Table
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| New Brunswick |
27.3
26.7 - 27.9
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25.2
24.6 - 25.8
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| Health zones | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area |
30.0
28.8 - 31.2
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28.7
27.4 - 29.9
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| Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area |
22.8
21.5 - 24.0
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21.2
20.0 - 22.3
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| Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area |
26.8
25.5 - 28.1
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23.7
22.5 - 24.8
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| Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area |
32.0
29.9 - 34.1
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31.8
29.5 - 34.1
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| Zone 5 - Restigouche Area |
29.6
26.7 - 32.5
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22.3
19.0 - 25.6
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| Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area |
26.5
24.6 - 28.3
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26.9
24.7 - 29.0
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| Zone 7 - Miramichi Area |
28.5
25.8 - 31.2
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22.8
19.9 - 25.8
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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