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Citizens who reported that they had to travel over 100 km (60 miles) to use a health service in the last 12 months

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Unit %

Year 2023 Year 2022 Year 2020
Province
New Brunswick
16.5
15.5 - 17.4
15.1
14.0 - 16.2
17.6
17.0 - 18.3
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
9.5
8.0 - 11.1
8.8
7.2 - 10.3
10.2
9.1 - 11.3
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
14.7
12.4 - 16.9
9.4
7.6 - 11.1
14.8
13.3 - 16.2
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
18.2
16.0 - 20.4
20.6
17.4 - 23.8
18.4
17.0 - 19.8
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
21.7
18.1 - 25.3
20.0
16.0 - 24.0
30.5
27.7 - 33.4
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
27.7
23.7 - 31.7
32.3
26.2 - 38.4
30.9
27.4 - 34.4
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
26.1
22.5 - 29.8
20.3
16.9 - 23.7
27.9
25.6 - 30.1
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
23.9
20.3 - 27.5
24.7
20.2 - 29.3
23.3
19.9 - 26.6
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
n/a
n/a
20.6
16.9 - 24.3
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
n/a
n/a
26.9
23.3 - 30.5
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
n/a
n/a
32.7
27.5 - 37.8
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
n/a
n/a
30.9
26.2 - 35.7
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
n/a
n/a
24.0
19.5 - 28.5
Dieppe and Memramcook
n/a
n/a
7.5
5.1 - 9.9
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
n/a
n/a
16.4
12.1 - 20.7
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
n/a
n/a
20.8
17.1 - 24.6
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
n/a
n/a
27.1
23.1 - 31.2
Fredericton
n/a
n/a
11.4
8.9 - 13.8
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
n/a
n/a
33.2
28.5 - 38.0
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
n/a
n/a
11.3
6.2 - 16.3
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
n/a
n/a
68.0
60.6 - 75.3
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
n/a
n/a
25.2
19.4 - 31.0
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
n/a
n/a
17.9
14.4 - 21.5
Moncton
n/a
n/a
7.8
5.6 - 9.9
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
n/a
n/a
25.4
20.2 - 30.6
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
n/a
n/a
34.9
27.5 - 42.4
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
n/a
n/a
14.7
11.4 - 18.0
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
n/a
n/a
15.8
12.3 - 19.3
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
n/a
n/a
40.2
33.9 - 46.4
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
n/a
n/a
4.4
2.6 - 6.3
Riverview and Coverdale
n/a
n/a
8.8
6.2 - 11.5
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
n/a
n/a
18.2
13.7 - 22.7
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
n/a
n/a
8.0
5.8 - 10.2
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
n/a
n/a
12.2
7.4 - 17.0
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
n/a
n/a
6.5
3.7 - 9.3
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
n/a
n/a
37.5
32.2 - 42.7
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
n/a
n/a
40.2
34.6 - 45.8
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
n/a
n/a
47.3
42.3 - 52.4
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
n/a
n/a
21.9
17.8 - 25.9
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
n/a
n/a
32.9
28.4 - 37.4
Age
18-64
16.3
15.0 - 17.5
14.8
13.3 - 16.2
16.4
15.6 - 17.3
65 and over
17.0
15.5 - 18.5
16.0
14.6 - 17.4
19.6
18.5 - 20.7
Gender
Female
17.9
16.6 - 19.2
14.9
13.6 - 16.1
n/a
Male
14.9
13.4 - 16.4
15.3
13.5 - 17.2
n/a
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
23.6
17.6 - 29.5
17.6
11.1 - 24.0
14.6
11.1 - 18.0
Language
Most comfortable in English
15.6
14.4 - 16.8
n/a
n/a
Most comfortable in French
19.3
17.2 - 21.3
n/a
n/a
Comfortable in both English and French
16.0
12.5 - 19.5
n/a
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
30.7
22.1 - 39.4
24.6
15.9 - 33.3
27.3
22.2 - 32.3
Immigrant
Immigrants
17.9
13.9 - 21.9
14.1
9.6 - 18.6
15.2
12.5 - 17.8
Education level
High school or less
18.1
16.1 - 20.0
15.5
13.6 - 17.5
16.5
15.4 - 17.5
Postsecondary
15.9
14.7 - 17.0
14.9
13.5 - 16.3
17.8
16.9 - 18.6
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
24.1
20.4 - 27.8
n/a
n/a
Household income
Less than $30,000
19.9
17.0 - 22.7
n/a
n/a
$30,000 to less than $60,000
19.1
17.1 - 21.1
n/a
n/a
$60,000 or more
14.2
12.9 - 15.5
n/a
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
15.4
11.6 - 19.1
n/a
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 reported that they had to travel over 100 km (60 miles) to use a health service in the last 12 months.

Source

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

Calculations

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: Now think of any difficulties you may have experienced in getting the health care services you needed in the last 12 months. In the last 12 months, did you: e) Have to travel over 100 km (or 60 miles) to use a health service

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

Lower is better

NBHC code

PH_BARHT_1

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