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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 2023-2024 Academic Year 2022-2023 Academic Year 2021-2022 Academic Year 2018-2019 Academic Year 2015-2016
Province
New Brunswick
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
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
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
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
14.1
13.0 - 15.2
18.0
16.8 - 19.2
14.9
13.1
15.3
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
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
17.9
16.9 - 18.9
22.1
20.9 - 23.3
17.1
17.8
16.9
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
20.2
18.8 - 21.5
24.8
23.4 - 26.3
22.9
22.4
23.1
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
19.2
17.6 - 20.8
24.7
22.9 - 26.5
19.6
18.7
20.3
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
20.1
18.4 - 21.8
23.5
21.5 - 25.5
23.2
24.9
22.5
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
20.4
17.9 - 23.0
23.2
20.6 - 25.9
20.9
22.7
18.6
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
17.0
14.4 - 19.7
17.5
14.7 - 20.3
16.3
19.9
13.4
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
19.9
17.1 - 22.6
24.0
20.8 - 27.2
23.9
22.7
21.5
Dieppe and Memramcook
10.4
9.2 - 11.6
14.6
13.3 - 16.0
12.9
14.2
10.1
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
23.4
19.4 - 27.3
29.9
25.4 - 34.4
23.0
22.6
26.1
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
12.7
11.2 - 14.2
16.5
14.9 - 18.2
13.3
12.7
14.0
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
19.6
18.0 - 21.2
25.9
24.1 - 27.7
22.7
23.3
21.7
Fredericton
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
20.6
21.6
11.3
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
18.9
16.8 - 20.9
22.2
20.0 - 24.4
19.0
17.9
18.4
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
28.0
23.2 - 32.9
30.2
24.7 - 35.6
29.7
26.7
18.2
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
7.2
5.0 - 9.4
12.5
9.5 - 15.5
11.7
9.3
11.5
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
31.7
28.2 - 35.1
31.9
28.2 - 35.7
27.1
29.7
28.8
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
20.5
19.0 - 21.9
24.7
23.1 - 26.3
23.1
22.9
23.8
Moncton
18.1
17.3 - 18.8
22.8
21.9 - 23.8
22.2
21.4
19.1
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
21.9
18.7 - 25.1
26.7
23.2 - 30.3
27.2
22.4
23.3
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
18.0
14.1 - 21.8
26.0
21.3 - 30.6
21.7
17.5
17.2
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
17.4
14.2 - 20.6
26.4
22.5 - 30.4
23.0
25.4
29.2
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
26.8
25.0 - 28.5
31.9
30.0 - 33.8
28.1
29.9
29.9
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
31.2
27.8 - 34.7
35.4
31.8 - 39.0
29.7
30.2
26.2
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
19.2
18.0 - 20.4
25.2
23.9 - 26.6
23.2
21.8
21.1
Riverview and Coverdale
22.1
20.3 - 23.8
29.0
27.0 - 31.0
25.2
27.7
22.4
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
25.2
22.4 - 28.0
29.8
26.6 - 33.0
25.4
23.6
23.7
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
21.8
20.8 - 22.7
28.0
26.9 - 29.1
24.8
26.3
23.2
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
26.1
23.6 - 28.7
30.4
27.8 - 33.0
29.3
33.2
29.6
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
15.7
13.8 - 17.6
21.1
18.7 - 23.6
19.2
19.6
14.8
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
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
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
23.7
21.3 - 26.0
30.2
27.7 - 32.8
27.2
23.4
24.5
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
23.7
21.4 - 26.0
29.9
27.6 - 32.3
25.7
26.7
23.4
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
15.2
13.3 - 17.2
20.0
17.7 - 22.3
13.9
15.8
15.5
School districts
Anglophone East School District
22.0
21.3 - 22.8
27.1
26.3 - 28.0
25.5
26.0
22.8
Anglophone North School District
23.7
22.6 - 24.9
28.3
27.0 - 29.5
25.1
26.6
26.5
Anglophone South School District
21.7
21.0 - 22.3
28.0
27.2 - 28.7
25.0
25.2
22.8
Anglophone West School District
21.8
21.1 - 22.5
27.6
26.9 - 28.4
24.1
24.7
24.1
Anglophone sector
22.0
21.6 - 22.4
27.7
27.3 - 28.1
24.8
25.4
23.7
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
16.5
15.5 - 17.5
20.1
19.0 - 21.2
16.5
16.3
14.9
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
12.3
11.2 - 13.5
16.5
15.3 - 17.8
13.5
11.6
13.8
District scolaire francophone Sud
11.9
11.3 - 12.6
16.9
16.0 - 17.8
16.1
15.6
12.8
Francophone sector
13.4
12.9 - 13.8
17.8
17.2 - 18.4
15.7
15.1
13.7
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
19.0
18.6 - 19.5
23.0
22.5 - 23.5
21.0
20.8
17.6
Grades 9 to 12
20.0
19.6 - 20.4
26.3
25.8 - 26.7
23.1
23.6
23.1
Gender
Female
19.2
18.8 - 19.7
23.8
23.2 - 24.3
21.0
n/a
n/a
Male
17.9
17.5 - 18.4
22.7
22.2 - 23.2
19.4
n/a
n/a
Non-binary
41.7
38.8 - 44.6
50.8
48.9 - 52.6
49.2
n/a
n/a
Sex at birth
Female
20.9
20.4 - 21.3
26.6
26.1 - 27.1
24.5
21.9
n/a
Male
17.9
17.5 - 18.3
22.8
22.3 - 23.3
19.5
22.9
n/a
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
34.3
33.2 - 35.3
39.0
38.1 - 39.9
37.2
n/a
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
29.5
28.1 - 30.8
33.7
32.1 - 35.3
30.6
30.7
30.2
Immigrant
Immigrants
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
31.4
30.1 - 32.7
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
19.7
19.0 - 20.5
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

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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