Students in grades 6 to 12 who report drinking sugary drinks the day before the survey

Table

Unit %

Academic Year 2023-2024 Academic Year 2022-2023 Academic Year 2021-2022
Province
New Brunswick
67.7
67.3 - 68.1
66.9
66.6 - 67.3
68.8
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
63.9
63.2 - 64.6
62.5
61.7 - 63.2
64.7
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
69.7
68.9 - 70.4
69.4
68.6 - 70.1
71.7
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
70.4
69.7 - 71.1
70.1
69.3 - 70.8
69.7
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
67.4
65.9 - 68.9
66.0
64.5 - 67.5
69.5
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
66.4
64.1 - 68.7
66.2
64.0 - 68.5
71.2
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
65.9
64.6 - 67.2
66.6
65.3 - 67.9
68.9
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
72.6
71.1 - 74.2
70.8
69.2 - 72.3
72.6
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
64.5
62.5 - 66.4
67.4
65.4 - 69.4
67.5
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
68.7
66.7 - 70.7
66.0
63.7 - 68.2
68.5
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
65.4
62.3 - 68.5
65.9
63.0 - 68.9
68.9
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
62.2
58.8 - 65.7
64.0
60.5 - 67.5
65.7
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
67.7
64.3 - 71.0
66.7
63.1 - 70.2
74.5
Dieppe and Memramcook
52.6
50.6 - 54.6
50.9
48.9 - 52.9
54.2
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
79.4
75.4 - 83.3
77.8
73.6 - 82.0
81.2
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
66.5
64.3 - 68.7
65.9
63.8 - 68.0
69.6
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
71.0
69.1 - 72.8
72.5
70.6 - 74.3
74.1
Fredericton
67.1
66.0 - 68.1
66.3
65.1 - 67.5
64.6
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
n/a
n/a
74.0
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
66.8
64.3 - 69.4
64.8
62.3 - 67.3
67.8
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
73.8
68.8 - 78.7
76.9
71.9 - 81.9
72.6
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
72.5
68.7 - 76.3
69.5
65.2 - 73.7
74.0
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
80.1
77.1 - 83.2
76.9
73.5 - 80.3
76.6
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
73.1
71.5 - 74.7
72.0
70.3 - 73.6
73.4
Moncton
64.5
63.6 - 65.5
63.4
62.3 - 64.5
64.6
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
78.7
75.5 - 81.9
77.7
74.5 - 81.0
82.4
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
69.1
64.4 - 73.7
60.5
55.3 - 65.7
66.3
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
71.7
67.8 - 75.7
70.6
66.5 - 74.7
68.4
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
72.0
70.1 - 73.8
70.0
68.1 - 71.9
72.9
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
79.5
76.5 - 82.6
81.2
78.2 - 84.2
78.9
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
64.4
62.9 - 65.8
63.8
62.4 - 65.3
66.2
Riverview and Coverdale
67.7
65.5 - 69.8
64.9
62.8 - 67.0
68.5
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
66.7
63.6 - 69.7
69.0
65.7 - 72.2
66.0
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
71.1
70.0 - 72.2
70.3
69.1 - 71.4
73.3
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
74.9
72.3 - 77.5
73.6
71.1 - 76.0
76.2
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
55.5
52.8 - 58.2
55.6
52.6 - 58.5
62.3
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
68.5
65.2 - 71.8
67.1
63.7 - 70.4
72.0
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
75.1
72.2 - 78.1
75.5
72.3 - 78.7
77.4
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
74.4
71.9 - 76.9
74.0
71.6 - 76.5
75.7
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
70.5
68.0 - 73.1
72.1
69.8 - 74.4
72.9
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
69.3
66.8 - 71.9
66.5
63.8 - 69.2
72.2
School districts
Anglophone East School District
68.3
67.4 - 69.1
67.9
67.0 - 68.7
69.3
Anglophone North School District
73.5
72.3 - 74.7
72.8
71.5 - 74.0
74.9
Anglophone South School District
70.0
69.2 - 70.8
70.0
69.2 - 70.7
72.0
Anglophone West School District
71.7
71.0 - 72.5
70.5
69.7 - 71.2
71.0
Anglophone sector
70.5
70.1 - 70.9
69.9
69.5 - 70.4
71.4
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
65.2
63.9 - 66.4
64.5
63.2 - 65.8
67.8
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
66.5
64.8 - 68.1
64.7
63.1 - 66.3
68.6
District scolaire francophone Sud
56.0
55.0 - 57.0
54.3
53.2 - 55.5
57.2
Francophone sector
60.6
59.9 - 61.3
59.3
58.6 - 60.1
62.6
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
69.8
69.3 - 70.4
69.1
68.5 - 69.6
70.0
Grades 9 to 12
66.2
65.7 - 66.7
65.4
64.9 - 66.0
68.0
Gender
Female
64.7
64.1 - 65.2
63.1
62.5 - 63.7
63.9
Male
70.4
69.9 - 71.0
70.3
69.7 - 70.8
73.0
Non-binary
70.4
67.7 - 73.1
68.8
67.1 - 70.6
71.5
Sex at birth
Female
65.1
64.5 - 65.6
63.6
63.0 - 64.1
64.7
Male
70.4
69.9 - 70.9
70.3
69.8 - 70.9
73.2
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
69.9
68.9 - 70.9
67.6
66.8 - 68.5
69.3
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
75.6
74.4 - 76.9
76.9
75.5 - 78.3
76.9
Immigrant
Immigrants
66.4
65.4 - 67.5
64.2
63.1 - 65.4
65.1
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
72.5
71.2 - 73.9
n/a
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
68.6
67.7 - 69.5
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 drinking sugary drinks the day before the survey.

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 serving, 2 servings, 3 servings, 4 servings, 5 servings or 6+ servings" by the number of respondents who answered "none, 1 serving, 2 servings, 3 servings, 4 servings, 5 servings, 6+ servings" to the question: Yesterday, how many times did you eat or drink: d) Sugary drinks (for example, pop, juice, flavoured waters, sport and energy drinks, hot or cold tea and coffee drinks, flavoured milks [like chocolate milk])?

Notes

This indicator has replaced SH_DRINN_1 (non-nutritious beverage), which was previously available on our Web site, due to changes in our 2021-2022 edition of the questionnaire. 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_EHA04_1

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