Students in grades 4 and 5 who have a low level of mental fitness

Table

Unit %

Academic Year 2024-2025 Academic Year 2023-2024 Academic Year 2022-2023 Academic Year 2019-2020 Academic Year 2016-2017 Academic Year 2013-2014
Province
New Brunswick
15.9
15.4 - 16.4
16.6
16.1 - 17.1
16.3
15.8 - 16.8
n/a
13.2
16.3
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
14.9
14.1 - 15.8
16.0
15.1 - 16.9
16.4
15.4 - 17.5
n/a
12.0
16.0
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
16.2
15.1 - 17.2
17.5
16.5 - 18.6
18.0
16.9 - 19.1
n/a
14.2
17.8
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
17.5
16.4 - 18.5
18.4
17.4 - 19.5
15.8
14.8 - 16.9
n/a
14.0
16.2
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
13.7
11.7 - 15.6
13.1
11.1 - 15.0
13.8
11.7 - 15.9
n/a
9.2
10.3
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
16.4
13.2 - 19.7
15.2
11.9 - 18.4
14.9
11.7 - 18.1
n/a
15.8
18.4
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
13.5
11.8 - 15.2
11.7
10.1 - 13.3
13.5
11.7 - 15.4
n/a
12.3
13.3
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
19.6
17.2 - 22.0
19.8
17.3 - 22.2
17.6
15.2 - 20.1
n/a
16.2
24.7
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
14.6
12.0 - 17.2
13.8
11.1 - 16.5
17.0
13.8 - 20.2
n/a
12.8
11.8
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
16.5
13.5 - 19.6
14.6
12.0 - 17.3
19.4
15.6 - 23.2
22.6
9.8
20.6
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
17.3
13.0 - 21.6
16.9
12.4 - 21.4
13.7
9.7 - 17.8
n/a
17.0
6.5
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
13.2
9.2 - 17.3
9.0
5.7 - 12.4
11.9
8.0 - 15.8
n/a
14.0
16.3
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
15.3
10.3 - 20.2
13.0
8.5 - 17.5
16.5
11.4 - 21.6
n/a
15.0
22.6
Dieppe and Memramcook
13.0
11.1 - 14.9
15.8
13.7 - 17.9
12.8
10.6 - 15.1
n/a
7.3
9.8
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
22.5
17.2 - 27.9
23.7
18.1 - 29.2
24.7
19.1 - 30.3
14.7
15.3
20.5
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
11.2
8.7 - 13.7
11.5
9.0 - 14.0
14.1
10.8 - 17.4
10.1
9.4
7.8
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
18.4
15.7 - 21.2
23.4
20.3 - 26.5
17.7
14.8 - 20.7
19.1
18.0
19.8
Fredericton
16.0
14.4 - 17.5
16.0
14.4 - 17.6
12.5
11.0 - 13.9
n/a
12.6
10.1
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
16.0
11.4 - 20.5
19.3
14.3 - 24.3
18.4
13.7 - 23.0
n/a
8.9
13.2
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
18.2
14.5 - 21.9
15.3
11.8 - 18.8
13.7
10.3 - 17.0
10.6
9.1
18.7
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
13.6
6.2 - 21.0
21.5
13.1 - 29.8
13.6
6.2 - 21.0
n/a
28.4
S
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
10.8
6.0 - 15.7
13.2
8.0 - 18.4
13.5
8.2 - 18.8
n/a
8.5
10.7
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
19.4
13.2 - 25.5
17.3
12.0 - 22.6
18.1
12.4 - 23.7
17.6
19.7
28.7
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
19.0
16.5 - 21.5
20.6
18.0 - 23.2
18.4
15.8 - 20.9
n/a
16.6
24.1
Moncton
15.3
14.0 - 16.6
15.1
13.8 - 16.4
16.0
14.6 - 17.5
n/a
13.9
14.3
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
15.2
10.7 - 19.8
15.6
10.8 - 20.5
16.5
11.6 - 21.4
n/a
14.1
26.3
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
24.1
16.2 - 32.1
10.7
3.9 - 17.4
S
23.4
13.2
27.4
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
14.5
11.5 - 17.4
17.4
14.3 - 20.6
15.8
12.6 - 19.1
21.7
10.3
13.2
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
20.3
17.4 - 23.2
20.5
17.6 - 23.5
18.0
15.2 - 20.9
n/a
13.0
20.6
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
24.6
17.9 - 31.2
21.5
15.5 - 27.6
23.6
17.1 - 30.2
n/a
15.8
12.9
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
15.6
13.7 - 17.5
16.2
14.3 - 18.1
16.5
14.5 - 18.4
n/a
10.5
15.3
Riverview and Coverdale
13.8
11.0 - 16.5
19.0
16.0 - 22.1
19.9
16.7 - 23.0
16.7
13.7
17.0
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
17.3
13.1 - 21.6
18.5
13.9 - 23.0
16.4
11.9 - 21.0
20.0
14.1
S
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
16.2
14.5 - 17.9
17.5
15.9 - 19.2
