Students in grades 6 to 12 who reported having been bullied by use of verbal attacks at school in the last 2 months

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
29.4
29.1 - 29.8
30.1
29.7 - 30.4
29.3
28.9 - 29.6
27.6
37.2
37.7
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
27.4
26.8 - 28.0
28.0
27.4 - 28.7
27.9
27.2 - 28.6
27.4
37.9
36.6
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
30.7
29.9 - 31.5
32.3
31.5 - 33.1
30.1
29.4 - 30.9
27.9
37.8
37.5
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
31.7
30.9 - 32.5
30.9
30.1 - 31.6
30.5
29.8 - 31.3
28.3
35.1
38.3
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
30.2
28.6 - 31.7
32.1
30.6 - 33.6
30.7
29.2 - 32.2
27.9
38.6
40.3
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
26.4
24.4 - 28.4
30.2
27.9 - 32.4
30.9
28.7 - 33.1
26.8
42.0
40.0
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
27.2
26.0 - 28.5
27.6
26.3 - 28.8
27.4
26.1 - 28.7
26.1
37.5
36.4
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
30.6
29.1 - 32.1
29.9
28.3 - 31.4
28.0
26.4 - 29.5
27.2
35.9
38.9
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
28.9
27.1 - 30.8
30.0
28.1 - 31.8
29.3
27.4 - 31.2
27.3
38.6
39.6
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
28.3
26.3 - 30.3
28.1
26.2 - 30.1
30.8
28.6 - 33.0
26.5
44.3
41.6
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
25.0
22.4 - 27.6
29.8
26.8 - 32.7
30.2
27.4 - 33.0
27.0
39.8
40.6
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
21.0
18.2 - 23.9
22.4
19.5 - 25.4
24.0
20.9 - 27.1
22.1
33.3
32.4
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
28.5
25.3 - 31.7
30.7
27.4 - 34.0
31.9
28.4 - 35.5
26.5
45.1
39.5
Dieppe and Memramcook
20.5
18.9 - 22.0
20.2
18.7 - 21.8
19.3
17.8 - 20.9
21.5
37.4
33.2
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
38.2
33.4 - 43.1
39.9
35.2 - 44.7
37.8
33.0 - 42.7
34.1
43.0
48.1
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
29.3
27.2 - 31.4
31.4
29.2 - 33.5
29.7
27.7 - 31.7
27.9
39.5
38.8
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
31.2
29.4 - 33.0
29.2
27.4 - 31.0
27.2
25.4 - 29.1
26.9
33.4
35.9
Fredericton
29.5
28.4 - 30.7
28.8
27.8 - 29.9
29.1
27.9 - 30.2
26.1
32.5
34.2
Grand Falls, Saint-LĂ©onard, Drummond Area
32.5
29.9 - 35.2
36.1
33.5 - 38.7
33.3
30.8 - 35.7
30.1
39.1
45.6
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
42.1
35.0 - 49.1
35.9
30.5 - 41.3
43.8
37.8 - 49.7
35.2
44.0
41.7
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
27.8
24.0 - 31.6
24.4
20.7 - 28.1
27.7
23.6 - 31.8
21.7
34.4
31.0
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
38.9
35.1 - 42.6
37.5
33.8 - 41.2
31.8
28.1 - 35.6
28.1
43.9
42.1
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
30.1
28.5 - 31.7
29.0
27.3 - 30.6
27.6
26.0 - 29.3
26.3
34.3
37.7
Moncton
26.3
25.4 - 27.2
27.8
26.9 - 28.7
27.6
26.6 - 28.5
26.9
34.1
34.4
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
29.6
26.1 - 33.1
30.4
26.7 - 34.1
35.4
31.6 - 39.2
33.7
36.1
42.1
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
35.5
30.6 - 40.5
37.5
32.5 - 42.4
30.8
25.9 - 35.7
34.9
49.1
49.9
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
37.8
32.9 - 42.6
39.4
35.2 - 43.6
36.0
31.7 - 40.4
30.9
46.1
38.4
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
33.6
31.6 - 35.7
33.0
31.0 - 34.9
30.4
28.5 - 32.4
31.6
38.1
41.1
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
36.4
32.7 - 40.1
36.3
32.7 - 40.0
42.9
39.1 - 46.6
36.8
37.5
46.2
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
30.4
29.0 - 31.9
31.5
30.1 - 32.9
27.3
26.0 - 28.7
25.7
34.1
37.5
Riverview and Coverdale
30.3
28.4 - 32.3
30.7
28.6 - 32.8
30.6
28.5 - 32.6
28.0
40.3
36.5
