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Citizens without a primary care provider who visited a hospital emergency department the last time they needed medical care in the last 12 months

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Table

Unit %

Year 2022
Province
New Brunswick
39.7
35.4 - 44.1
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
26.6
18.4 - 34.7
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
36.4
26.5 - 46.3
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
39.6
30.9 - 48.3
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
63.4
53.4 - 73.4
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
32.9
22.2 - 43.6
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
53.8
40.7 - 67.0
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
S
Age
18-64
41.0
35.8 - 46.1
65 and over
33.9
28.2 - 39.5
Gender
Female
34.0
29.0 - 39.0
Male
44.0
37.5 - 50.6
Sexual identity
Minority sexual identity
S
Heterosexual
39.1
34.5 - 43.7
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
S
Non-Indigenous
40.5
36.0 - 45.0
Immigrant
Immigrants
33.5
21.2 - 45.8
Non-immigrants
40.7
36.1 - 45.4
Education level
High school or less
45.5
37.5 - 53.6
Postsecondary
37.3
32.2 - 42.5
Household income
Less than $25,000
52.0
41.1 - 63.0
$25,000 to less than $60,000
40.0
32.8 - 47.1
$60,000 or more
37.8
31.0 - 44.6
Persons with a disability
Without disability
38.3
33.0 - 43.6
With disability
43.4
35.5 - 51.2
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 without a primary care provider who visited a hospital emergency department the last time they needed medical 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" by the number of respondents who answered "yes or no" to the question: In the last 12 months, thinking of the last time you needed medical care, did you use any of the following services? a) Hospital emergency department

Unit

%

NBHC code

PC_NODED_1

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