Citizens who reported that they have been diagnosed or treated for high cholesterol

Table

Unit %

Year 2020 Year 2017
Province
New Brunswick
20.7
20.0 - 21.4
20.0
19.4 - 20.5
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
18.3
17.0 - 19.7
17.9
16.9 - 18.9
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
20.9
19.4 - 22.5
19.2
18.0 - 20.4
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
18.4
17.1 - 19.7
19.4
18.3 - 20.6
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
21.5
19.0 - 23.9
20.8
19.0 - 22.6
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
25.3
22.2 - 28.5
23.2
20.6 - 25.9
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
24.0
22.0 - 26.1
22.8
21.1 - 24.6
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
33.3
29.7 - 36.8
26.8
24.2 - 29.5
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
23.6
19.9 - 27.3
24.0
21.1 - 26.8
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
20.4
17.2 - 23.5
22.0
19.0 - 25.0
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
25.5
21.0 - 30.1
26.0
22.2 - 29.9
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
23.9
19.7 - 28.0
19.8
16.1 - 23.6
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
25.1
20.8 - 29.5
20.8
17.1 - 24.5
Dieppe and Memramcook
15.8
12.6 - 18.9
13.9
11.6 - 16.3
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
17.7
13.5 - 21.9
18.4
14.7 - 22.1
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
21.8
18.1 - 25.4
20.8
18.4 - 23.2
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
22.1
18.5 - 25.7
22.2
18.8 - 25.6
Fredericton
17.0
14.3 - 19.8
17.3
15.0 - 19.7
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
19.1
14.3 - 23.8
20.0
15.8 - 24.1
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
22.1
18.1 - 26.1
23.4
20.0 - 26.7
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
23.9
17.4 - 30.4
24.9
19.3 - 30.6
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
18.4
12.6 - 24.2
14.5
10.0 - 19.1
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
25.3
19.8 - 30.9
24.8
20.3 - 29.3
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
33.5
29.4 - 37.7
26.3
23.3 - 29.2
Moncton
15.9
13.1 - 18.7
15.8
14.0 - 17.7
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
23.4
18.6 - 28.2
23.6
19.6 - 27.7
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
29.3
22.4 - 36.2
29.9
23.7 - 36.1
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
14.4
11.3 - 17.5
17.1
14.0 - 20.2
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
14.5
11.2 - 17.7
20.6
17.3 - 23.9
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
24.7
19.4 - 30.1
20.6
16.4 - 24.9
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
18.1
15.0 - 21.3
17.4
15.1 - 19.8
Riverview and Coverdale
22.7
18.9 - 26.5
19.8
16.9 - 22.6
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
23.5
18.8 - 28.3
18.3
14.8 - 21.7
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
20.5
17.5 - 23.6
17.1
15.0 - 19.2
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
22.5
16.7 - 28.3
17.2
12.2 - 22.2
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
19.3
15.0 - 23.6
21.5
18.8 - 24.2
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
23.1
18.7 - 27.5
21.8
17.8 - 25.9
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
27.3
22.4 - 32.2
25.5
21.3 - 29.6
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
20.4
16.5 - 24.4
24.4
20.4 - 28.5
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
22.9
19.0 - 26.8
22.3
19.3 - 25.3
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
25.7
21.6 - 29.7
23.9
20.2 - 27.7
Age
18-64
13.1
12.3 - 13.8
13.2
12.6 - 13.8
65 and over
41.7
40.4 - 43.0
41.0
39.8 - 42.1
Sex at birth
Female
18.4
17.6 - 19.2
17.1
16.5 - 17.8
Male
22.6
21.4 - 23.9
23.0
22.0 - 23.9
Sexual identity
Minority sexual identity
13.5
10.3 - 16.8
n/a
Heterosexual
20.9
20.2 - 21.6
n/a
Language
Preferred language of service: English
20.6
19.8 - 21.5
20.2
19.5 - 20.8
Preferred language of service: French
20.1
18.8 - 21.4
19.0
17.9 - 20.0
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
19.8
15.5 - 24.1
21.4
18.5 - 24.3
Non-Indigenous
20.6
19.9 - 21.3
19.9
19.4 - 20.5
Immigrant
Immigrants
13.4
11.0 - 15.9
13.4
11.3 - 15.5
Non-immigrants
20.8
20.1 - 21.5
20.3
19.8 - 20.9
Education level
High school or less
26.4
25.2 - 27.6
25.9
25.0 - 26.9
Postsecondary
17.1
16.3 - 18.0
16.0
15.3 - 16.7
Household income
Less than $25,000
27.2
25.4 - 29.0
22.7
21.4 - 24.0
$25,000 to less than $60,000
22.9
21.7 - 24.1
22.5
21.5 - 23.4
$60,000 or more
16.0
15.1 - 17.0
16.1
15.3 - 16.9
Persons with a disability
Without disability
16.8
16.0 - 17.5
16.4
15.8 - 17.0
With disability
31.9
30.5 - 33.4
32.1
30.8 - 33.4
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 cholesterol.

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: m) High cholesterol

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_CHCHC_1

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