Citizens who strongly agree that staying healthy is a matter of luck more than anything else

Table

Unit %

Year 2017 Year 2014 Year 2011
Province
New Brunswick
5.2
4.9 - 5.5
4.9
4.6 - 5.2
5.4
5.1 - 5.7
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
5.1
4.5 - 5.7
4.1
3.6 - 4.7
4.8
4.2 - 5.5
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
4.5
3.8 - 5.1
4.0
3.5 - 4.6
4.3
3.8 - 4.9
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
3.8
3.2 - 4.3
3.8
3.3 - 4.4
4.1
3.5 - 4.7
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
9.4
8.1 - 10.7
8.2
6.9 - 9.6
9.7
8.2 - 11.1
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
6.5
4.9 - 8.1
7.0
5.0 - 9.0
5.3
3.8 - 6.8
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
7.0
5.9 - 8.1
6.9
5.6 - 8.1
7.4
6.3 - 8.5
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
4.7
3.5 - 6.0
6.7
5.0 - 8.5
7.3
6.0 - 8.6
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
5.7
4.2 - 7.3
6.6
4.6 - 8.6
5.8
4.2 - 7.3
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
6.4
4.6 - 8.2
6.3
4.4 - 8.1
6.9
4.9 - 8.8
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
8.2
5.8 - 10.7
6.9
4.1 - 9.7
6.5
4.0 - 9.0
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
6.0
3.8 - 8.2
11.1
7.8 - 14.3
5.7
3.7 - 7.8
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
4.9
2.9 - 6.9
7.1
4.2 - 10.0
4.2
2.5 - 6.0
Dieppe and Memramcook
5.2
3.7 - 6.7
3.4
1.5 - 5.2
3.5
1.6 - 5.4
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
3.4
1.7 - 5.1
4.6
2.5 - 6.6
5.0
3.0 - 7.0
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
9.5
7.8 - 11.3
8.5
6.7 - 10.2
9.1
7.1 - 11.1
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
3.9
2.3 - 5.5
3.4
2.4 - 4.5
2.8
1.7 - 3.9
Fredericton
3.1
2.0 - 4.2
3.4
2.2 - 4.7
6.1
4.3 - 7.8
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
3.4
1.5 - 5.3
S
3.6
1.5 - 5.6
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
10.8
8.3 - 13.3
9.3
6.7 - 11.8
11.2
8.4 - 14.0
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
4.6
1.9 - 7.4
8.8
5.0 - 12.7
S
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
5.4
2.4 - 8.3
S
8.1
5.0 - 11.2
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
6.4
3.9 - 9.0
7.4
5.1 - 9.7
6.2
3.9 - 8.5
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
3.9
2.6 - 5.2
4.9
3.2 - 6.6
6.1
4.7 - 7.5
Moncton
5.2
4.1 - 6.4
3.9
2.9 - 5.0
4.3
3.2 - 5.4
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
2.6
1.1 - 4.2
3.8
2.2 - 5.3
3.9
2.1 - 5.8
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
9.6
5.6 - 13.6
14.3
8.6 - 19.9
12.4
8.8 - 16.0
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
3.4
1.9 - 4.9
4.3
2.7 - 5.9
2.4
1.1 - 3.7
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
4.3
2.6 - 6.0
1.6
0.6 - 2.5
2.0
0.7 - 3.3
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
6.5
3.9 - 9.2
5.3
3.0 - 7.5
5.5
3.1 - 7.9
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
3.6
2.4 - 4.7
2.4
1.4 - 3.3
3.5
2.3 - 4.8
Riverview and Coverdale
3.1
1.8 - 4.3
2.0
0.8 - 3.2
2.7
1.2 - 4.1
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
4.6
2.7 - 6.5
4.2
2.1 - 6.4
4.6
2.3 - 6.9
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
4.7
3.5 - 5.8
4.6
3.6 - 5.5
4.7
3.7 - 5.7
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
7.9
4.3 - 11.5
S
S
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
4.9
3.5 - 6.3
5.3
3.8 - 6.7
8.7
6.8 - 10.6
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
6.3
3.9 - 8.7
3.1
1.1 - 5.0
10.3
7.6 - 13.0
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
5.4
3.2 - 7.5
3.5
2.0 - 5.0
3.6
2.1 - 5.1
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
5.5
3.4 - 7.7
7.4
5.0 - 9.9
2.9
1.3 - 4.5
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
4.6
3.1 - 6.2
4.4
2.9 - 5.8
6.4
4.5 - 8.2
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
10.5
7.8 - 13.2
7.5
4.6 - 10.3
9.9
7.2 - 12.6
Age
18-64
4.7
4.4 - 5.1
4.5
4.2 - 4.9
5.1
4.8 - 5.5
65 and over
6.6
6.0 - 7.2
6.2
5.6 - 6.9
6.5
5.8 - 7.2
Sex at birth
Female
5.1
4.7 - 5.5
5.2
4.8 - 5.6
5.1
4.7 - 5.5
Male
5.2
4.7 - 5.7
4.5
4.0 - 5.0
5.7
5.1 - 6.2
Sexual identity
Minority sexual identity
n/a
n/a
n/a
Heterosexual
n/a
n/a
n/a
Language
Preferred language of service: English
4.6
4.3 - 5.0
4.1
3.7 - 4.4
4.6
4.2 - 5.0
Preferred language of service: French
6.5
5.8 - 7.1
6.8
6.0 - 7.5
8.0
7.2 - 8.8
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
8.8
6.8 - 10.9
7.1
4.8 - 9.4
8.8
6.3 - 11.3
Non-Indigenous
5.0
4.7 - 5.3
4.8
4.5 - 5.1
5.3
5.0 - 5.6
Immigrant
Immigrants
7.2
5.6 - 8.9
n/a
n/a
Non-immigrants
5.0
4.7 - 5.4
n/a
n/a
Education level
High school or less
7.4
6.9 - 8.0
7.0
6.4 - 7.6
7.6
7.1 - 8.2
Postsecondary
3.7
3.3 - 4.0
3.5
3.2 - 3.8
3.7
3.3 - 4.0
Household income
Less than $25,000
8.3
7.5 - 9.2
8.7
7.8 - 9.6
9.2
8.4 - 10.1
$25,000 to less than $60,000
5.5
5.0 - 6.0
4.8
4.3 - 5.4
6.1
5.6 - 6.7
$60,000 or more
3.2
2.8 - 3.6
3.0
2.6 - 3.4
2.8
2.4 - 3.2
Persons with a disability
Without disability
4.6
4.3 - 4.9
4.4
4.0 - 4.7
n/a
With disability
6.9
6.2 - 7.6
6.5
5.8 - 7.2
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 staying healthy is a matter of luck more than anything else.

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 think staying healthy is a matter of luck more than anything else.

Unit

%

Interpretation

Lower is better

NBHC code

PH_BELML_1

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