Students in grades 6 to 12 who report eating breakfast every day in the last 7 days

Table

Unit %

Academic Year 2021-2022 Academic Year 2018-2019 Academic Year 2015-2016
Province
New Brunswick
36.2
41.2
45.9
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
40.4
45.7
50.9
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
33.2
38.5
42.6
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
34.0
37.8
42.0
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
36.9
50.0
52.0
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
33.4
34.0
46.6
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
40.0
44.9
50.8
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
30.4
34.5
37.5
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
39.7
43.3
52.4
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
35.5
41.6
44.3
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
33.0
35.7
50.2
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
39.0
45.3
53.2
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
34.1
31.6
43.2
Dieppe and Memramcook
48.7
58.1
64.6
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
25.7
26.5
30.8
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
36.5
51.6
54.7
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
26.9
35.6
38.3
Fredericton
39.2
42.7
51.9
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
45.0
53.8
61.2
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
34.9
46.1
48.5
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
29.1
36.6
45.9
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
44.0
47.4
50.6
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
25.4
33.3
29.1
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
30.1
33.8
36.8
Moncton
40.9
45.5
50.3
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
26.3
31.6
35.9
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
32.6
40.2
44.3
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
35.1
33.1
32.8
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
32.3
34.9
37.9
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
21.2
25.4
36.1
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
36.4
43.0
49.2
Riverview and Coverdale
39.8
43.5
49.3
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
38.8
41.2
51.1
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
32.5
36.0
40.1
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
31.4
36.2
38.3
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
40.7
46.1
55.4
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
38.6
46.8
47.3
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
27.0
29.5
34.9
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
30.6
37.5
39.6
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
30.1
38.9
40.9
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
42.1
46.6
49.9
School districts
Anglophone East School District
37.8
42.3
47.1
Anglophone North School District
29.0
31.0
37.0
Anglophone South School District
33.1
38.0
42.3
Anglophone West School District
32.8
36.5
41.1
Anglophone sector
33.6
37.7
42.3
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
40.8
45.8
52.0
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
37.5
51.5
53.7
District scolaire francophone Sud
45.2
52.5
58.3
Francophone sector
42.4
50.1
55.1
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
43.8
50.5
55.4
Grades 9 to 12
30.5
34.7
39.5
Gender
Woman/Girl
31.4
n/a
n/a
Man/Boy
42.8
n/a
n/a
Non-binary
20.7
n/a
n/a
Sex at birth
Female
29.9
35.8
n/a
Male
43.0
46.7
n/a
Sexual identity
Minority sexual identity
26.8
n/a
n/a
Heterosexual
37.7
n/a
n/a
LGBTQ2+ Status
LGBTQ2+ person
27.0
n/a
n/a
Non LGBTQ2+ person
37.7
n/a
n/a
Race
White
35.5
n/a
n/a
South Asian
44.2
n/a
n/a
Other
40.4
n/a
n/a
Middle Eastern
35.6
n/a
n/a
Latino
40.8
n/a
n/a
East/Southeast Asian
48.1
n/a
n/a
Black
33.3
n/a
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
26.2
31.3
32.3
Non-Indigenous
36.8
42.0
46.7
Food poverty
Food poverty
22.8
n/a
n/a
No food poverty
37.1
n/a
n/a
Immigrant
Immigrants
43.0
45.4
n/a
Non-immigrants
35.4
40.9
n/a
Special needs
Has a special need
29.6
n/a
n/a
No special need
39.7
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 eating breakfast every day in the last 7 days.

Source

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

Calculations

This indicator is calculated by dividing the number of respondents who answered "7+ times" by the number of respondents who answered "never, 1-2 times, 3-4 times, 5-6 times or 7+ times" to the question: In the last 7 days, how many times did you: c) Eat breakfast?

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

Higher is better

NBHC code

SH_EAT12_1

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