Citizens who agree or strongly agree that they were able to connect when they needed during their last virtual consultation

Table

Unit %

Year 2024 Year 2023 Year 2022
Province
New Brunswick
79.7
78.1 - 81.3
78.9
77.2 - 80.6
76.2
74.4 - 77.9
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
78.4
75.3 - 81.4
77.4
74.0 - 80.7
73.4
70.4 - 76.4
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
82.5
78.9 - 86.0
82.0
78.2 - 85.7
79.0
75.5 - 82.5
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
81.6
78.5 - 84.7
80.3
76.9 - 83.6
75.7
71.3 - 80.1
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
67.6
60.4 - 74.9
78.6
71.9 - 85.4
78.7
71.9 - 85.6
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
74.6
68.9 - 80.2
73.9
67.8 - 80.0
78.2
70.9 - 85.6
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
81.7
76.9 - 86.5
77.3
72.3 - 82.3
78.4
73.4 - 83.4
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
77.9
72.1 - 83.6
75.1
69.1 - 81.0
76.0
70.1 - 81.9
Age
18-64
79.3
77.3 - 81.2
78.1
76.0 - 80.3
74.6
72.3 - 76.9
65 and over
81.1
78.6 - 83.5
81.0
78.5 - 83.4
80.4
78.4 - 82.4
Gender
Female
80.1
78.3 - 82.0
79.1
77.0 - 81.1
75.6
73.6 - 77.7
Male
79.1
76.2 - 81.9
79.6
76.8 - 82.4
76.8
73.7 - 79.9
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
79.5
72.7 - 86.3
70.5
62.0 - 79.0
74.1
65.1 - 83.2
Language
Most comfortable in English
80.7
78.8 - 82.5
79.4
77.4 - 81.5
n/a
Most comfortable in French
79.1
75.7 - 82.5
78.2
74.6 - 81.7
n/a
Comfortable in both English and French
74.5
69.0 - 80.1
76.0
70.2 - 81.8
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
76.2
66.0 - 86.4
81.8
71.9 - 91.8
62.6
49.2 - 75.9
Immigrant
Immigrants
68.2
59.4 - 76.9
77.8
70.1 - 85.5
74.6
67.1 - 82.0
Education level
High school or less
80.8
77.5 - 84.0
80.0
76.7 - 83.3
77.6
74.3 - 80.8
Postsecondary
79.4
77.5 - 81.2
78.4
76.4 - 80.4
75.6
73.5 - 77.7
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
78.3
73.6 - 83.1
69.5
63.4 - 75.7
n/a
Household income
Less than $30,000
82.8
78.9 - 86.6
78.4
73.7 - 83.2
n/a
$30,000 to less than $60,000
78.3
74.9 - 81.8
79.1
75.9 - 82.3
n/a
$60,000 or more
80.2
78.1 - 82.3
79.1
76.8 - 81.5
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
64.0
55.1 - 72.8
76.1
68.6 - 83.6
n/a
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 agree or strongly agree that they were able to connect when they needed during their last virtual consultation.

Source

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

Calculations

This indicator is based on respondents who had a virtual care consultation in the last 12 months. This indicator is calculated by dividing the number of respondents who answered "agree or strongly agree" by the number of respondents who answered "strongly disagree, disagree, neither agree nor disagree, agree or strongly agree" to the question: Thinking of the last time you had a virtual consultation, please tell us how much you agree or disagreewith the following statements: I was able to connect with this health professional when I needed to.

Unit

%

Interpretation

Higher is better

NBHC code

PC_VIR04_1

Charts

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