Students in grades 6 to 12 who are 16 years old

Table

Unit %

Academic Year 2023-2024 Academic Year 2022-2023 Academic Year 2021-2022 Academic Year 2018-2019 Academic Year 2015-2016
Province
New Brunswick
14.4
14.2 - 14.7
14.3
14.0 - 14.5
14.3
14.8
15.3
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
14.3
13.8 - 14.7
14.3
13.7 - 14.8
13.6
15.0
15.1
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
15.1
14.5 - 15.7
14.4
13.9 - 15.0
14.7
14.4
14.9
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
14.0
13.4 - 14.5
13.9
13.3 - 14.4
14.3
14.1
15.4
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
13.9
12.7 - 15.0
13.8
12.7 - 14.9
14.5
15.1
15.1
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
15.0
13.3 - 16.7
14.9
13.3 - 16.6
14.8
15.7
13.4
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
14.5
13.5 - 15.5
14.1
13.1 - 15.0
14.1
15.9
15.1
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
15.2
14.0 - 16.4
15.6
14.4 - 16.8
15.5
15.1
19.9
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
15.8
14.3 - 17.3
14.0
12.6 - 15.5
14.1
14.9
9.4
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
14.2
12.7 - 15.6
17.0
15.1 - 18.8
13.5
15.5
17.5
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
15.9
13.5 - 18.3
15.1
12.9 - 17.3
15.6
16.9
12.0
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
13.4
11.0 - 15.9
13.2
10.7 - 15.8
11.0
15.8
16.3
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
13.8
11.4 - 16.2
14.7
12.2 - 17.2
13.6
13.9
14.8
Dieppe and Memramcook
14.6
13.3 - 15.9
13.8
12.5 - 15.1
12.6
14.3
14.6
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
9.8
7.0 - 12.7
12.1
8.7 - 15.6
15.0
12.7
13.2
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
13.9
12.2 - 15.5
14.6
13.0 - 16.1
13.7
15.1
15.2
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
14.3
12.8 - 15.7
15.8
14.3 - 17.3
15.2
13.8
19.2
Fredericton
14.3
13.5 - 15.2
14.0
13.1 - 14.9
14.7
15.1
14.3
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
n/a
n/a
0.0
0.0
0.0
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
13.9
12.0 - 15.8
12.8
11.0 - 14.5
16.3
13.4
14.3
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
15.1
11.2 - 19.0
16.4
12.0 - 20.8
9.3
15.1
11.0
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
13.9
10.9 - 16.8
13.1
10.0 - 16.2
13.2
17.3
17.1
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
13.3
10.7 - 16.0
10.7
8.3 - 13.1
14.5
11.2
14.1
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
15.4
14.1 - 16.7
15.6
14.3 - 16.9
15.5
15.6
18.3
Moncton
14.0
13.3 - 14.7
14.2
13.4 - 14.9
14.2
15.6
15.0
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
14.5
11.7 - 17.4
16.0
13.0 - 19.0
13.1
13.5
13.2
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
13.3
10.1 - 16.5
15.5
11.9 - 19.2
15.0
11.2
35.3
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
9.7
6.6 - 12.7
6.4
4.2 - 8.6
10.2
12.1
15.2
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
13.3
12.0 - 14.7
12.9
11.5 - 14.3
13.2
13.4
14.6
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
16.0
12.9 - 19.0
15.9
13.0 - 18.8
13.4
11.8
17.6
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
14.9
13.8 - 15.9
15.1
14.0 - 16.2
14.7
14.2
13.9
Riverview and Coverdale
14.9
13.3 - 16.5
13.9
12.3 - 15.5
16.4
15.3
16.5
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
14.3
12.1 - 16.6
16.0
13.4 - 18.6
10.7
12.2
15.7
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
16.1
15.2 - 17.0
15.2
14.3 - 16.1
16.3
15.9
16.3
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
15.2
13.1 - 17.3
10.1
8.4 - 11.7
13.1
14.4
14.7
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
13.7
11.9 - 15.5
14.6
12.5 - 16.7
11.3
14.0
11.8
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
14.9
12.4 - 17.3
14.9
12.3 - 17.5
15.1
21.6
19.9
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
14.3
12.0 - 16.7
12.5
10.1 - 14.9
11.8
15.8
12.3
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
15.2
13.1 - 17.2
13.7
11.8 - 15.7
13.9
12.4
16.9
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
14.2
12.4 - 16.0
13.7
11.9 - 15.5
13.0
13.4
14.5
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
12.5
10.7 - 14.2
14.2
12.2 - 16.1
15.5
15.1
17.4
School districts
Anglophone East School District
14.3
13.7 - 15.0
14.2
13.5 - 14.9
14.3
14.8
15.3
Anglophone North School District
16.4
15.4 - 17.4
15.1
14.1 - 16.0
16.0
16.4
16.3
Anglophone South School District
15.3
14.7 - 15.9
14.5
13.9 - 15.1
14.7
14.8
15.0
Anglophone West School District
14.3
13.7 - 14.8
14.1
13.6 - 14.7
14.5
14.2
15.5
Anglophone sector
14.8
14.5 - 15.2
14.4
14.0 - 14.7
14.7
14.8
15.4
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
13.7
12.8 - 14.6
14.4
13.5 - 15.4
13.7
15.3
16.5
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
13.6
12.4 - 14.8
13.8
12.6 - 14.9
14.6
15.0
15.5
District scolaire francophone Sud
13.2
12.5 - 13.9
13.7
13.0 - 14.5
12.5
14.2
14.2
Francophone sector
13.4
12.9 - 13.9
13.9
13.4 - 14.5
13.3
14.7
15.3
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
S
S
S
S
S
Grades 9 to 12
24.6
24.1 - 25.0
24.3
23.9 - 24.8
24.7
25.2
25.7
Gender
Female
15.0
14.6 - 15.5
14.4
14.0 - 14.9
14.9
n/a
n/a
Male
14.3
13.9 - 14.7
14.2
13.8 - 14.6
14.0
n/a
n/a
Non-binary
15.1
13.0 - 17.3
15.5
14.1 - 16.9
14.4
n/a
n/a
Sex at birth
Female
14.8
14.4 - 15.2
14.3
13.9 - 14.7
14.6
15.1
n/a
Male
14.2
13.8 - 14.6
14.2
13.8 - 14.6
14.1
14.4
n/a
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
17.1
16.2 - 17.9
15.2
14.5 - 15.8
14.5
n/a
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
14.3
13.3 - 15.4
13.7
12.5 - 14.8
13.4
13.6
15.7
Immigrant
Immigrants
14.8
14.0 - 15.6
16.6
15.7 - 17.4
17.1
18.0
n/a
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
13.7
12.7 - 14.7
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
13.8
13.2 - 14.5
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 students in grades 6 to 12 who are 16 years old.

Source

New Brunswick Health Council, Student Wellness and Education Survey - Grades 6-12

Calculations

This indicator is calculated by dividing the number of respondents who answered "16 years" by the number of respondents who answered "10 years or younger, 11 years, 12 years, 13 years, 14 years, 15 years, 16 years, 17 years, 18 years or 19 years or older" to the question: How old are you today?

Notes

Users are advised to exercise caution if comparing data from the community of Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area to other New Brunswick communities. The data for the community of Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area is based on students in grades 6 to 8, while data from the other communities are based on students in grades 6 to 12. Survey results are assigned to communities based on the location of the school. The community of Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area does not have any schools with grades 9 to 12.

Unit

%

NBHC code

SH_AGE01_7

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