Citizens receiving home care services from a home support worker who reported that they received the following services in the last 2 months: Feeding or nutrition care

Table

Unit %

Year 2021 Year 2018 Year 2015 Year 2012
Province
New Brunswick
19.6
18.4 - 20.8
17.8
16.6 - 18.9
23.0
21.6 - 24.3
30.7
29.0 - 32.5
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
18.1
15.5 - 20.8
16.9
14.3 - 19.5
20.7
17.6 - 23.7
28.3
24.5 - 32.1
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
15.6
13.2 - 18.1
14.5
12.2 - 16.8
19.6
16.9 - 22.3
25.5
22.0 - 29.1
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
14.6
12.2 - 17.0
15.3
12.8 - 17.9
17.5
14.8 - 20.2
28.4
24.7 - 32.0
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
26.4
22.0 - 30.8
20.5
16.4 - 24.6
25.9
21.4 - 30.4
28.0
22.6 - 33.5
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
20.3
15.4 - 25.1
17.9
13.0 - 22.8
25.6
20.3 - 30.9
40.4
33.0 - 47.9
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
29.3
25.5 - 33.0
22.8
19.5 - 26.2
31.7
27.6 - 35.8
39.5
34.0 - 44.9
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
23.2
18.8 - 27.6
22.8
18.5 - 27.1
28.9
24.3 - 33.5
39.5
33.1 - 45.9
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
25.4
20.1 - 30.8
15.6
11.1 - 20.2
24.0
18.5 - 29.5
35.1
27.5 - 42.8
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
20.1
14.0 - 26.2
16.3
9.8 - 22.9
27.7
19.7 - 35.6
37.3
27.0 - 47.7
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
20.1
12.7 - 27.5
14.6
7.9 - 21.3
20.3
12.7 - 27.9
36.7
25.5 - 47.8
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
31.8
22.3 - 41.3
26.9
17.1 - 36.7
33.8
23.4 - 44.2
38.3
24.8 - 51.8
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
20.4
13.9 - 26.9
20.7
13.6 - 27.9
29.5
22.2 - 36.9
43.4
33.3 - 53.5
Dieppe and Memramcook
S
13.5
5.3 - 21.6
26.5
14.6 - 38.5
S
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
16.1
9.0 - 23.1
11.6
5.4 - 17.8
12.4
5.7 - 19.0
27.9
17.6 - 38.2
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
28.9
22.5 - 35.3
19.7
14.3 - 25.1
26.1
19.9 - 32.3
26.1
18.8 - 33.3
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
16.3
10.7 - 21.9
17.7
11.9 - 23.4
19.7
13.8 - 25.7
34.3
25.7 - 42.8
Fredericton
10.2
6.3 - 14.0
17.8
12.2 - 23.4
17.9
11.6 - 24.2
20.1
12.7 - 27.5
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
S
S
S
S
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
26.0
19.1 - 32.8
20.6
13.7 - 27.4
23.8
16.8 - 30.8
29.0
20.1 - 38.0
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
S
S
S
S
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
S
S
S
S
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
14.7
7.0 - 22.3
16.4
7.8 - 25.0
S
35.6
23.0 - 48.2
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
22.3
17.3 - 27.4
22.3
17.5 - 27.1
28.2
22.6 - 33.8
35.3
27.8 - 42.8
Moncton
19.6
15.0 - 24.2
16.5
12.2 - 20.7
18.2
13.5 - 22.9
27.2
21.0 - 33.4
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
21.1
11.3 - 30.9
S
23.1
12.4 - 33.7
30.3
17.4 - 43.2
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
26.5
17.2 - 35.8
25.2
15.0 - 35.4
30.2
22.2 - 38.3
49.4
37.3 - 61.5
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
S
S
S
S
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
S
S
S
S
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
14.7
7.5 - 22.0
16.7
10.1 - 23.4
13.1
7.1 - 19.2
19.3
10.9 - 27.8
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
18.1
10.3 - 25.9
22.9
14.8 - 30.9
19.8
11.8 - 27.7
16.1
7.3 - 24.9
Riverview and Coverdale
11.7
5.2 - 18.1
S
S
35.2
22.0 - 48.5
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
S
S
S
S
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
15.1
11.5 - 18.7
12.9
9.7 - 16.1
19.7
15.7 - 23.7
25.7
20.2 - 31.2
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
S
S
S
S
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
13.0
6.0 - 20.0
20.2
13.8 - 26.6
21.1
12.9 - 29.3
34.1
22.6 - 45.5
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
28.1
18.2 - 38.0
18.1
10.2 - 25.9
40.1
29.9 - 50.2
43.7
30.3 - 57.1
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
16.4
8.0 - 24.9
11.8
4.8 - 18.9
12.9
4.3 - 21.4
25.3
14.6 - 35.9
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
10.2
4.1 - 16.3
10.7
4.6 - 16.8
11.1
4.1 - 18.0
21.5
11.0 - 32.0
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
19.9
13.7 - 26.0
18.3
12.5 - 24.1
24.1
17.6 - 30.6
35.3
25.7 - 44.8
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
35.6
27.4 - 43.8
34.3
27.2 - 41.4
41.1
30.7 - 51.6
49.6
34.9 - 64.3
Age
18-64
20.5
17.8 - 23.2
19.3
16.9 - 21.7
22.6
20.0 - 25.1
32.5
29.3 - 35.7
65 and over
19.3
17.9 - 20.6
17.1
15.7 - 18.4
23.2
21.6 - 24.7
29.1
27.1 - 31.2
Gender
Female
17.9
16.6 - 19.3
15.6
14.3 - 16.9
22.4
20.9 - 24.0
28.9
26.8 - 30.9
Male
23.1
20.6 - 25.5
22.3
19.9 - 24.6
24.1
21.5 - 26.7
35.8
32.3 - 39.2
Language
Preferred language of service: English
17.0
15.6 - 18.4
15.6
14.2 - 16.9
20.7
19.3 - 22.2
28.3
26.3 - 30.4
Preferred language of service: French
28.0
25.3 - 30.7
23.3
20.8 - 25.9
34.6
30.6 - 38.5
36.9
33.3 - 40.4
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
18.8
8.1 - 29.5
S
34.2
21.4 - 47.0
31.8
22.3 - 41.3
Non-Indigenous
20.5
19.2 - 21.8
18.2
17.0 - 19.4
22.9
21.5 - 24.3
30.8
29.0 - 32.6
Education level
High school or less
19.9
18.5 - 21.4
17.9
16.5 - 19.2
22.4
20.9 - 23.9
30.8
28.8 - 32.8
Postsecondary
17.8
15.2 - 20.3
17.4
14.7 - 20.2
22.0
18.5 - 25.4
26.2
22.4 - 30.0
Household income
Less than $25,000
19.5
18.0 - 21.1
17.4
15.9 - 18.8
22.0
20.5 - 23.6
29.9
27.8 - 31.9
$25,000 to less than $60,000
20.7
17.4 - 23.9
20.2
16.9 - 23.5
27.7
23.4 - 32.0
36.0
31.3 - 40.7
$60,000 or more
S
S
S
45.2
32.9 - 57.6
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 a home support worker who reported that they received the following services in the last 2 months: feeding or nutrition care.

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: Have you received any of the following services from a home support worker in the last 2 months? Please check all that apply: Feeding or nutrition care

Notes

The 2021 edition of the Home Care Survey was conducted during the COVID-19 pandemic. While the pandemic did not influence the survey’s response rate, users are advised to use the survey data with caution, especially when creating estimates for small sub-populations or when comparing it to other editions of the survey.

Unit

%

NBHC code

HS_STFFN_1

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