Citizens who feel isolated some of the time or often

Table

Unit %

Year 2020
Province
New Brunswick
31.2
30.4 - 32.0
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
28.0
26.5 - 29.5
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
33.8
32.0 - 35.6
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
36.5
34.9 - 38.2
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
29.8
27.0 - 32.5
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
26.5
23.3 - 29.7
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
27.5
25.3 - 29.6
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
33.1
29.5 - 36.6
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
30.3
26.3 - 34.3
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
25.8
22.4 - 29.2
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
28.4
23.6 - 33.1
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
26.3
22.0 - 30.6
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
24.6
20.2 - 29.0
Dieppe and Memramcook
26.4
22.6 - 30.1
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
38.0
32.7 - 43.4
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
28.9
24.9 - 32.9
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
34.5
30.4 - 38.7
Fredericton
36.4
32.9 - 40.0
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
32.2
26.6 - 37.8
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
30.4
25.9 - 34.9
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
19.5
13.4 - 25.5
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
32.3
25.2 - 39.3
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
30.8
24.9 - 36.7
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
33.7
29.5 - 37.8
Moncton
31.2
27.7 - 34.7
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
29.5
24.3 - 34.6
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
30.0
23.0 - 36.9
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
33.5
29.4 - 37.7
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
34.4
30.0 - 38.7
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
33.5
27.7 - 39.3
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
33.3
29.4 - 37.2
Riverview and Coverdale
24.7
20.8 - 28.6
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
26.1
21.2 - 31.0
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
34.7
31.1 - 38.3
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
31.0
24.6 - 37.4
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
26.3
21.5 - 31.0
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
22.8
18.5 - 27.2
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
31.7
26.6 - 36.8
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
35.4
30.7 - 40.1
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
31.7
27.3 - 36.0
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
19.4
15.7 - 23.1
Age
18-64
32.6
31.6 - 33.6
65 and over
27.1
25.9 - 28.3
Sex at birth
Female
32.4
31.4 - 33.3
Male
29.9
28.6 - 31.3
Sexual identity
Minority sexual identity
44.7
40.0 - 49.4
Heterosexual
30.3
29.5 - 31.1
Language
Preferred language of service: English
33.2
32.2 - 34.2
Preferred language of service: French
26.0
24.5 - 27.4
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
41.9
36.5 - 47.2
Non-Indigenous
30.7
29.9 - 31.5
Immigrant
Immigrants
30.9
27.6 - 34.2
Non-immigrants
31.2
30.4 - 32.0
Education level
High school or less
33.8
32.5 - 35.1
Postsecondary
29.6
28.6 - 30.6
Household income
Less than $25,000
44.1
42.0 - 46.1
$25,000 to less than $60,000
33.5
32.2 - 34.9
$60,000 or more
24.5
23.3 - 25.7
Persons with a disability
Without disability
25.7
24.8 - 26.6
With disability
48.1
46.5 - 49.7
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 feel isolated some of the time or often.

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 "some of the time or often" by the number of respondents who answered "hardly ever, some of the time or often" to the question: How often do you feel isolated from others?

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_SIL03_1

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