Citizens who reported that they have been diagnosed or treated for three (3) or more of the 12 first chronic health conditions in the questionnaire

Table

Unit %

Year 2020 Year 2017 Year 2014 Year 2011
Province
New Brunswick
23.1
22.4 - 23.8
19.9
19.4 - 20.5
20.1
19.5 - 20.6
18.2
17.7 - 18.7
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
21.0
19.6 - 22.4
18.1
17.1 - 19.1
17.4
16.3 - 18.5
16.6
15.5 - 17.6
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
24.5
22.9 - 26.2
21.1
19.8 - 22.3
20.2
19.1 - 21.3
19.1
18.0 - 20.3
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
23.6
22.1 - 25.0
21.1
19.9 - 22.3
21.0
19.9 - 22.1
18.5
17.4 - 19.7
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
22.5
20.0 - 25.0
16.6
14.9 - 18.2
18.8
16.9 - 20.7
18.5
16.6 - 20.4
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
29.8
26.5 - 33.1
23.2
20.5 - 25.8
27.6
24.1 - 31.1
22.0
19.3 - 24.7
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
20.9
19.0 - 22.8
20.1
18.4 - 21.8
21.4
19.4 - 23.4
17.9
16.4 - 19.5
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
25.0
21.7 - 28.2
21.4
19.0 - 23.8
22.3
19.4 - 25.2
18.5
16.6 - 20.5
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
23.1
19.4 - 26.8
21.3
18.6 - 24.0
19.8
16.6 - 23.0
17.1
14.6 - 19.5
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
23.4
20.1 - 26.6
19.2
16.4 - 22.1
19.5
16.5 - 22.6
16.9
14.1 - 19.8
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
31.3
26.4 - 36.1
23.4
19.7 - 27.1
25.1
20.4 - 29.9
21.6
17.4 - 25.7
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
17.2
13.5 - 20.9
16.2
12.8 - 19.7
18.6
14.6 - 22.6
16.1
12.9 - 19.3
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
28.2
23.7 - 32.8
23.0
19.2 - 26.8
29.9
24.7 - 35.1
22.4
18.9 - 25.9
Dieppe and Memramcook
14.4
11.4 - 17.4
12.5
10.3 - 14.8
12.0
8.7 - 15.3
11.4
8.1 - 14.7
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
27.2
22.3 - 32.1
25.2
21.1 - 29.3
18.9
15.0 - 22.8
21.8
18.0 - 25.6
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
23.5
19.8 - 27.2
16.0
13.8 - 18.2
19.0
16.6 - 21.4
19.1
16.4 - 21.9
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
25.1
21.4 - 28.9
20.5
17.2 - 23.8
21.7
19.3 - 24.2
18.6
16.0 - 21.2
Fredericton
19.6
16.7 - 22.5
17.1
14.8 - 19.4
21.0
18.1 - 23.8
17.8
15.0 - 20.6
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
25.8
20.5 - 31.1
20.8
16.6 - 25.0
15.3
11.7 - 19.0
17.2
13.1 - 21.2
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
21.6
17.7 - 25.6
18.9
15.8 - 22.1
19.0
15.5 - 22.5
19.5
16.1 - 23.0
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
20.4
14.3 - 26.6
29.1
23.2 - 35.1
19.2
13.9 - 24.6
23.9
18.6 - 29.2
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
20.4
14.3 - 26.5
13.1
8.7 - 17.5
17.5
10.8 - 24.2
12.8
9.0 - 16.6
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
27.0
21.3 - 32.6
27.8
23.1 - 32.4
29.3
25.3 - 33.4
24.6
20.5 - 28.8
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
24.7
20.9 - 28.5
21.7
19.0 - 24.5
24.2
20.9 - 27.5
19.1
16.9 - 21.4
Moncton
21.3
18.2 - 24.5
18.8
16.9 - 20.8
17.8
15.7 - 19.9
17.5
15.4 - 19.5
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
32.6
27.4 - 37.9
28.3
24.0 - 32.6
22.6
19.2 - 26.1
17.5
14.0 - 21.1
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
20.9
14.8 - 27.0
19.6
14.3 - 25.0
14.5
8.9 - 20.2
16.1
12.1 - 20.2
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
19.2
15.7 - 22.7
18.9
15.7 - 22.1
19.9
16.7 - 23.0
15.6
12.5 - 18.6
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
24.9
21.0 - 28.9
25.6
22.0 - 29.2
16.0
13.1 - 18.8
16.9
13.5 - 20.2
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
28.6
23.0 - 34.1
