Citizens receiving home care services from the Extra-Mural Program who reported that they live alone

Table

Unit %

Year 2024 Year 2021 Year 2018 Year 2015 Year 2012
Province
New Brunswick
31.3
30.3 - 32.2
30.3
29.3 - 31.3
30.5
29.4 - 31.6
27.2
26.1 - 28.3
26.0
24.7 - 27.3
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
28.3
26.6 - 30.0
29.4
27.3 - 31.5
28.8
26.6 - 31.0
25.5
23.3 - 27.6
25.6
22.9 - 28.2
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
35.1
33.1 - 37.1
33.3
31.2 - 35.5
34.3
31.9 - 36.8
30.2
27.8 - 32.6
25.4
22.8 - 27.9
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
30.3
28.3 - 32.2
28.9
26.8 - 31.0
30.7
28.4 - 33.0
27.1
24.6 - 29.5
28.8
25.8 - 31.8
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
32.3
29.3 - 35.4
35.7
32.0 - 39.5
31.5
28.0 - 35.1
29.3
25.7 - 32.9
26.0
21.9 - 30.0
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
36.7
32.2 - 41.2
32.3
27.6 - 37.1
34.4
29.0 - 39.7
25.8
21.3 - 30.4
30.2
24.5 - 36.0
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
30.3
27.7 - 32.9
25.1
22.0 - 28.2
22.1
19.1 - 25.1
23.5
20.1 - 26.9
23.4
19.4 - 27.5
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
28.5
24.6 - 32.4
26.6
22.3 - 30.9
31.4
26.9 - 35.9
26.8
22.7 - 30.9
22.0
17.2 - 26.8
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
36.3
32.0 - 40.7
28.7
23.6 - 33.8
25.8
20.1 - 31.6
25.1
18.9 - 31.2
21.3
14.7 - 27.9
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
25.9
22.1 - 29.7
31.5
26.1 - 36.8
28.3
22.2 - 34.3
23.2
17.2 - 29.2
23.3
16.6 - 30.0
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
32.3
25.9 - 38.6
38.8
31.5 - 46.2
34.8
27.6 - 42.1
26.4
19.7 - 33.1
34.6
26.5 - 42.6
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
24.9
20.1 - 29.7
25.5
18.5 - 32.5
24.5
17.8 - 31.3
25.6
18.3 - 32.8
23.6
14.8 - 32.5
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
40.5
34.1 - 46.9
26.9
20.8 - 33.0
33.9
25.9 - 41.8
25.3
19.0 - 31.5
25.0
16.9 - 33.0
Dieppe and Memramcook
28.8
24.5 - 33.1
27.2
20.6 - 33.9
23.5
17.1 - 29.9
22.0
15.0 - 29.1
25.0
15.6 - 34.3
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
25.1
18.3 - 31.9
24.1
16.0 - 32.1
33.1
24.0 - 42.3
14.9
6.3 - 23.4
26.3
15.0 - 37.6
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
29.8
25.8 - 33.9
34.7
29.7 - 39.7
33.2
28.4 - 38.0
30.3
25.3 - 35.3
28.4
22.7 - 34.1
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
33.0
28.8 - 37.1
28.0
23.9 - 32.1
27.4
22.8 - 32.1
26.9
22.2 - 31.6
25.5
20.0 - 30.9
Fredericton
36.1
32.2 - 40.1
32.2
28.1 - 36.2
37.7
33.0 - 42.4
34.3
29.0 - 39.5
39.5
32.4 - 46.7
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
S
20.6
10.6 - 30.6
14.2
6.0 - 22.4
28.1
16.4 - 39.7
17.0
6.6 - 27.5
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
35.6
30.1 - 41.1
40.1
33.5 - 46.8
32.4
25.8 - 38.9
29.4
23.5 - 35.3
23.8
17.2 - 30.4
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
S
29.7
16.8 - 42.5
25.1
13.1 - 37.1
33.0
21.2 - 44.7
23.4
10.3 - 36.5
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
S
24.7
12.8 - 36.7
23.6
14.6 - 32.6
23.9
12.8 - 34.9
21.4
9.2 - 33.7
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
31.0
23.8 - 38.2
29.7
21.1 - 38.3
33.1
24.7 - 41.5
20.9
12.4 - 29.3
21.3
11.4 - 31.2
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
31.2
26.8 - 35.5
27.6
22.9 - 32.3
33.4
28.6 - 38.3
29.4
24.8 - 34.0
23.5
18.0 - 28.9
Moncton
33.2
29.9 - 36.4
30.6
26.9 - 34.3
31.7
27.8 - 35.7
29.0
25.0 - 32.9
27.8
23.3 - 32.2
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
26.4
19.2 - 33.5
27.8
19.7 - 35.8
24.3
16.5 - 32.2
23.9
16.0 - 31.8
27.9
16.9 - 38.8
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
S
21.2
10.6 - 31.8
19.7
7.6 - 31.8
15.4
7.3 - 23.5
15.7
5.7 - 25.6
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
