The Human Development Council's Randy Hatfield tells CHSJ News the numbers show that some of these measures and indicators are very stubborn.
He says over the last five or six years there are gentle slopes in the these rates which means to really changes things we have to focus.
VitalSigns displays data in ten indicators including housing and transportation, work, belonging and leadership, safety, health and wellness.
Doug MacDonald of the Greater Saint John Community Foundation says they will be using news methods to get the information out to the public.
He says they will be using Twitter and Facebook to post some of the report's excerpts and soliciting comments through social media more than they have in previous years.
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