Citizens receiving home care services from the Extra-Mural Program and from an informal caregiver who reported that a friend or volonteer helped them the most with their home care in the last 2 months

Table

Unit %

Year 2024
Province
New Brunswick
10.8
10.2 - 11.4
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
10.7
9.5 - 11.9
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
12.6
11.3 - 13.9
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
9.6
8.4 - 10.8
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
8.1
6.4 - 9.9
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
12.7
9.6 - 15.7
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
9.5
7.9 - 11.1
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
13.0
10.0 - 16.0
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
10.2
7.6 - 12.8
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
9.9
7.4 - 12.5
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
11.2
7.0 - 15.3
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
8.6
5.4 - 11.8
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
14.0
9.6 - 18.4
Dieppe and Memramcook
9.9
7.0 - 12.8
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
11.0
6.4 - 15.7
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
7.4
5.1 - 9.6
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
9.1
6.7 - 11.6
Fredericton
10.7
8.2 - 13.2
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
S
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
8.0
4.9 - 11.0
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
S
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
S
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
10.8
5.8 - 15.8
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
13.5
10.2 - 16.8
Moncton
9.3
7.3 - 11.3
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
11.0
5.9 - 16.0
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
S
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
9.7
6.1 - 13.3
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
8.2
4.9 - 11.5
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
S
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
15.7
12.5 - 19.0
Riverview and Coverdale
10.8
7.2 - 14.4
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
18.8
14.2 - 23.3
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
9.4
7.3 - 11.5
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
S
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
10.0
6.4 - 13.5
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
S
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
12.8
9.0 - 16.5
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
11.4
8.4 - 14.5
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
17.4
13.5 - 21.3
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
12.6
8.5 - 16.6
Age
18-64
11.6
9.9 - 13.3
65 and over
10.7
10.0 - 11.3
Gender
Female
11.2
10.4 - 12.0
Male
10.9
9.9 - 11.8
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
S
Language
Most comfortable in English
11.6
10.9 - 12.4
Most comfortable in French
8.9
7.7 - 10.0
Comfortable in both English and French
12.1
9.8 - 14.4
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
21.9
15.5 - 28.3
Immigrant
Immigrants
19.4
14.0 - 24.9
Education level
High school or less
10.7
9.9 - 11.5
Postsecondary
12.5
11.5 - 13.6
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
14.0
12.2 - 15.7
Household income
Less than $30,000
12.2
11.2 - 13.2
$30,000 to less than $60,000
11.3
10.0 - 12.5
$60,000 or more
11.3
9.4 - 13.2
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
15.4
10.1 - 20.7
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 and from an informal caregiver who reported that a friend or volonteer helped them the most with their home care in the last 2 months.

Source

New Brunswick Health Council, Home Care Survey

Calculations

This indicator combines the responses to the following 2 individual questions about the help received:: In the last 2 months, who has helped you the most with your home care: "1. A friend (yes/no)", "2. A volunteer (yes/no)". This indicator is calculated by dividing the number of respondents who answered "yes" to at least one of the separate questions by the total number of respondents.

Unit

%

NBHC code

XM_FCGFV_1

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