Citizens who reported that they used a hospital emergency department in the last 12 months because their primary care provider was not available

Table

Unit %

Year 2025 Year 2024 Year 2023
Province
New Brunswick
26.1
24.6 - 27.6
29.8
28.5 - 31.2
29.2
27.8 - 30.6
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
23.2
20.7 - 25.7
26.3
23.9 - 28.8
25.2
22.8 - 27.7
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
27.9
24.5 - 31.2
29.1
26.2 - 32.0
29.7
26.7 - 32.7
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
25.2
21.9 - 28.6
31.0
27.6 - 34.4
31.8
28.6 - 34.9
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
36.7
31.0 - 42.4
41.4
36.5 - 46.3
32.4
27.3 - 37.5
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
26.0
21.0 - 31.1
28.7
24.1 - 33.2
31.7
27.1 - 36.4
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
26.3
21.6 - 30.9
30.2
25.8 - 34.6
29.6
25.4 - 33.7
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
28.3
23.0 - 33.5
36.9
31.8 - 41.9
33.9
29.5 - 38.4
Age
18-64
27.2
25.4 - 29.1
31.9
30.1 - 33.7
31.1
29.3 - 32.9
65 and over
23.7
21.4 - 25.9
25.0
23.1 - 27.0
24.9
23.0 - 26.7
Gender
Female
27.0
25.1 - 28.9
30.8
29.1 - 32.5
30.4
28.6 - 32.1
Male
24.8
22.6 - 27.1
28.9
26.6 - 31.1
27.8
25.7 - 30.0
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
34.8
27.8 - 41.9
28.8
21.9 - 35.7
38.0
30.4 - 45.7
Language
Most comfortable in English
25.8
24.0 - 27.6
30.2
28.5 - 32.0
30.0
28.4 - 31.7
Most comfortable in French
24.7
21.8 - 27.7
29.8
27.2 - 32.5
28.1
25.4 - 30.8
Comfortable in both English and French
29.4
24.9 - 33.9
27.1
22.9 - 31.4
25.4
21.2 - 29.6
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
45.6
36.0 - 55.1
33.3
24.5 - 42.2
40.0
31.0 - 49.1
Immigrant
Immigrants
31.4
25.3 - 37.4
34.2
27.8 - 40.7
41.8
35.0 - 48.7
Education level
High school or less
29.6
26.8 - 32.5
32.9
30.1 - 35.6
32.6
30.0 - 35.2
Postsecondary
24.4
22.7 - 26.2
28.4
26.8 - 30.0
27.9
26.3 - 29.5
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
39.7
34.4 - 44.9
37.3
32.4 - 42.2
41.1
36.2 - 45.9
Household income
Less than $30,000
36.3
32.0 - 40.6
38.3
34.3 - 42.3
38.2
34.6 - 41.9
$30,000 to less than $60,000
27.3
24.2 - 30.4
33.0
30.1 - 36.0
28.2
25.6 - 30.9
$60,000 or more
23.0
21.1 - 24.9
26.4
24.6 - 28.3
26.9
25.0 - 28.8
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
30.8
25.0 - 36.5
35.5
28.8 - 42.1
36.5
29.9 - 43.2
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 they used a hospital emergency department in the last 12 months because their primary care provider was not available.

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: Thinking of the last 12 months, did you use any of the following services because your family doctor or your nurse practitioner was not available? a) Hospital emergency department

Unit

%

Interpretation

Lower is better

NBHC code

PC_NAVED_1

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