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Students in grades 7 to 12 who report having used any type of drugs to get high in the last 12 months (excluding tobacco, alcohol and cannabis)

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Unit %

Academic Year 2022-2023 Academic Year 2018-2019
Province
New Brunswick
29.4
29.0 - 29.8
24.6
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
28.7
28.0 - 29.4
23.1
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
28.9
28.1 - 29.7
26.9
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
29.1
28.3 - 30.0
24.6
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
33.7
32.0 - 35.3
21.9
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
28.8
26.5 - 31.2
23.0
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
32.7
31.3 - 34.2
27.1
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
26.9
25.3 - 28.6
21.7
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
29.3
27.2 - 31.4
26.2
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
26.5
24.2 - 28.7
26.3
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
27.9
24.9 - 30.8
26.1
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
36.1
32.2 - 40.0
26.0
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
30.3
26.5 - 34.1
18.2
Dieppe and Memramcook
28.1
26.2 - 30.0
20.5
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
31.7
26.4 - 37.1
23.7
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
35.8
33.6 - 38.1
21.6
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
28.7
26.7 - 30.8
22.8
Fredericton
29.1
27.8 - 30.3
23.6
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
n/a
11.3
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
27.7
25.1 - 30.3
21.0
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
34.6
28.4 - 40.7
21.6
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
40.5
35.6 - 45.5
24.0
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
30.5
26.6 - 34.5
24.7
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
27.1
25.3 - 28.8
22.3
Moncton
28.3
27.2 - 29.4
22.5
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
28.7
24.8 - 32.6
26.5
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
25.8
20.6 - 30.9
16.5
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
30.2
25.4 - 35.1
28.5
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
29.5
27.4 - 31.6
28.5
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
27.1
23.4 - 30.7
26.5
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
28.4
26.9 - 29.9
25.0
Riverview and Coverdale
28.7
26.5 - 30.9
25.3
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
34.4
30.6 - 38.1
19.4
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
29.1
27.9 - 30.3
28.6
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
34.8
31.8 - 37.9
26.8
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
26.6
23.9 - 29.4
22.2
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
32.2
28.4 - 36.0
25.7
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
31.1
27.3 - 34.9
28.5
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
23.7
21.0 - 26.4
24.8
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
32.3
29.6 - 34.9
29.0
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
37.4
34.3 - 40.4
30.6
School districts
Anglophone East School District
30.1
29.1 - 31.0
24.2
Anglophone North School District
29.1
27.7 - 30.5
26.6
Anglophone South School District
29.0
28.2 - 29.9
27.2
Anglophone West School District
29.3
28.4 - 30.1
24.9
Anglophone sector
29.4
28.9 - 29.9
25.7
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
32.2
30.8 - 33.6
24.8
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
34.3
32.6 - 36.1
21.9
District scolaire francophone Sud
25.9
24.8 - 27.0
19.7
Francophone sector
29.4
28.6 - 30.2
21.8
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
29.8
29.1 - 30.5
18.8
Grades 9 to 12
29.2
28.7 - 29.7
27.2
Gender
Woman/Girl
29.8
29.2 - 30.4
n/a
Man/Boy
28.3
27.7 - 28.9
n/a
Non-binary
34.2
32.3 - 36.2
n/a
Sex at birth
Female
30.0
29.4 - 30.6
24.4
Male
28.5
27.9 - 29.1
24.8
Sexual identity
Minority sexual identity
31.1
30.1 - 32.0
n/a
Heterosexual
28.8
28.4 - 29.3
n/a
LGBTQ2+ Status
LGBTQ2+ person
31.2
30.3 - 32.1
n/a
Non LGBTQ2+ person
28.8
28.3 - 29.3
n/a
Race
White
28.5
28.1 - 29.0
n/a
South Asian
37.4
33.3 - 41.6
n/a
Other
33.4
30.3 - 36.5
n/a
Middle Eastern
27.2
24.4 - 30.1
n/a
Latino
34.0
30.9 - 37.0
n/a
East/Southeast Asian
31.7
29.7 - 33.6
n/a
Black
33.5
31.4 - 35.5
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
35.6
33.8 - 37.4
34.1
Non-Indigenous
28.2
27.8 - 28.7
23.9
Food poverty
Food poverty
44.7
43.0 - 46.4
n/a
No food poverty
28.2
27.8 - 28.6
n/a
Immigrant
Immigrants
28.7
27.6 - 29.9
22.4
Non-immigrants
29.5
29.0 - 29.9
24.8
Special needs
Has a special need
36.0
35.3 - 36.8
n/a
No special need
25.6
25.1 - 26.1
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 7 to 12 who report having used any type of drugs to get high in the last 12 months (excluding tobacco, alcohol and cannabis).

Source

New Brunswick Health Council, Student Wellness Survey - Grades 6-12

Calculations

This indicator is calculated by dividing the number of respondents who answered "1 time, 2 times or 3 or more times" by the number of respondents who answered "never, 1 time, 2 times or 3 or more times" . This indicator is based on respondents who answered at least 1 of the following 12 questions on drug use: Have you ever taken any of the following drugs in the last 12 months to get high? a) LSD and other hallucinogens (e.g., PCP, magic mushrooms, mescaline, peyote, Salvia), b) Pain Relievers (e.g., Fentanyl, Percodan, Percs, Demerol, Oxycontin, Oxycodone, Oxy, Oxyneo, OC, APO, Codeine, Morphine), c) Amphetamines (speed), d) Ecstasy, MDMA (E, Xtc, Adam, X), e) Cocaine (coke, crack, snow, rock), f) Cough and cold medicines, g) Stimulants (e.g., Ritalin, Concerta, Adderall), h) Sedatives / tranquillizers (e.g., Valium, Ativan, Xanax, GHB), i) Methamphetamines / Crystal methamphetamine (ice) and l) Other?

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_DROAL_1

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