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

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Table

Unit %

Year 2017 Year 2014
Province
New Brunswick
69.5
68.8 - 70.1
67.5
66.8 - 68.1
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
68.6
67.3 - 69.8
65.6
64.2 - 67.0
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
70.4
69.0 - 71.8
67.9
66.6 - 69.2
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
69.9
68.5 - 71.3
67.6
66.2 - 68.9
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
67.7
65.5 - 69.8
66.4
64.0 - 68.7
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
70.4
67.4 - 73.3
67.0
63.3 - 70.8
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
68.6
66.6 - 70.5
71.2
69.0 - 73.5
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
72.3
69.5 - 75.0
68.6
65.3 - 71.9
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
66.1
63.0 - 69.3
73.0
69.4 - 76.7
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
75.1
71.9 - 78.4
71.1
67.6 - 74.6
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
67.5
63.3 - 71.7
69.4
64.2 - 74.5
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
64.9
60.4 - 69.5
64.3
59.3 - 69.4
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
72.9
68.8 - 77.0
64.9
59.4 - 70.5
Dieppe and Memramcook
61.1
57.7 - 64.4
60.6
55.5 - 65.7
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
71.9
67.5 - 76.3
72.8
68.3 - 77.3
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
69.2
66.4 - 72.0
67.4
64.5 - 70.4
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
71.9
68.1 - 75.7
73.1
70.4 - 75.8
Fredericton
64.1
61.1 - 67.1
62.5
59.1 - 66.0
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
70.2
65.3 - 75.1
67.7
62.9 - 72.5
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
70.0
66.2 - 73.7
67.9
63.6 - 72.2
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
70.1
64.0 - 76.2
61.4
54.5 - 68.2
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
55.4
48.8 - 62.1
56.9
48.0 - 65.8
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
75.1
70.4 - 79.7
71.1
67.0 - 75.2
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
71.9
68.9 - 75.0
66.0
62.2 - 69.7
Moncton
67.8
65.4 - 70.2
64.2
61.6 - 66.9
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
75.8
71.6 - 80.0
64.5
60.4 - 68.5
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
74.2
68.1 - 80.3
79.3
72.7 - 85.9
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
69.9
66.0 - 73.7
69.7
66.0 - 73.5
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
75.8
72.2 - 79.4
67.4
63.7 - 71.2
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
75.0
70.3 - 79.7
68.8
64.0 - 73.5
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
65.6
62.7 - 68.6
65.3
62.2 - 68.4
Riverview and Coverdale
69.3
65.9 - 72.6
65.7
61.6 - 69.7
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
73.0
68.9 - 77.0
64.7
59.5 - 69.9
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
72.2
69.7 - 74.7
67.2
64.9 - 69.4
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
73.2
67.3 - 79.2
80.3
75.5 - 85.1
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
70.2
67.2 - 73.3
67.4
64.4 - 70.4
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
69.9
65.3 - 74.5
72.1
67.0 - 77.1
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
68.5
64.0 - 73.0
74.6
70.9 - 78.2
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
75.2
71.0 - 79.4
68.4
64.1 - 72.7
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
71.0
67.6 - 74.3
70.8
67.6 - 74.1
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
75.0
71.1 - 78.9
73.2
68.4 - 78.0
Age
18-64
68.5
67.7 - 69.3
66.7
65.9 - 67.6
65 and over
72.6
71.5 - 73.7
70.2
69.0 - 71.4
Sex at birth
Female
63.6
62.8 - 64.5
61.4
60.6 - 62.3
Male
75.4
74.5 - 76.4
73.6
72.6 - 74.7
Sexual identity
Minority sexual identity
n/a
n/a
Heterosexual
n/a
n/a
Language
Preferred language of service: English
70.9
70.2 - 71.7
68.1
67.3 - 68.9
Preferred language of service: French
64.3
63.0 - 65.6
66.0
64.6 - 67.4
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
72.5
69.2 - 75.7
70.5
66.5 - 74.6
Non-Indigenous
69.4
68.7 - 70.1
67.4
66.7 - 68.0
Immigrant
Immigrants
59.6
56.5 - 62.7
n/a
Non-immigrants
70.1
69.4 - 70.7
n/a
Education level
High school or less
71.5
70.5 - 72.5
68.7
67.6 - 69.7
Postsecondary
68.2
67.4 - 69.1
66.7
65.8 - 67.6
Household income
Less than $25,000
66.6
65.1 - 68.2
65.5
64.0 - 67.0
$25,000 to less than $60,000
71.2
70.2 - 72.2
69.4
68.3 - 70.5
$60,000 or more
70.7
69.6 - 71.7
68.0
66.9 - 69.1
Persons with a disability
Without disability
67.9
67.1 - 68.6
65.7
64.9 - 66.5
With disability
75.1
73.9 - 76.3
73.6
72.4 - 74.9
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 or obese (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_3

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