Citizens who reported that they have been diagnosed or treated for one (1) or more chronic health conditions (among a list of 12 conditions)

Table

Unit %

Year 2022 Year 2020 Year 2017 Year 2014 Year 2011
Province
New Brunswick
67.5
66.0 - 69.0
64.7
63.9 - 65.5
60.8
60.1 - 61.5
61.6
60.9 - 62.3
59.6
58.9 - 60.3
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
64.5
61.9 - 67.1
62.5
60.8 - 64.1
58.7
57.5 - 60.0
60.8
59.5 - 62.2
58.9
57.5 - 60.4
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
65.8
62.5 - 69.0
65.5
63.7 - 67.3
60.9
59.4 - 62.3
61.0
59.6 - 62.3
60.7
59.3 - 62.1
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
68.1
64.4 - 71.8
64.6
63.0 - 66.2
63.7
62.3 - 65.1
61.4
60.0 - 62.7
58.4
57.0 - 59.9
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
72.7
67.8 - 77.6
63.3
60.4 - 66.2
51.9
49.7 - 54.2
55.5
53.1 - 57.9
55.7
53.3 - 58.1
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
71.8
65.3 - 78.3
67.8
64.4 - 71.2
64.3
61.3 - 67.3
66.4
62.8 - 70.1
64.1
61.0 - 67.2
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
71.6
67.4 - 75.8
62.6
60.3 - 64.8
61.7
59.7 - 63.7
65.1
62.8 - 67.4
61.9
60.0 - 63.9
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
72.0
66.6 - 77.4
75.4
72.1 - 78.7
65.6
62.7 - 68.4
65.3
61.9 - 68.6
59.8
57.3 - 62.3
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
n/a
66.9
62.7 - 71.0
63.6
60.5 - 66.8
65.8
62.0 - 69.6
62.3
59.1 - 65.5
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
n/a
66.3
62.7 - 70.0
63.0
59.5 - 66.5
61.3
57.6 - 65.0
65.0
61.4 - 68.6
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
n/a
66.7
61.8 - 71.7
65.1
60.9 - 69.3
65.7
60.6 - 70.9
60.3
55.3 - 65.3
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
n/a
58.2
53.4 - 63.0
54.8
50.2 - 59.5
58.8
53.7 - 63.9
55.9
51.6 - 60.2
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
n/a
68.8
64.1 - 73.5
63.6
59.2 - 68.0
67.1
61.8 - 72.4
67.5
63.6 - 71.5
Dieppe and Memramcook
n/a
57.3
53.0 - 61.5
52.8
49.5 - 56.2
62.8
57.9 - 67.7
50.3
45.1 - 55.4
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
n/a
63.9
58.6 - 69.2
66.6
62.1 - 71.0
63.2
58.4 - 68.0
61.9
57.4 - 66.4
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
n/a
64.9
60.7 - 69.1
52.4
49.4 - 55.4
54.5
51.5 - 57.6
56.2
52.8 - 59.7
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
n/a
67.9
63.8 - 71.9
66.2
62.3 - 70.1
59.7
56.8 - 62.6
54.5
51.2 - 57.8
Fredericton
n/a
58.7
55.1 - 62.3
59.6
56.6 - 62.6
57.6
54.2 - 61.1
55.3
51.7 - 58.9
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
n/a
64.8
59.0 - 70.5
59.1
54.0 - 64.2
60.1
55.2 - 65.0
56.0
50.7 - 61.4
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
n/a
63.6
59.0 - 68.2
54.4
50.4 - 58.3
57.7
53.3 - 62.1
54.4
50.1 - 58.8
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
n/a
64.0
56.7 - 71.3
57.0
50.6 - 63.4
64.8
58.3 - 71.2
62.9
56.9 - 68.9
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
n/a
54.7
47.2 - 62.2
44.1
37.7 - 50.5
54.1
45.3 - 62.8
56.4
50.8 - 62.0
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
n/a
83.5
78.8 - 88.2
73.4
68.8 - 78.0
70.5
66.5 - 74.6
68.9
64.5 - 73.4
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
n/a
74.6
70.8 - 78.4
65.0
61.8 - 68.2
66.7
63.0 - 70.3
60.8
58.0 - 63.5
Moncton
n/a
60.9
57.2 - 64.6
56.9
54.5 - 59.4
58.8
56.1 - 61.4
60.7
58.0 - 63.4
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
n/a
74.4
69.5 - 79.3
69.8
65.4 - 74.2
70.0
66.2 - 73.8
59.7
55.1 - 64.2
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
n/a
73.8
67.2 - 80.4
68.6
62.3 - 74.9
59.5
51.7 - 67.4
55.7
50.2 - 61.1
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
n/a
61.2
56.9 - 65.5
61.8
57.8 - 65.8
60.1
56.2 - 64.0
61.9
57.8 - 65.9
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
n/a
61.6
57.1 - 66.1
63.0
59.0 - 66.9
62.5
58.7 - 66.2
54.9
50.4 - 59.4
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
n/a
71.9
66.4 - 77.4
67.6
62.7 - 72.5
67.0
62.4 - 71.7
60.8
55.7 - 66.0
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
n/a
55.9
51.8 - 60.0
54.3
51.2 - 57.4
51.4
48.2 - 54.6
57.9
54.6 - 61.1
Riverview and Coverdale
