Students in grades 6 to 12 who have a high level of mental fitness

Table

Unit %

Academic Year 2024-2025 Academic Year 2023-2024 Academic Year 2022-2023 Academic Year 2021-2022 Academic Year 2018-2019 Academic Year 2015-2016
Province
New Brunswick
25.6
25.2 - 25.9
24.6
24.3 - 25.0
19.5
19.2 - 19.8
22.1
22.8
25.1
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
28.2
27.6 - 28.8
27.1
26.5 - 27.7
20.8
20.2 - 21.4
22.5
23.7
28.1
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
22.9
22.2 - 23.7
21.9
21.3 - 22.6
17.1
16.5 - 17.7
20.0
20.9
23.3
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
22.8
22.2 - 23.5
22.0
21.4 - 22.7
17.7
17.1 - 18.4
20.9
21.2
22.7
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
29.4
28.0 - 30.9
29.7
28.2 - 31.1
24.7
23.3 - 26.0
29.0
28.5
29.5
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
24.5
22.6 - 26.5
23.2
21.3 - 25.2
21.4
19.4 - 23.4
23.2
22.7
25.9
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
29.7
28.5 - 30.9
28.6
27.4 - 29.9
22.2
21.0 - 23.3
25.0
26.9
26.6
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
23.1
21.7 - 24.4
23.9
22.4 - 25.3
19.2
17.9 - 20.6
22.2
21.5
21.4
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
29.6
27.7 - 31.4
27.0
25.2 - 28.8
20.8
19.1 - 22.5
23.9
24.9
27.7
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
25.3
23.4 - 27.2
24.7
22.9 - 26.5
20.9
19.0 - 22.9
20.9
21.3
23.5
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
25.9
23.3 - 28.4
25.9
23.1 - 28.7
23.5
20.8 - 26.1
24.2
22.5
29.8
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
29.7
26.6 - 32.8
30.5
27.3 - 33.7
20.4
17.4 - 23.3
24.3
28.9
28.4
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
22.7
19.7 - 25.6
19.6
16.9 - 22.3
18.5
15.6 - 21.5
21.7
23.0
22.0
Dieppe and Memramcook
38.3
36.5 - 40.1
36.4
34.5 - 38.2
28.9
27.1 - 30.7
31.7
33.5
38.0
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
19.1
15.3 - 22.9
19.3
15.6 - 23.1
19.2
15.4 - 23.1
20.3
23.9
22.0
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
32.7
30.6 - 34.9
31.9
29.7 - 34.0
26.2
24.3 - 28.2
30.4
29.6
32.4
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
27.6
25.8 - 29.4
23.5
21.8 - 25.2
20.2
18.6 - 21.9
22.0
21.0
25.1
Fredericton
24.0
23.0 - 25.1
24.0
23.1 - 25.0
19.0
18.0 - 20.0
22.8
23.1
26.4
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
25.5
23.1 - 27.8
24.7
22.4 - 26.9
21.1
19.0 - 23.2
25.5
22.9
23.8
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
18.6
13.7 - 23.4
16.8
12.7 - 20.9
12.5
8.5 - 16.4
8.5
14.0
20.4
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
26.6
22.8 - 30.4
34.0
30.0 - 38.0
27.7
23.6 - 31.9
31.3
30.2
33.6
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
14.4
11.7 - 17.1
15.0
12.3 - 17.7
11.8
9.2 - 14.4
17.3
19.4
20.4
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
23.3
21.9 - 24.8
24.3
22.8 - 25.9
19.2
17.7 - 20.6
22.9
21.6
20.7
Moncton
28.4
27.5 - 29.3
27.3
26.4 - 28.2
20.2
19.3 - 21.0
22.5
24.9
29.6
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
21.8
18.6 - 25.0
22.0
18.7 - 25.2
19.9
16.7 - 23.1
19.0
22.5
22.3
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
20.2
16.1 - 24.3
20.0
16.0 - 24.0
20.0
15.6 - 24.4
16.2
20.6
27.5
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
30.3
25.9 - 34.7
26.3
22.6 - 30.1
20.6
16.9 - 24.2
22.3
21.6
20.5
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
18.8
17.2 - 20.5
17.7
16.2 - 19.2
14.2
12.8 - 15.7
16.8
16.7
16.3
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
13.3
10.7 - 15.9
13.1
10.5 - 15.6
8.5
6.4 - 10.5
14.6
15.5
17.7
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
23.5
22.2 - 24.9
23.2
22.0 - 24.5
17.4
16.3 - 18.6
21.8
21.5
23.3
Riverview and Coverdale
25.7
23.9 - 27.6
21.5
19.7 - 23.3
14.8
13.3 - 16.4
16.8
16.5
20.7
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
17.8
15.4 - 20.1
20.4
17.8 - 22.9
16.3
13.7 - 18.9
19.4
19.9
23.5
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
22.5
21.4 - 23.6
21.4
20.5 - 22.4
17.4
16.4 - 18.3
18.6
21.0
23.0
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
18.4
16.1 - 20.8
18.4
16.2 - 20.6
15.3
13.3 - 17.3
15.4
14.7
16.5
