Citizens who have no insurance coverage for eye glasses or contact lenses

Table

Unit %

Year 2020 Year 2017 Year 2014
Province
New Brunswick
26.6
25.9 - 27.4
30.0
29.4 - 30.7
26.9
26.2 - 27.5
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
23.0
21.5 - 24.4
28.0
26.8 - 29.1
23.0
21.8 - 24.2
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
24.8
23.2 - 26.5
27.8
26.4 - 29.1
26.2
24.9 - 27.4
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
22.3
20.9 - 23.7
25.0
23.7 - 26.3
21.3
20.2 - 22.5
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
34.8
31.9 - 37.6
35.6
33.4 - 37.7
33.4
31.1 - 35.7
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
35.4
31.9 - 38.9
38.7
35.6 - 41.8
35.9
32.1 - 39.7
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
40.0
37.7 - 42.3
42.6
40.5 - 44.6
38.8
36.4 - 41.1
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
29.9
26.4 - 33.5
32.9
30.0 - 35.7
33.1
29.8 - 36.4
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
29.3
25.3 - 33.3
32.2
29.1 - 35.3
30.8
27.1 - 34.5
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
25.8
22.4 - 29.2
34.2
30.7 - 37.6
37.1
33.4 - 40.8
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
35.4
30.4 - 40.5
44.3
39.9 - 48.7
35.1
29.9 - 40.4
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
44.2
39.3 - 49.0
50.0
45.3 - 54.7
47.9
42.8 - 53.1
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
35.3
30.4 - 40.2
33.6
29.3 - 38.0
36.7
31.2 - 42.2
Dieppe and Memramcook
18.6
15.2 - 22.0
22.7
19.9 - 25.6
15.0
11.3 - 18.7
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
23.0
18.3 - 27.7
27.3
23.1 - 31.6
24.5
20.1 - 28.8
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
31.8
27.7 - 35.9
31.4
28.6 - 34.1
27.3
24.6 - 30.1
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
32.3
28.2 - 36.4
32.3
28.4 - 36.2
26.6
24.0 - 29.2
Fredericton
18.7
15.8 - 21.6
21.1
18.5 - 23.6
15.2
12.7 - 17.7
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
24.0
18.8 - 29.2
26.8
22.2 - 31.4
24.5
20.1 - 28.8
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
36.1
31.4 - 40.9
35.5
31.7 - 39.3
33.6
29.4 - 37.8
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
32.9
25.7 - 40.2
38.7
32.4 - 45.1
35.6
29.1 - 42.2
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
46.4
38.7 - 54.0
53.8
47.2 - 60.3
63.8
55.2 - 72.3
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
28.6
22.8 - 34.4
34.4
29.4 - 39.4
32.1
27.9 - 36.3
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
27.0
23.0 - 30.9
29.8
26.8 - 32.9
28.2
24.6 - 31.7
Moncton
23.2
19.9 - 26.4
29.6
27.2 - 31.9
20.4
18.2 - 22.6
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
28.6
23.5 - 33.7
33.9
29.3 - 38.5
29.4
25.6 - 33.2
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
45.3
37.7 - 52.9
49.2
42.4 - 56.0
53.0
45.0 - 61.1
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
13.3
10.3 - 16.3
19.3
16.0 - 22.6
15.9
12.9 - 18.8
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
19.5
15.8 - 23.2
14.3
11.4 - 17.2
17.9
14.9 - 20.9
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
34.9
29.0 - 40.9
41.4
36.2 - 46.6
38.1
33.2 - 43.0
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
16.3
13.2 - 19.4
19.2
16.8 - 21.7
18.3
15.9 - 20.8
Riverview and Coverdale
21.1
17.3 - 24.8
21.5
18.5 - 24.5
17.9
14.7 - 21.2
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
23.6
18.8 - 28.4
27.2
23.2 - 31.2
22.2
17.8 - 26.6
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
24.6
21.3 - 27.8
26.0
23.6 - 28.5
26.6
24.5 - 28.7
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
27.7
21.5 - 34.0
25.1
19.3 - 30.9
30.2
24.7 - 35.7
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
23.5
18.8 - 28.1
28.7
25.7 - 31.7
27.7
24.9 - 30.6
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
52.4
47.2 - 57.6
50.4
45.5 - 55.3
42.8
37.3 - 48.4
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
30.1
25.0 - 35.2
37.4
32.7 - 42.0
34.3
30.4 - 38.2
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
30.1
25.5 - 34.6
37.4
32.8 - 41.9
31.5
27.2 - 35.8
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
30.9
26.5 - 35.2
37.6
34.1 - 41.2
30.7
27.5 - 34.0
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
44.1
39.5 - 48.7
49.2
44.8 - 53.6
43.8
38.5 - 49.1
Age
18-64
22.7
21.7 - 23.6
26.2
25.4 - 26.9
23.4
22.7 - 24.2
65 and over
37.7
36.4 - 39.0
42.0
40.8 - 43.1
40.1
38.9 - 41.4
Sex at birth
Female
25.9
25.0 - 26.8
28.9
28.1 - 29.7
26.7
25.9 - 27.5
Male
27.4
26.1 - 28.7
31.3
30.2 - 32.3
27.0
25.9 - 28.1
Sexual identity
Minority sexual identity
36.1
31.5 - 40.7
n/a
n/a
Heterosexual
25.7
24.9 - 26.4
n/a
n/a
Language
Preferred language of service: English
24.8
23.9 - 25.7
28.0
27.3 - 28.8
24.9
24.2 - 25.6
Preferred language of service: French
32.2
30.7 - 33.7
36.0
34.8 - 37.3
31.8
30.4 - 33.2
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
31.5
26.4 - 36.6
38.7
35.2 - 42.2
35.4
31.2 - 39.7
Non-Indigenous
26.3
25.5 - 27.1
29.6
28.9 - 30.2
26.6
25.9 - 27.2
Immigrant
Immigrants
35.7
32.2 - 39.2
33.7
30.7 - 36.7
n/a
Non-immigrants
25.9
25.2 - 26.7
29.8
29.2 - 30.5
n/a
Education level
High school or less
38.0
36.6 - 39.3
43.3
42.2 - 44.3
38.6
37.5 - 39.7
Postsecondary
20.4
19.5 - 21.3
21.3
20.6 - 22.0
19.6
18.9 - 20.4
Household income
Less than $25,000
58.4
56.3 - 60.4
59.5
57.9 - 61.0
57.4
55.8 - 59.0
$25,000 to less than $60,000
33.7
32.4 - 35.1
35.4
34.3 - 36.5
30.9
29.8 - 32.0
$60,000 or more
10.2
9.4 - 11.0
11.1
10.4 - 11.8
9.5
8.8 - 10.2
Persons with a disability
Without disability
24.9
24.1 - 25.8
27.6
26.9 - 28.4
24.3
23.5 - 25.0
With disability
31.9
30.4 - 33.4
37.9
36.6 - 39.2
35.8
34.5 - 37.2
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 have no insurance coverage for eye glasses or contact lenses.

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, I do not have an insurance plan" by the number of respondents who answered "no, I do not have an insurance plan, yes, it is a plan sponsored by the government, yes, it is a plan sponsored by my employer or yes, it is a private plan" to the question: Do you have insurance that covers all or part of the cost of: c) Eye glasses or contact lenses?

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_INS03_1

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