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zone
Community
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
zone
Zone 1
Moncton and South-East Area
zone
Province
New Brunswick
Context: Social and economic factors
Sense of community belonging, somewhat strong or very strong % | 2020
60.1
54.7 - 65.4
65.7
72.0
71.3 - 72.8
Provides long-term care for someone % | 2020
7.2
4.4 - 9.9
7.7
6.8 - 8.6
9.1
8.6 - 9.5
Has internet access at home % | 2020
94.1
91.6 - 96.7
95.5
94.8 - 96.2
96.9
96.6 - 97.2
Health literacy
Understanding medical information
Written information about condition/prescription is hard to understand, always or usually % | 2020
16.4
12.3 - 20.4
13.0
11.8 - 14.1
12.3
11.7 - 12.8
Medical and dental insurance
No dental insurance % | 2020
29.5
24.6 - 34.5
25.2
23.7 - 26.7
29.9
29.2 - 30.7
No insurance for eye glasses or contact lenses % | 2020
23.5
18.8 - 28.1
23.0
21.5 - 24.4
26.6
25.9 - 27.4
No insurance for prescription medications % | 2020
13.3
9.7 - 17.0
12.0
10.8 - 13.1
15.6
15.0 - 16.2
Social isolation and loneliness
Lonely (based on loneliness score) % | 2020
18.0
13.8 - 22.2
19.8
18.5 - 21.2
20.8
20.1 - 21.5
Lacks companionship, some of the time or often % | 2020
32.2
27.2 - 37.3
34.6
33.0 - 36.2
36.6
35.8 - 37.4
Feels left out, some of the time or often % | 2020
28.1
23.2 - 32.9
30.3
28.7 - 31.8
31.2
30.4 - 32.0
Feels isolated, some of the time or often % | 2020
26.3
21.5 - 31.0
28.0
26.5 - 29.5
31.2
30.4 - 32.0
Contributors to feelings of stress in the last 12 months
Time pressures or not having enough time % | 2020
42.9
37.5 - 48.2
41.5
39.8 - 43.2
38.6
37.8 - 39.4
Physical health problem or condition % | 2020
24.9
20.2 - 29.6
28.4
26.9 - 30.0
27.5
26.8 - 28.3
Emotional or mental health problem or condition % | 2020
28.3
23.5 - 33.2
26.6
25.0 - 28.1
23.2
22.5 - 24.0
Financial situation % | 2020
34.2
29.1 - 39.3
35.3
33.6 - 36.9
32.3
31.5 - 33.1
Work situation % | 2020
31.6
26.6 - 36.7
34.6
33.0 - 36.3
30.2
29.4 - 31.0
School, college or university % | 2020
6.8
4.1 - 9.5
7.7
6.7 - 8.6
7.7
7.3 - 8.2
Employment status % | 2020
9.3
6.2 - 12.5
13.3
12.1 - 14.4
12.9
12.3 - 13.5
Caring for their own children % | 2020
19.3
15.0 - 23.5
21.9
20.4 - 23.3
20.0
19.3 - 20.7
Caring for others (parents, family or friends) % | 2020
29.1
24.2 - 34.0
28.4
26.9 - 30.0
26.3
25.6 - 27.1
Other personal or family responsibilities % | 2020
26.8
22.0 - 31.6
26.6
25.1 - 28.1
24.5
23.7 - 25.2
Personal relationships % | 2020
16.7
12.6 - 20.7
23.5
22.0 - 24.9
20.4
19.7 - 21.1
Discrimination % | 2020
2.5
0.8 - 4.2
5.3
4.5 - 6.0
4.6
4.3 - 5.0
Personal safety or family’s safety % | 2020
6.1
3.5 - 8.7
10.6
9.6 - 11.7
12.0
11.5 - 12.6
Health of family members % | 2020
40.7
35.4 - 46.0
41.8
40.1 - 43.5
40.2
39.4 - 41.1
Health status
Quality of life
Life satisfaction, satisfied or very satisfied % | 2020
90.7
87.6 - 93.8
89.7
90.8
90.3 - 91.2
Perceived health, very good or excellent % | 2020
38.8
33.6 - 44.1
40.3
38.6 - 42.0
39.5
38.7 - 40.4
Perceived mental health, very good or excellent % | 2020
49.7
44.3 - 55.1
48.8
47.1 - 50.5
49.8
48.9 - 50.6
Self-reported height and weight
Obesity % | 2020
39.3
33.8 - 44.7
33.7
32.0 - 35.3
34.1
33.3 - 34.9
Prevalence of chronic health conditions
Among list of chronic conditions: arthritis, asthma, chronic pain, emphysema or COPD, cancer, diabetes, depression, mood disorder other than depression, heart disease, stroke, high blood pressure, gastric reflux
One or more chronic health conditions % | 2020
65.8
60.7 - 70.9
62.5
60.8 - 64.1
64.7
63.9 - 65.5
Three or more chronic health conditions % | 2020
