Citizens [with diabetes, heart disease, stroke or high blood pressure] who had a test or measurement for cholesterol in the last 12 months

Table

Unit %

Year 2020 Year 2017 Year 2014 Year 2011
Province
New Brunswick
69.5
68.3 - 70.7
69.1
68.1 - 70.1
76.3
75.4 - 77.2
79.8
78.9 - 80.7
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
69.6
67.2 - 72.0
69.5
67.6 - 71.5
78.6
76.8 - 80.4
79.4
77.5 - 81.4
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
67.3
64.6 - 69.9
71.0
68.8 - 73.2
75.8
74.0 - 77.7
77.5
75.6 - 79.5
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
66.2
63.8 - 68.6
64.5
62.2 - 66.8
73.4
71.5 - 75.3
80.4
78.5 - 82.3
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
70.7
66.6 - 74.7
68.1
64.6 - 71.6
76.8
73.1 - 80.4
82.4
79.4 - 85.3
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
71.2
66.5 - 76.0
74.2
70.0 - 78.4
70.4
64.9 - 75.8
81.1
77.3 - 85.0
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
72.7
69.5 - 75.9
72.3
69.3 - 75.3
82.1
79.1 - 85.1
82.5
80.1 - 85.0
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
72.7
67.5 - 77.8
68.9
64.9 - 73.0
71.8
66.6 - 77.0
79.0
75.7 - 82.3
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
78.1
72.7 - 83.5
76.7
72.4 - 81.1
75.8
70.4 - 81.3
83.6
79.5 - 87.7
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
71.8
66.5 - 77.1
68.8
63.5 - 74.1
80.0
75.3 - 84.7
81.9
77.1 - 86.6
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
67.0
59.8 - 74.1
73.7
67.8 - 79.6
78.4
71.6 - 85.2
78.5
72.2 - 84.7
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
71.5
64.2 - 78.7
72.9
65.9 - 79.8
83.2
76.3 - 90.1
85.8
80.5 - 91.0
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
75.0
68.8 - 81.3
74.8
68.7 - 80.8
63.7
55.4 - 72.1
83.6
78.7 - 88.4
Dieppe and Memramcook
72.6
66.2 - 78.9
72.8
67.3 - 78.4
76.9
69.8 - 84.1
73.7
65.6 - 81.9
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
61.3
53.5 - 69.2
64.5
57.3 - 71.8
78.3
71.7 - 84.8
79.7
74.0 - 85.4
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
69.0
63.1 - 74.9
69.4
64.6 - 74.2
73.5
68.9 - 78.2
83.5
79.6 - 87.5
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
65.8
59.9 - 71.8
60.8
54.8 - 66.9
75.1
71.0 - 79.2
76.4
71.7 - 81.1
Fredericton
64.1
58.4 - 69.7
61.3
56.1 - 66.5
71.4
66.7 - 76.1
81.7
76.9 - 86.4
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
71.0
62.9 - 79.1
75.5
68.6 - 82.4
68.8
61.5 - 76.0
81.0
74.2 - 87.9
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
71.1
64.6 - 77.6
65.1
58.9 - 71.2
81.8
75.5 - 88.1
82.5
77.1 - 87.9
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
80.2
71.4 - 89.0
78.9
70.7 - 87.1
82.0
74.6 - 89.5
87.4
80.9 - 94.0
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
79.3
68.9 - 89.7
71.8
62.3 - 81.2
S
74.8
66.1 - 83.5
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
67.3
59.1 - 75.5
63.4
56.3 - 70.4
80.9
75.9 - 86.0
73.8
67.2 - 80.3
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
74.8
69.0 - 80.6
71.6
67.2 - 76.1
74.0
68.3 - 79.8
81.3
77.7 - 84.9
Moncton
68.0
62.3 - 73.7
65.5
61.4 - 69.5
78.2
74.7 - 81.7
81.6
78.2 - 85.0
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
76.2
69.5 - 83.0
76.0
70.0 - 82.1
73.8
68.1 - 79.5
84.7
79.3 - 90.0
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
67.9
57.1 - 78.8
57.3
47.7 - 66.9
63.9
51.4 - 76.3
70.2
62.3 - 78.1
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
62.7
56.1 - 69.4
63.1
56.3 - 69.8
72.1
66.7 - 77.5
80.8
75.3 - 86.3
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
64.4
57.7 - 71.1
69.1
62.9 - 75.3
65.4
59.4 - 71.3
80.5
74.5 - 86.6
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
71.4
63.7 - 79.1
75.2
68.6 - 81.9
74.7
68.1 - 81.2
87.0
81.5 - 92.5
