Citizens [with a family doctor] who reported that their family doctor always gives them enough time to discuss their feelings, fears and concerns about their health

Table

Unit %

Year 2020 Year 2017 Year 2014 Year 2011
Province
New Brunswick
66.9
66.1 - 67.8
67.6
66.8 - 68.4
72.1
71.4 - 72.9
68.7
68.0 - 69.4
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
65.9
64.2 - 67.6
70.4
69.0 - 71.9
72.5
71.0 - 73.9
67.2
65.6 - 68.7
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
69.4
67.5 - 71.3
70.9
69.3 - 72.6
76.0
74.6 - 77.4
70.9
69.4 - 72.4
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
68.4
66.7 - 70.2
67.5
65.7 - 69.2
70.9
69.4 - 72.4
71.3
69.8 - 72.9
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
65.2
62.1 - 68.3
63.7
61.2 - 66.1
67.8
65.0 - 70.6
63.6
61.0 - 66.3
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
67.6
63.7 - 71.5
62.4
58.7 - 66.0
70.6
66.3 - 74.9
68.7
65.4 - 72.0
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
64.1
61.7 - 66.5
62.4
60.1 - 64.7
71.5
68.9 - 74.1
66.3
64.1 - 68.5
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
61.8
57.9 - 65.7
61.1
57.6 - 64.5
67.2
63.4 - 71.1
67.3
64.5 - 70.0
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
63.0
58.4 - 67.6
61.9
58.2 - 65.6
71.6
67.3 - 75.9
66.8
63.4 - 70.3
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
66.2
62.4 - 70.1
70.4
66.7 - 74.2
70.3
66.4 - 74.2
69.9
66.0 - 73.8
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
69.2
64.0 - 74.3
61.3
56.4 - 66.3
71.7
66.0 - 77.4
65.8
60.4 - 71.2
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
69.5
64.7 - 74.3
66.9
61.8 - 71.9
71.9
66.5 - 77.3
69.5
64.8 - 74.1
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
65.5
59.7 - 71.4
63.3
58.0 - 68.6
69.5
63.0 - 75.9
71.2
67.0 - 75.5
Dieppe and Memramcook
68.8
64.7 - 72.9
73.8
70.3 - 77.3
79.3
74.6 - 83.9
61.9
56.2 - 67.6
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
69.7
64.2 - 75.1
61.7
55.7 - 67.6
73.0
68.0 - 78.1
69.6
64.7 - 74.5
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
61.6
56.9 - 66.3
62.2
59.0 - 65.4
64.5
60.8 - 68.2
61.8
58.0 - 65.6
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
62.6
58.2 - 67.1
69.9
65.2 - 74.5
68.9
65.6 - 72.2
70.2
66.8 - 73.6
Fredericton
67.9
64.0 - 71.8
66.0
62.2 - 69.8
67.3
63.5 - 71.2
69.5
65.7 - 73.3
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
65.2
59.1 - 71.3
70.2
64.7 - 75.7
77.3
72.4 - 82.3
74.3
69.0 - 79.6
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
68.1
63.4 - 72.8
68.2
63.9 - 72.4
69.8
64.8 - 74.9
64.3
59.6 - 68.9
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
70.5
63.0 - 77.9
70.3
63.1 - 77.4
76.9
70.4 - 83.3
73.7
67.0 - 80.3
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
75.1
66.5 - 83.7
57.0
48.5 - 65.5
78.4
69.1 - 87.7
70.9
64.8 - 76.9
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
67.1
60.8 - 73.3
67.4
61.7 - 73.0
76.9
72.6 - 81.3
77.4
72.8 - 81.9
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
61.6
57.1 - 66.1
62.8
58.9 - 66.6
70.7
66.5 - 74.8
68.1
65.1 - 71.2
Moncton
64.1
60.2 - 68.1
71.7
68.9 - 74.5
70.9
68.0 - 73.7
66.7
63.8 - 69.7
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
70.7
65.1 - 76.2
60.9
55.2 - 66.7
75.8
71.7 - 79.9
78.3
74.1 - 82.6
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
60.0
52.1 - 67.9
53.0
45.1 - 60.8
53.5
44.1 - 63.0
63.6
57.3 - 69.9
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
69.6
65.1 - 74.2
70.6
65.9 - 75.3
72.7
68.5 - 76.9
70.7
66.4 - 75.0
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
73.0
68.5 - 77.5
75.7
71.1 - 80.3
70.5
66.1 - 74.9
71.4
66.5 - 76.3
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
74.3
68.5 - 80.1
65.4
59.4 - 71.4
75.3
70.2 - 80.3
72.0
66.8 - 77.3
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
71.5
67.5 - 75.5
73.7
70.5 - 76.9
76.9
73.8 - 80.1
72.3
68.9 - 75.6
Riverview and Coverdale
67.0
62.7 - 71.4
63.9
59.8 - 68.0
71.0
66.7 - 75.3
67.7
63.0 - 72.5
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
70.3
64.9 - 75.7
71.1
66.1 - 76.0
68.7
