Citizens receiving home care services from home support workers who reported that they live alone

Table

Unit %

Year 2024 Year 2021 Year 2018 Year 2015 Year 2012
Province
New Brunswick
62.4
61.0 - 63.7
58.9
57.4 - 60.4
57.4
55.8 - 58.9
54.1
52.5 - 55.7
46.7
44.9 - 48.6
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
64.4
61.5 - 67.2
56.9
53.5 - 60.3
57.5
54.1 - 60.9
54.0
50.4 - 57.6
51.2
47.0 - 55.5
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
62.6
59.8 - 65.5
64.1
60.8 - 67.3
60.7
57.6 - 63.9
54.1
50.8 - 57.5
47.5
43.4 - 51.6
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
65.2
62.1 - 68.3
60.0
56.6 - 63.4
60.1
56.6 - 63.6
57.9
54.4 - 61.5
48.3
44.3 - 52.3
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
63.4
59.1 - 67.6
67.4
62.8 - 72.0
59.1
54.0 - 64.2
60.7
55.7 - 65.7
53.5
47.5 - 59.6
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
63.3
58.3 - 68.3
60.7
54.8 - 66.5
60.9
54.6 - 67.2
46.6
40.6 - 52.7
43.3
35.8 - 50.8
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
54.3
51.2 - 57.4
48.5
44.4 - 52.6
46.7
42.7 - 50.7
50.1
45.6 - 54.5
35.4
30.1 - 40.7
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
62.3
57.7 - 66.9
52.6
47.3 - 57.8
54.8
49.6 - 60.0
50.1
45.0 - 55.2
40.6
34.2 - 47.1
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
63.7
59.0 - 68.4
55.4
49.4 - 61.4
55.9
49.7 - 62.2
57.2
50.7 - 63.7
38.8
31.1 - 46.6
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
66.1
59.5 - 72.8
51.1
43.4 - 58.8
61.5
53.0 - 70.1
48.9
40.1 - 57.6
45.1
34.4 - 55.7
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
57.6
49.7 - 65.6
64.6
55.9 - 73.3
65.5
56.3 - 74.8
46.7
37.1 - 56.2
48.2
36.6 - 59.8
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
60.2
53.4 - 67.0
47.4
37.4 - 57.3
44.2
33.2 - 55.2
45.3
34.6 - 56.1
26.9
14.6 - 39.2
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
68.2
61.8 - 74.5
57.5
49.5 - 65.5
57.3
48.7 - 65.9
46.6
38.7 - 54.5
39.5
29.5 - 49.4
Dieppe and Memramcook
S
47.1
35.0 - 59.1
41.3
29.7 - 53.0
34.9
22.7 - 47.2
S
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
S
52.6
42.5 - 62.7
55.6
45.8 - 65.4
50.4
40.3 - 60.5
47.9
36.5 - 59.3
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
65.2
59.5 - 70.8
69.2
62.7 - 75.6
56.9
50.1 - 63.7
68.7
62.3 - 75.1
55.2
47.2 - 63.3
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
57.2
49.8 - 64.6
59.8
52.1 - 67.4
54.3
46.7 - 62.0
47.8
40.4 - 55.2
51.8
42.9 - 60.8
Fredericton
71.5
65.8 - 77.2
65.7
59.6 - 71.9
70.6
64.1 - 77.2
68.6
61.1 - 76.0
62.2
53.3 - 71.2
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
S
S
S
S
S
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
58.7
51.1 - 66.2
65.8
58.4 - 73.3
61.6
53.1 - 70.0
55.4
47.0 - 63.9
50.2
40.3 - 60.1
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
59.1
48.3 - 69.8
70.8
59.9 - 81.7
68.2
57.0 - 79.3
44.7
31.8 - 57.6
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
66.2
61.0 - 71.3
60.6
54.6 - 66.6
57.6
51.9 - 63.4
57.1
50.9 - 63.2
44.0
36.3 - 51.8
Moncton
70.1
65.2 - 75.0
63.8
58.4 - 69.3
64.5
59.0 - 70.0
57.0
51.1 - 62.8
50.7
43.7 - 57.6
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
S
51.5
39.5 - 63.4
41.2
26.7 - 55.7
48.8
36.0 - 61.6
39.8
26.0 - 53.5
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
S
23.3
14.4 - 32.2
40.8
28.9 - 52.7
35.2
