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

Table

Unit %

Year 2025 Year 2024 Year 2023 Year 2022
Province
New Brunswick
27.4
26.1 - 28.7
22.8
21.7 - 24.0
20.7
19.6 - 21.9
14.6
13.4 - 15.7
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
19.1
16.8 - 21.4
16.7
14.6 - 18.7
18.9
16.7 - 21.1
10.0
8.2 - 11.7
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
21.8
19.0 - 24.6
18.4
16.0 - 20.9
13.6
11.2 - 16.1
13.3
10.8 - 15.7
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
43.7
40.8 - 46.6
36.5
33.8 - 39.2
32.2
29.5 - 34.9
20.1
17.0 - 23.1
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
31.1
26.5 - 35.6
25.8
21.9 - 29.7
36.2
31.9 - 40.5
25.4
20.7 - 30.1
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
26.1
21.5 - 30.7
22.0
18.0 - 26.0
18.9
15.1 - 22.8
16.5
12.9 - 20.2
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
25.0
20.9 - 29.1
21.5
17.9 - 25.1
14.9
11.7 - 18.0
13.8
10.4 - 17.1
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
28.4
23.6 - 33.2
16.5
13.2 - 19.8
5.4
3.3 - 7.5
10.1
5.7 - 14.4
Age
18-64
31.1
29.5 - 32.7
25.4
23.9 - 26.8
24.1
22.6 - 25.6
16.5
15.0 - 18.1
65 and over
17.8
16.0 - 19.6
16.2
14.7 - 17.7
11.9
10.6 - 13.2
9.4
8.3 - 10.5
Gender
Female
24.5
22.9 - 26.1
20.1
18.8 - 21.4
17.3
16.0 - 18.6
12.2
11.0 - 13.4
Male
30.4
28.3 - 32.4
25.3
23.4 - 27.2
24.1
22.2 - 26.1
17.1
15.1 - 19.0
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
26.4
20.9 - 32.0
26.9
21.0 - 32.8
25.2
19.2 - 31.3
16.5
10.0 - 22.9
Language
Most comfortable in English
28.6
27.0 - 30.1
24.7
23.3 - 26.1
21.0
19.6 - 22.4
n/a
Most comfortable in French
26.3
23.6 - 29.0
18.7
16.5 - 20.9
20.6
18.2 - 23.0
n/a
Comfortable in both English and French
21.2
17.3 - 25.0
18.8
15.1 - 22.4
19.4
15.5 - 23.2
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
26.4
19.3 - 33.5
24.2
17.3 - 31.2
16.8
10.4 - 23.2
24.8
15.2 - 34.4
Immigrant
Immigrants
58.0
53.8 - 62.2
45.0
39.4 - 50.6
53.0
47.7 - 58.2
27.9
22.1 - 33.7
Education level
High school or less
27.4
25.0 - 29.8
23.8
21.6 - 26.1
18.9
16.8 - 21.0
14.0
11.9 - 16.0
Postsecondary
27.1
25.5 - 28.6
22.5
21.1 - 23.8
21.4
20.0 - 22.8
14.7
13.3 - 16.1
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
24.6
20.4 - 28.7
21.8
18.0 - 25.6
15.9
12.4 - 19.4
n/a
Household income
Less than $30,000
37.0
33.4 - 40.6
27.3
24.1 - 30.5
25.0
21.7 - 28.3
n/a
$30,000 to less than $60,000
29.9
27.1 - 32.7
24.7
22.2 - 27.2
22.9
20.6 - 25.3
n/a
$60,000 or more
22.4
20.7 - 24.1
20.6
19.1 - 22.1
17.1
15.6 - 18.5
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
56.2
52.0 - 60.4
43.8
38.0 - 49.6
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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