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

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Table

Unit %

Academic Year 2025-2026 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
17.3
16.2 - 18.3
18.8
18.4 - 19.1
19.6
19.3 - 19.9
24.9
24.5 - 25.2
22.2
22.4
20.9
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
15.6
13.3 - 17.9
17.2
16.7 - 17.7
18.4
17.9 - 19.0
23.1
22.5 - 23.7
21.8
22.3
19.2
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
18.5
17.1 - 20.0
20.6
19.9 - 21.3
21.5
20.8 - 22.1
27.7
26.9 - 28.4
24.8
24.9
22.5
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
19.3
17.3 - 21.3
20.5
19.8 - 21.2
20.9
20.2 - 21.5
27.4
26.7 - 28.2
23.6
24.1
23.6
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
S
14.8
13.7 - 15.9
14.1
13.0 - 15.2
18.0
16.8 - 19.2
14.9
13.1
15.3
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
18.0
15.1 - 20.9
20.0
18.2 - 21.8
20.2
18.3 - 22.1
23.6
21.6 - 25.6
22.1
22.7
20.1
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
14.5
12.9 - 16.1
16.4
15.4 - 17.4
17.9
16.9 - 18.9
22.1
20.9 - 23.3
17.1
17.8
16.9
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
18.9
17.0 - 20.9
20.0
18.7 - 21.3
20.2
18.8 - 21.5
24.8
23.4 - 26.3
22.9
22.4
23.1
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
16.0
14.1 - 17.9
19.9
18.3 - 21.6
19.2
17.6 - 20.8
24.7
22.9 - 26.5
19.6
18.7
20.3
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
17.2
12.1 - 22.3
19.6
17.9 - 21.3
20.1
18.4 - 21.8
23.5
21.5 - 25.5
23.2
24.9
22.5
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
17.6
13.7 - 21.6
20.4
18.1 - 22.8
20.4
17.9 - 23.0
23.2
20.6 - 25.9
20.9
22.7
18.6
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
12.5
9.3 - 15.6
10.4
8.4 - 12.5
17.0
14.4 - 19.7
17.5
14.7 - 20.3
16.3
19.9
13.4
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
18.6
14.8 - 22.4
19.3
16.6 - 22.1
19.9
17.1 - 22.6
24.0
20.8 - 27.2
23.9
22.7
21.5
Dieppe and Memramcook
8.2
7.7 - 8.7
10.0
8.9 - 11.2
10.4
9.2 - 11.6
14.6
13.3 - 16.0
12.9
14.2
10.1
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
25.1
24.1 - 26.1
26.0
21.8 - 30.2
23.4
19.4 - 27.3
29.9
25.4 - 34.4
23.0
22.6
26.1
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
S
13.3
11.8 - 14.8
12.7
11.2 - 14.2
16.5
14.9 - 18.2
13.3
12.7
14.0
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
17.3
13.9 - 20.7
17.3
15.8 - 18.8
19.6
18.0 - 21.2
25.9
24.1 - 27.7
22.7
23.3
21.7
Fredericton
16.7
14.8 - 18.6
18.6
17.7 - 19.6
17.9
17.0 - 18.7
25.3
24.2 - 26.4
21.4
21.4
19.5
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
20.6
21.6
11.3
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
16.6
13.0 - 20.1
17.6
15.5 - 19.7
18.9
16.8 - 20.9
22.2
20.0 - 24.4
19.0
17.9
18.4
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
23.6
23.6 - 23.6
25.6
19.5 - 31.7
28.0
23.2 - 32.9
30.2
24.7 - 35.6
29.7
26.7
18.2
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
S
13.4
10.6 - 16.3
7.2
5.0 - 9.4
12.5
9.5 - 15.5
11.7
9.3
11.5
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
28.4
23.9 - 32.9
26.7
23.4 - 30.0
31.7
28.2 - 35.1
31.9
28.2 - 35.7
27.1
29.7
28.8
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
18.8
16.6 - 20.9
19.9
18.5 - 21.3
20.5
19.0 - 21.9
24.7
23.1 - 26.3
23.1
22.9
23.8
Moncton
15.7
12.4 - 18.9
16.3
15.6 - 17.1
18.1
17.3 - 18.8
22.8
21.9 - 23.8
22.2
21.4
19.1
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
23.6
19.7 - 27.5
20.8
17.7 - 23.9
21.9
18.7 - 25.1
26.7
23.2 - 30.3
27.2
22.4
23.3
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
20.5
17.4 - 23.6
20.7
16.6 - 24.9
18.0
14.1 - 21.8
26.0
21.3 - 30.6
21.7
17.5
17.2
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
18.0
14.3 - 21.6
20.1
16.0 - 24.2
17.4
14.2 - 20.6
26.4
22.5 - 30.4
23.0
25.4
29.2
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
23.8
20.9 - 26.6
23.9
22.2 - 25.7
26.8
25.0 - 28.5
31.9
30.0 - 33.8
28.1
29.9
29.9
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
28.7
21.7 - 35.8
30.3
26.8 - 33.7
31.2
27.8 - 34.7
35.4
31.8 - 39.0
29.7
30.2
26.2
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
17.3
14.8 - 19.9
18.5
17.3 - 19.7
19.2
18.0 - 20.4
25.2
23.9 - 26.6
23.2
21.8
21.1
Riverview and Coverdale
19.0
17.4 - 20.7
19.8
18.1 - 21.4
22.1
20.3 - 23.8
29.0
27.0 - 31.0
25.2
27.7
22.4
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
17.6
15.3 - 20.0
23.9
21.2 - 26.5
25.2
22.4 - 28.0
29.8
26.6 - 33.0