26.5 - 43.8
32.5
21.2 - 43.9
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
S
S
S
45.7
29.9 - 61.4
S
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
S
S
S
S
S
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
S
69.1
59.7 - 78.5
59.6
50.7 - 68.5
72.6
64.7 - 80.6
51.4
40.7 - 62.1
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
51.0
43.0 - 58.9
55.4
44.9 - 65.8
37.1
27.6 - 46.5
35.8
26.3 - 45.4
33.5
22.1 - 44.9
Riverview and Coverdale
S
48.5
38.8 - 58.1
58.9
46.7 - 71.1
57.2
43.5 - 70.9
46.3
32.5 - 60.2
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
S
S
S
S
S
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
65.8
61.7 - 69.9
67.4
62.6 - 72.2
65.7
61.0 - 70.3
60.3
55.4 - 65.2
49.2
42.9 - 55.5
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
S
S
S
S
S
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
64.6
56.9 - 72.3
72.8
63.2 - 82.5
49.7
41.6 - 57.8
51.5
41.7 - 61.3
45.8
33.8 - 57.9
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
50.3
41.9 - 58.7
46.0
35.0 - 57.1
40.7
30.5 - 51.0
44.7
34.3 - 55.0
30.3
17.9 - 42.7
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
S
60.9
49.9 - 71.9
63.4
53.0 - 73.8
64.0
51.5 - 76.4
58.7
46.7 - 70.8
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
59.1
50.3 - 67.9
69.7
60.4 - 79.1
68.7
59.6 - 77.8
54.5
43.6 - 65.4
55.2
42.4 - 67.9
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
66.5
60.6 - 72.5
58.7
51.0 - 66.4
60.5
53.2 - 67.7
50.6
43.1 - 58.2
41.6
31.8 - 51.3
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
38.1
31.6 - 44.6
37.2
28.6 - 45.8
37.7
30.4 - 45.0
41.8
31.2 - 52.3
40.2
26.0 - 54.4
Age
18-64
52.4
49.3 - 55.6
55.1
51.8 - 58.4
52.5
49.5 - 55.6
49.1
46.1 - 52.1
44.5
41.1 - 47.9
65 and over
65.0
63.5 - 66.4
60.3
58.6 - 62.0
59.6
57.9 - 61.4
56.9
55.1 - 58.8
49.0
46.7 - 51.3
Gender
Female
64.3
62.7 - 65.8
62.9
61.2 - 64.7
60.7
58.9 - 62.5
57.3
55.5 - 59.2
49.5
47.3 - 51.7
Male
58.0
55.5 - 60.6
50.7
47.9 - 53.6
50.5
47.7 - 53.3
47.1
44.1 - 50.1
39.5
36.0 - 43.1
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
S
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Language
Most comfortable in English
65.0
63.4 - 66.7
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Most comfortable in French
56.4
54.0 - 58.9
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Comfortable in both English and French
61.5
56.8 - 66.3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
S
50.4
36.9 - 63.9
65.8
53.2 - 78.4
49.0
36.4 - 61.7
64.4
54.7 - 74.1
Immigrant
Immigrants
51.7
42.6 - 60.7
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Education level
High school or less
62.4
60.8 - 64.0
57.7
55.9 - 59.6
55.1
53.3 - 56.8
55.1
53.3 - 56.8
46.7
44.5 - 48.8
Postsecondary
63.6
60.9 - 66.3
63.9
60.8 - 67.1
65.3
61.8 - 68.7
55.1
51.1 - 59.2
52.8
48.5 - 57.1
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
58.1
55.1 - 61.0
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Household income
Less than $30,000
68.8
67.4 - 70.3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
$30,000 to less than $60,000
34.3
29.9 - 38.6
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 live alone.

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: Do you live alone?

Unit

%

NBHC code

HS_HOU01_1

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