Students in grades 6 to 12 who report having symptoms of anxiety or depression

Table

Unit %

Academic Year 2023-2024 Academic Year 2022-2023 Academic Year 2021-2022 Academic Year 2018-2019 Academic Year 2015-2016
Province
New Brunswick
49.5
49.1 - 49.9
55.8
55.3 - 56.2
53.9
46.4
39.5
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
47.6
46.9 - 48.3
53.1
52.4 - 53.9
52.7
45.6
37.5
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
52.1
51.3 - 53.0
58.5
57.7 - 59.3
56.3
49.1
41.9
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
51.3
50.5 - 52.1
58.5
57.7 - 59.4
55.7
48.0
41.3
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
46.7
45.0 - 48.3
50.3
48.7 - 51.9
47.9
38.2
34.5
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
50.7
48.3 - 53.1
56.0
53.7 - 58.4
53.2
45.2
38.9
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
45.3
44.0 - 46.7
51.9
50.4 - 53.3
49.7
43.2
35.6
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
49.4
47.7 - 51.1
58.2
56.5 - 59.9
54.9
46.3
44.1
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
48.1
46.0 - 50.1
56.6
54.5 - 58.7
52.7
45.5
37.1
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
48.2
46.1 - 50.4
54.1
51.8 - 56.5
51.0
47.1
41.1
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
49.4
46.2 - 52.6
54.9
51.8 - 57.9
53.5
44.3
34.3
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
42.4
38.9 - 45.9
50.9
47.2 - 54.5
44.4
45.4
30.3
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
52.6
49.0 - 56.1
57.7
54.0 - 61.4
52.8
46.6
43.2
Dieppe and Memramcook
37.2
35.3 - 39.1
42.7
40.7 - 44.6
45.9
38.0
30.2
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
56.0
51.2 - 60.8
58.9
54.0 - 63.7
54.7
43.6
42.6
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
47.5
45.2 - 49.8
51.0
48.8 - 53.2
47.3
39.0
33.7
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
48.7
46.7 - 50.7
55.6
53.5 - 57.6
54.4
44.4
39.1
Fredericton
48.7
47.6 - 49.9
57.5
56.2 - 58.7
53.6
47.7
37.9
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
n/a
n/a
55.7
35.2
30.0
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
46.1
43.4 - 48.8
51.5
48.8 - 54.1
48.4
40.9
35.2
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
56.5
51.0 - 62.1
61.8
56.1 - 67.5
67.8
48.6
30.6
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
44.8
40.5 - 49.0
44.2
39.7 - 48.8
49.9
32.0
35.7
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
60.3
56.6 - 64.1
61.8
57.9 - 65.7
56.4
46.7
45.3
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
49.0
47.2 - 50.8
57.8
56.0 - 59.6
55.0
47.0
43.9
Moncton
48.3
47.3 - 49.3
54.3
53.2 - 55.4
53.1
45.1
38.1
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
55.6
51.6 - 59.5
59.9
56.0 - 63.8
60.9
48.9
39.6
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
52.2
47.2 - 57.3
61.3
56.0 - 66.5
53.8
39.8
46.1
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
44.0
39.7 - 48.4
50.8
46.3 - 55.3
50.4
47.1
37.3
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
56.6
54.5 - 58.6
61.8
59.8 - 63.8
60.2
54.9
50.3
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
62.4
58.7 - 66.1
68.9
65.4 - 72.4
64.2
45.9
40.4
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
49.2
47.7 - 50.7
54.6
53.1 - 56.1
53.5
45.7
38.6
Riverview and Coverdale
51.6
49.3 - 53.9
59.0
56.8 - 61.2
58.2
51.3
40.8
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
53.8
50.6 - 57.1
57.4
53.9 - 60.9
57.1
48.5
36.3
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
53.2
51.9 - 54.4
59.9
58.7 - 61.1
57.4
52.1
45.3
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
53.4
50.4 - 56.4
58.0
55.2 - 60.8
55.3
51.4
41.6
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
45.5
42.8 - 48.2
48.5
45.5 - 51.5
48.5
44.3
35.5
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
40.5
37.1 - 44.0
45.2
41.6 - 48.8
46.0
39.4
34.7
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
53.6
50.2 - 57.0
60.1
56.5 - 63.6
58.0
53.6
42.4
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
52.7
49.8 - 55.5
61.1
58.3 - 63.8
55.3
45.0
39.7
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
54.3
51.5 - 57.0
60.1
57.7 - 62.6
59.0
50.0
39.8
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
45.2
42.4 - 47.9
48.1
45.2 - 51.0
49.8
39.3
37.6
School districts
Anglophone East School District
52.2
51.2 - 53.1
58.3
57.4 - 59.3
56.7
48.4
39.5
Anglophone North School District
54.8
53.4 - 56.2
61.8
60.5 - 63.2
58.6
51.8
44.9
Anglophone South School District
52.6
51.8 - 53.5
59.0
58.2 - 59.8
56.6
49.5
42.2
Anglophone West School District
52.4
51.6 - 53.2
59.2
58.4 - 60.0
56.5
48.4
41.3
Anglophone sector
52.7
52.2 - 53.2
59.2
58.8 - 59.7
56.8
49.2
41.7
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
42.9
41.5 - 44.2
49.7
48.4 - 51.1
47.5
40.2
34.4
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
45.0
43.3 - 46.8
48.1
46.4 - 49.8
47.1
37.4
33.6
District scolaire francophone Sud
39.4
38.4 - 40.3
44.7
43.5 - 45.8
45.7
39.8
34.2
Francophone sector
41.4
40.7 - 42.1
46.8
46.1 - 47.6
46.5
39.5
34.2
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
44.2
43.6 - 44.7
49.0
48.4 - 49.6
47.3
38.5
30.3
Grades 9 to 12
53.3
52.8 - 53.9
60.5
60.0 - 61.1
58.7
52.0
45.8
Gender
Female
59.4
58.9 - 60.0
65.4
64.8 - 65.9
64.0
n/a
n/a
Male
37.5
37.0 - 38.1
43.4
42.8 - 44.0
39.9
n/a
n/a
Non-binary
77.8
75.3 - 80.3
85.4
84.1 - 86.7
86.0
n/a
n/a
Sex at birth
Female
61.0
60.4 - 61.5
67.5
67.0 - 68.1
66.7
56.3
n/a
Male
37.3
36.8 - 37.9
43.4
42.8 - 43.9
40.1
36.2
n/a
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
77.3
76.4 - 78.2
78.0
77.2 - 78.7
76.9
n/a
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
62.5
61.1 - 64.0
68.9
67.4 - 70.5
64.5
55.5
52.4
Immigrant
Immigrants
46.0
44.9 - 47.1
52.4
51.2 - 53.6
50.3
43.5
n/a
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
64.1
62.7 - 65.5
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
47.3
46.3 - 48.2
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 report having symptoms of anxiety or depression.

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". This indicators is based on respondents who answered at least 1 of the following 2 questions about depression and anxiety: 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? And 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_DEPAN_1

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