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Students in grades 6 to 12 who reported having felt nervous, anxious or on edge or having been unable to stop or control worrying almost every day for 2 weeks or more in a row that they stopped doing some usual activities in the last 12 months (symptoms of anxiety)

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Unit %

Academic Year 2025-2026 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
41.4
39.8 - 42.9
45.0
44.6 - 45.4
44.1
43.7 - 44.5
50.1
49.6 - 50.5
47.8
37.7
32.6
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
39.3
36.3 - 42.4
42.3
41.6 - 43.0
42.4
41.7 - 43.1
47.4
46.7 - 48.2
46.6
37.5
31.4
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
43.1
40.6 - 45.7
47.1
46.2 - 48.0
46.1
45.3 - 47.0
52.7
51.9 - 53.5
50.1
39.0
34.6
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
43.2
40.0 - 46.5
48.3
47.4 - 49.1
45.8
45.0 - 46.7
52.6
51.7 - 53.4
48.9
38.3
33.6
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
S
41.0
39.4 - 42.7
41.3
39.6 - 42.9
45.7
44.1 - 47.3
44.1
31.5
27.5
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
41.2
36.0 - 46.3
45.9
43.6 - 48.2
45.1
42.7 - 47.6
50.1
47.7 - 52.5
47.7
37.9
33.4
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
37.5
33.0 - 41.9
40.6
39.3 - 42.0
41.0
39.7 - 42.4
46.9
45.5 - 48.4
44.7
37.8
29.9
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
45.3
41.6 - 49.0
48.2
46.6 - 49.9
43.7
42.0 - 45.4
52.4
50.7 - 54.2
48.1
37.6
36.3
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
38.3
30.7 - 46.0
45.1
43.1 - 47.2
42.7
40.7 - 44.8
51.3
49.2 - 53.4
47.3
39.1
31.0
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
41.0
31.9 - 50.2
44.4
42.2 - 46.7
42.8
40.6 - 44.9
47.9
45.5 - 50.3
44.7
39.2
33.0
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
41.2
33.3 - 49.0
43.3
40.3 - 46.3
44.2
40.9 - 47.4
48.8
45.7 - 51.9
47.8
36.0
30.2
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
37.3
25.9 - 48.8
36.7
33.2 - 40.1
38.3
34.9 - 41.8
44.7
41.0 - 48.3
38.3
40.9
25.4
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
41.2
35.8 - 46.5
49.6
46.0 - 53.2
46.6
42.9 - 50.2
52.0
48.2 - 55.8
47.5
40.6
36.5
Dieppe and Memramcook
32.0
27.1 - 37.0
34.1
32.3 - 35.9
34.0
32.1 - 35.9
38.1
36.1 - 40.0
41.5
33.3
26.6
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
45.6
40.3 - 50.8
53.4
48.3 - 58.4
49.4
44.5 - 54.3
50.8
45.7 - 55.8
47.2
35.0
33.7
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
S
40.2
37.9 - 42.5
41.9
39.5 - 44.2
46.3
44.1 - 48.6
43.5
33.0
27.5
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
43.3
37.9 - 48.7
45.3
43.3 - 47.3
44.1
42.0 - 46.1
49.1
47.0 - 51.2
48.4
33.8
32.1
Fredericton
40.5
35.4 - 45.5
46.6
45.3 - 47.9
43.0
41.8 - 44.2
51.5
50.3 - 52.8
46.5
39.4
31.4
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
51.4
29.3
23.3
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
43.4
38.6 - 48.2
44.7
41.9 - 47.6
41.2
38.5 - 43.9
46.9
44.2 - 49.5
45.0
32.5
26.4
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
52.0
52.0 - 52.0
60.5
53.6 - 67.4
48.9
43.2 - 54.5
55.2
49.2 - 61.1
60.0
39.3
25.4
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
