Students in grades 6 to 12 who have a moderate 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
55.7
55.3 - 56.0
55.8
55.4 - 56.1
55.6
55.2 - 56.0
55.6
54.8
54.0
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
54.6
53.9 - 55.3
54.4
53.7 - 55.1
56.1
55.4 - 56.9
55.6
54.0
52.7
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
56.4
55.6 - 57.3
56.6
55.8 - 57.4
55.2
54.4 - 56.0
55.2
54.3
54.1
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
56.7
55.8 - 57.5
57.1
56.3 - 57.9
54.8
54.0 - 55.7
55.5
54.8
53.7
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
55.8
54.2 - 57.4
56.2
54.6 - 57.8
57.4
55.8 - 58.9
56.1
58.4
55.2
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
55.5
53.2 - 57.7
56.6
54.3 - 58.9
55.0
52.6 - 57.4
54.7
54.6
54.1
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
53.9
52.6 - 55.2
53.5
52.1 - 54.8
55.8
54.4 - 57.2
57.9
55.2
56.5
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
56.9
55.3 - 58.6
55.9
54.3 - 57.6
55.9
54.2 - 57.6
54.9
56.1
55.5
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
50.5
48.5 - 52.5
53.8
51.8 - 55.8
54.5
52.4 - 56.6
56.5
56.4
52.0
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
55.1
53.0 - 57.3
55.2
53.1 - 57.3
55.6
53.2 - 57.9
55.8
53.7
54.0
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
53.7
50.8 - 56.6
53.7
50.5 - 56.8
53.3
50.2 - 56.4
54.9
54.8
51.6
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
59.9
56.5 - 63.2
52.5
49.0 - 56.0
62.1
58.6 - 65.7
59.4
51.2
58.2
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
58.0
54.6 - 61.4
60.6
57.2 - 63.9
57.4
53.7 - 61.2
54.3
54.3
56.5
Dieppe and Memramcook
51.7
49.8 - 53.5
53.2
51.3 - 55.2
56.4
54.4 - 58.4
55.4
52.3
51.9
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
54.9
50.1 - 59.6
57.3
52.6 - 62.0
50.9
45.9 - 55.8
56.7
53.5
51.9
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
54.0
51.7 - 56.2
55.4
53.1 - 57.7
57.2
55.0 - 59.4
56.3
57.7
53.5
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
55.1
53.1 - 57.1
56.9
55.0 - 58.9
53.9
51.8 - 55.9
55.4
55.6
53.2
Fredericton
57.3
56.1 - 58.5
58.1
57.0 - 59.2
55.7
54.5 - 56.9
55.8
55.5
54.1
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
56.9
54.2 - 59.6
56.5
53.9 - 59.1
56.7
54.1 - 59.3
55.5
59.1
57.8
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
55.8
49.0 - 62.7
55.1
49.7 - 60.5
57.4
51.5 - 63.2
61.9
59.3
61.4
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
60.0
55.8 - 64.1
58.8
54.7 - 63.0
59.8
55.3 - 64.3
57.0
60.6
54.9
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
59.0
55.3 - 62.6
53.4
49.6 - 57.1
56.2
52.2 - 60.2
55.6
50.8
50.8
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
56.7
55.0 - 58.4
55.2
53.5 - 57.0
56.1
54.4 - 57.9
54.0
55.4
55.5
Moncton
55.3
54.3 - 56.3
54.6
53.7 - 55.6
57.0
55.9 - 58.1
55.4
53.7
51.4
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
57.4
53.6 - 61.1
56.1
52.3 - 60.0
53.4
49.4 - 57.4
53.8
55.1
54.4
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
59.0
54.0 - 64.0
62.0
57.2 - 66.9
54.0
48.7 - 59.4
62.2
61.9
55.2
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
49.6
44.8 - 54.5
56.3
52.0 - 60.5
53.0
48.5 - 57.5
54.7
53.0
50.2
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
57.2
55.2 - 59.3
55.5
53.6 - 57.5
53.9
51.8 - 55.9
55.1
53.3
53.8
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
56.4
52.7 - 60.2
55.7
52.0 - 59.4
56.1
52.4 - 59.9
55.7
54.3
56.2
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
58.0
