Citizens with a preference for English or French who reported they had always received services in their preferred official language during their interactions with the hospital emergency department in the last 12 months

Table

Unit %

Year 2025 Year 2024 Year 2023
Province
New Brunswick
86.4
84.6 - 88.2
89.8
88.3 - 91.2
86.1
84.4 - 87.8
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
81.1
76.5 - 85.7
88.4
85.1 - 91.8
81.2
76.8 - 85.5
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
94.0
91.3 - 96.7
96.0
93.7 - 98.3
94.1
91.3 - 97.0
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
93.2
90.6 - 95.8
95.4
93.5 - 97.3
91.2
88.4 - 94.0
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
79.6
72.8 - 86.5
86.4
81.6 - 91.2
80.4
74.5 - 86.3
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
66.5
57.1 - 75.8
63.8
54.7 - 72.9
63.0
54.6 - 71.4
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
75.8
67.5 - 84.0
77.9
70.7 - 85.2
75.2
68.0 - 82.4
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
85.9
79.3 - 92.4
82.4
76.5 - 88.4
86.9
81.6 - 92.1
Age
18-64
85.6
83.4 - 87.8
89.1
87.3 - 90.8
85.1
83.0 - 87.2
65 and over
89.1
86.1 - 92.1
92.0
89.8 - 94.1
89.4
86.9 - 91.9
Gender
Female
86.1
83.6 - 88.6
89.3
87.5 - 91.1
85.7
83.4 - 87.9
Male
86.6
83.8 - 89.4
90.1
87.7 - 92.4
86.5
83.8 - 89.2
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
86.6
79.9 - 93.4
93.1
86.6 - 99.6
84.0
76.6 - 91.3
Language
Most comfortable in English
92.1
90.4 - 93.8
94.4
93.2 - 95.6
90.7
88.9 - 92.4
Most comfortable in French
73.9
68.9 - 78.9
78.4
74.5 - 82.4
71.8
67.3 - 76.3
Comfortable in both English and French
61.0
48.6 - 73.4
58.6
42.8 - 74.4
73.5
62.2 - 84.8
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
80.3
70.4 - 90.2
93.4
88.4 - 98.4
86.0
77.7 - 94.4
Immigrant
Immigrants
79.1
73.5 - 84.7
87.4
80.2 - 94.5
85.7
79.9 - 91.5
Education level
High school or less
85.8
82.6 - 89.0
87.5
84.5 - 90.5
84.6
81.3 - 88.0
Postsecondary
86.9
84.7 - 89.2
90.4
88.7 - 92.1
86.7
84.7 - 88.7
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
83.4
77.7 - 89.1
92.0
88.8 - 95.3
84.5
79.3 - 89.7
Household income
Less than $30,000
86.9
83.0 - 90.7
86.0
81.5 - 90.5
83.4
79.3 - 87.6
$30,000 to less than $60,000
83.5
79.6 - 87.3
86.9
83.8 - 89.9
82.9
79.0 - 86.8
$60,000 or more
87.8
85.1 - 90.6
92.8
91.1 - 94.5
89.0
86.8 - 91.2
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
79.8
74.3 - 85.2
83.1
74.7 - 91.5
84.2
77.6 - 90.7
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 with a preference for English or French who reported they had always received services in their preferred official language during their interactions with the hospital emergency department in the last 12 months.

Source

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

Calculations

This indicator is based on respondents who have a preference between English or French when receiving health services and who used a hospital emergency department in the last 12 months. This indicator is calculated by dividing the number of respondents who answered "always" by the number of respondents who answered "never, sometimes, usually or always" to the question: During your interaction(s) with the emergency department at the hospital, how often did you receive the services in the language you preferred?

Unit

%

Interpretation

Higher is better

NBHC code

PC_LINED_1

Charts

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