Students in grades 6 to 12 who report eating breakfast at least 5 times a week

Table

Unit %

Academic Year 2023-2024 Academic Year 2021-2022
Province
New Brunswick
47.5
47.1 - 47.9
48.2
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
52.1
51.4 - 52.8
53.2
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
45.3
44.5 - 46.1
44.8
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
44.3
43.5 - 45.1
45.4
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
49.9
48.3 - 51.6
49.8
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
41.4
39.1 - 43.8
44.8
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
51.0
49.7 - 52.4
52.6
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
40.1
38.4 - 41.8
41.4
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
51.9
49.8 - 53.9
52.7
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
47.4
45.2 - 49.5
48.5
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
41.4
38.2 - 44.6
44.5
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
50.0
46.4 - 53.5
50.7
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
41.5
37.9 - 45.0
45.3
Dieppe and Memramcook
61.7
59.8 - 63.7
65.3
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
33.2
28.7 - 37.7
32.9
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
52.1
49.8 - 54.4
49.0
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
41.1
39.1 - 43.1
39.9
Fredericton
49.2
48.0 - 50.4
51.8
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
n/a
57.7
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
45.7
43.0 - 48.3
49.2
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
34.8
29.5 - 40.1
37.6
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
52.7
48.5 - 57.0
55.8
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
33.1
29.5 - 36.7
32.2
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
39.8
38.1 - 41.6
41.4
Moncton
53.3
52.3 - 54.3
53.0
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
38.3
34.5 - 42.2
34.0
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
42.5
37.4 - 47.5
41.3
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
52.7
48.4 - 57.1
43.2
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
40.4
38.3 - 42.4
41.4
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
27.0
23.7 - 30.4
33.5
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
51.2
49.7 - 52.7
49.6
Riverview and Coverdale
51.3
49.0 - 53.6
51.7
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
43.6
40.4 - 46.8
51.2
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
43.3
42.1 - 44.5
43.1
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
41.7
38.8 - 44.7
42.0
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
50.4
47.7 - 53.0
53.9
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
54.0
50.5 - 57.5
51.1
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
40.0
36.6 - 43.3
38.8
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
41.4
38.6 - 44.2
41.9
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
42.9
40.1 - 45.6
42.2
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
48.2
45.4 - 50.9
54.7
School districts
Anglophone East School District
49.1
48.2 - 50.0
49.3
Anglophone North School District
37.5
36.2 - 38.9
39.7
Anglophone South School District
44.9
44.1 - 45.8
44.6
Anglophone West School District
42.8
41.9 - 43.6
44.0
Anglophone sector
44.4
44.0 - 44.9
45.0
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
51.3
50.0 - 52.7
53.2
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
51.7
49.9 - 53.4
50.4
District scolaire francophone Sud
58.5
57.6 - 59.5
60.2
Francophone sector
55.2
54.5 - 55.9
56.2
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
55.5
54.9 - 56.0
56.0
Grades 9 to 12
41.7
41.2 - 42.3
42.4
Gender
Female
42.0
41.5 - 42.6
43.4
Male
53.9
53.3 - 54.5
55.2
Non-binary
35.7
32.8 - 38.6
31.3
Sex at birth
Female
41.1
40.5 - 41.6
41.6
Male
54.3
53.7 - 54.9
55.4
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
35.3
34.3 - 36.4
37.7
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
35.0
33.6 - 36.4
35.2
Immigrant
Immigrants
55.9
54.8 - 57.0
55.0
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
44.0
42.5 - 45.4
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
51.7
50.8 - 52.7
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 at least 5 times a week.

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 "5-6 times or 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_2

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