56.4 - 59.5
57.6
56.1 - 59.0
57.4
55.9 - 58.9
55.1
56.7
55.6
Riverview and Coverdale
54.5
52.4 - 56.6
56.5
54.3 - 58.6
56.1
53.9 - 58.4
58.0
55.9
57.0
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
58.4
55.3 - 61.4
54.4
51.3 - 57.6
53.9
50.4 - 57.4
55.1
56.4
52.8
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
56.3
55.0 - 57.6
56.8
55.6 - 58.0
54.6
53.4 - 55.8
56.6
52.7
53.8
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
55.0
51.9 - 58.1
55.5
52.6 - 58.3
54.3
51.5 - 57.1
55.3
52.1
54.0
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
51.7
48.9 - 54.6
49.9
47.2 - 52.5
53.5
50.5 - 56.5
52.5
54.9
49.9
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
57.5
54.1 - 60.8
57.1
53.6 - 60.5
55.4
51.8 - 58.9
59.9
50.2
59.7
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
57.1
53.8 - 60.5
58.8
55.5 - 62.1
54.1
50.4 - 57.7
51.6
52.9
55.6
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
51.0
48.2 - 53.9
51.8
49.0 - 54.6
53.9
51.1 - 56.7
50.2
54.8
49.8
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
56.6
53.9 - 59.4
54.9
52.2 - 57.6
54.4
51.8 - 56.9
55.5
55.8
54.3
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
54.2
51.5 - 56.8
51.2
48.5 - 53.9
54.3
51.4 - 57.1
58.5
58.2
58.1
School districts
Anglophone East School District
56.5
55.6 - 57.4
55.7
54.8 - 56.6
56.1
55.2 - 57.0
56.1
54.3
54.1
Anglophone North School District
55.8
54.5 - 57.1
55.4
54.0 - 56.7
55.3
53.9 - 56.7
55.6
54.2
53.6
Anglophone South School District
56.6
55.7 - 57.5
56.8
56.0 - 57.7
55.3
54.4 - 56.1
55.2
54.5
54.4
Anglophone West School District
56.8
56.0 - 57.6
57.2
56.4 - 58.0
55.0
54.1 - 55.8
55.5
54.4
53.6
Anglophone sector
56.6
56.1 - 57.0
56.5
56.1 - 57.0
55.4
54.9 - 55.8
55.6
54.4
54.0
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
55.0
53.7 - 56.3
54.6
53.3 - 55.9
56.2
54.8 - 57.5
57.4
56.0
57.4
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
55.5
53.7 - 57.2
55.7
54.0 - 57.4
57.1
55.4 - 58.8
55.8
58.5
55.4
District scolaire francophone Sud
51.5
50.4 - 52.5
52.7
51.7 - 53.7
56.0
54.8 - 57.1
54.9
54.4
51.1
Francophone sector
53.3
52.5 - 54.0
53.8
53.1 - 54.5
56.2
55.4 - 57.0
55.8
55.7
54.2
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
54.8
54.3 - 55.4
55.5
54.9 - 56.0
55.2
54.6 - 55.8
54.9
53.9
51.8
Grades 9 to 12
56.2
55.7 - 56.8
56.0
55.4 - 56.5
55.9
55.4 - 56.5
56.2
55.4
55.5
Gender
Female
54.3
53.8 - 54.9
54.7
54.1 - 55.3
55.1
54.5 - 55.7
55.2
n/a
n/a
Male
57.5
56.9 - 58.0
57.4
56.8 - 57.9
57.8
57.2 - 58.3
57.7
n/a
n/a
Non-binary
45.9
42.6 - 49.2
48.9
45.9 - 51.8
42.6
40.7 - 44.5
44.7
n/a
n/a
Sex at birth
Female
53.9
53.4 - 54.5
54.4
53.8 - 54.9
53.7
53.1 - 54.3
53.8
53.5
n/a
Male
57.7
57.1 - 58.2
57.5
56.9 - 58.0
57.8
57.2 - 58.4
57.7
56.1
n/a
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
51.8
50.7 - 53.0
52.4
51.3 - 53.5
49.7
48.8 - 50.6
51.5
n/a
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
53.3
51.9 - 54.8
54.5
53.1 - 55.9
52.0
50.3 - 53.7
54.7
52.7
53.5
Immigrant
Immigrants
56.2
55.2 - 57.2
56.4
55.4 - 57.5
57.6
56.4 - 58.8
55.7
55.2
n/a
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
51.4
49.9 - 52.8
50.4
48.9 - 51.8
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
55.4
54.5 - 56.3
55.5
54.6 - 56.5
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 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 between 2 specified cutoffs 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_MEFMO_1

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