Citizens who reported that their primary care provider is located in the same city or town as them

Table

Unit %

Year 2025 Year 2024 Year 2023 Year 2022
Province
New Brunswick
60.7
59.1 - 62.3
66.1
64.7 - 67.5
66.5
65.1 - 67.9
65.6
64.1 - 67.1
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
56.7
53.8 - 59.5
64.3
61.7 - 67.0
62.2
59.4 - 64.9
64.4
61.8 - 67.0
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
64.0
60.5 - 67.5
70.6
67.8 - 73.5
70.7
67.7 - 73.8
72.0
69.0 - 75.0
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
60.5
56.8 - 64.3
65.0
61.5 - 68.4
68.0
64.8 - 71.2
62.6
58.6 - 66.7
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
68.8
63.4 - 74.2
71.9
67.4 - 76.3
67.3
62.1 - 72.5
64.9
59.4 - 70.3
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
54.4
48.7 - 60.2
64.4
59.9 - 68.9
60.0
55.1 - 64.9
56.2
49.3 - 63.1
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
56.6
51.5 - 61.7
56.2
51.7 - 60.8
60.8
56.4 - 65.2
57.7
53.2 - 62.2
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
76.1
71.1 - 81.0
74.8
70.1 - 79.5
78.8
75.1 - 82.6
78.8
74.7 - 82.9
Age
18-64
60.5
58.5 - 62.5
65.0
63.2 - 66.9
66.3
64.4 - 68.1
64.8
62.8 - 66.8
65 and over
61.2
58.7 - 63.8
68.6
66.6 - 70.7
67.0
65.0 - 69.0
67.6
65.8 - 69.5
Gender
Female
60.9
58.8 - 63.0
66.7
65.0 - 68.4
65.9
64.2 - 67.6
64.1
62.3 - 65.9
Male
60.3
57.8 - 62.8
65.7
63.4 - 68.1
67.1
64.8 - 69.4
67.1
64.6 - 69.6
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
63.2
56.1 - 70.2
63.4
56.0 - 70.9
63.8
55.9 - 71.7
53.9
45.4 - 62.3
Language
Most comfortable in English
63.0
61.0 - 65.0
69.0
67.2 - 70.7
69.5
67.7 - 71.2
n/a
Most comfortable in French
55.8
52.4 - 59.2
60.3
57.5 - 63.2
59.3
56.3 - 62.2
n/a
Comfortable in both English and French
57.0
52.2 - 61.9
60.5
55.8 - 65.3
61.1
56.3 - 66.0
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
59.7
50.5 - 69.0
61.7
52.4 - 71.0
59.9
50.5 - 69.4
61.3
50.9 - 71.7
Immigrant
Immigrants
68.4
62.4 - 74.4
73.5
67.8 - 79.2
76.6
71.1 - 82.1
70.9
64.4 - 77.5
Education level
High school or less
61.8
58.8 - 64.8
64.6
61.8 - 67.4
63.7
61.0 - 66.4
64.7
62.0 - 67.4
Postsecondary
59.8
57.8 - 61.7
67.0
65.3 - 68.7
67.7
66.0 - 69.4
65.9
64.0 - 67.8
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
63.9
58.7 - 69.1
59.3
54.2 - 64.5
68.6
64.0 - 73.2
n/a
Household income
Less than $30,000
60.0
55.7 - 64.3
66.6
62.8 - 70.5
65.4
61.9 - 68.9
n/a
$30,000 to less than $60,000
61.9
58.5 - 65.3
62.7
59.8 - 65.7
63.6
60.8 - 66.5
n/a
$60,000 or more
59.7
57.5 - 61.9
67.5
65.5 - 69.4
67.6
65.6 - 69.6
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
67.7
61.8 - 73.7
77.1
71.7 - 82.4
79.7
74.6 - 84.8
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 who reported that their primary care provider is located in the same city or town as them.

Source

New Brunswick Health Council, Primary Health Survey and Primary Care Survey

Calculations

This indicator is based on respondents who have a family doctor or a nurse practitioner. 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: Is your family doctor or your nurse practitioner located in the city or town where you live?

Unit

%

NBHC code

PC_COM02_2

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