Citizens receiving home care services from the Extra-Mural Program who reported that they have been diagnosed or treated for arthritis

Table

Unit %

Year 2024 Year 2021 Year 2018 Year 2015 Year 2012
Province
New Brunswick
41.5
40.5 - 42.5
42.1
41.0 - 43.2
40.7
39.5 - 41.9
42.8
41.6 - 44.1
46.1
44.6 - 47.6
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
38.1
36.2 - 40.0
39.4
37.2 - 41.7
39.0
36.6 - 41.4
39.1
36.7 - 41.6
41.5
38.6 - 44.5
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
45.2
43.2 - 47.3
42.2
40.0 - 44.5
46.1
43.5 - 48.7
47.8
45.2 - 50.4
50.4
47.4 - 53.4
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
45.0
42.9 - 47.2
43.2
40.9 - 45.4
41.5
39.0 - 44.0
44.7
41.9 - 47.5
48.9
45.6 - 52.2
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
37.1
33.9 - 40.2
43.6
39.7 - 47.5
37.3
33.5 - 41.1
40.9
37.0 - 44.8
43.1
38.5 - 47.6
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
45.1
40.5 - 49.7
49.7
44.7 - 54.8
44.6
38.8 - 50.3
51.3
46.1 - 56.6
55.0
48.8 - 61.3
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
34.7
31.9 - 37.4
40.3
36.8 - 43.8
34.4
30.9 - 37.9
35.9
32.0 - 39.8
41.6
36.9 - 46.3
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
41.4
37.1 - 45.8
42.0
37.2 - 46.8
36.9
32.2 - 41.6
40.1
35.6 - 44.6
42.1
36.5 - 47.8
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
38.0
33.6 - 42.4
41.5
35.9 - 47.0
39.9
33.3 - 46.5
36.0
29.3 - 42.7
46.3
38.3 - 54.4
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
32.1
28.1 - 36.2
31.5
26.2 - 36.7
32.4
26.0 - 38.8
45.6
38.4 - 52.8
38.6
30.8 - 46.3
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
52.3
45.6 - 59.1
54.3
46.9 - 61.6
45.4
37.5 - 53.4
50.5
42.8 - 58.3
55.2
46.7 - 63.7
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
29.5
24.3 - 34.7
39.0
31.2 - 46.9
29.1
22.0 - 36.1
35.4
27.3 - 43.5
39.3
29.1 - 49.5
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
38.8
32.5 - 45.1
45.6
38.7 - 52.6
43.7
35.3 - 52.1
52.0
44.8 - 59.2
54.8
45.5 - 64.1
Dieppe and Memramcook
34.8
30.1 - 39.4
34.1
26.9 - 41.2
39.0
31.4 - 46.6
31.4
23.5 - 39.4
45.3
34.6 - 56.1
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
45.8
37.8 - 53.8
45.4
36.1 - 54.7
43.6
33.8 - 53.3
58.2
46.4 - 70.1
54.7
42.0 - 67.5
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
32.6
28.4 - 36.8
42.3
37.1 - 47.4
38.0
33.0 - 43.0
43.3
37.8 - 48.8
42.0
35.7 - 48.2
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
51.7
47.1 - 56.2
43.4
39.0 - 47.9
39.4
34.2 - 44.5
46.2
41.0 - 51.5
47.6
41.3 - 53.9
Fredericton
40.0
36.0 - 44.0
41.4
37.3 - 45.6
39.9
35.0 - 44.8
47.6
42.0 - 53.3
49.4
42.1 - 56.8
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
S
37.0
24.7 - 49.2
26.6
15.9 - 37.3
45.6
32.5 - 58.7
44.8
31.0 - 58.6
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
42.7
37.0 - 48.5
44.1
37.4 - 50.8
37.7
30.7 - 44.8
41.3
35.1 - 47.6
47.3
39.5 - 55.0
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
S
53.2
39.0 - 67.5
44.3
30.2 - 58.5
54.2
41.4 - 66.9
57.2
41.8 - 72.5
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
S
50.3
36.0 - 64.6
33.7
23.1 - 44.4
27.8
16.2 - 39.5
33.7
19.5 - 47.8
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
38.2
30.4 - 46.1
40.5
31.4 - 49.7
47.1
38.0 - 56.3
40.8
29.9 - 51.7
50.0
37.9 - 62.1
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
40.7
36.0 - 45.3
40.5
35.3 - 45.7
37.8
32.7 - 42.8
39.1
34.2 - 44.1
42.9
36.6 - 49.3
Moncton
38.2
34.8 - 41.7
42.1
38.2 - 46.1
39.2
35.0 - 43.4
41.6
37.2 - 46.0
41.7
36.8 - 46.7
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
44.1
36.0 - 52.2
52.9
43.9 - 61.9
49.3
40.0 - 58.6
45.0
35.8 - 54.2
45.1
32.9 - 57.3
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
S
50.7
37.8 - 63.7
32.0
18.2 - 45.7
44.2
33.1 - 55.3
38.8
25.5 - 52.1
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
48.5
42.1 - 54.9
38.5
31.3 - 45.6
31.6
23.9 - 39.4
33.0
24.3 - 41.7
42.2
30.3 - 54.0
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
47.2
41.1 - 53.4
42.2
34.6 - 49.9
45.6
37.2 - 53.9
32.3
21.7 - 42.8
40.9
29.2 - 52.5
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
44.5
35.8 - 53.1
47.0
39.5 - 54.5
45.7
37.4 - 54.0
47.3
38.6 - 56.1
