Citizens who rate their mental or emotional health as excellent or very good

Table

Unit %

Year 2023 Year 2022 Year 2020 Year 2017 Year 2014
Province
New Brunswick
42.6
41.3 - 43.9
40.8
39.3 - 42.2
49.8
48.9 - 50.6
60.7
60.0 - 61.3
65.4
64.8 - 66.1
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
42.3
39.7 - 44.9
38.1
35.5 - 40.6
48.8
47.1 - 50.5
60.2
58.9 - 61.4
64.1
62.7 - 65.5
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
43.3
40.2 - 46.4
43.1
39.9 - 46.2
50.6
48.7 - 52.5
61.9
60.5 - 63.4
67.6
66.3 - 68.9
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
37.4
34.7 - 40.1
36.0
32.5 - 39.5
49.5
47.8 - 51.2
59.6
58.1 - 61.0
66.9
65.5 - 68.2
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
52.2
47.8 - 56.7
49.6
44.4 - 54.7
51.4
48.5 - 54.4
64.1
61.9 - 66.2
64.6
62.3 - 66.9
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
49.0
44.4 - 53.6
43.5
37.3 - 49.7
49.4
45.8 - 53.0
60.2
57.1 - 63.3
63.4
59.6 - 67.2
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
46.5
42.4 - 50.7
47.5
43.2 - 51.8
50.9
48.6 - 53.3
61.7
59.6 - 63.7
64.0
61.7 - 66.4
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
41.1
36.7 - 45.5
42.4
37.1 - 47.7
47.1
43.3 - 50.9
56.8
53.8 - 59.7
62.6
59.3 - 66.0
Age
18-64
40.4
38.8 - 42.1
38.9
37.1 - 40.8
50.8
49.7 - 51.9
62.0
61.2 - 62.8
66.7
65.9 - 67.5
65 and over
48.3
46.3 - 50.4
45.7
43.8 - 47.5
48.8
47.4 - 50.1
56.4
55.2 - 57.6
60.4
59.2 - 61.6
Gender
Female
39.6
38.0 - 41.2
38.5
36.8 - 40.2
n/a
n/a
n/a
Male
46.0
43.8 - 48.1
43.2
40.8 - 45.6
n/a
n/a
n/a
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
21.6
16.2 - 27.0
27.5
21.0 - 34.1
33.9
29.5 - 38.4
n/a
n/a
Language
Most comfortable in English
40.5
38.9 - 42.1
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Most comfortable in French
49.4
46.7 - 52.2
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Comfortable in both English and French
41.6
37.1 - 46.1
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
37.5
29.3 - 45.8
33.7
24.4 - 43.1
42.0
36.7 - 47.4
49.5
45.9 - 53.0
49.7
45.3 - 54.1
Immigrant
Immigrants
48.7
43.4 - 54.1
36.5
30.8 - 42.3
54.6
51.1 - 58.2
65.5
62.6 - 68.5
n/a
Education level
High school or less
35.5
33.1 - 37.9
34.0
31.6 - 36.5
42.3
40.9 - 43.6
52.0
50.9 - 53.0
55.1
54.0 - 56.2
Postsecondary
45.4
43.8 - 47.0
43.7
41.9 - 45.6
54.8
53.7 - 55.9
66.4
65.6 - 67.3
72.0
71.1 - 72.8
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
23.5
19.7 - 27.3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Household income
Less than $30,000
32.0
28.9 - 35.1
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
$30,000 to less than $60,000
38.1
35.6 - 40.7
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
$60,000 or more
49.5
47.6 - 51.5
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
47.9
42.5 - 53.4
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 rate their mental or emotional health as excellent or very good.

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 "very good or excellent" by the number of respondents who answered "poor, fair, good, very good or excellent" to the question: In general, would you say your mental or emotional health is?

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

Higher is better

NBHC code

PH_HEP02_1

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