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Students in grades 7 to 12 who reported having had a drink of alcohol once a month or more in the last 12 months

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Table

Unit %

Academic Year 2024-2025 Academic Year 2023-2024 Academic Year 2022-2023 Academic Year 2021-2022 Academic Year 2018-2019 Academic Year 2015-2016
Province
New Brunswick
16.0
15.6 - 16.3
17.8
17.4 - 18.1
18.5
18.2 - 18.9
17.8
24.0
25.1
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
13.5
13.0 - 14.1
15.7
15.1 - 16.3
17.3
16.7 - 17.9
16.6
24.2
22.9
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
14.7
13.9 - 15.4
17.1
16.4 - 17.8
16.5
15.8 - 17.1
15.7
22.7
23.6
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
15.4
14.7 - 16.1
16.6
15.9 - 17.4
17.0
16.2 - 17.7
15.4
21.0
23.6
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
23.5
21.9 - 25.1
23.6
22.0 - 25.2
23.7
22.2 - 25.3
23.4
27.2
30.7
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
19.6
17.6 - 21.7
21.6
19.3 - 23.8
23.5
21.3 - 25.8
24.1
31.0
28.2
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
21.3
20.1 - 22.6
23.8
22.5 - 25.2
24.6
23.2 - 26.0
25.3
26.9
28.2
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
19.9
18.4 - 21.4
20.3
18.8 - 21.9
23.5
21.8 - 25.1
23.0
29.8
34.9
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
18.3
16.5 - 20.0
19.4
17.5 - 21.2
22.6
20.6 - 24.6
22.1
26.0
18.3
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
21.9
19.8 - 24.0
24.1
22.0 - 26.1
28.6
26.2 - 30.9
23.9
31.4
28.9
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
19.9
17.2 - 22.5
22.0
19.0 - 25.1
23.1
20.2 - 26.0
24.4
32.2
19.7
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
18.5
15.4 - 21.5
25.6
22.1 - 29.0
25.3
21.5 - 29.0
24.2
25.0
39.5
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
19.3
16.2 - 22.5
20.8
17.5 - 24.2
24.2
20.6 - 27.8
23.5
29.0
35.7
Dieppe and Memramcook
16.6
15.0 - 18.2
18.0
16.3 - 19.7
19.3
17.6 - 21.1
17.1
19.9
24.6
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
23.9
18.9 - 28.9
24.1
19.3 - 28.9
24.9
19.7 - 30.1
24.0
22.3
26.1
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
22.3
20.1 - 24.5
23.4
21.0 - 25.7
21.3
19.2 - 23.3
20.7
24.8
30.0
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
18.1
16.4 - 19.8
18.4
16.6 - 20.2
17.6
15.8 - 19.4
17.1
23.4
25.2
Fredericton
11.9
10.9 - 12.8
14.5
13.5 - 15.5
15.3
14.2 - 16.4
13.2
18.4
15.3
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
20.8
18.2 - 23.4
20.3
17.8 - 22.8
23.1
20.6 - 25.6
22.7
24.8
26.3
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
18.8
12.4 - 25.2
25.7
20.2 - 31.1
29.1
22.9 - 35.4
25.7
41.6
23.0
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
35.2
30.5 - 39.9
33.8
29.2 - 38.4
36.4
31.4 - 41.4
38.0
40.3
45.8
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
19.8
16.3 - 23.2
22.0
18.4 - 25.7
19.9
16.3 - 23.5
17.9
18.4
30.6
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
19.9
18.3 - 21.4
20.2
18.6 - 21.8
24.0
22.3 - 25.7
22.8
30.4
35.1
Moncton
8.2
7.5 - 8.8
11.6
10.8 - 12.3
11.9
11.2 - 12.7
12.6
19.8
19.1
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
19.4
15.9 - 22.9
23.5
19.6 - 27.3
23.4
19.6 - 27.2
24.1
26.4
29.6
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
20.2
15.5 - 24.8
21.6
17.0 - 26.3
19.0
14.4 - 23.6
25.3
23.5
32.3
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
14.9
10.1 - 19.7
11.2
8.0 - 14.4
17.6
13.5 - 21.7
19.4
28.9
32.3
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
15.4
13.6 - 17.2
15.4
13.7 - 17.1
14.6
13.0 - 16.3
13.8
22.4
26.0
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
28.6
24.7 - 32.6
28.3
24.4 - 32.3
25.2
21.6 - 28.9
21.4
29.3
39.0
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
17.3
15.9 - 18.7
19.3
17.9 - 20.6
16.3
15.0 - 17.5
16.4
19.7
21.3
Riverview and Coverdale
15.4
13.6 - 17.1
14.2
12.3 - 16.1
