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Citizens who most often go see an alternative practitioner when sick or in need of care from a health professional

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Table

Unit %

Year 2017 Year 2014 Year 2011
Province
New Brunswick
1.3
1.1 - 1.4
1.7
1.6 - 1.9
1.4
1.3 - 1.6
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
1.6
1.3 - 1.9
1.8
1.4 - 2.2
1.7
1.3 - 2.0
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
0.8
0.5 - 1.1
1.5
1.2 - 1.9
1.0
0.7 - 1.3
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
1.5
1.1 - 1.9
1.6
1.2 - 1.9
1.0
0.7 - 1.3
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
1.8
1.2 - 2.4
2.8
2.0 - 3.6
2.7
1.9 - 3.5
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
S
3.0
1.7 - 4.4
2.6
1.5 - 3.6
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
0.7
0.4 - 1.1
1.3
0.7 - 1.8
1.6
1.1 - 2.1
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
1.2
0.5 - 1.8
1.8
0.8 - 2.7
1.3
0.7 - 1.8
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
1.0
0.3 - 1.7
1.3
0.4 - 2.2
1.0
0.4 - 1.7
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
1.5
0.6 - 2.4
1.2
0.3 - 2.0
1.9
0.8 - 2.9
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
S
S
3.1
1.3 - 4.8
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
S
S
S
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
S
2.8
0.9 - 4.7
2.2
0.9 - 3.4
Dieppe and Memramcook
2.3
1.3 - 3.3
2.9
1.1 - 4.6
S
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
3.0
1.4 - 4.6
S
S
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
1.6
0.8 - 2.4
2.6
1.6 - 3.6
2.3
1.2 - 3.3
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
2.7
1.4 - 4.1
1.0
0.4 - 1.6
S
Fredericton
1.4
0.6 - 2.1
1.3
0.5 - 2.1
1.9
0.9 - 2.9
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
S
0.0
S
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
1.0
0.2 - 1.8
3.7
2.0 - 5.4
3.6
1.9 - 5.2
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
S
0.0
S
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
4.5
1.8 - 7.3
S
2.5
0.7 - 4.3
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
S
S
S
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
1.3
0.5 - 2.0
2.0
0.9 - 3.2
1.5
0.8 - 2.1
Moncton
1.0
0.5 - 1.5
1.6
0.9 - 2.3
0.9
0.4 - 1.4
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
S
S
S
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
S
S
S
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
S
1.6
0.6 - 2.7
S
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
S
1.4
0.5 - 2.3
S
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
S
5.3
3.1 - 7.5
0.0
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
S
2.1
1.1 - 3.0
2.2
1.2 - 3.1
Riverview and Coverdale
1.5
0.7 - 2.4
2.4
1.1 - 3.7
2.2
0.9 - 3.5
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
S
S
2.5
0.8 - 4.2
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
0.8
0.3 - 1.3
1.2
0.7 - 1.7
S
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
S
S
S
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
2.7
1.6 - 3.7
2.5
1.5 - 3.5
2.3
1.3 - 3.3
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
S
S
S
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
0.0
S
S
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
S
2.1
0.7 - 3.4
S
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
S
2.6
1.4 - 3.7
1.7
0.7 - 2.7
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
S
S
3.2
1.6 - 4.7
Age
18-64
1.4
1.2 - 1.6
2.0
1.8 - 2.2
1.6
1.4 - 1.8
65 and over
0.9
0.6 - 1.1
0.8
0.6 - 1.0
0.8
0.5 - 1.0
Sex at birth
Female
1.4
1.2 - 1.6
2.1
1.9 - 2.4
1.8
1.5 - 2.0
Male
1.1
0.9 - 1.4
1.3
1.1 - 1.6
1.1
0.8 - 1.3
Sexual identity
Minority sexual identity
n/a
n/a
n/a
Heterosexual
n/a
n/a
n/a
Language
Preferred language of service: English
1.3
1.1 - 1.5
1.6
1.4 - 1.8
1.3
1.1 - 1.4
Preferred language of service: French
1.2
0.9 - 1.5
2.2
1.8 - 2.6
2.2
1.8 - 2.7
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
S
S
S
Non-Indigenous
1.3
1.1 - 1.5
1.7
1.5 - 1.9
1.4
1.3 - 1.6
Immigrant
Immigrants
1.0
0.4 - 1.6
n/a
n/a
Non-immigrants
1.3
1.1 - 1.4
n/a
n/a
Education level
High school or less
0.6
0.5 - 0.8
1.3
1.1 - 1.6
0.7
0.6 - 0.9
Postsecondary
1.7
1.4 - 1.9
2.0
1.8 - 2.3
2.0
1.7 - 2.2
Household income
Less than $25,000
0.8
0.5 - 1.1
0.8
0.5 - 1.1
1.2
0.8 - 1.5
$25,000 to less than $60,000
1.0
0.8 - 1.2
1.6
1.3 - 1.9
1.3
1.0 - 1.5
$60,000 or more
1.6
1.4 - 1.9
2.3
2.0 - 2.7
1.8
1.5 - 2.1
Persons with a disability
Without disability
1.3
1.2 - 1.5
1.7
1.5 - 1.9
n/a
With disability
1.0
0.7 - 1.3
1.8
1.5 - 2.2
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 most often go see an alternative practitioner when sick or in need of care from a health professional.

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 "go to an alternative practitioner, like a chiropractor, homeopath, or massage therapist" by the number of respondents who answered "see your personal family doctor at his or her office or in a home visit, go to an after-hours clinic or a walk-in clinic for non-emergency health care needs, go to a community health centre where you can see different health care professionals, go to a hospital emergency department, see your nurse practitioner at his or her office or in a home visit, go to an alternative practitioner, like a chiropractor, homeopath, or massage therapist, call Tele-Care 811, go to your community pharmacist or go to some other place of car to the question: Which one of the following best describes what you do when you are sick or need care from a doctor, nurse or other health professional?

Unit

%

NBHC code

PH_USEPB_6

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