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Students in grades 7 to 12 who report having ever used alcohol

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Table

Unit %

Academic Year 2022-2023 Academic Year 2021-2022
Province
New Brunswick
43.6
43.2 - 44.1
45.0
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
39.8
39.0 - 40.6
41.7
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
42.3
41.4 - 43.2
43.4
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
41.0
40.0 - 41.9
41.3
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
56.0
54.3 - 57.8
57.2
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
52.9
50.2 - 55.5
53.5
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
54.6
53.0 - 56.2
56.3
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
47.1
45.2 - 49.0
50.1
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
50.5
48.1 - 52.8
50.6
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
52.4
49.9 - 55.0
49.6
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
52.3
48.9 - 55.6
52.3
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
57.1
53.1 - 61.2
59.1
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
53.8
49.6 - 58.0
55.4
Dieppe and Memramcook
39.2
37.1 - 41.3
41.3
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
43.9
38.0 - 49.7
46.7
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
55.7
53.3 - 58.0
57.0
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
43.1
40.8 - 45.3
48.5
Fredericton
38.0
36.6 - 39.4
37.4
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
n/a
21.6
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
51.5
48.6 - 54.4
51.1
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
52.7
45.9 - 59.5
59.4
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
70.3
65.7 - 75.0
75.2
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
48.4
44.0 - 52.8
44.1
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
47.5
45.5 - 49.5
49.8
Moncton
33.9
32.7 - 35.0
36.7
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
50.4
45.9 - 54.8
53.2
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
43.6
37.7 - 49.5
52.5
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
33.4
28.4 - 38.5
39.6
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
40.9
38.6 - 43.3
39.5
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
51.9
47.7 - 56.0
50.3
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
41.4
39.7 - 43.1
43.4
Riverview and Coverdale
43.2
40.7 - 45.6
43.9
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
40.5
36.6 - 44.4
45.2
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
42.0
40.6 - 43.3
43.5
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
50.0
46.8 - 53.2
50.3
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
44.8
41.7 - 48.0
44.4
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
58.1
54.0 - 62.2
67.7
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
42.5
38.4 - 46.6
43.7
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
45.5
42.3 - 48.7
43.6
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
47.0
44.2 - 49.9
47.5
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
58.5
55.4 - 61.6
59.3
School districts
Anglophone East School District
39.4
38.4 - 40.4
41.9
Anglophone North School District
50.2
48.7 - 51.8
50.9
Anglophone South School District
42.7
41.7 - 43.6
43.7
Anglophone West School District
41.6
40.7 - 42.6
42.1
Anglophone sector
42.4
41.9 - 42.9
43.6
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
54.2
52.7 - 55.7
56.4
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
57.6
55.8 - 59.5
58.2
District scolaire francophone Sud
38.2
36.9 - 39.4
39.8
Francophone sector
46.7
45.8 - 47.5
48.3
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
20.2
19.6 - 20.8
20.6
Grades 9 to 12
54.9
54.3 - 55.4
57.3
Gender
Woman/Girl
45.8
45.2 - 46.5
48.0
Man/Boy
41.3
40.7 - 42.0
42.0
Non-binary
46.4
44.3 - 48.5
47.6
Sex at birth
Female
45.5
44.9 - 46.2
47.8
Male
41.5
40.8 - 42.1
42.0
Sexual identity
Minority sexual identity
46.2
45.2 - 47.2
48.5
Heterosexual
44.5
44.0 - 45.0
45.6
LGBTQ2+ Status
LGBTQ2+ person
46.2
45.2 - 47.2
48.3
Non LGBTQ2+ person
44.5
43.9 - 45.0
45.6
Race
White
47.1
46.6 - 47.6
48.9
South Asian
28.5
24.6 - 32.5
21.7
Other
40.7
37.4 - 44.0
41.8
Middle Eastern
21.3
18.8 - 23.9
23.9
Latino
48.3
45.1 - 51.5
51.1
East/Southeast Asian
32.3
30.3 - 34.3
34.4
Black
41.0
38.9 - 43.2
38.3
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
53.8
51.9 - 55.6
52.2
Non-Indigenous
43.8
43.3 - 44.3
45.2
Food poverty
Food poverty
55.9
54.1 - 57.6
53.8
No food poverty
42.6
42.1 - 43.1
44.3
Immigrant
Immigrants
33.7
32.4 - 34.9
34.0
Non-immigrants
45.0
44.5 - 45.4
46.2
Special needs
Has a special need
52.0
51.3 - 52.8
53.4
No special need
38.8
38.3 - 39.4
40.3
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 report having ever used alcohol.

Source

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

Calculations

This indicator is calculated by dividing the number of respondents who answered "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" 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_3

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