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
32.0
29.3 - 34.7
34.5
32.0 - 36.9
25.4
22.8 - 28.0
28.4
25.5
35.3
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
26.6
23.6 - 29.6
23.9
20.9 - 26.9
22.4
19.4 - 25.3
24.9
33.8
23.5
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
21.9
19.1 - 24.7
17.1
14.6 - 19.6
16.6
13.9 - 19.3
19.5
17.8
20.8
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
26.7
24.2 - 29.2
24.6
22.2 - 26.9
15.9
13.8 - 17.9
22.7
21.8
25.6
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
20.3
18.1 - 22.6
21.4
19.1 - 23.6
15.7
13.9 - 17.6
18.8
17.5
22.3
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
31.8
29.4 - 34.3
33.6
31.0 - 36.2
25.7
23.2 - 28.2
27.6
26.0
26.3
School districts
Anglophone East School District
23.5
22.7 - 24.3
22.3
21.5 - 23.0
16.8
16.1 - 17.5
18.4
19.7
23.1
Anglophone North School District
20.6
19.5 - 21.7
20.9
19.8 - 22.0
16.4
15.4 - 17.4
19.3
19.2
20.0
Anglophone South School District
22.4
21.7 - 23.1
21.5
20.8 - 22.2
16.8
16.2 - 17.4
19.8
20.3
22.8
Anglophone West School District
22.4
21.7 - 23.1
21.0
20.3 - 21.6
17.4
16.8 - 18.1
20.4
20.9
22.3
Anglophone sector
22.5
22.1 - 22.9
21.5
21.1 - 21.8
16.9
16.6 - 17.3
19.6
20.3
22.4
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
30.2
29.0 - 31.4
28.9
27.7 - 30.1
23.8
22.6 - 24.9
26.0
27.6
27.7
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
31.5
29.9 - 33.1
31.9
30.3 - 33.6
26.4
24.9 - 27.9
30.8
29.9
30.8
District scolaire francophone Sud
36.8
35.8 - 37.8
35.4
34.5 - 36.3
27.1
26.1 - 28.1
29.0
30.0
36.2
Francophone sector
33.8
33.1 - 34.5
32.9
32.2 - 33.5
26.0
25.3 - 26.6
28.4
29.2
32.1
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
27.0
26.5 - 27.5
25.5
25.0 - 26.0
21.9
21.4 - 22.4
24.1
25.3
30.6
Grades 9 to 12
24.6
24.1 - 25.1
24.0
23.6 - 24.5
17.8
17.4 - 18.2
20.7
21.1
21.4
Gender
Female
27.2
26.7 - 27.7
26.1
25.6 - 26.6
21.1
20.6 - 21.6
23.7
n/a
n/a
Male
25.3
24.8 - 25.8
24.7
24.2 - 25.2
19.5
19.0 - 20.0
22.9
n/a
n/a
Non-binary
8.6
6.8 - 10.5
9.4
7.7 - 11.1
6.6
5.7 - 7.6
6.1
n/a
n/a
Sex at birth
Female
26.2
25.7 - 26.6
24.8
24.3 - 25.3
19.7
19.2 - 20.1
21.7
24.6
n/a
Male
25.2
24.7 - 25.6
24.6
24.2 - 25.1
19.4
18.9 - 19.8
22.8
21.0
n/a
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
13.4
12.5 - 14.2
13.3
12.6 - 14.1
11.3
10.7 - 11.9
11.3
n/a
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
18.5
17.4 - 19.6
16.0
15.0 - 17.1
14.3
13.1 - 15.4
14.7
16.5
16.3
Immigrant
Immigrants
27.6
26.7 - 28.6
26.3
25.4 - 27.2
21.0
20.0 - 22.0
24.3
24.7
n/a
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
17.3
16.2 - 18.4
18.2
17.1 - 19.3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
26.0
25.2 - 26.8
24.7
23.9 - 25.6
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 6 to 12 who have a high level of mental fitness.

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 have a total mental fitness score higher than a specified cutoff by the number of respondents who described their feelings and ideas for at least 9 of the following 18 questionnaire items: I feel I do things well at school, my teachers like me and care about me, I feel free to express myself at home, I feel my teachers think I am good at things, I like to spend time with my parents, I feel free to express myself with my friends, I feel I do things well at home, my parents like me and care about me, I feel I have a choice about when and how to do my schoolwork, I feel my parents think that I am good at things, I like to be with my teachers, I feel I have a choice about which activities to do with my friends, I feel I do things well when I am with my friends, my friends like me and care about me, I feel free to express myself at school, I feel my friends think I am good at things, I like to spend time with my friends and I feel like I have a choice about when and how to do my household chores. The response options for these 18 items are: : really false for me, sort of false for me, sort of true for me and really true for me.

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

Higher is better

NBHC code

SH_MEFHI_1

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