n/a
64.4
60.1 - 68.8
63.2
59.8 - 66.7
61.2
57.1 - 65.3
59.6
55.2 - 63.9
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
n/a
67.4
62.2 - 72.6
67.9
63.8 - 72.0
64.0
59.0 - 69.1
59.0
53.6 - 64.3
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
n/a
68.9
65.4 - 72.5
62.5
59.8 - 65.1
64.3
62.1 - 66.5
64.1
61.8 - 66.3
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
n/a
61.9
55.2 - 68.6
58.5
52.0 - 65.1
66.0
60.5 - 71.6
57.7
51.8 - 63.7
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
n/a
65.8
60.7 - 70.9
60.0
56.7 - 63.2
60.8
57.7 - 63.9
55.7
52.4 - 59.0
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
n/a
57.6
52.5 - 62.7
60.8
56.1 - 65.6
64.3
59.0 - 69.7
63.3
59.0 - 67.5
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
n/a
69.7
64.7 - 74.8
61.4
56.8 - 66.0
64.7
60.8 - 68.6
59.1
55.2 - 63.0
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
n/a
65.4
60.7 - 70.0
68.2
63.8 - 72.6
67.6
63.3 - 71.9
60.7
56.0 - 65.3
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
n/a
70.3
66.0 - 74.5
62.7
59.2 - 66.2
60.1
56.7 - 63.6
58.4
54.6 - 62.2
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
n/a
61.6
57.1 - 66.1
64.4
60.2 - 68.6
70.9
66.0 - 75.7
66.0
61.7 - 70.3
Age
18-64
60.1
58.1 - 62.0
56.4
55.3 - 57.5
53.7
52.8 - 54.5
55.8
55.0 - 56.7
53.4
52.6 - 54.2
65 and over
87.1
85.8 - 88.3
85.9
85.0 - 86.8
83.1
82.2 - 84.0
84.1
83.2 - 85.1
86.9
86.0 - 87.9
Gender
Female
69.6
67.9 - 71.4
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Male
65.3
62.8 - 67.8
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Sexual identity
Minority sexual identity
74.3
67.4 - 81.3
66.6
62.2 - 71.1
n/a
n/a
n/a
Heterosexual
66.6
65.0 - 68.2
64.4
63.6 - 65.3
n/a
n/a
n/a
Language
Preferred language of service: English
n/a
65.4
64.4 - 66.4
62.8
62.0 - 63.6
63.0
62.2 - 63.8
63.3
62.5 - 64.1
Preferred language of service: French
n/a
60.9
59.4 - 62.5
54.5
53.2 - 55.9
57.5
56.0 - 59.0
57.9
56.5 - 59.4
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
72.9
63.2 - 82.6
64.3
59.1 - 69.5
65.7
62.3 - 69.1
70.8
66.8 - 74.8
70.5
66.5 - 74.5
Non-Indigenous
67.4
65.9 - 69.0
64.7
63.9 - 65.5
60.6
59.9 - 61.3
61.3
60.6 - 62.0
59.3
58.6 - 60.0
Immigrant
Immigrants
57.3
51.1 - 63.6
48.0
44.5 - 51.6
41.5
38.5 - 44.6
n/a
n/a
Non-immigrants
68.3
66.8 - 69.9
64.7
63.9 - 65.5
61.9
61.3 - 62.6
n/a
n/a
Education level
High school or less
75.7
73.2 - 78.1
72.2
71.0 - 73.4
67.5
66.5 - 68.5
67.8
66.8 - 68.9
65.2
64.2 - 66.2
Postsecondary
63.9
62.1 - 65.8
59.5
58.5 - 60.6
56.4
55.5 - 57.3
57.7
56.8 - 58.6
55.4
54.5 - 56.3
Household income
Less than $25,000
78.4
74.3 - 82.4
75.1
73.3 - 76.8
68.8
67.4 - 70.3
73.9
72.5 - 75.3
70.2
68.8 - 71.6
$25,000 to less than $60,000
74.0
71.5 - 76.5
68.0
66.6 - 69.3
64.2
63.1 - 65.3
65.9
64.8 - 67.0
62.4
61.3 - 63.5
$60,000 or more
61.1
58.8 - 63.3
57.8
56.4 - 59.1
53.9
52.7 - 55.0
53.4
52.2 - 54.6
51.3
50.1 - 52.5
Persons with a disability
Without disability
58.7
56.8 - 60.5
55.2
54.2 - 56.2
52.6
51.8 - 53.4
53.5
52.7 - 54.3
n/a
With disability
91.0
89.0 - 93.1
91.5
90.6 - 92.4
88.6
87.8 - 89.5
89.8
89.0 - 90.7
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 have been diagnosed or treated for one (1) or more chronic health conditions (among a list of 12 conditions).

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 to at least 1 of the 12 chronic health conditions asked in the questionnaire (excluding: high cholesterol and anxiety)" by the number of respondents who answered "yes or no, to at least 1 of the options asked" to the question: Has any health professional ever diagnosed you with or treated you for any of the following chronic health conditions: arthritis, asthma, chronic pain, Emphysema or COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease), cancer, diabetes, depression, A mood disorder other than depression, such as bipolar disorder, mania, manic depression, or dysthymia, heart disease, stroke, high blood pressure or hypertension or gastric reflux (GERD).

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_CHC12_1

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