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Citizens who are overweight (based on self-reported height and weight)

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Table

Unit %

Year 2017 Year 2014
Province
New Brunswick
36.7
36.0 - 37.4
36.6
36.0 - 37.3
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
36.7
35.4 - 38.0
37.3
35.9 - 38.7
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
36.1
34.6 - 37.5
36.2
34.8 - 37.6
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
37.2
35.8 - 38.7
36.5
35.2 - 37.9
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
35.6
33.4 - 37.7
34.0
31.6 - 36.3
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
41.7
38.5 - 44.9
38.7
34.8 - 42.6
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
38.4
36.3 - 40.4
39.4
37.0 - 41.8
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
31.4
28.5 - 34.2
32.8
29.5 - 36.2
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
39.2
36.0 - 42.5
42.6
38.5 - 46.6
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
38.5
34.9 - 42.1
37.8
34.0 - 41.5
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
36.4
32.0 - 40.7
40.5
35.1 - 46.0
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
41.1
36.4 - 45.8
38.9
33.8 - 44.0
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
46.3
41.7 - 50.9
37.0
31.3 - 42.6
Dieppe and Memramcook
32.4
29.3 - 35.6
39.8
34.7 - 44.9
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
38.0
33.2 - 42.7
37.5
32.6 - 42.4
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
36.5
33.6 - 39.4
34.2
31.2 - 37.2
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
35.5
31.5 - 39.6
34.4
31.5 - 37.3
Fredericton
38.7
35.7 - 41.8
37.4
33.9 - 40.8
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
42.0
36.7 - 47.2
40.0
35.0 - 45.0
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
36.0
32.1 - 39.9
36.2
31.8 - 40.6
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
26.8
20.9 - 32.7
34.9
28.2 - 41.6
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
30.7
24.6 - 36.9
26.8
18.8 - 34.7
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
33.2
28.1 - 38.2
29.3
25.1 - 33.4
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
32.1
28.9 - 35.3
34.0
30.3 - 37.8
Moncton
36.9
34.4 - 39.4
39.1
36.4 - 41.8
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
37.2
32.5 - 42.0
33.3
29.4 - 37.3
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
27.1
20.9 - 33.3
27.9
20.5 - 35.2
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
37.4
33.3 - 41.5
41.3
37.3 - 45.3
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
35.4
31.4 - 39.5
38.4
34.5 - 42.3
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
38.4
33.1 - 43.7
31.1
26.4 - 35.8
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
36.4
33.4 - 39.4
41.0
37.8 - 44.2
Riverview and Coverdale
41.6
38.0 - 45.2
34.0
30.0 - 38.1
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
40.6
36.1 - 45.1
35.2
30.0 - 40.4
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
35.9
33.2 - 38.6
33.3
31.0 - 35.5
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
34.3
27.9 - 40.6
32.3
26.7 - 38.0
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
36.5
33.3 - 39.7
34.8
31.7 - 37.9
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
36.3
31.4 - 41.1
33.9
28.6 - 39.2
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
35.6
30.9 - 40.2
40.5
36.4 - 44.6
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
37.4
32.7 - 42.1
33.9
29.5 - 38.3
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
32.7
29.3 - 36.2
35.1
31.7 - 38.5
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
36.2
31.9 - 40.5
38.4
33.1 - 43.6
Age
18-64
35.0
34.2 - 35.8
35.3
34.5 - 36.1
65 and over
41.8
40.6 - 43.0
41.8
40.5 - 43.0
Sex at birth
Female
31.4
30.6 - 32.3
31.0
30.1 - 31.8
Male
42.0
40.9 - 43.1
42.5
41.3 - 43.7
Sexual identity
Minority sexual identity
n/a
n/a
Heterosexual
n/a
n/a
Language
Preferred language of service: English
37.0
36.1 - 37.8
36.8
35.9 - 37.6
Preferred language of service: French
35.5
34.2 - 36.8
36.6
35.1 - 38.1
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
32.9
29.5 - 36.3
38.2
33.9 - 42.6
Non-Indigenous
36.9
36.2 - 37.6
36.6
35.9 - 37.3
Immigrant
Immigrants
38.3
35.2 - 41.4
n/a
Non-immigrants
36.6
35.9 - 37.3
n/a
Education level
High school or less
35.7
34.7 - 36.8
35.5
34.4 - 36.6
Postsecondary
37.4
36.5 - 38.3
37.3
36.4 - 38.2
Household income
Less than $25,000
30.6
29.2 - 32.1
33.1
31.5 - 34.6
$25,000 to less than $60,000
37.0
35.9 - 38.1
36.7
35.5 - 37.8
$60,000 or more
39.7
38.6 - 40.8
38.7
37.6 - 39.9
Persons with a disability
Without disability
38.1
37.3 - 38.9
37.7
36.9 - 38.5
With disability
32.0
30.7 - 33.3
32.9
31.5 - 34.2
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 are overweight (based on self-reported height and weight).

Source

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

Calculations

This indicator is calculated by dividing the number of respondents who "have a BMI higher than specific cutoff" by the number of respondents who "give their height and their weight" . The BMI is obtained by dividing the weight in kilograms by the height in square metres. Conversions are applied to obtain the correct unit of measure from the following questions: How tall are you without your shoes on? And How much do you weigh?

Unit

%

Interpretation

Lower is better

NBHC code

PH_BMI01_1

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