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
35.1
32.0 - 38.1
35.5
32.4 - 38.6
32.7
29.4 - 36.0
31.7
38.6
36.4
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
29.8
28.6 - 31.0
31.4
30.3 - 32.6
31.1
30.0 - 32.3
27.2
38.5
36.8
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
37.3
34.3 - 40.4
37.9
35.0 - 40.8
36.2
33.5 - 38.9
35.0
44.5
39.7
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
26.6
23.9 - 29.2
26.2
23.8 - 28.6
26.3
23.6 - 29.0
31.3
40.0
42.1
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
26.0
23.0 - 28.9
25.9
22.8 - 29.0
25.2
22.0 - 28.4
25.2
29.8
34.9
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
33.6
30.3 - 36.9
37.2
33.9 - 40.6
34.1
30.6 - 37.6
33.5
44.4
43.0
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
31.1
28.3 - 33.8
31.6
28.9 - 34.3
30.5
28.0 - 33.1
28.6
34.8
37.7
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
33.3
30.5 - 36.0
35.6
33.0 - 38.3
29.2
26.9 - 31.6
30.9
41.2
36.7
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
28.8
26.4 - 31.3
27.4
25.0 - 29.9
27.6
25.1 - 30.2
27.0
41.9
36.5
School districts
Anglophone East School District
30.1
29.2 - 31.0
31.9
31.1 - 32.8
31.2
30.3 - 32.1
30.4
37.5
37.2
Anglophone North School District
32.3
31.0 - 33.5
32.0
30.7 - 33.3
29.7
28.4 - 31.0
26.8
37.3
38.6
Anglophone South School District
31.0
30.1 - 31.8
32.5
31.7 - 33.2
30.4
29.6 - 31.1
28.2
37.5
37.4
Anglophone West School District
31.9
31.1 - 32.7
31.7
30.9 - 32.5
30.9
30.1 - 31.7
29.0
34.8
38.2
Anglophone sector
31.2
30.8 - 31.7
32.0
31.6 - 32.5
30.7
30.2 - 31.1
28.8
36.6
37.8
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
26.3
25.1 - 27.4
27.4
26.2 - 28.6
28.1
26.8 - 29.3
27.0
39.3
36.6
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
29.6
28.0 - 31.2
31.5
29.9 - 33.1
29.9
28.3 - 31.5
27.4
39.2
40.1
District scolaire francophone Sud
22.2
21.3 - 23.1
21.6
20.8 - 22.4
22.6
21.6 - 23.6
22.4
38.3
36.9
Francophone sector
24.8
24.2 - 25.5
25.1
24.4 - 25.7
25.6
24.9 - 26.3
24.7
38.8
37.4
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
35.2
34.6 - 35.7
36.1
35.6 - 36.7
35.9
35.4 - 36.5
34.3
45.2
41.6
Grades 9 to 12
25.1
24.6 - 25.6
25.7
25.3 - 26.2
24.5
24.1 - 25.0
22.7
31.7
35.0
Gender
Female
30.3
29.7 - 30.8
32.2
31.6 - 32.7
30.7
30.2 - 31.3
29.2
n/a
n/a
Male
27.1
26.6 - 27.6
26.3
25.8 - 26.8
25.6
25.1 - 26.1
23.2
n/a
n/a
Non-binary
51.8
48.4 - 55.3
54.8
51.8 - 57.8
47.8
45.9 - 49.6
46.6
n/a
n/a
Sex at birth
Female
31.4
30.9 - 32.0
33.5
33.0 - 34.0
32.4
31.8 - 32.9
31.2
40.5
n/a
Male
27.1
26.5 - 27.6
26.2
25.7 - 26.7
25.8
25.3 - 26.3
23.5
33.8
n/a
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
43.3
42.1 - 44.5
44.3
43.2 - 45.4
40.9
40.0 - 41.8
38.8
n/a
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
37.4
36.0 - 38.8
38.5
37.0 - 39.9
38.3
36.6 - 39.9
34.8
43.3
45.3
Immigrant
Immigrants
25.0
24.0 - 25.9
24.3
23.4 - 25.3
21.6
20.6 - 22.6
19.1
27.8
n/a
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
42.5
41.0 - 43.9
44.2
42.7 - 45.6
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
27.7
26.8 - 28.5
26.9
26.0 - 27.7
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 been bullied by use of verbal attacks at school in the last 2 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 "yes" by the number of respondents who answered "yes or no" to the question: In the last two months, have you been bullied at school in the ways listed below: b) Verbal attacks (for example, being called mean names, made fun of or teased in a hurtful way, threatened, or having lies told or rumours spread about you).

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_BUV02_1

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