Citizens who do not have a primary care provider (family doctor or nurse practitioner)

Table

Unit %

Year 2023 Year 2022
Province
New Brunswick
20.7
19.6 - 21.9
14.6
13.4 - 15.7
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
18.9
16.7 - 21.1
10.0
8.2 - 11.7
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
13.6
11.2 - 16.1
13.3
10.8 - 15.7
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
32.2
29.5 - 34.9
20.1
17.0 - 23.1
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
36.2
31.9 - 40.5
25.4
20.7 - 30.1
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
18.9
15.1 - 22.8
16.5
12.9 - 20.2
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
14.9
11.7 - 18.0
13.8
10.4 - 17.1
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
5.4
3.3 - 7.5
10.1
5.7 - 14.4
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
n/a
n/a
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
n/a
n/a
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
n/a
n/a
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
n/a
n/a
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
n/a
n/a
Dieppe and Memramcook
n/a
n/a
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
n/a
n/a
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
n/a
n/a
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
n/a
n/a
Fredericton
n/a
n/a
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
n/a
n/a
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
n/a
n/a
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
n/a
n/a
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
n/a
n/a
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
n/a
n/a
Moncton
n/a
n/a
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
n/a
n/a
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
n/a
n/a
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
n/a
n/a
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
n/a
n/a
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
n/a
n/a
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
n/a
n/a
Riverview and Coverdale
n/a
n/a
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
n/a
n/a
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
n/a
n/a
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
n/a
n/a
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
n/a
n/a
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
n/a
n/a
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
n/a
n/a
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
n/a
n/a
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
n/a
n/a
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
n/a
n/a
Age
18-64
24.1
22.6 - 25.6
16.5
15.0 - 18.1
65 and over
11.9
10.6 - 13.2
9.4
8.3 - 10.5
Gender
Female
17.3
16.0 - 18.6
12.2
11.0 - 13.4
Male
24.1
22.2 - 26.1
17.1
15.1 - 19.0
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
25.2
19.2 - 31.3
16.5
10.0 - 22.9
Language
Most comfortable in English
21.0
19.6 - 22.4
n/a
Most comfortable in French
20.6
18.2 - 23.0
n/a
Comfortable in both English and French
19.4
15.5 - 23.2
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
16.8
10.4 - 23.2
24.8
15.2 - 34.4
Immigrant
Immigrants
53.0
47.7 - 58.2
27.9
22.1 - 33.7
Education level
High school or less
18.9
16.8 - 21.0
14.0
11.9 - 16.0
Postsecondary
21.4
20.0 - 22.8
14.7
13.3 - 16.1
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
15.9
12.4 - 19.4
n/a
Household income
Less than $30,000
25.0
21.7 - 28.3
n/a
$30,000 to less than $60,000
22.9
20.6 - 25.3
n/a
$60,000 or more
17.1
15.6 - 18.5
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
52.7
47.4 - 58.1
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 do not 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 "no" to both questions about attachment to a primary care provider: "Do you have a personal family doctor" and "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

Lower is better

NBHC code

PH_PCP01_2

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