Citizens who reported that they have been diagnosed or treated for gastric reflux (GERD)

Table

Unit %

Year 2023 Year 2022 Year 2020 Year 2017 Year 2014 Year 2011
Province
New Brunswick
19.6
18.6 - 20.6
18.8
17.7 - 19.8
16.6
15.9 - 17.2
16.0
15.5 - 16.5
16.4
15.9 - 16.9
16.1
15.6 - 16.6
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
19.7
17.8 - 21.5
17.6
15.8 - 19.4
17.1
15.9 - 18.4
16.2
15.3 - 17.2
17.3
16.2 - 18.4
16.1
15.0 - 17.2
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
17.9
15.8 - 20.0
17.7
15.5 - 19.9
16.8
15.3 - 18.2
15.6
14.5 - 16.7
14.8
13.8 - 15.8
15.1
14.1 - 16.1
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
18.0
16.0 - 20.0
18.4
15.9 - 20.9
16.2
14.9 - 17.4
16.9
15.8 - 18.0
16.1
15.1 - 17.1
17.0
15.9 - 18.1
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
15.0
11.9 - 18.0
22.8
18.5 - 27.0
13.0
11.0 - 15.0
12.2
10.8 - 13.7
14.2
12.5 - 15.9
15.4
13.6 - 17.2
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
23.0
19.4 - 26.7
22.8
18.0 - 27.6
17.4
14.6 - 20.2
14.5
12.3 - 16.7
18.4
15.3 - 21.4
18.6
16.1 - 21.1
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
27.0
23.3 - 30.6
20.0
16.7 - 23.2
17.3
15.5 - 19.0
16.7
15.1 - 18.2
17.5
15.6 - 19.3
15.3
13.9 - 16.8
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
22.6
19.0 - 26.1
21.8
17.3 - 26.3
16.3
13.5 - 19.1
15.9
13.7 - 18.1
19.2
16.5 - 21.9
17.6
15.6 - 19.5
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
n/a
n/a
18.2
14.8 - 21.5
18.6
16.0 - 21.1
20.3
17.1 - 23.5
17.9
15.4 - 20.5
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
n/a
n/a
22.3
19.1 - 25.5
19.2
16.3 - 22.0
16.0
13.2 - 18.8
18.2
15.2 - 21.1
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
n/a
n/a
15.8
12.0 - 19.6
13.5
10.5 - 16.5
16.5
12.4 - 20.5
16.6
12.8 - 20.3
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
n/a
n/a
14.6
11.1 - 18.0
12.9
9.8 - 16.1
15.4
11.6 - 19.1
13.0
10.1 - 16.0
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
n/a
n/a
19.0
15.0 - 23.0
15.3
12.0 - 18.6
20.1
15.6 - 24.7
20.4
17.0 - 23.9
Dieppe and Memramcook
n/a
n/a
15.6
12.5 - 18.8
15.4
13.0 - 17.8
21.6
17.4 - 25.8
13.4
9.9 - 17.0
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
n/a
n/a
21.2
16.7 - 25.7
17.0
13.5 - 20.6
15.1
11.5 - 18.7
23.7
19.8 - 27.7
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
n/a
n/a
14.1
11.0 - 17.1
12.7
10.7 - 14.7
14.1
12.0 - 16.3
15.2
12.7 - 17.7
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
n/a
n/a
16.7
13.5 - 20.0
16.9
13.8 - 20.0
13.7
11.6 - 15.7
14.7
12.3 - 17.0
Fredericton
n/a
n/a
14.9
12.3 - 17.5
14.0
11.8 - 16.1
17.3
14.6 - 19.9
17.8
15.0 - 20.6
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
n/a
n/a
11.8
8.6 - 14.9
12.4
9.8 - 15.0
13.8
10.7 - 16.8
16.3
13.1 - 19.6
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
n/a
n/a
14.1
8.8 - 19.4
12.2
7.9 - 16.5
19.1
13.8 - 24.5
14.5
10.1 - 18.9
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
n/a
n/a
11.0
6.3 - 15.7
9.8
5.9 - 13.7
15.7
9.3 - 22.1
13.7
9.8 - 17.6
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
n/a
n/a
18.1
13.2 - 23.1
22.4
18.0 - 26.7
19.4
15.9 - 22.9
19.1
15.3 - 22.9
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
n/a
n/a
17.4
14.1 - 20.7
16.3
13.8 - 18.7
21.8
18.6 - 25.0
18.3
16.1 - 20.5
Moncton
n/a
n/a
16.5
13.7 - 19.3
16.2
14.3 - 18.0
15.9
13.9 - 17.9
16.1
14.1 - 18.1
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
n/a
n/a
19.3
14.9 - 23.8
19.4
15.6 - 23.3
19.1
15.9 - 22.4
15.3
12.0 - 18.7
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
n/a
n/a
10.4
5.8 - 15.0
13.9
9.2 - 18.6
8.4
4.0 - 12.8
14.7
10.8 - 18.5
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
n/a
n/a
13.4
10.4 - 16.4
18.5
15.3 - 21.7
15.6
12.7 - 18.5
17.8
14.6 - 21.0
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
