Citizens whose primary care provider is located in the same city or town as them

Table

Unit %

Year 2022
Province
New Brunswick
65.6
64.1 - 67.1
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
64.4
61.8 - 67.0
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
72.0
69.0 - 75.0
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
62.6
58.6 - 66.7
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
64.9
59.4 - 70.3
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
56.2
49.3 - 63.1
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
57.7
53.2 - 62.2
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
78.8
74.7 - 82.9
Age
18-64
64.8
62.8 - 66.8
65 and over
67.6
65.8 - 69.5
Gender
Female
64.1
62.3 - 65.9
Male
67.1
64.6 - 69.6
Sexual identity
Minority sexual identity
53.9
45.4 - 62.3
Heterosexual
66.4
64.8 - 68.0
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
61.3
50.9 - 71.7
Non-Indigenous
65.6
64.1 - 67.2
Immigrant
Immigrants
70.9
64.4 - 77.5
Non-immigrants
65.2
63.7 - 66.8
Education level
High school or less
64.7
62.0 - 67.4
Postsecondary
65.9
64.0 - 67.8
Household income
Less than $25,000
62.6
58.2 - 67.1
$25,000 to less than $60,000
63.5
60.8 - 66.2
$60,000 or more
66.4
64.2 - 68.6
Persons with a disability
Without disability
65.6
63.8 - 67.4
With disability
65.3
62.4 - 68.1
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 whose 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

Charts

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