Citizens who reported that they have been diagnosed or treated for zero (0) chronic health condition (among list of 12 conditions)

Table

Unit %

Year 2022 Year 2017
Province
New Brunswick
32.4
30.9 - 33.9
39.1
38.4 - 39.8
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
35.5
32.9 - 38.1
41.2
39.9 - 42.5
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
34.2
31.0 - 37.4
38.9
37.4 - 40.4
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
31.8
28.1 - 35.5
36.2
34.8 - 37.7
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
27.3
22.4 - 32.2
48.1
45.8 - 50.3
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
28.1
21.6 - 34.6
35.6
32.6 - 38.7
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
28.4
24.2 - 32.6
38.3
36.3 - 40.3
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
26.7
21.5 - 32.0
34.4
31.6 - 37.3
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
n/a
36.3
33.1 - 39.4
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
n/a
37.0
33.5 - 40.5
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
n/a
34.8
30.6 - 39.0
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
n/a
45.2
40.5 - 49.8
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
n/a
36.4
32.0 - 40.8
Dieppe and Memramcook
n/a
47.1
43.8 - 50.4
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
n/a
33.4
29.0 - 37.9
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
n/a
47.6
44.6 - 50.6
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
n/a
33.5
29.6 - 37.4
Fredericton
n/a
40.4
37.4 - 43.4
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
n/a
40.9
35.8 - 46.0
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
n/a
45.6
41.7 - 49.6
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
n/a
43.0
36.6 - 49.4
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
n/a
55.9
49.5 - 62.3
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
n/a
26.6
22.0 - 31.2
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
n/a
35.0
31.8 - 38.2
Moncton
n/a
42.9
40.5 - 45.4
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
n/a
30.2
25.8 - 34.6
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
n/a
31.4
25.1 - 37.7
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
n/a
38.0
34.0 - 42.0
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
n/a
36.9
33.0 - 40.9
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
n/a
32.4
27.5 - 37.3
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
n/a
45.0
42.0 - 48.1
Riverview and Coverdale
n/a
36.6
33.1 - 40.0
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
n/a
32.1
28.0 - 36.2
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
n/a
37.4
34.7 - 40.0
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
n/a
41.5
34.9 - 48.0
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
n/a
40.0
36.8 - 43.3
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
n/a
39.2
34.4 - 43.9
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
n/a
38.6
34.0 - 43.2
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
n/a
31.8
27.4 - 36.2
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
n/a
37.3
33.8 - 40.8
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
n/a
35.6
31.4 - 39.8
Age
18-64
39.8
37.8 - 41.7
46.2
45.4 - 47.1
65 and over
12.8
11.6 - 14.1
16.8
15.9 - 17.7
Gender
Female
30.3
28.6 - 32.1
n/a
Male
34.5
32.0 - 37.0
n/a
Sexual identity
Minority sexual identity
25.7
18.7 - 32.6
n/a
Heterosexual
33.4
31.7 - 35.0
n/a
Language
Preferred language of service: English
n/a
37.0
36.2 - 37.8
Preferred language of service: French
n/a
45.5
44.1 - 46.8
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
27.1
17.4 - 36.8
34.3
30.9 - 37.7
Non-Indigenous
32.5
31.0 - 34.1
39.3
38.6 - 40.0
Immigrant
Immigrants
42.7
36.4 - 48.9
58.5
55.4 - 61.5
Non-immigrants
31.6
30.1 - 33.2
38.0
37.3 - 38.6
Education level
High school or less
24.3
21.8 - 26.8
32.4
31.4 - 33.4
Postsecondary
36.0
34.1 - 37.9
43.5
42.6 - 44.4
Household income
Less than $25,000
21.6
17.6 - 25.7
31.2
29.7 - 32.6
$25,000 to less than $60,000
25.9
23.4 - 28.4
35.8
34.7 - 36.9
$60,000 or more
38.9
36.7 - 41.2
46.1
45.0 - 47.2
Persons with a disability
Without disability
41.2
39.4 - 43.0
47.3
46.5 - 48.1
With disability
9.0
6.9 - 11.0
11.4
10.5 - 12.2
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 reported that they have been diagnosed or treated for zero (0) chronic health condition (among 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 "no to all 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).

Unit

%

Interpretation

Higher is better

NBHC code

PH_CHC12_3

Charts

Maps