60.0
50.1 - 69.9
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
49.6
45.0 - 54.3
44.3
38.7 - 49.9
43.8
37.0 - 50.6
45.3
37.2 - 53.3
50.8
42.4 - 59.1
Riverview and Coverdale
46.6
40.7 - 52.5
46.2
39.7 - 52.8
51.8
44.0 - 59.6
39.3
31.2 - 47.4
48.5
39.8 - 57.3
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
48.3
42.1 - 54.5
37.0
29.1 - 44.8
46.7
37.6 - 55.9
45.3
36.4 - 54.3
40.0
28.1 - 51.8
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
47.2
43.5 - 50.9
40.9
37.1 - 44.6
47.9
43.5 - 52.3
48.7
44.4 - 53.0
51.6
46.8 - 56.4
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
S
41.6
30.1 - 53.0
28.6
15.9 - 41.3
32.8
21.0 - 44.7
52.2
36.7 - 67.7
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
31.4
25.5 - 37.3
40.0
33.5 - 46.4
35.2
29.6 - 40.7
30.0
24.6 - 35.4
29.0
21.8 - 36.3
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
33.6
26.5 - 40.7
38.1
29.7 - 46.4
29.7
21.0 - 38.4
42.0
33.7 - 50.2
38.0
27.1 - 49.0
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
39.2
33.7 - 44.7
40.0
33.6 - 46.3
51.9
44.4 - 59.4
48.6
41.4 - 55.8
56.6
48.7 - 64.5
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
47.3
42.3 - 52.3
46.9
41.3 - 52.4
51.9
45.6 - 58.1
50.8
44.3 - 57.2
52.6
44.6 - 60.7
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
37.5
32.3 - 42.6
41.3
35.1 - 47.5
38.3
31.1 - 45.4
44.2
37.6 - 50.8
40.8
33.2 - 48.5
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
34.4
28.3 - 40.4
41.3
33.4 - 49.3
35.7
29.2 - 42.2
28.1
19.6 - 36.6
39.3
29.4 - 49.2
Age
18-64
29.1
26.6 - 31.6
31.4
28.9 - 34.0
30.4
27.9 - 33.0
31.6
29.0 - 34.1
35.3
32.8 - 37.9
65 and over
43.7
42.6 - 44.7
45.2
44.0 - 46.4
44.4
43.1 - 45.8
47.8
46.3 - 49.2
52.8
51.0 - 54.6
Gender
Female
48.9
47.5 - 50.2
49.9
48.4 - 51.4
47.8
46.1 - 49.4
50.7
49.0 - 52.3
53.4
51.5 - 55.3
Male
32.0
30.5 - 33.4
32.0
30.5 - 33.6
31.5
29.8 - 33.2
32.3
30.4 - 34.1
35.1
32.9 - 37.3
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
S
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Language
Most comfortable in English
44.7
43.5 - 45.9
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Most comfortable in French
33.9
32.0 - 35.9
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Comfortable in both English and French
33.3
30.0 - 36.6
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
45.7
37.8 - 53.7
40.5
31.2 - 49.7
41.1
31.3 - 50.9
44.0
35.1 - 53.0
46.4
38.0 - 54.9
Immigrant
Immigrants
47.9
40.8 - 54.9
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Education level
High school or less
42.2
40.9 - 43.5
43.6
42.1 - 45.0
41.5
40.0 - 43.0
45.2
43.7 - 46.7
48.6
46.8 - 50.3
Postsecondary
40.7
39.0 - 42.3
39.0
37.1 - 40.9
39.4
37.1 - 41.6
37.5
35.0 - 39.9
46.5
43.6 - 49.4
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
48.6
46.0 - 51.1
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Household income
Less than $30,000
45.7
44.1 - 47.2
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
$30,000 to less than $60,000
40.8
38.8 - 42.8
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
$60,000 or more
30.5
27.6 - 33.4
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
43.5
35.8 - 51.1
n/a
n/a
n/a
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 receiving home care services from the Extra-Mural Program who reported that they have been diagnosed or treated for arthritis.

Source

New Brunswick Health Council, Home Care Survey

Calculations

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: Has a doctor or any other health professional ever diagnosed you with or treated you for any of the following chronic health conditions? Please select all that apply: arthritis, asthma, emphysema or COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease), chronic pain, cancer, diabetes, depression, heart disease, stroke, high blood pressure or hypertension, a mood disorder other than depression, such as bipolar disorder, mania, manic depression or dysthymia, gastric reflux (or GERD), alzheimer’s disease or another form of dementia, anxiety or high cholesterol.

Unit

%

Interpretation

Lower is better

NBHC code

XM_CHCAR_1

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