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

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Table

Unit %

Year 2024 Year 2021 Year 2018
Province
New Brunswick
28.8
27.9 - 29.7
27.0
26.0 - 28.0
28.9
27.8 - 30.0
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
31.0
29.2 - 32.8
27.1
25.1 - 29.2
28.7
26.5 - 31.0
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
29.0
27.1 - 30.9
28.7
26.6 - 30.8
28.1
25.7 - 30.4
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
27.1
25.2 - 29.1
25.5
23.5 - 27.5
30.5
28.2 - 32.9
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
23.1
20.3 - 25.9
24.1
20.7 - 27.5
25.1
21.7 - 28.5
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
28.7
24.4 - 32.9
33.3
28.5 - 38.0
27.7
22.5 - 32.8
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
31.4
28.7 - 34.1
23.2
20.2 - 26.3
29.3
25.9 - 32.7
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
28.0
24.1 - 31.9
29.9
25.4 - 34.3
32.1
27.5 - 36.6
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
27.6
23.6 - 31.7
25.0
20.1 - 29.9
32.1
25.8 - 38.4
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
26.0
22.2 - 29.8
23.1
18.3 - 27.8
28.3
22.1 - 34.4
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
33.0
26.7 - 39.4
38.2
31.0 - 45.3
32.7
25.2 - 40.2
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
24.2
19.3 - 29.0
19.9
13.5 - 26.4
24.0
17.3 - 30.6
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
24.9
19.3 - 30.4
28.9
22.6 - 35.3
22.6
15.5 - 29.7
Dieppe and Memramcook
29.2
24.7 - 33.7
32.5
25.4 - 39.6
24.4
17.7 - 31.1
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
33.9
26.2 - 41.5
22.1
14.3 - 29.9
25.7
17.1 - 34.3
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
22.3
18.5 - 26.0
25.3
20.7 - 29.8
22.6
18.3 - 27.0
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
28.5
24.4 - 32.5
24.1
20.2 - 28.0
30.3
25.4 - 35.2
Fredericton
24.3
20.8 - 27.8
23.5
19.9 - 27.1
26.2
21.8 - 30.7
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
S
25.7
14.6 - 36.8
20.7
10.9 - 30.5
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
24.5
19.5 - 29.4
25.3
19.5 - 31.2
28.1
21.5 - 34.6
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
S
30.8
17.6 - 44.0
22.1
10.3 - 34.0
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
S
S
27.2
17.2 - 37.3
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
25.6
18.7 - 32.6
25.1
17.0 - 33.3
34.0
25.3 - 42.7
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
25.7
21.6 - 29.9
29.8
25.0 - 34.6
33.2
28.3 - 38.1
Moncton
31.0
27.7 - 34.3
25.1
21.6 - 28.5
28.6
24.7 - 32.5
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
18.3
12.1 - 24.4
25.6
17.7 - 33.4
33.1
24.4 - 41.9
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
S
30.2
18.3 - 42.1
25.6
12.8 - 38.5
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
31.3
25.3 - 37.3
30.1
23.4 - 36.8
38.2
30.1 - 46.3
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
29.6
24.0 - 35.2
30.7
23.5 - 37.8
32.0
24.1 - 39.8
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
27.6
19.9 - 35.3
28.9
22.1 - 35.7
33.6
25.7 - 41.4
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
29.0
24.7 - 33.2
22.8
18.1 - 27.5
23.6
17.8 - 29.4
Riverview and Coverdale
41.9
36.1 - 47.8
28.8
22.8 - 34.8
32.1
24.9 - 39.4
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
30.1
24.4 - 35.8
26.5
19.3 - 33.6
35.9
27.1 - 44.7
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
29.7
26.3 - 33.1
29.9
26.4 - 33.3
28.1
24.1 - 32.0
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
S
27.2
16.9 - 37.6
21.4
9.9 - 33.0
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
26.7
21.1 - 32.4
32.9
26.7 - 39.1
29.5
24.2 - 34.8
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
40.3
33.0 - 47.5
25.4
17.9 - 32.9
23.3
15.3 - 31.4
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
23.8
19.0 - 28.6
29.5
23.6 - 35.4
26.1
19.6 - 32.7
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
31.8
27.2 - 36.5
29.8
24.7 - 34.9
30.9
25.1 - 36.7
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
30.0
25.1 - 34.9
30.9
25.1 - 36.7
33.5
26.6 - 40.4
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
36.9
30.8 - 43.0
21.3
14.7 - 27.9
34.3
27.9 - 40.8
Age
18-64
21.2
19.0 - 23.4
21.0
18.8 - 23.2
24.3
21.9 - 26.6
65 and over
30.1
29.1 - 31.1
28.7
27.6 - 29.8
30.7
29.4 - 31.9
Gender
Female
26.4
25.2 - 27.5
24.9
23.6 - 26.2
27.1
25.6 - 28.5
Male
32.6
31.2 - 34.1
29.7
28.1 - 31.2
31.3
29.6 - 33.1
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
S
n/a
n/a
Language
Most comfortable in English
29.5
28.4 - 30.6
n/a
n/a
Most comfortable in French
26.7
24.9 - 28.6
n/a
n/a
Comfortable in both English and French
28.2
25.1 - 31.4
n/a
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
39.9
32.1 - 47.8
28.1
19.6 - 36.5
27.6
18.7 - 36.5
Immigrant
Immigrants
34.2
27.4 - 40.9
n/a
n/a
Education level
High school or less
29.8
28.7 - 31.0
28.5
27.2 - 29.8
30.6
29.2 - 32.0
Postsecondary
27.3
25.8 - 28.8
25.6
23.9 - 27.3
26.3
24.3 - 28.3
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
30.4
28.0 - 32.7
n/a
n/a
Household income
Less than $30,000
30.1
28.6 - 31.5
n/a
n/a
$30,000 to less than $60,000
28.7
26.9 - 30.5
n/a
n/a
$60,000 or more
30.9
28.0 - 33.9
n/a
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
37.8
30.3 - 45.4
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 high cholesterol.

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_CHCHC_1

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