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Students in grades 6 to 12 who have a close friend who uses cannabis

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Table

Unit %

Academic Year 2023-2024 Academic Year 2021-2022
Province
New Brunswick
26.2
25.8 - 26.5
31.1
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
21.7
21.0 - 22.3
26.5
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
29.0
28.1 - 29.8
34.4
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
30.0
29.1 - 30.8
32.8
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
18.5
17.1 - 20.0
25.6
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
32.6
30.1 - 35.1
39.2
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
21.7
20.5 - 23.0
28.1
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
33.6
31.8 - 35.4
42.6
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
25.6
23.6 - 27.5
30.4
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
30.0
27.8 - 32.2
35.6
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
32.2
28.8 - 35.6
41.4
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
18.0
14.9 - 21.0
27.9
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
33.2
29.4 - 37.0
36.1
Dieppe and Memramcook
13.5
12.0 - 14.9
16.0
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
41.3
36.0 - 46.5
40.5
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
16.2
14.1 - 18.2
23.8
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
26.5
24.6 - 28.5
36.6
Fredericton
26.5
25.3 - 27.7
28.3
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
n/a
6.7
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
21.6
19.1 - 24.2
26.6
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
42.1
35.9 - 48.3
47.1
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
20.1
16.3 - 23.8
32.5
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
41.9
37.6 - 46.3
43.6
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
34.6
32.7 - 36.6
43.4
Moncton
20.1
19.1 - 21.0
25.3
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
45.7
41.3 - 50.2
45.7
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
24.4
19.6 - 29.2
35.5
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
19.6
15.8 - 23.5
31.2
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
35.5
33.3 - 37.8
32.4
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
42.6
38.4 - 46.8
47.7
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
28.6
27.1 - 30.1
30.5
Riverview and Coverdale
23.2
20.9 - 25.5
29.1
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
32.3
28.9 - 35.7
34.1
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
30.1
28.8 - 31.4
37.8
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
30.1
27.1 - 33.1
32.3
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
17.4
15.1 - 19.7
22.1
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
22.7
19.4 - 26.0
33.3
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
32.0
28.4 - 35.6
34.9
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
24.6
21.7 - 27.4
31.7
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
31.0
28.1 - 33.9
37.6
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
16.1
13.9 - 18.3
21.0
School districts
Anglophone East School District
24.7
23.8 - 25.6
29.9
Anglophone North School District
39.8
38.3 - 41.3
46.4
Anglophone South School District
29.5
28.6 - 30.3
34.9
Anglophone West School District
30.9
30.1 - 31.8
34.1
Anglophone sector
30.0
29.5 - 30.4
34.7
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
19.3
18.1 - 20.5
26.9
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
17.1
15.6 - 18.6
24.1
District scolaire francophone Sud
15.4
14.6 - 16.2
19.2
Francophone sector
16.8
16.2 - 17.4
22.5
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
6.7
6.4 - 7.0
8.4
Grades 9 to 12
39.5
39.0 - 40.1
47.1
Gender
Female
26.9
26.3 - 27.5
32.0
Male
25.0
24.4 - 25.6
29.5
Non-binary
42.3
38.9 - 45.7
38.7
Sex at birth
Female
27.5
26.9 - 28.0
32.5
Male
24.6
24.0 - 25.1
29.6
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
40.7
39.5 - 42.0
38.3
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
46.0
44.4 - 47.7
46.5
Immigrant
Immigrants
12.8
12.0 - 13.7
19.5
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
34.0
32.4 - 35.6
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
17.0
16.1 - 17.8
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 have a close friend who uses cannabis.

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: Do any of your close friends do the following: c) 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_MARCF_1

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