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Students in grades 6 to 12 who report having felt nervous, anxious or on edge or having been unable to stop or control worrying almost every day for two 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 2022-2023 Academic Year 2021-2022 Academic Year 2018-2019 Academic Year 2015-2016
Province
New Brunswick
50.1
49.6 - 50.5
47.8
37.7
32.6
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
47.4
46.7 - 48.2
46.6
37.5
31.4
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
52.7
51.9 - 53.5
50.1
39.0
34.6
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
52.6
51.7 - 53.4
48.9
38.3
33.6
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
45.7
44.1 - 47.3
44.1
31.5
27.5
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
50.1
47.7 - 52.5
47.7
37.9
33.4
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
46.9
45.5 - 48.4
44.7
37.8
29.9
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
52.4
50.7 - 54.2
48.1
37.6
36.3
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
51.3
49.2 - 53.4
47.3
39.1
31.0
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
47.9
45.5 - 50.3
44.7
39.2
33.0
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
48.8
45.7 - 51.9
47.8
36.0
30.2
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
44.7
41.0 - 48.3
38.3
40.9
25.4
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
52.0
48.2 - 55.8
47.5
40.6
36.5
Dieppe and Memramcook
38.1
36.1 - 40.0
41.5
33.3
26.6
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
50.8
45.7 - 55.8
47.2
35.0
33.7
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
46.3
44.1 - 48.6
43.5
33.0
27.5
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
49.1
47.0 - 51.2
48.4
33.8
32.1
Fredericton
51.5
50.3 - 52.8
46.5
39.4
31.4
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
n/a
51.4
29.3
23.3
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
46.9
44.2 - 49.5
45.0
32.5
26.4
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
55.2
49.2 - 61.1
60.0
39.3
25.4
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
39.6
35.0 - 44.2
44.5
23.9
30.2
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
53.5
49.5 - 57.6
50.1
37.4
36.1
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
52.1
50.2 - 53.9
47.7
37.7
36.4
Moncton
48.4
47.3 - 49.5
46.9
36.5
32.0
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
54.5
50.5 - 58.5
56.1
38.3
32.1
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
55.4
50.0 - 60.8
51.7
36.4
34.7
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
46.1
41.6 - 50.7
42.7
34.8
28.5
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
56.6
54.5 - 58.6
53.7
43.6
41.0
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
64.3
60.6 - 67.9
56.9
31.9
31.1
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
49.9
48.3 - 51.4
47.9
35.9
31.3
Riverview and Coverdale
52.7
50.4 - 55.0
51.1
41.3
33.5
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
51.9
48.4 - 55.5
50.6
38.6
29.6
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
53.6
52.3 - 54.8
51.0
41.6
38.1
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
51.1
48.3 - 54.0
48.6
41.3
34.4
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
44.7
41.7 - 47.7
43.5
38.2
30.2
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
41.9
38.2 - 45.5
42.1
35.6
28.0
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
52.4
48.7 - 56.2
49.8
44.8
35.3
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
54.7
51.8 - 57.5
49.6
36.4
32.6
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
54.8
52.2 - 57.3
52.3
38.9
31.8
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
43.6
40.7 - 46.5
45.4
34.3
32.6
School districts
Anglophone East School District
51.7
50.8 - 52.7
49.5
38.4
32.9
Anglophone North School District
55.1
53.7 - 56.5
51.3
41.9
36.6
Anglophone South School District
53.1
52.3 - 53.9
50.3
39.4
34.8
Anglophone West School District
53.2
52.3 - 54.0
49.6
38.2
33.3
Anglophone sector
53.0
52.5 - 53.5
50.0
39.1
34.1
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
45.0
43.6 - 46.4
43.1
35.8
29.2
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
43.7
42.0 - 45.4
43.6
31.1
27.3
District scolaire francophone Sud
40.6
39.4 - 41.7
41.4
34.7
29.2
Francophone sector
42.5
41.7 - 43.3
42.3
34.4
28.8
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
43.6
43.0 - 44.2
41.9
29.8
23.9
Grades 9 to 12
54.5
54.0 - 55.1
52.1
43.2
38.5
Gender
Woman/Girl
60.8
60.2 - 61.4
58.7
n/a
n/a
Man/Boy
36.6
36.0 - 37.1
33.2
n/a
n/a
Non-binary
80.3
78.8 - 81.8
79.8
n/a
n/a
Sex at birth
Female
62.9
62.4 - 63.5
61.4
48.6
n/a
Male
36.5
35.9 - 37.0
33.1
26.4
n/a
Sexual identity
Minority sexual identity
72.8
72.0 - 73.6
71.2
n/a
n/a
Heterosexual
44.8
44.3 - 45.3
41.8
n/a
n/a
LGBTQ2+ Status
LGBTQ2+ person
72.5
71.6 - 73.3
70.7
n/a
n/a
Non LGBTQ2+ person
44.8
44.3 - 45.2
41.8
n/a
n/a
Race
White
50.5
50.0 - 51.0
48.8
n/a
n/a
South Asian
42.0
38.1 - 45.8
36.7
n/a
n/a
Other
52.7
49.8 - 55.6
53.1
n/a
n/a
Middle Eastern
44.7
41.8 - 47.5
44.2
n/a
n/a
Latino
53.3
50.3 - 56.4
45.4
n/a
n/a
East/Southeast Asian
44.0
42.1 - 46.0
42.8
n/a
n/a
Black
48.3
46.3 - 50.3
44.6
n/a
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
62.5
60.9 - 64.2
57.2
44.5
42.4
Non-Indigenous
48.7
48.3 - 49.2
47.2
37.3
32.1
Food poverty
Food poverty
67.8
66.3 - 69.2
63.2
n/a
n/a
No food poverty
48.6
48.2 - 49.1
46.7
n/a
n/a
Immigrant
Immigrants
44.2
43.0 - 45.4
41.5
33.5
n/a
Non-immigrants
50.8
50.4 - 51.3
48.5
38.1
n/a
Special needs
Has a special need
68.5
67.8 - 69.1
66.2
n/a
n/a
No special need
39.9
39.4 - 40.4
37.8
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 report having felt nervous, anxious or on edge or having been unable to stop or control worrying almost every day for two 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 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

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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