Citizens with a preference for English who reported that they 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
91.5
89.9 - 93.1
93.9
92.7 - 95.2
91.0
89.3 - 92.7
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
89.0
84.6 - 93.5
92.5
89.3 - 95.8
86.6
81.9 - 91.2
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
95.6
93.4 - 97.8
97.4
95.8 - 99.0
94.7
92.0 - 97.5
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
96.3
94.3 - 98.3
96.7
95.0 - 98.3
94.6
92.4 - 96.9
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
49.0
30.0 - 68.1
S
S
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
60.5
46.9 - 74.1
69.4
56.0 - 82.8
71.6
60.6 - 82.6
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
S
S
S
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
93.4
88.4 - 98.5
89.9
85.0 - 94.8
95.7
92.7 - 98.7
Age
18-64
91.5
89.5 - 93.4
93.8
92.3 - 95.3
90.8
88.7 - 92.8
65 and over
91.7
88.5 - 94.8
94.3
92.2 - 96.4
91.8
89.2 - 94.5
Gender
Female
91.5
89.3 - 93.7
92.9
91.1 - 94.7
90.9
88.7 - 93.0
Male
91.3
88.7 - 94.0
95.0
93.1 - 96.8
91.2
88.5 - 94.0
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
90.0
83.8 - 96.2
96.8
94.0 - 99.6
88.5
82.0 - 95.0
Language
Most comfortable in English
92.2
90.5 - 93.8
94.4
93.2 - 95.7
90.9
89.2 - 92.7
Most comfortable in French
S
S
S
Comfortable in both English and French
S
S
S
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
86.5
77.5 - 95.5
93.7
88.5 - 98.9
89.1
80.7 - 97.5
Immigrant
Immigrants
86.9
81.1 - 92.8
95.7
91.9 - 99.5
89.0
83.3 - 94.6
Education level
High school or less
88.7
85.3 - 92.1
91.0
88.1 - 94.0
86.3
82.4 - 90.2
Postsecondary
92.9
90.9 - 94.8
94.9
93.5 - 96.3
93.2
91.4 - 94.9
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
85.4
79.7 - 91.0
92.6
89.2 - 96.0
88.2
83.3 - 93.1
Household income
Less than $30,000
90.1
86.2 - 94.0
91.6
88.1 - 95.2
85.5
80.8 - 90.2
$30,000 to less than $60,000
87.7
83.8 - 91.6
91.9
89.2 - 94.6
87.5
83.0 - 92.0
$60,000 or more
94.0
91.9 - 96.2
96.2
94.6 - 97.7
95.6
94.0 - 97.1
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
88.4
82.9 - 93.9
90.6
83.9 - 97.4
90.5
84.3 - 96.6
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 with a preference for English who reported that they 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 for English 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_2

Charts

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