Citizens who have a primary care provider (family doctor or nurse practitioner)

Table

Unit %

Year 2023 Year 2022 Year 2020 Year 2017
Province
New Brunswick
79.3
78.1 - 80.4
85.4
84.3 - 86.6
89.9
89.3 - 90.4
92.8
92.5 - 93.2
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
81.1
78.9 - 83.3
90.0
88.3 - 91.8
91.2
90.3 - 92.2
93.8
93.2 - 94.5
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
86.4
83.9 - 88.8
86.7
84.3 - 89.2
90.4
89.3 - 91.5
93.1
92.4 - 93.9
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
67.8
65.1 - 70.5
79.9
76.9 - 83.0
86.3
85.1 - 87.5
89.7
88.7 - 90.6
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
63.8
59.5 - 68.1
74.6
69.9 - 79.3
87.7
85.7 - 89.6
92.6
91.4 - 93.8
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
81.1
77.2 - 84.9
83.5
79.8 - 87.1
92.8
90.9 - 94.7
96.7
95.5 - 97.8
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
85.1
82.0 - 88.3
86.2
82.9 - 89.6
92.0
90.8 - 93.3
94.1
93.1 - 95.0
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
94.6
92.5 - 96.7
89.9
85.6 - 94.3
93.5
91.6 - 95.4
95.1
93.8 - 96.4
Age
18-64
75.9
74.4 - 77.4
83.5
81.9 - 85.0
88.0
87.2 - 88.7
91.5
91.1 - 92.0
65 and over
88.1
86.8 - 89.4
90.6
89.5 - 91.7
95.3
94.7 - 95.9
96.9
96.5 - 97.3
Gender
Female
82.7
81.4 - 84.0
87.8
86.6 - 89.0
n/a
n/a
Male
75.9
73.9 - 77.8
82.9
81.0 - 84.9
n/a
n/a
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
74.8
68.7 - 80.8
83.5
77.1 - 90.0
86.6
83.4 - 89.8
n/a
Language
Most comfortable in English
79.0
77.6 - 80.4
n/a
n/a
n/a
Most comfortable in French
79.4
77.0 - 81.8
n/a
n/a
n/a
Comfortable in both English and French
80.6
76.8 - 84.5
n/a
n/a
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
83.2
76.8 - 89.6
75.2
65.6 - 84.8
90.5
87.3 - 93.7
91.2
89.2 - 93.3
Immigrant
Immigrants
47.0
41.8 - 52.3
72.1
66.3 - 77.9
72.0
68.8 - 75.2
79.6
77.0 - 82.1
Education level
High school or less
81.1
79.0 - 83.2
86.0
84.0 - 88.1
90.6
89.8 - 91.4
92.7
92.1 - 93.2
Postsecondary
78.6
77.2 - 80.0
85.3
83.9 - 86.7
89.5
88.9 - 90.2
93.0
92.5 - 93.4
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
84.1
80.6 - 87.6
n/a
n/a
n/a
Household income
Less than $30,000
75.0
71.7 - 78.3
n/a
n/a
n/a
$30,000 to less than $60,000
77.1
74.7 - 79.4
n/a
n/a
n/a
$60,000 or more
82.9
81.5 - 84.4
n/a
n/a
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
47.3
41.9 - 52.6
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 have a primary care provider (family doctor or nurse practitioner).

Source

New Brunswick Health Council, Primary Health Survey and Primary Care Survey

Calculations

This indicator is based on respondents who said "yes" to one of the 2 following questions about attachment to a primary care provider: "Do you have a personal family doctor" or "Do you have a personal nurse practitioner ?"

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_PCP01_1

Charts

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