Students in grades 6 to 12 who have a close friend who drinks alcohol

Table

Unit %

Academic Year 2023-2024 Academic Year 2021-2022
Province
New Brunswick
41.0
40.6 - 41.5
45.7
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
36.7
35.9 - 37.4
42.2
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
40.9
40.0 - 41.8
43.6
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
40.9
40.1 - 41.8
43.3
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
46.4
44.5 - 48.2
50.8
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
47.4
44.7 - 50.1
58.4
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
48.0
46.5 - 49.5
56.4
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
47.2
45.3 - 49.0
56.5
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
45.6
43.4 - 47.8
53.0
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
50.8
48.4 - 53.2
53.8
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
46.9
43.4 - 50.5
59.8
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
49.7
45.9 - 53.6
54.4
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
48.2
44.2 - 52.2
56.4
Dieppe and Memramcook
36.0
33.9 - 38.0
40.8
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
50.6
45.3 - 55.9
49.3
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
46.2
43.7 - 48.8
47.1
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
41.6
39.4 - 43.7
50.9
Fredericton
37.7
36.5 - 39.0
38.9
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
n/a
13.1
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
43.5
40.5 - 46.5
51.5
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
54.4
48.2 - 60.6
58.3
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
53.8
49.2 - 58.4
67.2
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
52.2
47.9 - 56.5
50.1
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
47.5
45.5 - 49.4
55.9
Moncton
31.8
30.7 - 32.9
38.0
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
53.2
48.8 - 57.6
58.8
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
44.6
39.0 - 50.1
61.3
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
31.3
26.8 - 35.8
46.5
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
41.2
38.9 - 43.4
39.1
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
56.0
51.9 - 60.1
58.0
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
41.9
40.3 - 43.5
40.9
Riverview and Coverdale
37.0
34.4 - 39.5
42.5
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
39.5
35.9 - 43.0
43.7
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
40.5
39.2 - 41.9
45.9
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
46.7
43.5 - 50.0
45.0
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
36.6
33.7 - 39.4
43.9
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
50.7
47.0 - 54.5
66.8
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
44.8
41.0 - 48.6
45.7
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
39.3
36.2 - 42.4
40.6
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
44.7
41.6 - 47.7
48.8
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
49.5
46.5 - 52.5
58.5
School districts
Anglophone East School District
37.3
36.3 - 38.3
42.2
Anglophone North School District
51.7
50.2 - 53.2
56.8
Anglophone South School District
41.6
40.6 - 42.5
43.9
Anglophone West School District
42.4
41.5 - 43.3
44.5
Anglophone sector
42.0
41.4 - 42.5
45.2
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
46.3
44.8 - 47.7
57.1
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
46.4
44.5 - 48.3
51.2
District scolaire francophone Sud
31.9
30.9 - 32.9
39.4
Francophone sector
38.7
37.9 - 39.5
47.2
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
12.7
12.3 - 13.1
15.2
Grades 9 to 12
60.3
59.7 - 60.9
66.9
Gender
Female
45.5
44.8 - 46.1
49.8
Male
36.8
36.2 - 37.5
41.9
Non-binary
49.6
46.2 - 53.0
48.9
Sex at birth
Female
45.4
44.8 - 46.0
49.4
Male
36.2
35.6 - 36.8
41.9
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
52.0
50.7 - 53.2
49.3
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
53.7
52.0 - 55.3
54.0
Immigrant
Immigrants
26.9
25.8 - 28.0
34.4
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
42.3
40.6 - 44.0
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
28.7
27.7 - 29.7
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 have a close friend who drinks alcohol.

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 "yes" by the number of respondents who answered "yes or no" to the question: Do any of your close friends do the following: b) Drink alcohol

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_ALCCF_1

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