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Students in grades 7 to 12 who reported having used methamphetamines/crystal methanphetamines to get high in the last 12 months

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Table

Unit %

Academic Year 2024-2025 Academic Year 2022-2023 Academic Year 2018-2019
Province
New Brunswick
2.2
2.1 - 2.3
2.1
1.9 - 2.2
1.9
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
1.9
1.7 - 2.1
1.8
1.6 - 2.0
1.6
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
2.8
2.5 - 3.2
2.4
2.2 - 2.7
2.4
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
2.0
1.8 - 2.3
2.4
2.1 - 2.6
1.9
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
2.7
2.1 - 3.3
2.0
1.5 - 2.5
1.9
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
1.8
1.1 - 2.5
1.8
1.1 - 2.4
1.3
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
1.5
1.1 - 1.9
1.6
1.2 - 2.0
1.4
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
2.7
2.1 - 3.3
1.5
1.0 - 2.0
2.0
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
1.6
1.0 - 2.2
1.5
0.9 - 2.1
1.1
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
1.8
1.1 - 2.4
2.3
1.5 - 3.1
2.3
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
2.1
1.2 - 3.1
2.6
1.6 - 3.7
1.9
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
S
S
S
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
1.3
0.4 - 2.2
S
S
Dieppe and Memramcook
1.3
0.8 - 1.8
1.3
0.8 - 1.8
1.0
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
4.2
2.0 - 6.3
5.6
2.8 - 8.5
S
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
1.8
1.1 - 2.5
1.5
0.9 - 2.1
2.3
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
2.6
1.9 - 3.3
2.6
1.9 - 3.4
2.6
Fredericton
2.0
1.6 - 2.4
1.9
1.5 - 2.3
1.2
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
4.7
3.3 - 6.0
3.1
2.1 - 4.1
S
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
S
5.8
2.7 - 9.0
S
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
S
S
S
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
2.5
1.1 - 3.8
2.3
1.0 - 3.6
3.3
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
2.7
2.1 - 3.3
1.5
1.0 - 2.0
2.2
Moncton
1.9
1.6 - 2.2
1.3
1.0 - 1.5
1.3
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
2.4
1.1 - 3.7
3.0
1.5 - 4.6
2.1
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
S
S
S
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
0.0
S
6.6
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
1.5
0.9 - 2.1
3.1
2.3 - 3.9
2.3
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
S
2.2
1.0 - 3.5
3.0
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
2.9
2.3 - 3.5
2.5
2.0 - 3.0
1.9
Riverview and Coverdale
2.0
1.4 - 2.7
2.7
1.8 - 3.5
2.1
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
3.7
2.4 - 5.1
2.6
1.3 - 3.8
2.0
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
2.7
2.2 - 3.2
2.3
1.9 - 2.7
2.7
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
2.5
1.4 - 3.6
2.3
1.3 - 3.3
3.4
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
1.9
1.0 - 2.8
2.2
1.3 - 3.1
S
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
S
S
0.0
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
2.6
1.4 - 3.9
3.6
2.0 - 5.2
2.4
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
4.3
2.9 - 5.6
2.4
1.4 - 3.3
2.8
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
1.9
1.0 - 2.7
2.3
1.4 - 3.2
2.6
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
2.6
1.7 - 3.5
2.5
1.5 - 3.5
2.9
School districts
Anglophone East School District
2.0
1.7 - 2.3
2.0
1.7 - 2.3
1.8
Anglophone North School District
2.1
1.7 - 2.6
1.6
1.2 - 2.0
2.0
Anglophone South School District
2.9
2.5 - 3.2
2.4
2.1 - 2.7
2.4
Anglophone West School District
2.1
1.8 - 2.4
2.4
2.1 - 2.7
2.0
Anglophone sector
2.3
2.1 - 2.5
2.2
2.0 - 2.4
2.1
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
1.7
1.3 - 2.0
1.7
1.3 - 2.1
1.5
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
2.6
2.0 - 3.3
1.9
1.4 - 2.4
2.0
District scolaire francophone Sud
1.9
1.6 - 2.2
1.6
1.3 - 1.9
1.1
Francophone sector
2.0
1.7 - 2.2
1.7
1.5 - 1.9
1.4
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
1.5
1.4 - 1.7
1.5
1.3 - 1.7
0.8
Grades 9 to 12
2.5
2.4 - 2.7
2.3
2.2 - 2.5
2.4
Gender
Female
1.0
0.9 - 1.2
1.2
1.1 - 1.3
n/a
Male
2.9
2.7 - 3.1
2.6
2.4 - 2.8
n/a
Non-binary
9.3
7.1 - 11.4
2.9
2.2 - 3.5
n/a
Sex at birth
Female
1.1
0.9 - 1.2
1.2
1.1 - 1.4
1.0
Male
3.1
2.8 - 3.3
2.8
2.6 - 3.0
2.8
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
3.0
2.6 - 3.5
2.3
2.0 - 2.6
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
5.0
4.3 - 5.7
4.1
3.3 - 4.8
3.8
Immigrant
Immigrants
2.6
2.2 - 3.0
2.3
1.9 - 2.7
2.7
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
5.6
4.9 - 6.4
n/a
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
3.6
3.2 - 4.0
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 methamphetamines/crystal methanphetamines 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? i) Methamphetamines / Crystal methamphetamine (ice).

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_DROMC_1

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