23.9
19.4 - 28.3
24.1
19.8 - 28.4
25.6
21.1 - 30.2
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
18.2
15.0 - 21.4
15.5
13.3 - 17.7
12.8
10.7 - 14.9
14.8
12.4 - 17.2
Riverview and Coverdale
23.4
19.6 - 27.3
16.4
13.8 - 19.1
18.6
15.4 - 21.9
17.0
13.7 - 20.3
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
24.4
19.6 - 29.2
17.3
14.0 - 20.7
22.6
18.2 - 27.0
21.4
17.0 - 25.9
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
27.0
23.7 - 30.4
23.2
20.9 - 25.5
23.2
21.2 - 25.2
21.6
19.7 - 23.6
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
24.5
18.6 - 30.5
19.4
14.1 - 24.6
22.3
17.4 - 27.2
18.5
13.8 - 23.2
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
21.2
16.7 - 25.6
20.0
17.3 - 22.6
15.6
13.3 - 17.9
13.7
11.5 - 16.0
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
18.9
14.8 - 22.9
18.1
14.4 - 21.9
25.9
21.0 - 30.8
20.2
16.7 - 23.7
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
27.1
22.2 - 32.0
20.5
16.7 - 24.3
26.5
22.9 - 30.1
21.5
18.2 - 24.8
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
26.4
22.1 - 30.8
23.6
19.6 - 27.6
22.8
18.9 - 26.6
20.2
16.4 - 24.0
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
24.1
20.1 - 28.0
22.2
19.2 - 25.2
19.5
16.7 - 22.3
17.4
14.5 - 20.3
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
21.2
17.5 - 25.0
22.6
18.9 - 26.3
23.2
18.7 - 27.7
19.5
15.9 - 23.0
Age
18-64
16.3
15.4 - 17.1
14.3
13.8 - 14.9
15.3
14.7 - 15.9
13.1
12.6 - 13.7
65 and over
41.4
40.1 - 42.8
37.4
36.3 - 38.6
38.6
37.4 - 39.8
40.6
39.3 - 42.0
Sex at birth
Female
25.4
24.5 - 26.3
22.3
21.5 - 23.0
22.5
21.8 - 23.2
20.5
19.8 - 21.2
Male
20.0
18.8 - 21.2
17.4
16.6 - 18.3
17.4
16.5 - 18.3
15.7
14.9 - 16.6
Sexual identity
Minority sexual identity
25.0
20.9 - 29.1
n/a
n/a
n/a
Heterosexual
22.9
22.1 - 23.6
n/a
n/a
n/a
Language
Preferred language of service: English
24.1
23.2 - 24.9
21.3
20.7 - 22.0
21.4
20.8 - 22.1
20.5
19.8 - 21.2
Preferred language of service: French
19.0
17.7 - 20.2
15.6
14.6 - 16.5
16.0
14.9 - 17.1
15.9
14.9 - 17.0
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
27.6
22.8 - 32.5
26.8
23.6 - 29.9
27.8
23.9 - 31.8
21.7
18.1 - 25.3
Non-Indigenous
22.9
22.2 - 23.6
19.6
19.1 - 20.2
19.8
19.3 - 20.4
18.1
17.6 - 18.6
Immigrant
Immigrants
13.8
11.4 - 16.3
12.0
9.9 - 14.0
n/a
n/a
Non-immigrants
23.1
22.4 - 23.9
20.4
19.8 - 21.0
n/a
n/a
Education level
High school or less
29.2
28.0 - 30.5
26.3
25.3 - 27.2
25.1
24.1 - 26.0
23.1
22.2 - 24.0
Postsecondary
19.2
18.4 - 20.1
15.7
15.1 - 16.4
16.9
16.2 - 17.6
14.5
13.8 - 15.1
Household income
Less than $25,000
38.5
36.5 - 40.5
29.5
28.0 - 30.9
35.0
33.5 - 36.5
29.8
28.4 - 31.1
$25,000 to less than $60,000
25.0
23.8 - 26.3
22.7
21.8 - 23.7
22.7
21.8 - 23.7
19.8
18.9 - 20.7
$60,000 or more
15.6
14.6 - 16.6
12.4
11.7 - 13.2
11.8
11.0 - 12.5
10.3
9.6 - 11.0
Persons with a disability
Without disability
12.8
12.2 - 13.5
11.4
10.9 - 11.9
11.0
10.5 - 11.5
n/a
With disability
53.9
52.3 - 55.5
48.8
47.5 - 50.2
51.7
50.3 - 53.1
n/a
n/a = Not applicable / not available
S = Data was suppressed due to low respondent counts

About

This indicator is the percentage of citizens who reported that they have been diagnosed or treated for three (3) or more of the 12 first chronic health conditions in the questionnaire.

Source

New Brunswick Health Council, Primary Health Survey

Calculations

This indicator is calculated by dividing the number of respondents who answered "yes to at least 3 of the twelve first chronic health conditions asked in the questionnaire" by the number of respondents who answered "yes or no, to at least 1 of the options" 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_2