n/a
n/a
17.1
13.7 - 20.6
19.1
15.8 - 22.3
14.4
11.7 - 17.1
14.5
11.3 - 17.7
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
n/a
n/a
14.9
10.5 - 19.3
18.0
14.0 - 22.1
15.2
11.6 - 18.8
13.2
9.7 - 16.8
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
n/a
n/a
14.8
11.9 - 17.8
12.7
10.6 - 14.7
13.8
11.6 - 16.1
15.1
12.7 - 17.4
Riverview and Coverdale
n/a
n/a
17.4
13.9 - 20.8
14.6
12.1 - 17.2
19.5
16.2 - 22.8
18.8
15.4 - 22.3
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
n/a
n/a
18.3
14.0 - 22.6
16.4
13.1 - 19.7
17.5
13.5 - 21.5
13.4
9.7 - 17.2
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
n/a
n/a
16.9
14.1 - 19.8
18.7
16.5 - 20.8
13.8
12.2 - 15.4
15.0
13.3 - 16.7
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
n/a
n/a
23.0
17.2 - 28.8
15.6
10.8 - 20.4
18.7
14.1 - 23.3
14.9
10.6 - 19.2
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
n/a
n/a
16.0
12.0 - 20.0
17.3
14.8 - 19.8
15.4
13.1 - 17.7
15.9
13.5 - 18.3
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
n/a
n/a
19.7
15.6 - 23.8
18.4
14.6 - 22.2
13.8
9.9 - 17.6
12.6
9.6 - 15.5
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
n/a
n/a
15.8
11.8 - 19.8
12.8
9.7 - 16.0
17.7
14.6 - 20.8
18.0
14.9 - 21.1
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
n/a
n/a
16.8
13.2 - 20.5
16.1
12.7 - 19.6
17.8
14.3 - 21.3
16.1
12.6 - 19.6
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
n/a
n/a
18.2
14.6 - 21.8
12.6
10.2 - 15.0
15.2
12.7 - 17.8
13.7
11.0 - 16.3
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
n/a
n/a
14.7
11.4 - 17.9
15.1
12.0 - 18.3
16.8
12.8 - 20.8
14.5
11.3 - 17.7
Age
18-64
16.2
15.0 - 17.3
16.0
14.7 - 17.4
13.8
13.0 - 14.6
13.8
13.2 - 14.3
14.5
13.9 - 15.1
14.5
14.0 - 15.1
65 and over
28.8
26.9 - 30.6
26.1
24.4 - 27.7
24.3
23.1 - 25.4
22.8
21.8 - 23.8
23.9
22.8 - 25.0
23.4
22.2 - 24.6
Gender
Female
23.4
22.0 - 24.7
22.2
20.8 - 23.6
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Male
15.9
14.5 - 17.4
15.3
13.6 - 16.9
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
19.8
14.8 - 24.8
17.4
11.6 - 23.2
13.5
10.2 - 16.7
n/a
n/a
n/a
Language
Most comfortable in English
19.5
18.3 - 20.7
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Most comfortable in French
20.5
18.3 - 22.6
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Comfortable in both English and French
18.9
15.6 - 22.3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
28.8
21.1 - 36.5
22.5
15.0 - 29.9
14.1
10.3 - 17.9
17.5
14.8 - 20.2
17.9
14.5 - 21.3
17.2
13.8 - 20.5
Immigrant
Immigrants
9.0
6.3 - 11.6
16.5
12.4 - 20.7
12.2
9.9 - 14.5
10.4
8.5 - 12.3
n/a
n/a
Education level
High school or less
22.9
21.0 - 24.9
19.5
17.6 - 21.4
18.0
17.0 - 19.1
16.4
15.6 - 17.2
17.8
16.9 - 18.6
16.4
15.7 - 17.2
Postsecondary
18.3
17.1 - 19.4
18.3
17.0 - 19.6
15.7
14.9 - 16.4
15.7
15.0 - 16.3
15.6
14.9 - 16.3
15.9
15.2 - 16.6
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
28.8
24.9 - 32.7
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Household income
Less than $30,000
22.7
20.0 - 25.3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
$30,000 to less than $60,000
20.3
18.4 - 22.2
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
$60,000 or more
18.3
16.9 - 19.7
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
9.9
7.1 - 12.6
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
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 gastric reflux (GERD).

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" by the number of respondents who answered "yes or no" to the question: Has any health professional ever diagnosed you with or treated you for any of the following chronic health conditions: l) 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_CHCGR_1

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