Citizens who reported that they have been diagnosed or treated for high blood pressure or hypertension

Table

Unit %

Year 2020 Year 2017 Year 2014 Year 2011
Province
New Brunswick
29.8
29.0 - 30.5
26.1
25.5 - 26.7
27.0
26.3 - 27.6
25.7
25.1 - 26.3
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
26.0
24.5 - 27.5
23.4
22.3 - 24.5
24.4
23.2 - 25.6
24.6
23.3 - 25.8
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
30.1
28.3 - 31.8
25.6
24.3 - 26.9
26.1
24.9 - 27.3
25.6
24.3 - 26.9
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
28.9
27.3 - 30.4
26.6
25.2 - 27.9
25.9
24.7 - 27.1
24.4
23.1 - 25.6
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
27.8
25.1 - 30.5
22.9
21.1 - 24.8
24.9
22.8 - 27.0
25.6
23.5 - 27.7
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
38.4
34.9 - 41.9
33.2
30.2 - 36.1
36.9
33.1 - 40.6
32.0
29.0 - 35.0
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
31.7
29.5 - 33.9
30.4
28.5 - 32.3
32.7
30.4 - 35.0
28.1
26.3 - 29.9
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
43.3
39.5 - 47.1
31.1
28.3 - 33.8
31.9
28.6 - 35.1
27.8
25.5 - 30.1
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
33.9
29.7 - 38.0
32.1
29.0 - 35.2
32.8
29.1 - 36.6
26.4
23.4 - 29.3
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
25.9
22.5 - 29.2
25.4
22.2 - 28.5
28.8
25.3 - 32.2
24.5
21.2 - 27.7
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
38.1
33.0 - 43.2
34.1
29.9 - 38.2
32.3
27.2 - 37.4
32.9
28.2 - 37.7
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
27.8
23.4 - 32.1
27.1
22.9 - 31.2
29.0
24.3 - 33.7
24.2
20.5 - 28.0
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
38.6
33.7 - 43.6
32.4
28.1 - 36.6
41.1
35.5 - 46.7
31.1
27.2 - 35.0
Dieppe and Memramcook
22.5
18.9 - 26.1
18.8
16.2 - 21.4
22.5
18.2 - 26.7
17.7
13.7 - 21.6
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
28.3
23.4 - 33.3
23.5
19.5 - 27.5
26.5
22.1 - 30.9
25.9
21.8 - 30.0
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
28.9
24.9 - 32.9
21.9
19.4 - 24.4
27.1
24.3 - 29.8
24.9
21.9 - 27.9
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
39.7
35.5 - 44.0
33.2
29.3 - 37.0
29.2
26.5 - 31.9
23.4
20.6 - 26.2
Fredericton
24.5
21.3 - 27.6
23.3
20.7 - 25.9
23.2
20.3 - 26.2
22.6
19.6 - 25.7
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
31.1
25.5 - 36.7
26.8
22.2 - 31.3
25.3
21.0 - 29.7
22.8
18.2 - 27.3
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
26.8
22.6 - 31.1
25.8
22.3 - 29.3
24.5
20.7 - 28.3
28.4
24.5 - 32.3
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
31.6
24.5 - 38.6
30.9
24.9 - 36.9
32.5
26.1 - 38.8
28.5
22.9 - 34.1
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
25.1
18.5 - 31.6
20.3
15.1 - 25.5
15.6
9.2 - 21.9
20.8
16.2 - 25.4
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
37.5
31.3 - 43.6
33.6
28.7 - 38.5
33.6
29.4 - 37.8
31.7
27.2 - 36.2
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
42.3
38.0 - 46.6
29.8
26.8 - 32.8
30.0
26.4 - 33.5
27.5
25.0 - 30.0
Moncton
24.8
21.5 - 28.1
21.6
19.6 - 23.7
23.2
21.0 - 25.5
25.9
23.5 - 28.3
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
40.8
35.2 - 46.3
33.7
29.2 - 38.2
25.3
21.7 - 28.9
28.4
24.2 - 32.6
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
43.9
36.4 - 51.4
38.1
31.5 - 44.6
39.7
31.8 - 47.5
29.1
24.1 - 34.0
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
23.5
19.7 - 27.2
24.2
20.7 - 27.7
27.2
23.6 - 30.7
24.3
20.8 - 27.9
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
