Students in grades 6 to 12 who perceive their mental health as very good or excellent

Table

Unit %

Academic Year 2022-2023 Academic Year 2021-2022
Province
New Brunswick
41.0
40.6 - 41.4
38.3
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
42.7
41.9 - 43.4
39.3
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
36.3
35.5 - 37.1
33.3
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
38.4
37.5 - 39.2
35.1
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
50.6
49.1 - 52.2
49.9
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
42.4
40.0 - 44.7
39.8
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
49.7
48.3 - 51.1
50.0
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
39.3
37.6 - 40.9
36.9
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
43.9
41.8 - 46.0
44.3
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
42.2
39.9 - 44.6
42.7
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
43.9
40.9 - 47.0
41.2
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
52.6
49.0 - 56.3
54.3
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
40.1
36.4 - 43.8
37.6
Dieppe and Memramcook
50.6
48.6 - 52.6
48.7
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
36.6
31.9 - 41.3
40.4
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
52.6
50.4 - 54.8
52.3
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
42.2
40.2 - 44.3
37.4
Fredericton
39.2
38.0 - 40.4
36.3
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
n/a
44.5
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
44.8
42.2 - 47.4
42.9
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
35.0
29.4 - 40.6
29.6
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
58.9
54.4 - 63.5
56.2
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
30.7
27.0 - 34.3
34.6
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
39.0
37.2 - 40.7
36.6
Moncton
42.6
41.6 - 43.7
38.5
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
35.0
31.3 - 38.8
23.8
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
41.5
36.3 - 46.8
39.5
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
43.5
39.0 - 48.0
36.2
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
36.4
34.4 - 38.4
32.5
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
31.0
27.5 - 34.4
30.1
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
38.4
36.9 - 39.8
35.9
Riverview and Coverdale
36.6
34.5 - 38.7
31.0
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
36.6
33.2 - 40.0
33.6
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
35.8
34.6 - 37.0
31.6
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
37.3
34.6 - 40.1
34.7
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
45.9
42.9 - 48.8
43.4
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
56.3
52.7 - 59.9
54.7
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
37.4
33.9 - 40.9
35.1
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
31.5
28.9 - 34.0
31.9
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
35.0
32.6 - 37.4
32.1
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
54.0
51.2 - 56.9
55.6
School districts
Anglophone East School District
38.5
37.6 - 39.4
34.1
Anglophone North School District
35.2
33.9 - 36.5
33.7
Anglophone South School District
35.7
34.9 - 36.5
33.1
Anglophone West School District
37.7
36.9 - 38.5
33.9
Anglophone sector
37.0
36.5 - 37.4
33.7
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
51.9
50.5 - 53.3
51.7
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
53.4
51.7 - 55.1
52.1
District scolaire francophone Sud
50.1
49.0 - 51.3
47.4
Francophone sector
51.3
50.5 - 52.1
49.6
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
51.4
50.8 - 52.0
48.9
Grades 9 to 12
33.5
33.0 - 34.0
30.4
Gender
Woman/Girl
31.4
30.8 - 31.9
29.2
Man/Boy
53.5
52.9 - 54.1
50.8
Non-binary
10.6
9.4 - 11.7
7.4
Sex at birth
Female
29.0
28.5 - 29.5
26.7
Male
53.4
52.9 - 54.0
50.6
Sexual identity
Minority sexual identity
16.8
16.2 - 17.5
14.3
Heterosexual
46.1
45.6 - 46.6
43.8
LGBTQ2+ Status
LGBTQ2+ person
17.5
16.8 - 18.1
14.8
Non LGBTQ2+ person
46.1
45.7 - 46.6
43.8
Race
White
39.4
39.0 - 39.9
36.1
South Asian
47.4
43.6 - 51.3
40.8
Other
40.7
37.9 - 43.5
42.0
Middle Eastern
51.0
48.2 - 53.9
45.0
Latino
44.4
41.4 - 47.4
39.1
East/Southeast Asian
43.0
41.0 - 44.9
40.8
Black
47.4
45.5 - 49.4
43.7
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
32.6
31.0 - 34.2
32.3
Non-Indigenous
41.4
41.0 - 41.9
38.3
Food poverty
Food poverty
31.5
30.1 - 32.9
33.3
No food poverty
41.8
41.4 - 42.2
38.6
Immigrant
Immigrants
49.6
48.4 - 50.8
44.3
Non-immigrants
39.8
39.4 - 40.3
37.6
Special needs
Has a special need
25.2
24.6 - 25.8
23.6
No special need
49.6
49.1 - 50.1
46.2
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 perceive their mental health as very good or excellent.

Source

New Brunswick Health Council, Student Wellness Survey - Grades 6-12

Calculations

This indicator is calculated by dividing the number of respondents who answered "very good or excellent" by the number of respondents who answered "poor, fair, good, very good or excellent" to the question: In general, would you say your mental health is?

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_MHI03_1

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