16.6
14.6 - 18.5
16.9
27.0
24.0
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
18.6
15.9 - 21.4
19.7
16.7 - 22.6
18.1
15.0 - 21.2
20.6
26.2
27.2
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
12.3
11.2 - 13.3
15.4
14.4 - 16.5
16.0
15.0 - 17.0
15.8
24.7
24.6
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
22.4
19.5 - 25.3
24.4
21.5 - 27.3
25.5
22.7 - 28.3
21.6
32.2
30.6
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
15.6
13.1 - 18.0
18.1
15.7 - 20.5
22.9
20.2 - 25.6
18.4
29.9
19.9
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
23.7
20.5 - 27.0
28.3
24.8 - 31.8
28.3
24.6 - 31.9
34.0
35.0
35.8
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
15.5
12.6 - 18.4
19.1
16.0 - 22.2
20.1
16.7 - 23.5
17.3
24.8
25.9
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
15.5
13.1 - 17.9
15.8
13.4 - 18.3
17.4
14.9 - 19.9
13.3
21.1
21.6
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
16.6
14.2 - 19.1
20.7
18.1 - 23.2
18.0
15.7 - 20.3
17.0
27.0
28.1
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
27.5
24.8 - 30.2
28.2
25.5 - 30.9
25.5
22.8 - 28.3
27.6
25.2
26.7
School districts
Anglophone East School District
11.7
11.0 - 12.4
14.7
13.9 - 15.4
15.4
14.6 - 16.1
15.9
24.1
22.7
Anglophone North School District
20.2
19.0 - 21.4
21.2
19.9 - 22.4
25.0
23.6 - 26.3
24.0
31.2
31.9
Anglophone South School District
15.0
14.3 - 15.8
17.4
16.7 - 18.1
16.6
15.9 - 17.3
15.9
23.0
23.8
Anglophone West School District
15.6
14.9 - 16.3
17.1
16.4 - 17.8
17.2
16.4 - 17.9
15.7
21.9
24.3
Anglophone sector
15.0
14.6 - 15.4
17.1
16.7 - 17.5
17.5
17.0 - 17.9
16.8
23.9
24.7
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
21.7
20.5 - 22.9
24.1
22.8 - 25.4
24.0
22.7 - 25.3
25.0
27.1
29.2
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
25.1
23.3 - 26.8
24.9
23.1 - 26.6
25.0
23.4 - 26.7
23.9
27.6
31.7
District scolaire francophone Sud
14.2
13.3 - 15.0
15.4
14.5 - 16.2
18.2
17.2 - 19.2
16.1
21.0
21.2
Francophone sector
18.5
17.9 - 19.2
19.6
19.0 - 20.3
21.2
20.5 - 21.9
20.3
24.2
26.1
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
4.3
4.0 - 4.6
5.2
4.8 - 5.5
4.9
4.6 - 5.3
4.2
4.9
4.9
Grades 9 to 12
21.9
21.5 - 22.4
23.8
23.3 - 24.3
25.0
24.6 - 25.5
24.6
32.8
34.3
Gender
Female
16.1
15.6 - 16.5
19.3
18.8 - 19.9
19.7
19.2 - 20.3
20.1
n/a
n/a
Male
16.0
15.5 - 16.4
16.7
16.2 - 17.2
17.7
17.2 - 18.2
16.3
n/a
n/a
Non-binary
16.7
13.9 - 19.4
15.8
13.3 - 18.2
15.2
13.6 - 16.7
12.1
n/a
n/a
Sex at birth
Female
15.6
15.2 - 16.1
18.8
18.3 - 19.3
18.9
18.4 - 19.4
19.0
23.7
n/a
Male
16.1
15.6 - 16.6
16.6
16.1 - 17.1
17.9
17.4 - 18.4
16.3
24.3
n/a
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
14.6
13.6 - 15.5
16.6
15.7 - 17.5
16.6
15.8 - 17.3
15.1
n/a
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
22.2
20.8 - 23.5
25.5
24.1 - 27.0
25.8
24.2 - 27.5
22.3
28.2
32.2
Immigrant
Immigrants
8.8
8.1 - 9.5
10.5
9.7 - 11.4
12.3
11.4 - 13.2
12.4
19.7
n/a
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
15.8
14.6 - 17.0
16.0
14.7 - 17.2
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
9.5
8.9 - 10.2
11.6
10.9 - 12.3
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 7 to 12 who reported having had a drink of alcohol once a month or more in the last 12 months.

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 "once a month, 2-3 times a month, once a week, 2-3 times a week, 4-6 times a week or every day" by the number of respondents who answered "I have never had alcohol, I have done this, but not in the last 12 months, less than once a month, once a month, 2-3 times a month, once a week, 2-3 times a week, 4-6 times a week or every day" to the question: In the last 12 months, how often did you drink alcohol (more than a sip)?

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

%

Interpretation

Lower is better

NBHC code

SH_ALC03_1

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