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Citizens who visited an alternative practitioner in the last 12 months

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Table

Unit %

Year 2017 Year 2014
Province
New Brunswick
27.3
26.7 - 27.9
25.2
24.6 - 25.8
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
30.0
28.8 - 31.2
28.7
27.4 - 29.9
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
22.8
21.5 - 24.0
21.2
20.0 - 22.3
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
26.8
25.5 - 28.1
23.7
22.5 - 24.8
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
32.0
29.9 - 34.1
31.8
29.5 - 34.1
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
29.6
26.7 - 32.5
22.3
19.0 - 25.6
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
26.5
24.6 - 28.3
26.9
24.7 - 29.0
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
28.5
25.8 - 31.2
22.8
19.9 - 25.8
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
24.4
21.6 - 27.3
23.5
20.1 - 26.8
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
25.7
22.5 - 28.8
31.7
28.2 - 35.3
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
30.4
26.3 - 34.4
24.2
19.5 - 28.9
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
25.2
21.2 - 29.3
28.1
23.4 - 32.7
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
28.9
24.8 - 33.0
20.5
15.9 - 25.1
Dieppe and Memramcook
35.7
32.5 - 38.9
36.4
31.5 - 41.3
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
28.9
24.6 - 33.1
20.1
16.2 - 24.1
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
30.8
28.0 - 33.5
31.2
28.4 - 34.1
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
23.1
19.6 - 26.5
20.2
17.9 - 22.6
Fredericton
32.8
29.9 - 35.7
28.1
24.9 - 31.2
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
24.1
19.7 - 28.5
17.9
14.1 - 21.8
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
33.1
29.4 - 36.9
35.0
30.8 - 39.3
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
25.2
19.6 - 30.9
22.7
17.0 - 28.4
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
34.5
28.3 - 40.6
25.5
17.8 - 33.2
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
18.0
14.0 - 22.0
18.6
15.2 - 22.1
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
30.2
27.2 - 33.3
24.5
21.1 - 27.8
Moncton
29.8
27.5 - 32.1
26.7
24.3 - 29.1
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
22.0
18.1 - 26.0
19.6
16.4 - 22.9
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
19.0
13.7 - 24.3
16.1
10.2 - 22.0
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
24.3
20.8 - 27.9
27.2
23.7 - 30.8
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
23.7
20.2 - 27.2
18.0
15.0 - 21.0
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
23.7
19.2 - 28.1
23.3
19.1 - 27.5
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
28.8
26.0 - 31.6
27.2
24.4 - 30.1
Riverview and Coverdale
29.5
26.2 - 32.7
26.2
22.5 - 29.9
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
24.3
20.5 - 28.1
22.6
18.2 - 27.0
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
22.0
19.8 - 24.3
19.0
17.2 - 20.8
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
19.9
14.6 - 25.1
19.4
14.7 - 24.0
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
33.4
30.3 - 36.5
32.0
29.1 - 35.0
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
27.9
23.5 - 32.2
32.8
27.5 - 38.0
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
14.7
11.3 - 18.0
15.6
12.6 - 18.6
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
21.5
17.7 - 25.4
20.6
16.9 - 24.3
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
19.0
16.2 - 21.9
23.1
20.2 - 26.1
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
30.1
26.1 - 34.2
27.5
22.7 - 32.2
Age
18-64
30.5
29.7 - 31.3
27.2
26.5 - 28.0
65 and over
17.4
16.5 - 18.3
17.4
16.4 - 18.3
Sex at birth
Female
32.4
31.6 - 33.2
29.4
28.6 - 30.2
Male
21.9
21.0 - 22.8
20.8
19.8 - 21.7
Sexual identity
Minority sexual identity
n/a
n/a
Heterosexual
n/a
n/a
Language
Preferred language of service: English
25.5
24.8 - 26.3
22.5
21.8 - 23.2
Preferred language of service: French
32.9
31.7 - 34.2
32.1
30.7 - 33.5
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
24.6
21.5 - 27.7
19.4
15.9 - 22.9
Non-Indigenous
27.5
26.9 - 28.2
25.5
24.8 - 26.1
Immigrant
Immigrants
25.6
22.9 - 28.3
n/a
Non-immigrants
27.4
26.8 - 28.1
n/a
Education level
High school or less
17.7
16.8 - 18.5
16.5
15.6 - 17.3
Postsecondary
33.8
33.0 - 34.7
30.7
29.9 - 31.6
Household income
Less than $25,000
14.9
13.8 - 16.0
14.5
13.3 - 15.6
$25,000 to less than $60,000
23.9
22.9 - 24.9
22.1
21.2 - 23.1
$60,000 or more
37.4
36.4 - 38.5
33.5
32.4 - 34.6
Persons with a disability
Without disability
28.1
27.4 - 28.8
25.4
24.7 - 26.1
With disability
24.8
23.6 - 26.0
24.7
23.5 - 25.9
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 visited an alternative practitioner in the last 12 months, based on their responses to 7 individual questions related to alternative practitioners.

Source

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

Calculations

This indicator combines the responses to the following 7 individual questions related to alternative practitioners: In the past 12 months, did you visit any of the following alternative practitioners: 'Chiropractor (yes/no)', 'Naturopath (yes/no)', 'Homeopath (yes/no)', 'Osteopath (yes/no)', 'Acupuncturist (yes/no)', 'Massage therapist (yes/no)' or 'Other (yes/no)'. This indicator is calculated by dividing the number of respondents who answered 'yes' to at least 1 of these individual questions by the total number of respondents.

Unit

%

NBHC code

PH_USELI_1

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