21.2
16.7 - 25.6
21.0
19.6 - 22.4
23.1
22.4 - 23.8
Types of chronic health conditions (physical health)
Arthritis % | 2020
15.9
11.9 - 19.8
16.2
14.9 - 17.4
19.2
18.5 - 19.8
Asthma % | 2020
7.4
4.5 - 10.2
10.9
9.8 - 12.0
11.8
11.2 - 12.3
Chronic pain % | 2020
16.3
12.3 - 20.3
16.9
15.6 - 18.2
17.6
16.9 - 18.2
Emphysema/COPD % | 2020
2.7
1.0 - 4.5
3.0
2.4 - 3.6
3.5
3.2 - 3.8
Cancer % | 2020
9.4
6.3 - 12.6
9.0
8.0 - 9.9
8.8
8.3 - 9.3
Diabetes % | 2020
12.7
9.1 - 16.3
10.8
9.8 - 11.9
12.0
11.5 - 12.6
Heart disease % | 2020
9.1
6.0 - 12.2
8.3
7.4 - 9.3
9.6
9.1 - 10.1
Stroke % | 2017
3.2
2.0 - 4.3
1.8
1.5 - 2.2
2.0
1.8 - 2.2
Hypertension % | 2020
28.8
23.9 - 33.7
26.0
24.5 - 27.5
29.8
29.0 - 30.5
Gastric reflux % | 2020
16.0
12.0 - 20.0
17.1
15.9 - 18.4
16.6
15.9 - 17.2
High cholesterol % | 2020
19.3
15.0 - 23.6
18.3
17.0 - 19.7
20.7
20.0 - 21.4
Types of chronic health conditions (mental health)
Depression % | 2020
22.2
17.7 - 26.7
19.1
17.7 - 20.4
17.3
16.7 - 17.9
Anxiety % | 2020
21.4
17.0 - 25.8
20.3
19.0 - 21.7
19.2
18.6 - 19.9
Mood disorder (other than depression) % | 2020
3.4
1.4 - 5.4
3.4
2.8 - 4.0
3.2
2.9 - 3.5
Types of chronic health conditions (memory)
Someone in household has memory problem % | 2020
9.7
6.5 - 12.9
11.0
10.0 - 12.1
10.4
9.9 - 10.9
... Memory problem interferes with day-to-day function % | 2020
3.4
1.4 - 5.3
4.4
3.7 - 5.0
4.1
3.7 - 4.4
Management of chronic health conditions
Confidence in managing their health condition, very confident % | 2020
38.4
32.4 - 44.4
40.0
38.1 - 41.9
41.4
40.5 - 42.4
Knows how to try to prevent further problems with health condition, strongly agree % | 2020
34.4
28.6 - 40.3
35.0
33.2 - 36.9
35.6
34.7 - 36.5
Injury in the last 12 months
Has been injured and had to be treated % | 2020
12.7
9.1 - 16.3
17.1
15.8 - 18.4
16.3
15.7 - 16.9
Disability
Limited in activities because of a physical or mental condition or a health problem, sometimes or often % | 2020
25.5
20.8 - 30.2
23.7
22.2 - 25.1
25.1
24.4 - 25.8
Developmental disability % | 2020
0.0
0.0 - 0.0
3.7
2.5 - 4.9
4.0
3.4 - 4.7
Dexterity disability % | 2020
16.9
8.9 - 24.8
19.3
16.7 - 21.9
24.5
23.1 - 25.9
Flexibility disability % | 2020
33.5
23.4 - 43.5
44.8
41.6 - 48.1
54.1
52.5 - 55.7
Hearing disability % | 2020
20.7
12.1 - 29.4
19.7
17.1 - 22.3
18.4
17.2 - 19.6
Learning disability % | 2020
14.6
7.1 - 22.2
18.6
16.0 - 21.1
18.0
16.7 - 19.2
Memory disability % | 2020
19.6
11.2 - 28.1
26.7
23.8 - 29.6
25.9
24.5 - 27.3
Mental health-related disability % | 2020
43.6
33.0 - 54.1
36.4
33.3 - 39.6
30.4
29.0 - 31.9
Mobility disability % | 2020
52.4
41.7 - 63.1
51.2
47.9 - 54.4
56.5
54.9 - 58.1
Pain-related disability % | 2020
66.2
56.2 - 76.3
67.2
64.1 - 70.3
72.4
70.9 - 73.8
Seeing disability % | 2020
17.7
9.6 - 25.8
17.7
15.2 - 20.2
19.3
18.0 - 20.5
Chronic health condition % | 2020
62.6
52.2 - 73.1
77.1
74.3 - 79.9
78.5
77.2 - 79.9
Health promotion and prevention
Talks to health professional about improving health and preventing illness, always or usually % | 2020
25.1
20.4 - 29.9
26.0
24.5 - 27.6
26.3
25.6 - 27.1
Flu shot in the last 12 months
Adults % | 2020
42.4
37.1 - 47.7
43.0
41.3 - 44.6
46.5
45.6 - 47.3
Seniors % | 2020
63.6
55.5 - 71.6
65.7
66.5
65.3 - 67.8
Screening in the last 12 months
For citizens with diabetes, heart disease, stroke or high blood pressure
Had measurement for blood pressure % | 2020
86.3
80.8 - 91.9
89.8
88.2 - 91.4
88.3
87.5 - 89.1
Had test for blood sugar % | 2020
71.7
64.4 - 79.1
71.2
68.8 - 73.6
69.8
68.6 - 71.0
Had measurement for body weight % | 2020
48.0
39.9 - 56.1
52.3
