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Students in grades 6 to 12 who report having felt so sad or hopeless 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 depression)

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Unit %

Academic Year 2022-2023 Academic Year 2021-2022 Academic Year 2018-2019 Academic Year 2015-2016
Province
New Brunswick
44.7
44.3 - 45.1
41.7
37.6
31.2
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
41.7
41.0 - 42.4
40.4
36.2
28.9
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
48.4
47.5 - 49.2
45.1
42.0
34.0
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
48.4
47.5 - 49.2
44.0
40.3
34.3
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
35.7
34.2 - 37.3
32.8
26.2
24.2
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
43.5
41.1 - 45.9
40.8
35.0
29.6
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
40.0
38.6 - 41.4
36.0
30.7
26.1
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
47.0
45.3 - 48.7
43.4
37.8
35.0
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
45.1
42.9 - 47.2
40.2
33.5
29.2
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
41.7
39.3 - 44.0
39.2
36.8
32.7
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
42.6
39.6 - 45.7
40.9
35.7
25.8
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
37.5
33.9 - 41.1
30.0
29.6
20.5
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
44.8
41.1 - 48.6
40.8
34.1
33.4
Dieppe and Memramcook
29.1
27.3 - 31.0
29.9
24.5
18.8
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
50.2
45.2 - 55.2
40.3
34.5
36.5
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
35.5
33.3 - 37.6
32.6
26.3
23.2
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
45.9
43.9 - 48.0
43.3
37.8
31.7
Fredericton
46.9
45.6 - 48.2
41.7
38.4
30.0
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
n/a
42.1
27.4
22.5
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
37.2
34.6 - 39.7
32.4
28.9
27.5
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
53.9
48.0 - 59.9
54.5
41.1
23.4
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
32.8
28.4 - 37.1
35.3
22.7
19.3
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
54.4
50.4 - 58.4
45.3
40.9
39.8
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
46.8
45.0 - 48.6
43.6
39.4
35.2
Moncton
43.5
42.4 - 44.6
41.8
36.8
30.0
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
50.9
47.0 - 54.9
50.7
42.1
34.4
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
48.8
43.4 - 54.1
41.1
23.8
33.1
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
39.2
34.8 - 43.6
38.6
41.0
32.3
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
51.9
49.8 - 53.9
49.0
49.4
43.7
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
56.4
52.7 - 60.2
52.1
41.3
33.4
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
42.9
41.4 - 44.4
41.3
39.2
30.8
Riverview and Coverdale
48.8
46.5 - 51.0
47.0
42.8
34.3
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
45.7
42.2 - 49.2
44.9
41.1
30.2
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
50.2
49.0 - 51.5
46.5
45.0
36.6
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
48.7
45.9 - 51.6
45.2
45.8
33.7
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
35.3
32.5 - 38.1
34.3
31.4
23.1
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
34.8
31.3 - 38.3
31.8
27.3
24.4
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
51.9
48.2 - 55.5
47.0
44.4
35.8
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
51.7
48.8 - 54.5
45.9
38.4
33.2
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
50.7
48.1 - 53.2
47.6
42.6
32.5
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
35.9
33.1 - 38.6
34.2
27.6
27.2
School districts
Anglophone East School District
48.4
47.5 - 49.4
45.9
41.8
32.8
Anglophone North School District
52.0
50.6 - 53.4
47.9
45.1
38.2
Anglophone South School District
49.0
48.1 - 49.8
45.4
42.7
34.3
Anglophone West School District
49.0
48.1 - 49.8
45.0
41.3
34.8
Anglophone sector
49.2
48.7 - 49.7
45.7
42.3
34.6
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
37.2
35.9 - 38.5
33.1
26.6
23.8
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
33.4
31.7 - 35.0
31.5
24.8
22.3
District scolaire francophone Sud
30.6
29.5 - 31.6
31.4
25.5
22.1
Francophone sector
33.1
32.4 - 33.9
31.9
25.7
22.8
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
37.8
37.2 - 38.4
34.9
30.2
23.4
Grades 9 to 12
49.6
49.0 - 50.1
46.7
42.8
36.4
Gender
Woman/Girl
52.0
51.4 - 52.6
49.8
n/a
n/a
Man/Boy
34.0
33.4 - 34.5
29.5
n/a
n/a
Non-binary
78.2
76.7 - 79.8
75.9
n/a
n/a
Sex at birth
Female
54.9
54.3 - 55.5
52.9
45.9
n/a
Male
33.8
33.3 - 34.4
29.6
28.9
n/a
Sexual identity
Minority sexual identity
68.4
67.6 - 69.3
65.6
n/a
n/a
Heterosexual
39.0
38.6 - 39.5
35.5
n/a
n/a
LGBTQ2+ Status
LGBTQ2+ person
68.2
67.4 - 69.0
65.1
n/a
n/a
Non LGBTQ2+ person
39.0
38.5 - 39.4
35.5
n/a
n/a
Race
White
44.5
44.0 - 45.0
41.9
n/a
n/a
South Asian
39.4
35.5 - 43.2
36.6
n/a
n/a
Other
46.7
43.8 - 49.6
45.1
n/a
n/a
Middle Eastern
45.3
42.5 - 48.2
44.6
n/a
n/a
Latino
51.4
48.3 - 54.4
48.0
n/a
n/a
East/Southeast Asian
44.0
42.1 - 46.0
40.3
n/a
n/a
Black
47.2
45.3 - 49.1
44.2
n/a
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
59.1
57.5 - 60.8
52.1
48.4
46.1
Non-Indigenous
43.1
42.6 - 43.5
40.9
36.8
30.3
Food poverty
Food poverty
66.5
65.1 - 68.0
61.5
n/a
n/a
No food poverty
42.9
42.5 - 43.3
40.4
n/a
n/a
Immigrant
Immigrants
43.3
42.1 - 44.5
41.0
35.6
n/a
Non-immigrants
44.8
44.4 - 45.3
41.8
37.7
n/a
Special needs
Has a special need
63.1
62.4 - 63.7
59.8
n/a
n/a
No special need
34.6
34.1 - 35.1
31.9
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 so sad or hopeless 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 depression).

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 so sad or hopeless 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_DEP01_1

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