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

Table

Unit %

Academic Year 2024-2025 Academic Year 2022-2023 Academic Year 2021-2022 Academic Year 2018-2019 Academic Year 2015-2016
Province
New Brunswick
81.2
80.9 - 81.6
75.1
74.8 - 75.5
77.8
77.6
79.1
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
82.8
82.3 - 83.3
76.9
76.3 - 77.5
78.2
77.7
80.8
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
79.4
78.7 - 80.1
72.3
71.6 - 73.1
75.2
75.1
77.5
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
79.5
78.8 - 80.2
72.6
71.8 - 73.3
76.4
75.9
76.4
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
85.2
84.1 - 86.3
82.0
80.8 - 83.2
85.1
86.9
84.7
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
80.0
78.2 - 81.8
76.4
74.4 - 78.4
77.9
77.3
79.9
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
83.6
82.6 - 84.6
77.9
76.7 - 79.1
82.9
82.2
83.1
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
80.0
78.7 - 81.3
75.2
73.7 - 76.6
77.1
77.6
76.9
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
80.1
78.4 - 81.7
75.3
73.5 - 77.1
80.4
81.3
79.7
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
80.4
78.7 - 82.1
76.5
74.5 - 78.5
76.8
75.1
77.5
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
79.6
77.2 - 81.9
76.8
74.1 - 79.4
79.1
77.3
81.4
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
89.6
87.5 - 91.6
82.5
79.7 - 85.3
83.7
80.1
86.6
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
80.7
77.9 - 83.4
76.0
72.8 - 79.2
76.1
77.3
78.5
Dieppe and Memramcook
90.0
88.8 - 91.1
85.4
84.0 - 86.7
87.1
85.8
89.9
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
74.0
69.8 - 78.2
70.1
65.6 - 74.6
77.0
77.4
73.9
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
86.7
85.2 - 88.2
83.5
81.8 - 85.1
86.7
87.3
86.0
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
82.7
81.2 - 84.2
74.1
72.3 - 75.9
77.3
76.7
78.3
Fredericton
81.4
80.4 - 82.3
74.7
73.6 - 75.8
78.6
78.6
80.5
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
82.4
80.3 - 84.5
77.8
75.6 - 80.0
81.0
82.1
81.6
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
74.4
68.3 - 80.5
69.8
64.4 - 75.3
70.3
73.3
81.8
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
86.6
83.7 - 89.4
87.5
84.5 - 90.5
88.3
90.7
88.5
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
73.3
70.0 - 76.6
68.1
64.3 - 71.8
72.9
70.3
71.2
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
80.1
78.7 - 81.5
75.3
73.7 - 76.9
76.9
77.1
76.2
Moncton
83.7
82.9 - 84.4
77.2
76.2 - 78.1
77.8
78.6
80.9
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
79.2
76.1 - 82.3
73.3
69.7 - 76.8
72.8
77.6
76.7
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
79.3
75.1 - 83.4
74.0
69.4 - 78.7
78.3
82.5
82.8
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
79.9
75.8 - 84.0
73.6
69.6 - 77.5
77.0
74.6
70.8
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
76.1
74.3 - 77.8
68.1
66.2 - 70.0
71.9
70.1
70.1
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
69.7
66.3 - 73.2
64.6
61.0 - 68.2
70.3
69.8
73.8
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
81.5
80.3 - 82.7
74.8
73.4 - 76.1
76.8
78.2
78.9
Riverview and Coverdale
80.2
78.6 - 81.9
71.0
69.0 - 73.0
74.8
72.3
77.6
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
76.1
73.5 - 78.8
70.2
67.0 - 73.4
74.6
76.4
76.3
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
78.9
77.8 - 79.9
72.0
70.9 - 73.1
75.2
73.7
76.8
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
73.4
70.6 - 76.2
69.6
67.0 - 72.2
70.7
66.8
70.4
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
83.7
81.6 - 85.9
78.9
76.4 - 81.3
80.8
80.4
85.2
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
84.1
81.6 - 86.5
77.7
74.6 - 80.8
84.8
84.0
83.2
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
79.0
76.2 - 81.8
70.6
67.3 - 74.0
71.1
70.7
76.3
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
77.7
75.4 - 80.1
69.8
67.2 - 72.3
72.8
76.6
75.5
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
77.0
74.7 - 79.3
70.1
67.7 - 72.4
74.3
73.3
76.6
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
86.0
84.1 - 87.8
80.0
77.7 - 82.3
86.1
84.2
84.5
School districts
Anglophone East School District
80.0
79.3 - 80.8
72.9
72.0 - 73.7
74.5
74.0
77.2
Anglophone North School District
76.4
75.3 - 77.5
71.7
70.5 - 73.0
74.9
73.4
73.5
Anglophone South School District
79.0
78.3 - 79.7
72.0
71.3 - 72.8
75.0
74.8
77.2
Anglophone West School District
79.2
78.6 - 79.9
72.4
71.6 - 73.1
75.9
75.3
75.9
Anglophone sector
79.0
78.7 - 79.4
72.3
71.9 - 72.7
75.2
74.6
76.3
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
85.2
84.3 - 86.1
79.9
78.8 - 81.0
83.5
83.7
85.1
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
86.9
85.8 - 88.1
83.5
82.2 - 84.7
86.5
88.4
86.2
District scolaire francophone Sud
88.2
87.6 - 88.9
83.1
82.2 - 84.0
83.9
84.4
87.2
Francophone sector
87.1
86.6 - 87.6
82.2
81.6 - 82.8
84.3
84.9
86.3
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
81.8
81.4 - 82.3
77.0
76.5 - 77.5
79.0
79.2
82.4
Grades 9 to 12
80.8
80.4 - 81.3
73.7
73.3 - 74.2
76.9
76.4
76.9
Gender
Female
81.5
81.1 - 82.0
76.2
75.7 - 76.8
79.0
n/a
n/a
Male
82.8
82.4 - 83.2
77.3
76.8 - 77.8
80.6
n/a
n/a
Non-binary
54.5
51.2 - 57.9
49.2
47.4 - 51.1
50.8
n/a
n/a
Sex at birth
Female
80.1
79.6 - 80.5
73.4
72.9 - 73.9
75.5
78.1
n/a
Male
82.8
82.4 - 83.2
77.2
76.7 - 77.7
80.5
77.1
n/a
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
65.2
64.1 - 66.3
61.0
60.1 - 61.9
62.8
n/a
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
71.9
70.6 - 73.1
66.3
64.7 - 67.9
69.4
69.3
69.8
Immigrant
Immigrants
83.8
83.1 - 84.6
78.6
77.6 - 79.6
80.0
80.0
n/a
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
68.7
67.4 - 70.0
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
81.4
80.7 - 82.1
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 or moderate 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_MEFHM_1

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