S
35.2
31.1 - 39.3
39.0
34.8 - 43.2
39.6
35.0 - 44.2
44.5
23.9
30.2
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
51.0
48.9 - 53.1
55.5
51.6 - 59.4
53.5
49.7 - 57.3
53.5
49.5 - 57.6
50.1
37.4
36.1
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
45.5
41.5 - 49.5
48.8
47.0 - 50.5
43.3
41.5 - 45.1
52.1
50.2 - 53.9
47.7
37.7
36.4
Moncton
39.5
34.5 - 44.5
41.6
40.5 - 42.6
42.7
41.6 - 43.7
48.4
47.3 - 49.5
46.9
36.5
32.0
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
47.4
41.5 - 53.4
50.2
46.2 - 54.1
50.0
46.0 - 54.0
54.5
50.5 - 58.5
56.1
38.3
32.1
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
42.9
41.8 - 43.9
43.1
37.9 - 48.3
46.8
41.7 - 51.9
55.4
50.0 - 60.8
51.7
36.4
34.7
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
35.8
32.0 - 39.6
43.2
38.2 - 48.2
40.1
35.7 - 44.4
46.1
41.6 - 50.7
42.7
34.8
28.5
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
49.1
43.2 - 55.0
52.3
50.1 - 54.5
51.8
49.7 - 53.9
56.6
54.5 - 58.6
53.7
43.6
41.0
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
50.4
43.8 - 56.9
54.2
50.4 - 58.1
56.2
52.4 - 60.0
64.3
60.6 - 67.9
56.9
31.9
31.1
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
40.8
36.5 - 45.1
44.6
43.0 - 46.2
44.0
42.5 - 45.5
49.9
48.3 - 51.4
47.9
35.9
31.3
Riverview and Coverdale
41.7
37.4 - 46.1
45.7
43.5 - 47.9
45.8
43.5 - 48.1
52.7
50.4 - 55.0
51.1
41.3
33.5
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
43.1
37.1 - 49.1
49.6
46.3 - 52.8
48.5
45.2 - 51.8
51.9
48.4 - 55.5
50.6
38.6
29.6
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
43.4
39.0 - 47.9
47.8
46.5 - 49.2
46.5
45.3 - 47.8
53.6
52.3 - 54.8
51.0
41.6
38.1
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
47.5
44.3 - 50.7
50.0
46.8 - 53.2
48.0
45.0 - 50.9
51.1
48.3 - 54.0
48.6
41.3
34.4
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
35.5
29.8 - 41.2
40.4
37.4 - 43.3
41.4
38.7 - 44.1
44.7
41.7 - 47.7
43.5
38.2
30.2
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
37.3
31.1 - 43.5
36.2
32.9 - 39.5
37.4
34.0 - 40.8
41.9
38.2 - 45.5
42.1
35.6
28.0
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
49.4
49.0 - 49.9
48.4
44.9 - 51.9
46.3
42.9 - 49.8
52.4
48.7 - 56.2
49.8
44.8
35.3
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
47.1
44.8 - 49.4
50.0
47.0 - 53.0
47.2
44.3 - 50.1
54.7
51.8 - 57.5
49.6
36.4
32.6
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
41.6
40.5 - 42.6
48.0
45.1 - 51.0
49.4
46.6 - 52.2
54.8
52.2 - 57.3
52.3
38.9
31.8
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
36.1
28.0 - 44.3
37.6
34.9 - 40.2
41.8
39.1 - 44.6
43.6
40.7 - 46.5
45.4
34.3
32.6
School districts
Anglophone East School District
43.9
41.7 - 46.0
46.2
45.2 - 47.1
45.9
45.0 - 46.8
51.7
50.8 - 52.7
49.5
38.4
32.9
Anglophone North School District
46.8
43.5 - 50.1
52.0
50.7 - 53.4
48.2
46.8 - 49.6
55.1
53.7 - 56.5
51.3
41.9
36.6
Anglophone South School District
43.4
40.9 - 46.0
47.6
46.7 - 48.5
46.6
45.8 - 47.5
53.1
52.3 - 53.9
50.3
39.4
34.8
Anglophone West School District
44.6
41.7 - 47.6
48.7
47.8 - 49.6
46.9
46.1 - 47.8
53.2
52.3 - 54.0
49.6
38.2
33.3
Anglophone sector
44.3
42.9 - 45.7
48.1
