Citizens receiving home care services from the Extra-Mural Program who reported that they went to the hospital emergency department in the last 12 months during the time they were receiving services from the Extra-Mural Program

Table

Unit %

Year 2024
Province
New Brunswick
29.9
29.0 - 30.9
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
28.4
26.7 - 30.2
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
32.5
30.5 - 34.5
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
29.7
27.7 - 31.7
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
30.9
27.8 - 33.9
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
32.9
28.4 - 37.4
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
28.6
25.9 - 31.2
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
26.4
22.4 - 30.3
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
25.4
21.4 - 29.4
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
30.4
26.4 - 34.5
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
30.4
24.1 - 36.6
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
32.3
26.9 - 37.7
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
35.2
28.7 - 41.7
Dieppe and Memramcook
27.3
23.0 - 31.6
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
23.1
16.7 - 29.6
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
29.0
25.0 - 33.0
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
34.4
30.1 - 38.7
Fredericton
28.9
25.1 - 32.6
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
S
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
32.7
27.1 - 38.3
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
S
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
S
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
22.0
15.2 - 28.7
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
25.7
21.5 - 29.9
Moncton
28.4
25.2 - 31.5
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
32.3
24.7 - 40.0
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
S
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
26.5
20.7 - 32.2
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
22.8
17.6 - 28.1
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
42.9
34.3 - 51.4
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
30.3
26.0 - 34.6
Riverview and Coverdale
29.1
23.5 - 34.6
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
31.4
25.7 - 37.1
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
31.6
28.0 - 35.2
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
S
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
24.5
19.1 - 30.0
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
19.5
13.6 - 25.5
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
32.1
26.7 - 37.6
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
38.0
33.2 - 42.9
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
35.2
30.2 - 40.3
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
37.3
31.0 - 43.7
Age
18-64
31.8
29.3 - 34.4
65 and over
29.6
28.6 - 30.6
Gender
Female
28.9
27.7 - 30.1
Male
31.6
30.2 - 33.1
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
S
Language
Most comfortable in English
30.0
28.8 - 31.1
Most comfortable in French
29.1
27.2 - 31.0
Comfortable in both English and French
30.4
27.1 - 33.7
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
39.9
31.8 - 48.1
Immigrant
Immigrants
31.1
24.4 - 37.9
Education level
High school or less
29.9
28.7 - 31.2
Postsecondary
30.1
28.5 - 31.6
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
33.8
31.4 - 36.3
Household income
Less than $30,000
30.6
29.1 - 32.0
$30,000 to less than $60,000
30.3
28.4 - 32.2
$60,000 or more
25.3
22.6 - 28.0
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
22.2
15.7 - 28.7
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 who reported that they went to the hospital emergency department in the last 12 months during the time they were receiving services from the Extra-Mural Program.

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: In the last 12 months, did you have to visit the hospital emergency room during the time you were receiving Extra-Mural services?

Unit

%

Interpretation

Lower is better

NBHC code

XM_HSP09_1

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