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Citizens who strongly agree that they leave it to doctors or other health professionals to make the right decisions about their health

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Table

Unit %

Year 2017 Year 2014 Year 2011
Province
New Brunswick
13.6
13.1 - 14.0
14.6
14.1 - 15.1
14.1
13.6 - 14.6
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
13.7
12.8 - 14.6
14.7
13.7 - 15.7
14.1
13.1 - 15.2
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
12.8
11.8 - 13.8
13.9
12.9 - 14.8
11.9
11.0 - 12.9
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
11.2
10.2 - 12.1
11.3
10.4 - 12.2
12.0
11.1 - 13.0
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
18.7
16.9 - 20.4
19.7
17.8 - 21.7
18.8
16.9 - 20.7
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
15.2
12.9 - 17.5
16.4
13.4 - 19.3
17.0
14.5 - 19.4
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
17.3
15.7 - 18.9
19.7
17.8 - 21.7
18.7
17.1 - 20.3
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
11.7
9.8 - 13.7
14.4
11.9 - 16.9
14.6
12.8 - 16.4
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
17.1
14.6 - 19.6
15.5
12.6 - 18.5
17.6
15.1 - 20.2
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
16.3
13.6 - 19.0
18.1
15.2 - 21.1
17.0
14.2 - 19.9
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
17.3
13.9 - 20.6
19.9
15.5 - 24.3
17.9
14.0 - 21.9
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
15.9
12.4 - 19.3
24.8
20.3 - 29.4
18.8
15.4 - 22.3
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
13.4
10.3 - 16.6
13.1
9.3 - 17.0
16.1
13.0 - 19.2
Dieppe and Memramcook
14.2
11.8 - 16.5
19.6
15.5 - 23.7
17.4
13.4 - 21.4
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
10.8
7.9 - 13.7
15.6
11.9 - 19.2
18.3
14.7 - 21.9
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
19.4
17.0 - 21.7
21.3
18.8 - 23.9
19.4
16.6 - 22.1
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
11.4
8.8 - 14.0
14.3
12.2 - 16.4
11.1
9.0 - 13.3
Fredericton
10.5
8.6 - 12.4
8.9
6.9 - 10.9
11.7
9.4 - 14.1
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
12.6
9.2 - 16.1
12.6
9.2 - 15.9
14.1
10.3 - 17.9
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
19.7
16.5 - 22.9
17.5
14.1 - 20.8
18.8
15.4 - 22.2
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
10.8
6.8 - 14.9
17.9
12.7 - 23.1
11.0
7.1 - 14.9
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
13.5
9.0 - 17.9
18.3
11.5 - 25.2
16.1
11.9 - 20.2
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
12.4
8.9 - 15.9
17.5
14.1 - 20.9
12.6
9.3 - 15.8
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
10.7
8.6 - 12.7
13.0
10.3 - 15.6
14.9
12.9 - 17.0
Moncton
14.0
12.2 - 15.7
12.3
10.5 - 14.1
14.3
12.3 - 16.2
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
12.0
8.9 - 15.2
12.6
9.8 - 15.3
10.2
7.4 - 13.0
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
17.6
12.5 - 22.8
20.4
13.8 - 27.0
13.1
9.4 - 16.8
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
10.2
7.7 - 12.7
9.2
6.9 - 11.6
11.5
8.8 - 14.2
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
13.6
10.8 - 16.4
9.3
7.0 - 11.6
11.8
8.9 - 14.7
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
11.9
8.5 - 15.3
11.0
7.9 - 14.2
12.5
9.0 - 16.1
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
11.3
9.3 - 13.2
12.0
9.9 - 14.1
9.4
7.5 - 11.4
Riverview and Coverdale
9.8
7.6 - 11.9
11.9
9.2 - 14.6
11.7
8.9 - 14.6
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
10.8
8.0 - 13.6
11.9
8.5 - 15.3
7.9
4.9 - 10.9
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
13.1
11.2 - 14.9
14.6
12.9 - 16.3
13.1
11.5 - 14.7
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
12.8
8.3 - 17.3
15.0
10.8 - 19.3
15.5
11.1 - 19.9
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
15.3
12.9 - 17.6
16.7
14.3 - 19.1
14.2
11.9 - 16.5
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
19.5
15.6 - 23.4
23.1
18.3 - 27.8
17.6
14.3 - 20.9
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
15.6
12.1 - 19.0
12.0
9.3 - 14.6
13.1
10.3 - 15.8
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
14.4
11.1 - 17.8
13.2
10.1 - 16.3
10.2
7.3 - 13.1
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
12.2
9.8 - 14.6
16.5
13.9 - 19.2
11.3
8.9 - 13.8
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
17.1
13.8 - 20.5
20.9
16.5 - 25.3
22.6
18.8 - 26.4
Age
18-64
12.7
12.2 - 13.3
13.7
13.1 - 14.3
13.0
12.5 - 13.5
65 and over
16.1
15.2 - 17.0
18.4
17.4 - 19.4
19.2
18.0 - 20.3
Sex at birth
Female
12.4
11.8 - 13.0
13.2
12.6 - 13.8
13.1
12.5 - 13.7
Male
14.8
14.0 - 15.6
16.2
15.3 - 17.0
15.3
14.4 - 16.1
Sexual identity
Minority sexual identity
n/a
n/a
n/a
Heterosexual
n/a
n/a
n/a
Language
Preferred language of service: English
11.9
11.3 - 12.4
12.6
12.1 - 13.2
12.8
12.3 - 13.4
Preferred language of service: French
17.6
16.6 - 18.6
20.4
19.1 - 21.6
18.4
17.3 - 19.5
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
12.4
10.0 - 14.7
20.0
16.4 - 23.6
13.7
10.6 - 16.8
Non-Indigenous
13.6
13.1 - 14.1
14.4
13.9 - 14.9
14.1
13.7 - 14.6
Immigrant
Immigrants
13.8
11.6 - 15.9
n/a
n/a
Non-immigrants
13.6
13.1 - 14.1
n/a
n/a
Education level
High school or less
16.2
15.4 - 17.0
17.6
16.7 - 18.4
17.7
16.9 - 18.5
Postsecondary
11.9
11.3 - 12.4
12.8
12.2 - 13.4
11.5
10.8 - 12.1
Household income
Less than $25,000
17.4
16.2 - 18.6
19.2
18.0 - 20.5
18.4
17.3 - 19.6
$25,000 to less than $60,000
13.6
12.8 - 14.4
15.5
14.6 - 16.4
14.6
13.8 - 15.4
$60,000 or more
11.8
11.1 - 12.5
12.0
11.3 - 12.8
11.4
10.6 - 12.2
Persons with a disability
Without disability
13.2
12.7 - 13.8
13.8
13.2 - 14.4
n/a
With disability
14.7
13.8 - 15.7
17.8
16.7 - 18.8
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 who strongly agree that they leave it to doctors or other health professionals to make the right decisions about their health.

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 "strongly agree" by the number of respondents who answered "strongly disagree, disagree, neutral, agree or strongly agree" to the question: I leave it to doctors or other health professionals to make the right decisions about my health.

Unit

%

Interpretation

Lower is better

NBHC code

PH_BELLP_1

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