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

Table

Unit %

Year 2024 Year 2021 Year 2018 Year 2015 Year 2012
Province
New Brunswick
26.8
25.9 - 27.6
26.4
25.4 - 27.4
26.2
25.1 - 27.3
27.9
26.8 - 29.0
29.0
27.6 - 30.3
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
27.8
26.0 - 29.5
28.2
26.2 - 30.3
28.0
25.7 - 30.2
30.6
28.2 - 33.0
31.1
28.3 - 33.9
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
25.8
24.0 - 27.6
25.1
23.1 - 27.1
26.1
23.8 - 28.4
27.3
25.0 - 29.7
30.9
28.1 - 33.6
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
29.7
27.8 - 31.7
28.3
26.3 - 30.3
26.9
24.7 - 29.2
27.0
24.6 - 29.5
26.3
23.3 - 29.2
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
21.9
19.2 - 24.6
20.8
17.6 - 23.9
24.5
21.1 - 27.9
22.2
19.0 - 25.5
23.8
19.9 - 27.8
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
26.1
22.0 - 30.2
16.5
12.8 - 20.3
19.9
15.3 - 24.5
26.0
21.4 - 30.6
27.1
21.6 - 32.7
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
24.9
22.4 - 27.4
27.0
23.8 - 30.2
23.4
20.2 - 26.5
28.2
24.6 - 31.9
24.5
20.4 - 28.6
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
24.7
20.9 - 28.6
32.0
27.5 - 36.5
29.0
24.6 - 33.4
32.3
28.0 - 36.5
37.9
32.2 - 43.5
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
23.0
19.3 - 26.8
29.7
24.5 - 34.8
25.3
19.4 - 31.2
32.8
26.2 - 39.4
26.6
19.4 - 33.7
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
24.5
20.8 - 28.3
22.7
18.0 - 27.5
22.1
16.4 - 27.8
21.5
15.5 - 27.5
32.6
25.2 - 40.0
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
26.5
20.6 - 32.5
16.5
11.0 - 21.9
18.7
12.4 - 24.9
31.2
24.1 - 38.4
31.9
24.0 - 39.8
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
28.7
23.5 - 33.9
22.5
15.8 - 29.2
24.8
18.1 - 31.5
26.4
19.0 - 33.9
20.4
12.0 - 28.8
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
25.7
20.1 - 31.4
16.6
11.4 - 21.8
21.1
14.2 - 28.0
21.6
15.7 - 27.5
21.2
13.6 - 28.9
Dieppe and Memramcook
32.5
27.9 - 37.1
28.8
22.0 - 35.7
26.0
19.2 - 32.9
41.0
32.6 - 49.5
32.4
22.3 - 42.4
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
28.9
21.5 - 36.4
24.2
16.2 - 32.2
33.8
24.5 - 43.1
32.0
20.8 - 43.1
27.3
15.9 - 38.8
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
20.7
17.1 - 24.3
21.0
16.8 - 25.2
22.9
18.5 - 27.2
27.4
22.4 - 32.3
25.8
20.2 - 31.3
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
26.4
22.4 - 30.4
27.0
23.0 - 31.0
25.9
21.3 - 30.6
23.0
18.6 - 27.5
25.4
20.0 - 30.8
Fredericton
31.0
27.2 - 34.8
31.0
27.0 - 34.9
28.4
23.9 - 32.9
30.9
25.7 - 36.1
31.4
24.6 - 38.2
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
S
21.7
11.3 - 32.2
30.0
18.9 - 41.1
30.0
18.0 - 42.1
43.6
29.8 - 57.3
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
27.5
22.3 - 32.6
20.2
14.8 - 25.6
25.4
19.1 - 31.8
17.3
12.5 - 22.1
16.7
10.8 - 22.5
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
S
27.1
14.4 - 39.8
24.7
12.4 - 37.0
22.2
11.5 - 32.8
30.0
15.8 - 44.2
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
S
21.6
9.8 - 33.3
28.4
18.2 - 38.6
16.8
7.1 - 26.5
39.3
24.7 - 54.0
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
29.2
21.9 - 36.6
26.7
18.4 - 35.0
16.7
9.9 - 23.6
35.5
24.9 - 46.1
21.3
11.4 - 31.2
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
23.5
19.4 - 27.6
33.7
28.7 - 38.6
30.3
25.5 - 35.1
35.0
30.1 - 39.8
39.2
33.0 - 45.5
Moncton
30.4
27.1 - 33.7
25.6
22.1 - 29.1
27.2
23.4 - 31.1
30.0
25.9 - 34.1
27.9
23.4 - 32.3
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
35.9
28.0 - 43.8
23.3
15.7 - 30.9
28.2
19.8 - 36.6
29.0
20.6 - 37.4
18.6
9.1 - 28.2
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
S
22.6
11.7 - 33.4
21.8
9.6 - 34.0
20.2
11.2 - 29.1
32.0
19.2 - 44.7