47.7 - 48.6
46.7
46.3 - 47.2
53.0
52.5 - 53.5
50.0
39.1
34.1
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
36.4
33.0 - 39.8
38.0
36.7 - 39.3
38.8
37.5 - 40.1
45.0
43.6 - 46.4
43.1
35.8
29.2
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
S
39.1
37.3 - 40.9
39.4
37.7 - 41.2
43.7
42.0 - 45.4
43.6
31.1
27.3
District scolaire francophone Sud
31.5
29.3 - 33.8
35.1
34.1 - 36.2
35.8
34.8 - 36.7
40.6
39.4 - 41.7
41.4
34.7
29.2
Francophone sector
33.9
31.6 - 36.2
36.8
36.0 - 37.5
37.3
36.6 - 38.0
42.5
41.7 - 43.3
42.3
34.4
28.8
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
36.2
34.8 - 37.7
39.9
39.3 - 40.5
38.9
38.3 - 39.5
43.6
43.0 - 44.2
41.9
29.8
23.9
Grades 9 to 12
44.9
42.9 - 47.0
48.7
48.1 - 49.3
47.7
47.2 - 48.3
54.5
54.0 - 55.1
52.1
43.2
38.5
Gender
Female
50.9
48.9 - 52.9
54.1
53.5 - 54.7
54.7
54.2 - 55.3
60.8
60.2 - 61.4
58.7
n/a
n/a
Male
29.9
28.5 - 31.3
33.9
33.3 - 34.5
31.5
31.0 - 32.0
36.6
36.0 - 37.1
33.2
n/a
n/a
Non-binary
65.8
62.9 - 68.7
73.4
70.4 - 76.5
70.2
67.5 - 73.0
80.3
78.8 - 81.8
79.8
n/a
n/a
Sex at birth
Female
52.2
50.2 - 54.2
55.5
54.9 - 56.1
56.2
55.7 - 56.8
62.9
62.4 - 63.5
61.4
48.6
n/a
Male
29.6
28.3 - 30.9
33.7
33.1 - 34.2
31.1
30.6 - 31.7
36.5
35.9 - 37.0
33.1
26.4
n/a
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
69.0
67.2 - 70.7
71.0
69.9 - 72.1
71.2
70.2 - 72.3
72.5
71.6 - 73.3
70.7
n/a
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
52.3
49.8 - 54.8
58.2
56.7 - 59.6
56.3
54.8 - 57.8
62.5
60.9 - 64.2
57.2
44.5
42.4
Immigrant
Immigrants
36.3
34.7 - 38.0
40.0
38.9 - 41.1
38.6
37.5 - 39.7
44.2
43.0 - 45.4
41.5
33.5
n/a
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
58.0
56.0 - 60.1
59.1
57.6 - 60.6
57.8
56.4 - 59.3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
38.1
36.3 - 39.8
41.0
40.1 - 42.0
39.9
39.0 - 40.9
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Socioeconomic status
High socioeconomic status
35.8
33.8 - 37.7
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Low socioeconomic status
48.5
46.5 - 50.6
n/a
n/a
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 reported having felt nervous, anxious or on edge or having been unable to stop or control worrying almost every day for 2 weeks or more in a row that they stopped doing some usual activities in the last 12 months (symptoms of anxiety).

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: During the last 12 months, did you ever feel nervous, anxious or on edge or you were unable to stop or control worrying almost every day for two weeks or more in a row that you stopped doing some usual activities?

Notes

Due to a low school participation rate in some areas of the province for the 2025-2026 edition of this survey, survey results are not available for District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest (school district), Madawaska and North-West Area (health zone), Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer (community), and Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area (community).

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_ANX01_1

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