25.4
23.6
23.7
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
18.2
16.0 - 20.4
21.1
20.1 - 22.2
21.8
20.8 - 22.7
28.0
26.9 - 29.1
24.8
26.3
23.2
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
23.2
23.1 - 23.3
26.6
23.8 - 29.4
26.1
23.6 - 28.7
30.4
27.8 - 33.0
29.3
33.2
29.6
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
13.7
6.9 - 20.6
16.3
14.1 - 18.4
15.7
13.8 - 17.6
21.1
18.7 - 23.6
19.2
19.6
14.8
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
13.7
10.4 - 17.1
15.9
13.5 - 18.4
19.0
16.3 - 21.7
22.3
19.2 - 25.4
15.2
16.0
16.8
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
21.7
15.8 - 27.6
21.0
18.2 - 23.8
24.1
21.3 - 26.9
29.4
26.0 - 32.7
28.9
29.3
23.7
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
19.6
17.2 - 21.9
22.3
19.9 - 24.6
23.7
21.3 - 26.0
30.2
27.7 - 32.8
27.2
23.4
24.5
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
21.7
20.5 - 22.8
23.0
20.7 - 25.3
23.7
21.4 - 26.0
29.9
27.6 - 32.3
25.7
26.7
23.4
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
13.4
10.5 - 16.3
14.0
12.2 - 15.9
15.2
13.3 - 17.2
20.0
17.7 - 22.3
13.9
15.8
15.5
School districts
Anglophone East School District
19.1
17.4 - 20.9
20.0
19.2 - 20.7
22.0
21.3 - 22.8
27.1
26.3 - 28.0
25.5
26.0
22.8
Anglophone North School District
20.3
19.1 - 21.6
23.6
22.5 - 24.7
23.7
22.6 - 24.9
28.3
27.0 - 29.5
25.1
26.6
26.5
Anglophone South School District
18.8
17.4 - 20.2
21.0
20.3 - 21.7
21.7
21.0 - 22.3
28.0
27.2 - 28.7
25.0
25.2
22.8
Anglophone West School District
20.1
18.2 - 22.1
20.8
20.1 - 21.4
21.8
21.1 - 22.5
27.6
26.9 - 28.4
24.1
24.7
24.1
Anglophone sector
19.5
18.6 - 20.4
21.0
20.6 - 21.3
22.0
21.6 - 22.4
27.7
27.3 - 28.1
24.8
25.4
23.7
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
14.2
12.8 - 15.7
14.8
13.9 - 15.7
16.5
15.5 - 17.5
20.1
19.0 - 21.2
16.5
16.3
14.9
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
S
13.1
11.9 - 14.2
12.3
11.2 - 13.5
16.5
15.3 - 17.8
13.5
11.6
13.8
District scolaire francophone Sud
9.8
8.7 - 10.9
11.8
11.1 - 12.4
11.9
11.3 - 12.6
16.9
16.0 - 17.8
16.1
15.6
12.8
Francophone sector
11.5
10.2 - 12.9
12.9
12.4 - 13.4
13.4
12.9 - 13.8
17.8
17.2 - 18.4
15.7
15.1
13.7
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
16.9
15.6 - 18.3
18.2
17.7 - 18.6
19.0
18.6 - 19.5
23.0
22.5 - 23.5
21.0
20.8
17.6
Grades 9 to 12
17.5
16.0 - 19.0
19.2
18.7 - 19.6
20.0
19.6 - 20.4
26.3
25.8 - 26.7
23.1
23.6
23.1
Gender
Female
16.7
15.5 - 18.0
18.5
18.0 - 18.9
19.2
18.8 - 19.7
23.8
23.2 - 24.3
21.0
n/a
n/a
Male
15.8
14.9 - 16.7
17.2
16.8 - 17.6
17.9
17.5 - 18.4
22.7
22.2 - 23.2
19.4
n/a
n/a
Non-binary
43.5
39.7 - 47.3
45.5
42.1 - 48.8
41.7
38.8 - 44.6
50.8
48.9 - 52.6
49.2
n/a
n/a
Sex at birth
Female
18.1
16.8 - 19.4
19.9
19.5 - 20.4
20.9
20.4 - 21.3
26.6
26.1 - 27.1
24.5
21.9
n/a
Male
16.0
15.1 - 17.0
17.2
16.8 - 17.6
17.9
17.5 - 18.3
22.8
22.3 - 23.3
19.5
22.9
n/a
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
32.1
30.0 - 34.1
34.8
33.7 - 35.9
34.3
33.2 - 35.3
39.0
38.1 - 39.9
37.2
n/a
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
24.3
22.3 - 26.2
28.1
26.9 - 29.4
29.5
28.1 - 30.8
33.7
32.1 - 35.3
30.6
30.7
30.2
Immigrant
Immigrants
14.8
13.7 - 16.0
16.2
15.4 - 16.9
17.3
16.4 - 18.1
21.4
20.4 - 22.4
20.0
20.0
n/a
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
28.5
26.8 - 30.2
31.3
30.0 - 32.6
31.4
30.1 - 32.7
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
17.3
16.0 - 18.5
18.6
17.9 - 19.3
19.7
19.0 - 20.5
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Socioeconomic status
High socioeconomic status
11.5
10.4 - 12.6
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Low socioeconomic status
25.5
24.1 - 26.9
n/a
n/a
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 low 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 lower 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

Due to a low school participation rate in some areas of the province for the 2025-2026 edition of this survey, survey results are not available for District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest (school district), Madawaska and North-West Area (health zone), Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer (community), and Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area (community).

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_MEFLO_1

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