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
33.7
27.6 - 39.8
30.0
23.3 - 36.7
29.4
21.8 - 37.0
30.1
21.7 - 38.6
28.7
17.8 - 39.5
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
25.9
20.5 - 31.2
27.2
20.3 - 34.1
28.0
20.5 - 35.6
22.8
13.3 - 32.3
22.4
12.6 - 32.3
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
27.8
20.0 - 35.5
30.2
23.3 - 37.0
23.6
16.5 - 30.7
18.5
11.7 - 25.3
28.1
19.0 - 37.3
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
29.3
25.1 - 33.5
26.2
21.2 - 31.1
29.7
23.4 - 35.9
29.1
21.7 - 36.5
32.2
24.4 - 40.0
Riverview and Coverdale
28.1
22.8 - 33.5
38.4
32.0 - 44.8
38.6
31.0 - 46.2
30.6
23.0 - 38.3
32.5
24.3 - 40.8
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
15.8
11.2 - 20.4
32.7
25.1 - 40.3
30.7
22.2 - 39.2
27.5
19.5 - 35.5
29.8
18.7 - 40.9
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
24.9
21.7 - 28.1
25.2
21.9 - 28.5
24.4
20.6 - 28.2
25.8
22.0 - 29.5
26.5
22.3 - 30.8
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
S
13.6
5.6 - 21.6
17.5
6.8 - 28.2
39.9
27.5 - 52.3
23.6
10.4 - 36.7
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
30.7
24.8 - 36.5
35.7
29.3 - 42.0
30.6
25.2 - 35.9
33.6
28.0 - 39.2
38.8
31.1 - 46.6
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
24.5
18.1 - 30.9
37.5
29.2 - 45.9
22.8
14.8 - 30.8
29.8
22.1 - 37.4
27.9
17.8 - 38.0
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
25.0
20.1 - 29.9
26.8
21.0 - 32.5
29.6
22.7 - 36.4
29.5
22.9 - 36.1
38.3
30.6 - 46.0
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
26.4
21.9 - 30.9
26.5
21.6 - 31.5
23.0
17.7 - 28.3
28.7
22.9 - 34.6
27.5
20.3 - 34.7
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
27.3
22.5 - 32.1
21.3
16.2 - 26.5
27.0
20.5 - 33.5
25.8
20.0 - 31.6
33.0
25.7 - 40.3
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
24.9
19.5 - 30.4
17.4
11.3 - 23.6
20.5
15.0 - 25.9
19.8
12.2 - 27.3
22.4
14.0 - 30.7
Age
18-64
27.1
24.7 - 29.6
26.8
24.3 - 29.2
23.5
21.1 - 25.8
30.8
28.3 - 33.3
27.3
25.0 - 29.7
65 and over
26.7
25.7 - 27.6
26.3
25.2 - 27.4
27.3
26.1 - 28.5
27.6
26.3 - 28.8
31.0
29.3 - 32.7
Gender
Female
24.9
23.7 - 26.0
24.8
23.5 - 26.1
25.2
23.8 - 26.6
25.9
24.5 - 27.4
27.7
26.0 - 29.4
Male
29.3
27.9 - 30.7
28.5
27.0 - 30.0
27.5
25.9 - 29.2
30.6
28.8 - 32.4
30.9
28.8 - 33.0
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
S
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Language
Most comfortable in English
27.3
26.2 - 28.4
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Most comfortable in French
24.2
22.5 - 26.0
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Comfortable in both English and French
28.5
25.3 - 31.7
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
26.8
19.9 - 33.7
23.6
15.6 - 31.6
29.4
20.4 - 38.5
20.9
13.6 - 28.2
25.2
17.8 - 32.6
Immigrant
Immigrants
27.5
21.1 - 33.8
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Education level
High school or less
25.5
24.3 - 26.6
24.6
23.4 - 25.9
24.8
23.5 - 26.1
26.8
25.5 - 28.1
29.7
28.1 - 31.3
Postsecondary
29.4
27.9 - 30.9
30.8
29.0 - 32.6
29.1
27.0 - 31.2
33.3
30.9 - 35.7
31.6
28.9 - 34.3
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
18.4
16.4 - 20.4
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Household income
Less than $30,000
23.7
22.4 - 25.0
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
$30,000 to less than $60,000
27.2
25.4 - 29.0
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
$60,000 or more
35.2
32.2 - 38.3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
28.1
20.9 - 35.3
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 cancer.

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_CHCCA_1

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