Students in grades 6 to 12 who are exposed to cannabis smoke at home

Table

Unit %

Academic Year 2023-2024 Academic Year 2021-2022
Province
New Brunswick
11.8
11.5 - 12.1
12.3
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
10.1
9.7 - 10.6
11.0
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
13.3
12.7 - 13.9
14.7
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
14.2
13.6 - 14.8
13.9
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
8.2
7.3 - 9.2
7.8
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
14.1
12.4 - 15.9
13.5
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
7.3
6.5 - 8.0
7.3
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
13.9
12.7 - 15.2
15.0
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
10.1
8.9 - 11.4
9.8
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
14.1
12.5 - 15.7
13.5
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
13.1
10.8 - 15.4
12.4
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
4.2
2.7 - 5.7
5.3
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
15.7
12.9 - 18.5
15.1
Dieppe and Memramcook
3.8
3.0 - 4.5
4.1
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
21.9
17.7 - 26.1
17.6
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
6.8
5.6 - 8.1
7.2
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
13.6
12.1 - 15.0
14.9
Fredericton
11.2
10.4 - 11.9
10.2
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
n/a
9.0
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
10.2
8.4 - 12.0
9.0
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
24.0
18.9 - 29.1
26.2
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
8.6
6.1 - 11.1
7.5
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
22.1
18.7 - 25.4
20.4
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
14.5
13.2 - 15.9
16.1
Moncton
9.3
8.7 - 10.0
11.2
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
18.8
15.4 - 22.1
18.1
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
8.9
6.0 - 11.9
6.4
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
9.6
7.0 - 12.3
15.1
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
18.6
16.9 - 20.4
19.6
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
24.5
21.1 - 28.0
21.9
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
12.1
11.1 - 13.2
11.3
Riverview and Coverdale
12.1
10.5 - 13.8
12.0
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
17.9
15.3 - 20.6
15.1
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
14.1
13.2 - 15.0
17.1
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
16.1
13.8 - 18.4
16.1
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
7.1
5.7 - 8.5
8.3
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
5.0
3.4 - 6.6
6.3
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
13.6
11.1 - 16.0
16.1
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
13.1
11.0 - 15.2
13.1
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
14.2
12.2 - 16.2
14.4
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
5.3
4.1 - 6.6
4.4
School districts
Anglophone East School District
12.4
11.8 - 13.1
14.0
Anglophone North School District
18.0
16.9 - 19.1
19.0
Anglophone South School District
13.5
12.9 - 14.1
15.0
Anglophone West School District
14.9
14.3 - 15.5
14.6
Anglophone sector
14.2
13.9 - 14.6
15.1
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
5.9
5.2 - 6.5
5.7
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
7.3
6.3 - 8.2
6.9
District scolaire francophone Sud
5.4
4.9 - 5.9
5.4
Francophone sector
5.9
5.5 - 6.2
5.8
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
6.6
6.3 - 6.9
7.4
Grades 9 to 12
15.4
15.0 - 15.8
15.9
Gender
Female
11.9
11.5 - 12.3
12.1
Male
11.1
10.7 - 11.5
11.1
Non-binary
24.7
21.9 - 27.4
22.3
Sex at birth
Female
12.5
12.2 - 12.9
13.2
Male
10.9
10.6 - 11.3
11.3
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
21.7
20.8 - 22.7
19.7
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
24.8
23.5 - 26.2
23.4
Immigrant
Immigrants
4.0
3.5 - 4.4
4.2
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
18.9
17.6 - 20.1
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
7.3
6.8 - 7.9
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 are exposed to cannabis smoke at home.

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 the following behaviours take place inside your home: b) Smoking 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_MARHO_1

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