Students in grades 6 to 12 who report being injured and having to be treated by a doctor or nurse during the last 12 months

Table

Unit %

Academic Year 2022-2023 Academic Year 2018-2019 Academic Year 2015-2016
Province
New Brunswick
15.6
15.3 - 15.9
30.1
30.1
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
14.3
13.8 - 14.8
29.2
28.6
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
17.6
16.9 - 18.2
32.6
33.4
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
17.1
16.4 - 17.7
31.5
31.6
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
14.0
12.9 - 15.1
25.5
26.1
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
13.0
11.4 - 14.7
26.4
27.2
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
13.0
12.1 - 14.0
25.9
24.8
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
14.7
13.5 - 16.0
30.6
31.7
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
14.8
13.3 - 16.3
29.2
27.1
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
13.1
11.5 - 14.7
30.8
30.2
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
12.2
10.1 - 14.2
26.1
27.5
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
10.2
8.0 - 12.5
22.6
26.5
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
14.3
11.6 - 16.9
26.9
26.8
Dieppe and Memramcook
12.5
11.2 - 13.9
28.3
26.5
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
16.7
12.9 - 20.4
30.4
30.3
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
13.8
12.3 - 15.4
25.2
23.8
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
17.0
15.5 - 18.6
34.5
30.8
Fredericton
17.8
16.9 - 18.8
29.7
29.2
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
n/a
31.5
38.3
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
14.9
13.0 - 16.8
26.8
30.5
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
18.2
13.4 - 22.9
33.6
28.6
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
12.2
9.2 - 15.3
25.2
22.9
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
13.6
10.7 - 16.4
31.9
30.5
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
15.4
14.0 - 16.7
31.5
32.2
Moncton
13.7
13.0 - 14.5
28.3
28.1
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
15.8
12.9 - 18.7
28.5
28.8
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
9.2
6.1 - 12.4
22.9
27.1
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
13.8
10.6 - 17.0
38.7
27.3
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
16.6
15.0 - 18.2
31.7
35.6
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
18.3
15.3 - 21.2
39.7
41.8
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
19.4
18.2 - 20.6
31.9
32.8
Riverview and Coverdale
17.3
15.6 - 19.1
32.4
32.2
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
16.1
13.4 - 18.7
31.4
33.3
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
16.9
15.9 - 17.8
32.9
33.2
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
20.7
18.3 - 23.0
32.6
31.3
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
11.5
9.5 - 13.4
23.5
22.7
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
13.6
11.1 - 16.1
20.7
24.7
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
16.4
13.7 - 19.2
34.9
38.1
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
16.7
14.6 - 18.9
32.4
35.0
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
16.6
14.6 - 18.6
32.5
30.6
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
11.2
9.4 - 13.1
24.3
21.5
School districts
Anglophone East School District
16.6
15.9 - 17.3
30.6
30.9
Anglophone North School District
16.3
15.3 - 17.4
31.5
32.8
Anglophone South School District
17.7
17.1 - 18.4
32.7
33.4
Anglophone West School District
17.2
16.6 - 17.9
31.5
32.0
Anglophone sector
17.1
16.8 - 17.5
31.7
32.3
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
11.7
10.8 - 12.6
24.7
23.6
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
13.0
11.8 - 14.2
25.4
25.6
District scolaire francophone Sud
11.1
10.4 - 11.9
27.4
24.9
Francophone sector
11.7
11.1 - 12.2
26.1
24.6
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
16.4
15.9 - 16.9
28.6
28.1
Grades 9 to 12
15.0
14.6 - 15.4
31.1
31.4
Gender
Female
14.5
14.1 - 15.0
n/a
n/a
Male
16.2
15.8 - 16.7
n/a
n/a
Non-binary
17.8
16.3 - 19.2
n/a
n/a
Sex at birth
Female
14.8
14.4 - 15.2
28.6
n/a
Male
16.3
15.9 - 16.8
31.6
n/a
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
15.6
15.0 - 16.3
n/a
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
20.6
19.2 - 22.1
36.0
37.9
Immigrant
Immigrants
12.8
12.0 - 13.6
25.8
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 being injured and having to be treated by a doctor or nurse during 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 "yes" by the number of respondents who answered "yes or no" to the question: Many young people get hurt or injured from activities such as playing sports or fighting with others at different places such as the street or home. Injuries can include being poisoned or burned. Injuries do not include illnesses such as measles or the flu. During the past 12 months, have you been injured and had to be treated by a doctor or nurse?

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_INJ01_1

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