63.1 - 74.3
70.7
65.0 - 76.5
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
67.6
63.7 - 71.5
69.9
66.9 - 73.0
76.8
74.5 - 79.2
70.4
67.9 - 72.9
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
66.5
59.7 - 73.3
70.7
63.4 - 78.0
74.7
69.0 - 80.4
67.2
60.5 - 73.8
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
63.9
58.3 - 69.4
69.6
66.1 - 73.2
73.1
69.9 - 76.4
66.8
63.1 - 70.4
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
56.8
51.3 - 62.3
60.7
55.0 - 66.3
72.8
66.6 - 79.0
65.4
60.4 - 70.4
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
70.6
65.0 - 76.3
65.0
59.1 - 71.0
76.1
72.0 - 80.2
71.1
66.8 - 75.5
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
61.7
56.6 - 66.9
73.4
68.5 - 78.3
72.0
67.2 - 76.8
71.3
66.5 - 76.0
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
69.6
65.1 - 74.1
70.3
66.2 - 74.4
73.6
70.0 - 77.1
67.9
63.7 - 72.0
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
69.0
64.5 - 73.4
60.8
55.9 - 65.7
69.6
63.9 - 75.3
62.6
57.7 - 67.5
Age
18-64
66.1
64.9 - 67.2
67.6
66.6 - 68.6
71.5
70.6 - 72.4
67.9
67.0 - 68.7
65 and over
69.8
68.5 - 71.2
67.6
66.3 - 68.9
74.2
73.0 - 75.4
71.8
70.4 - 73.1
Sex at birth
Female
65.5
64.4 - 66.5
66.1
65.1 - 67.0
70.9
69.9 - 71.8
66.2
65.3 - 67.1
Male
69.3
67.8 - 70.7
69.5
68.2 - 70.8
73.8
72.5 - 75.0
72.0
70.8 - 73.2
Sexual identity
Minority sexual identity
62.3
57.2 - 67.3
n/a
n/a
n/a
Heterosexual
67.3
66.4 - 68.2
n/a
n/a
n/a
Language
Preferred language of service: English
67.8
66.7 - 68.8
68.5
67.6 - 69.5
72.4
71.6 - 73.3
70.4
69.6 - 71.3
Preferred language of service: French
65.6
63.9 - 67.2
63.6
62.1 - 65.0
70.4
68.8 - 72.0
63.3
61.8 - 64.8
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
67.3
61.7 - 72.8
63.3
59.0 - 67.5
73.3
68.6 - 78.0
61.7
56.7 - 66.6
Non-Indigenous
67.0
66.1 - 67.8
67.8
67.0 - 68.6
72.1
71.4 - 72.9
68.9
68.2 - 69.6
Immigrant
Immigrants
58.0
54.0 - 62.0
68.6
64.9 - 72.3
n/a
n/a
Non-immigrants
68.1
67.3 - 69.0
67.6
66.8 - 68.3
n/a
n/a
Education level
High school or less
66.8
65.4 - 68.1
66.2
65.0 - 67.4
72.0
70.9 - 73.2
69.0
68.0 - 70.1
Postsecondary
67.4
66.3 - 68.5
68.6
67.6 - 69.5
72.3
71.3 - 73.2
68.5
67.5 - 69.6
Household income
Less than $25,000
62.4
60.2 - 64.6
62.0
60.1 - 63.8
66.4
64.7 - 68.2
64.2
62.6 - 65.9
$25,000 to less than $60,000
66.5
65.0 - 67.9
66.3
65.0 - 67.5
72.4
71.2 - 73.7
69.3
68.1 - 70.5
$60,000 or more
70.1
68.8 - 71.4
71.3
70.0 - 72.5
74.8
73.6 - 76.0
70.5
69.2 - 71.7
Persons with a disability
Without disability
68.9
67.9 - 69.9
69.8
68.9 - 70.7
73.8
72.9 - 74.7
n/a
With disability
61.7
60.1 - 63.3
61.9
60.4 - 63.4
67.4
65.9 - 68.8
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 [with a family doctor] who reported that their family doctor always gives them enough time to discuss their feelings, fears and concerns about their health.

Source

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

Calculations

This indicator is based on respondents who have a family doctor . This indicator is calculated by dividing the number of respondents who answered "always" by the number of respondents who answered "never, rarely, sometimes, usually or always" to the question: When you need care or treatment, how often has your family doctor or nurse practitioner given you enough time to discuss your feelings, fears and concerns about your health?

Notes

The 2020 edition of the Primary Health Survey (PHS) was conducted during the COVID-19 pandemic. While the pandemic did not influence the survey’s response rate, NBHC had to assess the impact of surveying during the pandemic. Accordingly, advanced statistical analyses were performed to allow for comparison between the results obtained in 2020 and those obtained in previous PHS cycles. Despite these analyses, users are advised to use the PHS 2020 data with caution, especially when creating estimates for small sub-populations or when comparing it to other PHS editions.

Unit

%

Interpretation

Higher is better

NBHC code

PH_APPFB_1

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