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Students in grades 7 to 12 who report having used cannabis every day in the last 12 months

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Table

Unit %

Academic Year 2023-2024 Academic Year 2022-2023 Academic Year 2021-2022 Academic Year 2018-2019 Academic Year 2015-2016
Province
New Brunswick
3.8
3.6 - 4.0
4.0
3.9 - 4.2
3.5
3.1
3.5
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
3.1
2.8 - 3.4
3.2
2.9 - 3.5
3.1
2.9
2.7
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
4.4
4.0 - 4.8
4.4
4.0 - 4.8
3.9
3.4
3.6
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
4.3
3.9 - 4.7
5.1
4.6 - 5.5
3.8
3.4
4.0
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
2.7
2.1 - 3.3
3.0
2.4 - 3.6
2.0
1.6
2.4
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
6.7
5.3 - 8.1
5.3
4.1 - 6.4
4.1
4.7
4.8
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
3.0
2.4 - 3.5
2.5
2.0 - 3.0
2.2
2.4
2.5
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
4.3
3.5 - 5.1
5.7
4.8 - 6.6
5.4
3.8
6.5
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
3.2
2.4 - 4.0
2.6
1.8 - 3.4
2.7
3.1
2.0
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
6.4
5.2 - 7.6
5.9
4.8 - 7.1
7.2
5.1
4.4
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
6.2
4.4 - 8.0
6.3
4.7 - 7.9
3.5
5.3
4.6
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
2.6
1.3 - 3.9
2.4
1.1 - 3.8
2.2
S
1.5
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
7.4
5.2 - 9.6
3.7
2.1 - 5.3
5.0
3.9
4.9
Dieppe and Memramcook
1.2
0.7 - 1.6
1.2
0.7 - 1.7
0.9
1.1
1.5
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
5.8
3.1 - 8.5
11.4
7.7 - 15.1
5.8
4.8
5.4
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
2.2
1.5 - 3.0
2.6
1.8 - 3.3
1.8
2.0
1.8
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
4.7
3.7 - 5.6
5.6
4.5 - 6.7
5.7
3.2
4.1
Fredericton
3.6
3.0 - 4.1
3.7
3.1 - 4.2
2.4
2.8
2.2
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
n/a
n/a
S
0.0
0.0
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
3.5
2.3 - 4.6
3.3
2.2 - 4.4
1.9
0.0
2.8
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
9.9
6.2 - 13.7
7.0
3.7 - 10.4
7.9
7.2
4.4
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
3.1
1.4 - 4.7
4.1
2.0 - 6.1
3.2
S
3.6
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
7.6
5.3 - 9.9
9.9
7.2 - 12.6
7.7
4.5
2.3
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
4.5
3.6 - 5.3
5.8
4.9 - 6.8
5.7
4.0
7.0
Moncton
2.4
2.1 - 2.8
2.2
1.9 - 2.6
2.4
2.7
2.3
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
6.4
4.0 - 8.7
5.9
3.7 - 8.0
5.6
3.3
3.3
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
3.0
1.2 - 4.9
4.4
2.0 - 6.8
2.9
S
S
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
2.1
0.7 - 3.4
3.8
1.6 - 5.9
S
8.0
6.5
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
4.3
3.3 - 5.3
6.0
4.8 - 7.1
5.0
3.9
5.3
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
7.4
5.0 - 9.8
6.5
4.4 - 8.6
4.6
6.5
9.6
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
4.8
4.1 - 5.6
4.2
3.5 - 4.9
3.6
2.3
3.0
Riverview and Coverdale
2.3
1.5 - 3.1
3.8
2.8 - 4.8
3.1
3.1
3.4
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
4.2
2.7 - 5.7
5.5
3.6 - 7.4
3.8
S
3.6
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
4.4
3.8 - 5.0
4.4
3.8 - 4.9
4.3
3.4
4.2
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
6.0
4.4 - 7.6
7.1
5.4 - 8.8
4.6
3.4
4.8
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
2.9
1.9 - 3.9
3.3
2.2 - 4.5
2.3
2.8
1.3
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
3.7
2.1 - 5.2
1.5
0.5 - 2.4
S
S
4.7
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
4.5
2.9 - 6.1
4.6
2.8 - 6.4
4.4
4.2
4.0
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
3.4
2.2 - 4.7
4.4
3.1 - 5.7
3.8
4.0
2.4
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
3.9
2.7 - 5.2
5.2
3.8 - 6.5
3.1
6.1
3.7
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
2.3
1.4 - 3.2
3.0
1.9 - 4.2
1.8
1.7
2.3
School districts
Anglophone East School District
3.3
2.9 - 3.6
3.7
3.3 - 4.1
3.3
3.1
3.2
Anglophone North School District
6.5
5.7 - 7.3
7.1
6.3 - 7.9
7.2
5.6
6.3
Anglophone South School District
4.4
4.0 - 4.8
4.5
4.1 - 4.9
4.0
3.5
3.6
Anglophone West School District
4.5
4.1 - 4.9
5.0
4.6 - 5.5
4.0
3.6
4.2
Anglophone sector
4.4
4.2 - 4.6
4.8
4.6 - 5.0
4.2
3.7
4.1
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
3.1
2.5 - 3.6
2.4
1.9 - 2.8
1.8
1.9
2.5
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
2.7
2.0 - 3.3
3.1
2.5 - 3.8
2.0
1.7
1.9
District scolaire francophone Sud
1.7
1.5 - 2.0
1.6
1.3 - 1.9
1.4
1.6
1.6
Francophone sector
2.3
2.1 - 2.5
2.1
1.9 - 2.4
1.6
1.7
2.0
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
0.8
0.7 - 1.0
1.0
0.8 - 1.1
0.8
0.4
0.7
Grades 9 to 12
5.2
5.0 - 5.5
5.5
5.2 - 5.8
4.8
4.4
4.8
Gender
Female
3.3
3.1 - 3.6
3.6
3.4 - 3.9
3.1
n/a
n/a
Male
4.0
3.7 - 4.3
4.1
3.8 - 4.3
3.6
n/a
n/a
Non-binary
8.0
6.2 - 9.7
5.8
4.9 - 6.8
3.7
n/a
n/a
Sex at birth
Female
3.4
3.2 - 3.7
3.7
3.4 - 3.9
3.1
2.0
n/a
Male
4.0
3.8 - 4.3
4.3
4.0 - 4.5
3.7
4.3
n/a
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
5.5
4.9 - 6.1
5.2
4.8 - 5.7
4.7
n/a
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
9.7
8.7 - 10.7
10.4
9.2 - 11.5
9.7
7.8
9.8
Immigrant
Immigrants
1.4
1.1 - 1.7
1.6
1.3 - 1.9
1.3
1.8
n/a
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
6.3
5.5 - 7.2
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
3.2
2.8 - 3.5
n/a
n/a
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 report having used cannabis every day 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 "every day" by the number of respondents who answered "I have never used cannabis, I have used cannabis, but not in the last 12 months, less than once a month, once a month, 2 or 3 times a month
once a week, 2 or 3 times a week, 4 to 6 times a week or every day" to the question: In the last 12 months, how often did you use cannabis?

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_MAR02_3

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