19.1
13.9 - 24.2
22.9
16.8 - 29.1
21.5
14.9 - 28.2
13.7
7.5 - 19.8
19.4
10.0 - 28.7
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
25.4
19.9 - 30.8
21.1
14.7 - 27.4
26.5
19.0 - 33.9
21.1
11.8 - 30.4
27.9
17.3 - 38.5
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
30.6
22.7 - 38.5
38.4
31.0 - 45.8
32.6
25.0 - 40.2
40.3
32.0 - 48.6
31.7
22.3 - 41.1
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
26.5
22.5 - 30.5
25.8
20.9 - 30.7
19.5
14.1 - 24.8
20.2
13.9 - 26.5
19.2
12.6 - 25.7
Riverview and Coverdale
22.4
17.4 - 27.4
22.7
17.3 - 28.2
33.0
25.8 - 40.1
19.8
13.3 - 26.3
25.7
18.0 - 33.3
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
31.4
25.8 - 37.0
31.5
24.0 - 38.9
26.7
18.7 - 34.7
21.6
14.2 - 29.0
32.9
21.5 - 44.2
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
40.0
36.4 - 43.6
39.1
35.4 - 42.9
38.1
34.0 - 42.3
34.9
30.9 - 39.0
28.4
24.1 - 32.7
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
S
31.4
20.8 - 42.1
36.4
23.3 - 49.6
26.7
15.9 - 37.5
27.3
13.5 - 41.1
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
27.5
22.1 - 32.9
28.8
22.7 - 34.9
24.6
19.8 - 29.3
25.3
20.3 - 30.3
19.4
13.2 - 25.7
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
30.1
23.2 - 36.9
23.5
16.3 - 30.8
16.2
9.6 - 22.8
22.2
15.4 - 28.9
25.2
15.5 - 35.0
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
28.6
23.5 - 33.8
24.1
18.5 - 29.7
45.2
37.9 - 52.6
30.0
23.4 - 36.6
25.3
18.4 - 32.2
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
40.2
35.3 - 45.2
39.2
33.8 - 44.6
42.4
36.3 - 48.4
33.6
27.4 - 39.7
30.3
22.9 - 37.7
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
35.4
30.3 - 40.5
28.7
22.9 - 34.5
28.3
21.9 - 34.7
23.9
18.3 - 29.6
20.9
14.6 - 27.2
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
25.8
20.3 - 31.3
20.2
13.8 - 26.7
20.4
15.1 - 25.7
19.9
12.4 - 27.4
24.9
16.2 - 33.6
Age
18-64
23.3
21.0 - 25.6
21.1
18.9 - 23.3
23.7
21.5 - 25.9
21.1
19.0 - 23.3
19.7
17.6 - 21.8
65 and over
32.7
31.7 - 33.7
33.1
31.9 - 34.2
33.1
31.9 - 34.4
30.9
29.6 - 32.2
29.8
28.2 - 31.5
Gender
Female
38.6
37.3 - 39.9
38.1
36.6 - 39.6
38.2
36.7 - 39.8
33.3
31.8 - 34.8
32.6
30.8 - 34.3
Male
21.7
20.4 - 22.9
20.5
19.2 - 21.9
20.2
18.8 - 21.7
19.1
17.6 - 20.6
16.2
14.5 - 17.9
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
S
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Language
Most comfortable in English
32.0
30.9 - 33.1
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Most comfortable in French
29.7
27.8 - 31.6
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Comfortable in both English and French
29.6
26.5 - 32.7
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
32.4
25.0 - 39.9
31.3
22.2 - 40.3
28.1
19.5 - 36.7
31.3
22.9 - 39.8
38.8
30.5 - 47.1
Immigrant
Immigrants
39.2
32.3 - 46.1
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Education level
High school or less
31.8
30.6 - 33.0
31.8
30.4 - 33.1
31.1
29.7 - 32.5
28.1
26.8 - 29.5
26.4
24.8 - 27.9
Postsecondary
30.0
28.5 - 31.5
27.5
25.7 - 29.3
28.4
26.4 - 30.4
25.4
23.3 - 27.6
27.5
24.9 - 30.1
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
30.7
28.3 - 33.1
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Household income
Less than $30,000
46.0
44.4 - 47.5
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
$30,000 to less than $60,000
22.0
20.4 - 23.7
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
$60,000 or more
10.6
8.8 - 12.5
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
33.3
26.1 - 40.5
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 live alone.

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: Do you live alone?

Unit

%

NBHC code

XM_HOU01_1

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