49.7 - 54.9
53.4
52.2 - 54.7
Had test for cholesterol % | 2020
65.4
57.6 - 73.1
69.6
67.2 - 72.0
69.5
68.3 - 70.7
Health behaviours
Habits and beliefs
Believes their health largely depends on how well they take care of themselves, strongly agrees % | 2020
60.2
54.9 - 65.5
61.9
60.2 - 63.5
59.1
58.3 - 60.0
Exercises at least 2.5 hours per week % | 2020
51.2
45.8 - 56.7
49.0
49.9
49.1 - 50.8
Eats 5 or more servings of fruit or vegetables per day % | 2020
36.0
30.8 - 41.3
41.3
39.6 - 43.0
41.9
41.0 - 42.7
Usually sleeps for 7 hours or more each night % | 2020
52.3
46.8 - 57.7
57.7
56.0 - 59.4
59.1
58.2 - 59.9
Use of tobacco
Daily smoker % | 2020
9.5
6.3 - 12.6
10.4
9.4 - 11.5
12.1
11.6 - 12.7
Daily or occasional smoker % | 2020
15.1
11.2 - 18.9
15.0
13.8 - 16.2
17.5
16.9 - 18.2
Use of cannabis
In the last 12 months % | 2020
24.2
19.6 - 28.8
26.9
25.4 - 28.4
24.4
23.7 - 25.1
...For non-medical purposes % | 2020
45.7
32.6 - 58.9
49.9
46.1 - 53.8
49.3
47.2 - 51.3
...For medical purposes % | 2020
22.6
11.5 - 33.6
21.2
18.1 - 24.4
23.5
21.7 - 25.2
...For both medical and non-medical purposes % | 2020
31.7
19.4 - 44.0
28.8
25.4 - 32.3
30.1
28.2 - 31.9
In the last 12 months, daily % | 2020
6.6
3.9 - 9.2
7.3
6.4 - 8.2
7.6
7.1 - 8.0
Use of alcohol in the last 12 months
Heavy drinking % | 2020
29.1
24.2 - 34.1
26.7
25.2 - 28.2
26.9
26.1 - 27.6
Heavy drinking (men) % | 2020
34.3
25.4 - 43.2
32.3
29.6 - 35.0
31.4
30.1 - 32.8
Heavy drinking (women) % | 2020
23.9
18.3 - 29.6
21.4
19.6 - 23.1
20.0
19.2 - 20.9
Medication
Takes 6 or more different prescription medications on a regular basis % | 2020
10.3
7.0 - 13.5
9.5
8.5 - 10.5
11.4
10.9 - 12.0
Has a chronic health condition and takes 6 or more prescription medications on a regular basis % | 2020
15.6
11.0 - 20.3
14.8
13.4 - 16.3
17.6
16.8 - 18.4
…. Knows what their prescribed medications do, strongly agrees % | 2020
39.3
32.7 - 45.8
50.2
48.1 - 52.4
49.6
48.6 - 50.7
n/a = Not applicable / not available
S = Data suppressed due to confidentiality requirements and/or small sample size

About this Table

Content and description

Data on self-reported information regarding New Brunswickers’ demographic context, determinants of health and health status. Topics include: age, sex, gender, immigration status, education and health literacy, economic and social factors, as well as self-reported health status, prevention efforts, health behaviours and use of medication.

 

Why it is important

By better understanding the determinants of health and the health of New Brunswickers, we can better assess the needs of the population, better plan for health services and allocate resources accordingly.

 

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The information for this data table is available at different geographical levels as well as by demographic groups. More information is available on our Primary Health Survey page.

Note about 2020 data

The 2020 edition of the Primary Health Survey (PHS) was conducted during the COVID-19 pandemic. While the pandemic did not influence the survey’s response rate, the NBHC had to assess the impact of surveying during the pandemic. Accordingly, advanced statistical analyses were performed to allow for comparison between the results obtained in 2020 and those obtained in previous PHS cycles. Some indicators had to be suppressed in the 2020 edition as part of this process. Despite these analyses, users are advised to use the 2020 data with caution, especially when creating estimates for small sub-populations or when comparing it to other PHS editions.