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

Table

Unit %

Year 2025 Year 2024 Year 2023 Year 2022 Year 2020 Year 2017
Province
New Brunswick
72.6
71.3 - 73.9
77.2
76.0 - 78.3
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
80.9
78.6 - 83.2
83.3
81.3 - 85.4
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
78.2
75.4 - 81.0
81.6
79.1 - 84.0
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
56.3
53.4 - 59.2
63.5
60.8 - 66.2
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
68.9
64.4 - 73.5
74.2
70.3 - 78.1
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
73.9
69.3 - 78.5
78.0
74.0 - 82.0
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
75.0
70.9 - 79.1
78.5
74.9 - 82.1
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
71.6
66.8 - 76.4
83.5
80.2 - 86.8
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
68.9
67.3 - 70.5
74.6
73.2 - 76.1
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
82.2
80.4 - 84.0
83.8
82.3 - 85.3
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
75.5
73.9 - 77.1
79.9
78.6 - 81.2
82.7
81.4 - 84.0
87.8
86.6 - 89.0
n/a
n/a
Male
69.6
67.6 - 71.7
74.7
72.8 - 76.6
75.9
73.9 - 77.8
82.9
81.0 - 84.9
n/a
n/a
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
73.6
68.0 - 79.1
73.1
67.2 - 79.0
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
71.4
69.9 - 73.0
75.3
73.9 - 76.7
79.0
77.6 - 80.4
n/a
n/a
n/a
Most comfortable in French
73.7
71.0 - 76.4
81.3
79.1 - 83.5
79.4
77.0 - 81.8
n/a
n/a
n/a
Comfortable in both English and French
78.8
75.0 - 82.7
81.2
77.6 - 84.9
80.6
76.8 - 84.5
n/a
n/a
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
73.6
66.5 - 80.7
75.8
68.8 - 82.7
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
42.0
37.8 - 46.2
55.0
49.4 - 60.6
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
72.6
70.2 - 75.0
76.2
73.9 - 78.4
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
72.9
71.4 - 74.5
77.5
76.2 - 78.9
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
75.4
71.3 - 79.6
78.2
74.4 - 82.0
84.1
80.6 - 87.6
n/a
n/a
n/a
Household income
Less than $30,000
63.0
59.4 - 66.6
72.7
69.5 - 75.9
75.0
71.7 - 78.3
n/a
n/a
n/a
$30,000 to less than $60,000
70.1
67.3 - 72.9
75.3
72.8 - 77.8
77.1
74.7 - 79.4
n/a
n/a
n/a
$60,000 or more
77.6
75.9 - 79.3
79.4
77.9 - 80.9
82.9
81.5 - 84.4
n/a
n/a
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
43.8
39.6 - 48.0
56.2
50.4 - 62.0
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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