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
76.5
70.7 - 82.2
73.1
68.5 - 77.8
78.1
73.6 - 82.5
77.4
72.6 - 82.1
Riverview and Coverdale
70.8
64.7 - 77.0
72.1
66.9 - 77.2
75.3
69.7 - 81.0
78.4
72.5 - 84.4
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
74.1
66.9 - 81.4
74.8
68.9 - 80.7
81.3
74.5 - 88.1
84.1
77.2 - 91.0
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
60.8
55.4 - 66.3
69.2
65.2 - 73.2
75.2
72.2 - 78.1
75.0
71.7 - 78.2
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
70.3
61.2 - 79.4
62.4
51.4 - 73.5
67.6
60.0 - 75.1
72.4
63.6 - 81.1
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
65.4
57.6 - 73.1
72.5
67.6 - 77.4
84.5
80.7 - 88.3
75.1
70.3 - 79.9
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
72.1
65.2 - 79.0
73.8
66.7 - 80.8
93.2
88.6 - 97.8
82.3
77.2 - 87.3
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
68.3
61.1 - 75.5
66.4
59.9 - 72.9
78.7
73.8 - 83.6
79.5
74.3 - 84.7
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
70.5
64.0 - 76.9
67.2
60.2 - 74.1
71.3
65.2 - 77.5
77.0
70.6 - 83.5
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
73.0
66.9 - 79.1
77.0
72.2 - 81.8
79.8
75.6 - 84.0
83.0
78.5 - 87.5
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
70.7
64.4 - 76.9
63.6
56.5 - 70.7
84.2
78.3 - 90.1
78.1
72.3 - 83.8
Age
18-64
63.5
61.6 - 65.3
64.8
63.3 - 66.4
73.0
71.6 - 74.4
76.7
75.4 - 77.9
65 and over
72.9
71.4 - 74.4
74.2
72.9 - 75.5
81.6
80.3 - 82.8
84.8
83.5 - 86.1
Sex at birth
Female
65.8
64.3 - 67.3
67.4
66.1 - 68.7
74.8
73.6 - 76.1
78.4
77.2 - 79.6
Male
69.8
67.8 - 71.7
70.9
69.3 - 72.5
77.8
76.3 - 79.3
81.3
79.9 - 82.7
Sexual identity
Minority sexual identity
64.4
56.5 - 72.4
n/a
n/a
n/a
Heterosexual
69.9
68.7 - 71.1
n/a
n/a
n/a
Language
Preferred language of service: English
66.9
65.4 - 68.3
68.6
67.4 - 69.8
75.2
74.1 - 76.2
81.2
80.1 - 82.2
Preferred language of service: French
70.3
68.0 - 72.6
72.5
70.5 - 74.5
78.8
76.7 - 80.9
79.7
77.8 - 81.5
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
58.3
50.4 - 66.3
54.5
48.9 - 60.1
67.5
61.5 - 73.5
72.4
66.1 - 78.7
Non-Indigenous
69.8
68.6 - 71.0
69.9
68.9 - 70.9
76.7
75.8 - 77.7
80.1
79.2 - 81.0
Immigrant
Immigrants
71.6
66.3 - 76.9
69.5
64.4 - 74.6
n/a
n/a
Non-immigrants
66.1
64.9 - 67.3
69.1
68.1 - 70.1
n/a
n/a
Education level
High school or less
65.8
64.1 - 67.6
67.4
65.9 - 68.8
75.0
73.6 - 76.4
79.1
77.9 - 80.4
Postsecondary
69.5
67.8 - 71.1
70.9
69.4 - 72.3
77.4
76.1 - 78.6
80.6
79.2 - 81.9
Household income
Less than $25,000
62.3
59.7 - 64.9
63.0
60.8 - 65.2
73.4
71.4 - 75.3
77.1
75.3 - 78.8
$25,000 to less than $60,000
66.6
64.7 - 68.5
70.0
68.5 - 71.6
76.7
75.3 - 78.2
81.7
80.3 - 83.1
$60,000 or more
70.5
68.4 - 72.6
72.3
70.5 - 74.2
79.1
77.3 - 80.8
80.0
78.1 - 81.8
Persons with a disability
Without disability
67.1
65.6 - 68.7
67.7
66.4 - 69.0
74.9
73.6 - 76.1
n/a
With disability
69.3
67.4 - 71.2
71.3
69.7 - 73.0
78.9
77.4 - 80.4
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 [with diabetes, heart disease, stroke or high blood pressure] who had a test or measurement for cholesterol in the last 12 months.

Source

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

Calculations

This indicator is based on respondents who have diabetes, heart disease, stroke or high blood pressure . This indicator is calculated by dividing the number of respondents who answered "yes" by the number of respondents who answered "yes or no" to the question: In the past 12 months, did you get the following tests or measurements from a health professional: b) Cholesterol measurement

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_TSTCH_1

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