17.6
15.8 - 19.3
n/a
16.4
19.0
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
17.0
12.9 - 21.1
17.4
13.1 - 21.7
21.4
16.3 - 26.5
n/a
12.8
32.2
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
14.8
10.7 - 18.9
15.8
12.3 - 19.3
19.8
14.8 - 24.7
n/a
9.2
10.1
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
15.3
10.6 - 20.1
16.1
11.3 - 21.0
13.9
9.4 - 18.4
13.0
12.9
12.9
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
22.2
17.1 - 27.3
19.2
14.9 - 23.5
21.0
15.8 - 26.2
n/a
22.4
19.8
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
15.1
11.5 - 18.7
21.3
17.0 - 25.6
14.9
11.3 - 18.5
22.0
14.2
20.7
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
15.3
12.1 - 18.4
16.8
13.6 - 19.9
23.3
19.8 - 26.8
19.8
13.3
19.4
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
10.4
7.4 - 13.5
7.6
4.9 - 10.3
9.8
6.6 - 13.1
12.2
9.9
13.9
School districts
Anglophone East School District
16.4
15.2 - 17.5
18.1
16.9 - 19.4
18.4
17.1 - 19.7
n/a
14.6
17.5
Anglophone North School District
20.0
17.9 - 22.0
20.1
18.0 - 22.3
19.7
17.5 - 21.8
n/a
16.9
23.6
Anglophone South School District
16.5
15.4 - 17.6
17.5
16.4 - 18.6
18.4
17.3 - 19.6
n/a
14.3
18.3
Anglophone West School District
17.8
16.7 - 18.8
18.7
17.5 - 19.8
16.3
15.2 - 17.4
n/a
14.5
17.2
Anglophone sector
17.2
16.6 - 17.8
18.3
17.7 - 18.9
17.8
17.2 - 18.5
n/a
14.7
18.3
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
12.7
11.1 - 14.3
10.2
8.7 - 11.6
11.3
9.7 - 12.9
n/a
11.8
14.6
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
11.7
9.7 - 13.7
12.2
10.2 - 14.3
12.6
10.3 - 14.9
n/a
8.4
7.9
District scolaire francophone Sud
13.1
11.9 - 14.2
13.9
12.7 - 15.1
13.6
12.3 - 15.0
n/a
9.2
11.3
Francophone sector
12.8
11.9 - 13.6
12.6
11.8 - 13.5
12.8
11.9 - 13.8
n/a
9.8
11.8
Grades
Grade 4
15.5
14.7 - 16.2
16.6
15.9 - 17.3
15.6
14.8 - 16.4
n/a
n/a
n/a
Grade 5
16.4
15.7 - 17.1
16.6
15.9 - 17.3
17.0
16.2 - 17.7
n/a
n/a
n/a
Gender
Female
13.3
12.6 - 13.9
14.2
13.5 - 14.9
13.5
12.7 - 14.2
n/a
10.1
13.1
Male
17.2
16.4 - 17.9
17.9
17.2 - 18.7
17.9
17.1 - 18.8
n/a
16.1
19.5
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
20.8
18.3 - 23.3
19.8
17.4 - 22.2
19.8
17.1 - 22.5
n/a
n/a
n/a
Immigrant
Immigrants
14.9
13.8 - 16.1
15.7
14.4 - 17.0
14.4
12.9 - 15.9
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 students in grades 4 and 5 who have a low level of mental fitness.

Source

New Brunswick Health Council, Student Wellness and Education Survey, Grades 4-5

Calculations

This indicator is calculated by dividing the number of respondents who have a total mental fitness score lower than a specified cutoff by the number of respondents who described their feelings and ideas for at least 5 of the following 9 questionnaire items: 'I feel I do things well at school', 'I like to spend time with my parents', 'I feel I do things well at home', 'I feel I have a choice about when and how to do my school work', 'I like to spend time with my teachers', 'I feel I have a choice about which activities to do with my friends', 'I feel I do things well when I am with my friends', 'I like to spend time with my friends' and 'I feel like I have a choice about when and how to do my household chores'. The response options for these 9 items are not like me, a little like me and a lot like me.

Notes

The 2019-2020 edition of this survey was conducted during the COVID-19 pandemic. Since the number of schools that participated in 2019-2020 is much lower than other editions of the survey, results at the provincial level were deemed not representative of the total student population. Therefore, survey results for New Brunswick, health zones and demographic groups are not available for the 2019-2020 edition. However, 2019-2020 results are available for communities in which the number of participating schools was deemed sufficient to be representative of the student population in that community.

Unit

%

Interpretation

Lower is better

NBHC code

SE_MEFLO_1

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