Citizens who agree or strongly agree that they were able to communicate their health concerns or problems virtually as well as they would have in-person during their last virtual consultation

Table

Unit %

Year 2024 Year 2023 Year 2022
Province
New Brunswick
71.4
69.6 - 73.2
73.8
71.9 - 75.6
71.5
69.7 - 73.4
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
71.8
68.5 - 75.2
74.3
70.7 - 77.8
70.6
67.6 - 73.7
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
72.7
68.6 - 76.8
75.2
70.9 - 79.5
71.4
67.5 - 75.4
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
69.4
65.8 - 72.9
70.9
67.1 - 74.6
71.7
67.2 - 76.1
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
59.1
51.5 - 66.6
70.7
63.3 - 78.1
72.7
65.1 - 80.4
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
71.4
65.7 - 77.2
78.5
72.9 - 84.0
72.8
65.4 - 80.3
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
75.7
69.9 - 81.4
74.6
69.4 - 79.7
74.1
69.0 - 79.3
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
76.1
70.2 - 82.0
76.9
71.4 - 82.5
70.3
64.0 - 76.6
Age
18-64
70.6
68.4 - 72.8
71.6
69.2 - 73.9
71.1
68.7 - 73.4
65 and over
73.5
70.8 - 76.2
79.7
77.2 - 82.1
72.8
70.5 - 75.0
Gender
Female
72.1
70.0 - 74.1
74.5
72.3 - 76.7
71.9
69.8 - 73.9
Male
70.3
67.1 - 73.5
73.2
70.0 - 76.4
71.1
67.9 - 74.3
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
69.9
62.1 - 77.7
64.1
55.2 - 73.0
76.9
68.5 - 85.3
Language
Most comfortable in English
70.7
68.6 - 72.9
73.9
71.6 - 76.1
n/a
Most comfortable in French
72.2
68.4 - 76.0
72.9
69.0 - 76.7
n/a
Comfortable in both English and French
74.0
68.3 - 79.6
74.6
68.3 - 80.8
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
68.2
57.2 - 79.3
67.2
53.4 - 81.1
76.0
64.9 - 87.1
Immigrant
Immigrants
63.0
54.4 - 71.5
71.3
63.6 - 79.1
65.7
57.5 - 73.9
Education level
High school or less
73.1
69.3 - 76.9
77.7
74.2 - 81.1
73.8
70.6 - 77.1
Postsecondary
70.9
68.9 - 73.0
72.5
70.4 - 74.7
71.0
68.9 - 73.2
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
72.2
66.8 - 77.6
70.5
64.5 - 76.5
n/a
Household income
Less than $30,000
74.3
69.5 - 79.1
79.3
74.8 - 83.7
n/a
$30,000 to less than $60,000
70.1
66.3 - 73.9
74.1
70.6 - 77.7
n/a
$60,000 or more
70.4
68.0 - 72.8
73.1
70.5 - 75.7
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
63.5
54.7 - 72.3
71.8
64.1 - 79.5
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 communicate their health concerns or problems virtually as well as they would have in-person 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 disagree with the following statements: I was able to communicate my health concerns or problems virtually as well as I would have in-person.

Unit

%

Interpretation

Higher is better

NBHC code

PC_VIR05_1

Charts

Maps