19.7
16.0 - 23.3
25.4
21.9 - 29.0
20.2
17.1 - 23.3
20.5
16.9 - 24.2
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
38.6
32.6 - 44.6
26.6
22.0 - 31.2
31.5
26.9 - 36.1
27.3
22.6 - 32.0
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
26.3
22.6 - 30.0
21.3
18.8 - 23.9
17.9
15.4 - 20.4
22.0
19.2 - 24.7
Riverview and Coverdale
27.3
23.3 - 31.4
24.4
21.3 - 27.5
24.6
21.0 - 28.2
26.2
22.3 - 30.1
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
30.4
25.3 - 35.5
30.5
26.4 - 34.5
22.7
18.3 - 27.1
24.9
20.2 - 29.7
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
31.5
28.0 - 35.0
26.0
23.6 - 28.4
27.5
25.4 - 29.6
26.5
24.4 - 28.6
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
29.5
23.2 - 35.8
24.4
18.7 - 30.0
32.0
26.5 - 37.5
24.0
18.9 - 29.2
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
28.8
23.9 - 33.7
26.2
23.3 - 29.1
23.6
20.9 - 26.3
24.2
21.4 - 27.0
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
31.0
26.2 - 35.8
30.9
26.4 - 35.5
34.4
29.1 - 39.7
33.0
28.9 - 37.1
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
30.0
24.9 - 35.0
31.4
27.0 - 35.8
34.4
30.5 - 38.2
28.8
25.2 - 32.4
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
29.5
25.0 - 33.9
28.3
24.1 - 32.5
30.4
26.1 - 34.6
26.3
22.1 - 30.5
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
31.9
27.6 - 36.3
26.2
23.0 - 29.4
28.4
25.2 - 31.5
28.0
24.6 - 31.4
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
31.4
27.1 - 35.7
29.7
25.7 - 33.7
34.4
29.3 - 39.5
31.0
26.8 - 35.2
Age
18-64
20.5
19.6 - 21.4
18.0
17.4 - 18.7
20.5
19.8 - 21.2
19.3
18.6 - 19.9
65 and over
54.1
52.8 - 55.4
51.3
50.1 - 52.5
52.3
51.1 - 53.6
53.8
52.4 - 55.3
Sex at birth
Female
29.1
28.2 - 30.0
25.9
25.1 - 26.6
26.7
25.9 - 27.5
26.0
25.2 - 26.7
Male
29.3
27.9 - 30.6
26.4
25.4 - 27.4
27.2
26.2 - 28.3
25.4
24.4 - 26.4
Sexual identity
Minority sexual identity
17.3
13.7 - 20.9
n/a
n/a
n/a
Heterosexual
30.2
29.3 - 31.0
n/a
n/a
n/a
Language
Preferred language of service: English
29.7
28.7 - 30.6
26.7
25.9 - 27.4
27.3
26.6 - 28.1
27.6
26.9 - 28.4
Preferred language of service: French
28.3
26.8 - 29.8
24.0
22.9 - 25.2
25.8
24.5 - 27.1
25.5
24.2 - 26.7
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
28.9
24.0 - 33.8
29.4
26.1 - 32.6
33.1
29.0 - 37.3
26.0
22.1 - 29.9
Non-Indigenous
29.7
28.9 - 30.5
26.0
25.4 - 26.6
26.8
26.2 - 27.5
25.7
25.1 - 26.3
Immigrant
Immigrants
18.2
15.5 - 21.0
18.5
16.1 - 20.9
n/a
n/a
Non-immigrants
29.5
28.7 - 30.3
26.6
25.9 - 27.2
n/a
n/a
Education level
High school or less
36.2
34.9 - 37.5
33.1
32.1 - 34.1
32.5
31.5 - 33.6
31.1
30.2 - 32.1
Postsecondary
25.3
24.3 - 26.2
21.5
20.7 - 22.2
23.5
22.7 - 24.3
21.6
20.8 - 22.4
Household income
Less than $25,000
36.6
34.6 - 38.5
30.4
29.0 - 31.9
35.6
34.1 - 37.2
32.7
31.3 - 34.1
$25,000 to less than $60,000
32.4
31.1 - 33.8
29.7
28.7 - 30.8
31.4
30.3 - 32.5
28.2
27.1 - 29.2
$60,000 or more
24.4
23.2 - 25.5
20.3
19.4 - 21.2
19.9
18.9 - 20.8
19.0
18.0 - 19.9
Persons with a disability
Without disability
24.4
23.6 - 25.3
21.5
20.9 - 22.2
22.1
21.4 - 22.8
n/a
With disability
44.4
42.8 - 46.0
41.5
40.2 - 42.8
44.0
42.6 - 45.3
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 high blood pressure or hypertension.

Source

New Brunswick Health Council, Primary Health 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: k) High blood pressure or hypertension

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_CHCHB_1

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