Citizens without a primary care provider who used one or more health care services when they needed health care in the last 12 months

Table

Unit %

Year 2025 Year 2024 Year 2023
Province
New Brunswick
85.3
83.2 - 87.4
84.3
82.1 - 86.6
83.5
81.0 - 86.0
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
81.0
75.6 - 86.5
78.3
72.4 - 84.2
81.4
76.4 - 86.5
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
82.9
77.0 - 88.8
85.8
80.6 - 91.1
77.7
68.9 - 86.4
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
89.8
87.0 - 92.5
88.9
85.7 - 92.0
88.3
84.7 - 92.0
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
89.1
83.6 - 94.6
82.7
75.1 - 90.3
90.5
86.0 - 95.0
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
88.8
81.8 - 95.8
83.2
74.8 - 91.6
85.6
78.4 - 92.8
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
82.5
74.8 - 90.2
80.2
71.6 - 88.8
70.2
58.7 - 81.8
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
78.5
69.1 - 87.9
82.0
74.1 - 89.9
S
Age
18-64
84.2
81.8 - 86.7
83.6
80.9 - 86.3
83.1
80.2 - 86.0
65 and over
90.3
86.9 - 93.8
87.2
83.8 - 90.5
85.9
81.8 - 89.9
Gender
Female
90.6
88.3 - 93.0
90.0
87.8 - 92.2
87.0
84.2 - 89.8
Male
80.7
77.4 - 84.0
79.7
76.1 - 83.3
80.8
77.0 - 84.7
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
92.0
85.3 - 98.7
86.4
76.0 - 96.7
92.6
87.1 - 98.0
Language
Most comfortable in English
85.1
82.6 - 87.6
85.8
83.4 - 88.3
83.6
80.6 - 86.6
Most comfortable in French
84.8
80.2 - 89.5
79.9
74.3 - 85.5
81.9
76.7 - 87.1
Comfortable in both English and French
87.3
80.4 - 94.3
79.9
69.9 - 89.9
86.5
77.3 - 95.7
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
84.7
73.7 - 95.8
88.6
79.7 - 97.4
S
Immigrant
Immigrants
81.0
76.3 - 85.8
82.8
76.0 - 89.6
68.2
60.5 - 75.8
Education level
High school or less
86.6
83.0 - 90.2
82.6
78.3 - 86.9
82.1
77.0 - 87.2
Postsecondary
85.5
82.9 - 88.0
85.3
82.7 - 87.9
84.4
81.5 - 87.2
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
89.4
83.1 - 95.8
92.0
85.3 - 98.6
94.3
89.5 - 99.0
Household income
Less than $30,000
84.4
79.7 - 89.0
81.9
76.2 - 87.6
74.6
67.4 - 81.8
$30,000 to less than $60,000
88.3
84.5 - 92.1
85.2
80.9 - 89.4
86.6
82.4 - 90.7
$60,000 or more
85.2
81.9 - 88.4
87.3
84.3 - 90.2
88.4
85.2 - 91.6
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
82.1
77.6 - 86.7
80.2
72.9 - 87.6
66.4
58.4 - 74.4
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 without a primary care provider who used one or more health care services when they needed health care 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 do not have a family doctor or a nurse practitioner. This indicator is calculated by dividing the number of respondents who answered "yes to at least 1 of the 8 health care services asked in the questionnaire" by the number of respondents who answered "yes or no, to at least 1 of the options asked" to the question: Thinking of the last 12 months, did you use any of the following services when you needed medical care: hospital emergency department, after-hours clinic or a walk-in clinic, virtual clinic using eVisitNB, Tele-Care 811, consultation with a pharmacist, consultation with a specialist, consultation with an allied health professional (e.g. audiologist, psychologist, dietitian, occupational therapist, physiotherapist, social worker...) or other services

Unit

%

NBHC code

PC_NMCAL_1

Charts

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