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Students in grades 7 to 12 who reported having used cough and cold medicines to get high in the last 12 months

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Unit %

Academic Year 2024-2025 Academic Year 2022-2023 Academic Year 2018-2019
Province
New Brunswick
26.3
25.9 - 26.7
24.5
24.1 - 24.8
16.4
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
25.8
25.1 - 26.5
24.0
23.3 - 24.7
15.3
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
26.1
25.3 - 27.0
23.5
22.7 - 24.3
16.3
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
26.4
25.5 - 27.2
23.8
23.0 - 24.6
16.2
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
29.5
27.8 - 31.2
30.8
29.2 - 32.4
18.1
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
25.8
23.6 - 28.0
24.5
22.2 - 26.8
15.1
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
27.2
25.9 - 28.6
28.4
27.0 - 29.8
21.0
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
24.6
23.1 - 26.2
21.0
19.5 - 22.6
13.8
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
27.4
25.4 - 29.4
24.7
22.7 - 26.7
18.7
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
25.1
23.0 - 27.2
21.0
18.9 - 23.1
16.8
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
25.3
22.5 - 28.2
23.1
20.3 - 26.0
17.0
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
28.1
24.5 - 31.7
31.9
28.1 - 35.8
21.4
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
26.4
23.0 - 29.9
26.6
22.8 - 30.3
12.2
Dieppe and Memramcook
23.1
21.3 - 24.8
25.1
23.3 - 27.0
16.4
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
32.2
27.1 - 37.3
27.9
22.7 - 33.2
16.5
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
30.3
27.9 - 32.7
33.9
31.6 - 36.2
17.3
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
24.2
22.4 - 26.0
23.4
21.5 - 25.3
14.2
Fredericton
26.3
25.0 - 27.5
23.8
22.6 - 25.0
15.6
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
27.7
24.8 - 30.5
24.4
21.8 - 26.9
19.0
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
24.1
17.9 - 30.3
29.4
23.3 - 35.5
13.2
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
30.8
26.3 - 35.2
34.9
30.0 - 39.7
21.0
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
24.2
20.6 - 27.8
23.4
19.7 - 27.1
14.7
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
24.2
22.5 - 25.8
20.8
19.1 - 22.4
13.6
Moncton
27.7
26.6 - 28.8
23.5
22.4 - 24.5
14.4
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
26.6
22.8 - 30.4
24.1
20.4 - 27.9
19.7
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
28.7
23.7 - 33.8
23.3
18.3 - 28.4
15.6
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
33.8
28.0 - 39.5
24.8
20.2 - 29.4
22.9
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
26.3
24.2 - 28.4
24.1
22.1 - 26.1
18.4
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
29.8
25.8 - 33.8
20.3
17.0 - 23.7
18.5
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
25.8
24.2 - 27.4
24.0
22.6 - 25.4
16.3
Riverview and Coverdale
24.0
22.0 - 26.0
23.5
21.4 - 25.6
15.6
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
26.1
23.0 - 29.1
29.1
25.6 - 32.7
12.0
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
25.9
24.6 - 27.2
22.9
21.8 - 24.0
16.9
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
26.6
23.6 - 29.6
28.3
25.4 - 31.1
18.2
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
21.8
19.1 - 24.4
22.4
19.8 - 25.0
16.3
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
25.1
21.9 - 28.4
27.9
24.2 - 31.6
18.4
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
26.6
23.2 - 30.1
26.0
22.4 - 29.7
15.3
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
28.2
25.2 - 31.1
19.0
16.5 - 21.4
17.5
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
25.8
23.1 - 28.6
26.4
23.9 - 29.0
15.0
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
27.8
25.1 - 30.4
33.2
30.2 - 36.1
26.9
School districts
Anglophone East School District
27.7
26.7 - 28.6
24.6
23.7 - 25.5
15.1
Anglophone North School District
26.9
25.6 - 28.2
22.2
20.9 - 23.5
16.2
Anglophone South School District
26.4
25.5 - 27.3
23.5
22.7 - 24.3
16.4
Anglophone West School District
26.5
25.6 - 27.3
23.9
23.1 - 24.7
16.4
Anglophone sector
26.8
26.3 - 27.3
23.7
23.3 - 24.2
16.1
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
27.0
25.7 - 28.3
28.5
27.1 - 29.9
19.9
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
30.2
28.4 - 32.0
31.8
30.1 - 33.6
18.2
District scolaire francophone Sud
21.5
20.6 - 22.5
22.8
21.7 - 23.9
14.6
Francophone sector
24.9
24.1 - 25.6
26.2
25.5 - 27.0
17.0
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
29.8
29.1 - 30.5
27.4
26.7 - 28.1
15.7
Grades 9 to 12
24.4
23.9 - 24.9
23.1
22.6 - 23.5
16.7
Gender
Female
27.9
27.3 - 28.4
24.8
24.2 - 25.4
n/a
Male
24.5
23.9 - 25.1
23.7
23.1 - 24.2
n/a
Non-binary
27.2
23.9 - 30.6
27.5
25.6 - 29.3
n/a
Sex at birth
Female
27.6
27.1 - 28.2
24.8
24.3 - 25.4
16.4
Male
24.5
23.9 - 25.1
23.9
23.3 - 24.4
16.3
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
25.7
24.5 - 26.8
24.1
23.3 - 25.0
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
29.3
27.9 - 30.8
26.0
24.4 - 27.7
20.3
Immigrant
Immigrants
28.0
26.9 - 29.1
25.2
24.0 - 26.3
16.2
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
29.5
28.0 - 31.0
n/a
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
30.1
29.1 - 31.1
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 7 to 12 who reported having used cough and cold medicines to get high in the last 12 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 "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" to the question: Have you ever taken any of the following drugs in the last 12 months to get high?) Cough and cold medicines.

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_DROCC_1

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