.5
35.1
26.4 - 43.7
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
30.2
22.8 - 37.6
32.1
22.4 - 41.7
20.7
12.8 - 28.6
Riverview and Coverdale
S
25.2
16.9 - 33.5
40.6
28.0 - 53.2
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
S
S
S
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
29.6
25.6 - 33.5
26.5
22.0 - 30.9
33.4
28.7 - 38.1
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
S
S
S
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
32.2
24.6 - 39.8
21.2
12.5 - 29.8
22.4
15.6 - 29.1
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
33.9
25.7 - 42.0
35.9
25.4 - 46.3
30.1
20.4 - 39.8
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
S
20.2
11.4 - 29.0
29.7
19.6 - 39.9
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
30.8
22.8 - 38.9
34.9
25.4 - 44.3
38.1
28.6 - 47.7
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
35.1
29.0 - 41.2
29.3
22.3 - 36.2
31.1
24.1 - 38.2
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
38.6
32.0 - 45.1
29.6
21.5 - 37.7
33.4
26.3 - 40.6
Age
18-64
27.2
24.3 - 30.1
24.0
21.1 - 26.8
30.1
27.2 - 33.0
65 and over
34.1
32.7 - 35.6
32.1
30.5 - 33.7
33.5
31.8 - 35.2
Gender
Female
32.8
31.2 - 34.3
29.6
28.0 - 31.3
33.3
31.5 - 35.0
Male
32.8
30.4 - 35.3
30.6
27.9 - 33.2
30.9
28.2 - 33.5
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
S
n/a
n/a
Language
Most comfortable in English
33.2
31.6 - 34.8
n/a
n/a
Most comfortable in French
33.2
30.9 - 35.6
n/a
n/a
Comfortable in both English and French
28.0
23.6 - 32.4
n/a
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
S
24.8
13.2 - 36.5
43.8
29.9 - 57.8
Immigrant
Immigrants
33.9
25.5 - 42.3
n/a
n/a
Education level
High school or less
32.7
31.1 - 34.2
30.2
28.5 - 31.9
34.0
32.2 - 35.7
Postsecondary
34.3
31.6 - 37.0
30.9
27.8 - 33.9
28.7
25.4 - 32.0
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
29.1
26.5 - 31.8
n/a
n/a
Household income
Less than $30,000
33.4
31.9 - 35.0
n/a
n/a
$30,000 to less than $60,000
31.7
27.4 - 35.9
n/a
n/a
$60,000 or more
S
n/a
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
S
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 high cholesterol.

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_CHCHC_1

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