Students in grades 7 to 12 who reported that they drove an off-road vehicle (for example, snowmobile, ATV, dirt bike) after drinking alcohol, using cannabis, or other illegal drugs in the last 12 months

Table

Unit %

Academic Year 2022-2023 Academic Year 2018-2019 Academic Year 2015-2016
Province
New Brunswick
11.5
11.2 - 11.8
9.3
10.1
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
8.5
8.0 - 8.9
8.2
7.8
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
10.5
10.0 - 11.1
8.3
7.8
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
12.3
11.7 - 12.9
8.7
9.9
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
15.6
14.3 - 16.8
11.8
15.0
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
15.5
13.6 - 17.4
13.1
13.6
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
16.9
15.8 - 18.1
13.8
15.7
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
14.6
13.3 - 15.9
9.6
14.3
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
13.6
12.0 - 15.2
11.6
9.8
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
14.2
12.4 - 16.0
15.0
13.5
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
14.8
12.5 - 17.1
12.8
14.5
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
15.9
13.0 - 18.8
15.4
18.8
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
16.5
13.4 - 19.6
13.7
12.8
Dieppe and Memramcook
6.8
5.7 - 7.9
8.1
7.3
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
23.6
18.9 - 28.4
8.3
9.7
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
13.9
12.3 - 15.5
10.7
13.8
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
16.3
14.6 - 17.9
10.5
10.6
Fredericton
8.4
7.6 - 9.2
6.3
5.1
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
15.6
13.5 - 17.7
7.7
13.2
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
21.2
15.9 - 26.5
12.6
13.3
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
22.7
18.5 - 26.9
20.5
24.9
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
15.9
12.7 - 19.1
12.5
13.6
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
14.7
13.3 - 16.1
8.8
13.4
Moncton
5.9
5.3 - 6.4
5.5
5.3
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
18.8
15.4 - 22.2
10.8
14.3
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
13.6
9.6 - 17.6
18.0
25.2
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
14.6
11.0 - 18.2
16.6
15.2
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
11.9
10.4 - 13.3
9.8
12.2
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
21.0
17.6 - 24.3
15.6
17.1
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
9.0
8.0 - 9.9
6.2
6.0
Riverview and Coverdale
7.2
5.9 - 8.4
7.0
6.6
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
12.7
10.2 - 15.3
6.5
8.5
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
9.3
8.6 - 10.1
8.5
7.4
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
16.7
14.3 - 19.0
12.8
13.9
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
10.2
8.3 - 12.1
11.9
7.9
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
22.7
19.3 - 26.2
20.3
18.8
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
15.9
12.9 - 18.9
10.6
11.7
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
12.0
10.0 - 14.0
9.6
9.7
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
15.1
13.1 - 17.1
12.2
10.6
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
20.2
17.7 - 22.7
13.5
17.6
School districts
Anglophone East School District
8.3
7.8 - 8.9
6.8
7.3
Anglophone North School District
14.3
13.2 - 15.4
10.8
11.9
Anglophone South School District
10.6
10.0 - 11.1
8.3
7.9
Anglophone West School District
12.4
11.8 - 13.0
8.9
10.4
Anglophone sector
11.0
10.7 - 11.4
8.5
9.1
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
17.6
16.5 - 18.8
14.4
17.1
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
16.1
14.8 - 17.5
12.5
15.0
District scolaire francophone Sud
8.1
7.4 - 8.8
9.0
8.1
Francophone sector
12.6
12.0 - 13.1
11.4
12.7
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
10.3
9.8 - 10.7
6.4
7.1
Grades 9 to 12
12.0
11.7 - 12.4
10.6
11.5
Gender
Female
7.7
7.4 - 8.1
n/a
n/a
Male
15.0
14.6 - 15.5
n/a
n/a
Non-binary
8.2
7.1 - 9.4
n/a
n/a
Sex at birth
Female
7.6
7.3 - 7.9
5.5
n/a
Male
15.4
15.0 - 15.9
13.3
n/a
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
7.4
6.9 - 7.9
n/a
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
20.7
19.2 - 22.2
14.1
14.3
Immigrant
Immigrants
4.5
4.0 - 5.1
5.0
n/a
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
n/a
n/a
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
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 7 to 12 who reported that they drove an off-road vehicle (for example, snowmobile, ATV, dirt bike) after drinking alcohol, using cannabis, or other illegal drugs in the last 12 months.

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 answered "1-3 times or 4 or more times" by the number of respondents who answered "never, 1-3 times, 4 or more times or I did not drive an off-road vehicle" to the question: In the last 12 months, how many times did you drive an off-road vehicle (e.g., snowmobile, ATV, dirt bike) after drinking alcohol, using marijuana, or other illegal drugs?

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_SAF01_1

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