Students in grades 6 to 12 who report having received a diagnosis for: attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) or attention deficit disorder (ADD)

Table

Unit %

Academic Year 2022-2023 Academic Year 2021-2022 Academic Year 2018-2019 Academic Year 2015-2016
Province
New Brunswick
14.0
13.7 - 14.3
12.6
9.6
7.2
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
14.6
14.1 - 15.2
12.9
9.7
7.0
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
14.2
13.6 - 14.8
12.7
9.6
7.4
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
13.5
12.9 - 14.1
11.8
8.4
6.7
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
10.5
9.5 - 11.5
9.7
8.7
4.3
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
13.9
12.2 - 15.6
14.8
10.9
8.8
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
17.6
16.5 - 18.7
16.1
13.4
10.9
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
10.7
9.6 - 11.8
10.9
8.7
5.7
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
17.0
15.4 - 18.6
13.3
11.0
7.1
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
14.1
12.4 - 15.8
10.4
6.7
5.0
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
14.7
12.4 - 16.9
14.6
9.5
7.4
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
16.3
13.5 - 19.0
20.0
15.3
13.7
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
12.8
10.2 - 15.4
15.1
13.0
10.1
Dieppe and Memramcook
13.0
11.6 - 14.4
11.4
10.4
7.9
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
12.3
9.0 - 15.6
8.9
4.2
5.3
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
10.7
9.3 - 12.1
9.7
9.7
4.4
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
10.2
8.9 - 11.4
9.0
6.4
5.0
Fredericton
14.0
13.1 - 14.9
12.1
8.3
5.8
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
n/a
9.8
8.1
4.6
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
8.1
6.6 - 9.6
6.8
1.8
3.4
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
17.2
12.6 - 21.9
14.7
10.1
5.9
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
16.3
12.8 - 19.7
16.7
12.3
6.7
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
16.2
13.1 - 19.3
10.9
10.1
4.8
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
10.5
9.4 - 11.7
10.7
8.3
5.8
Moncton
14.9
14.1 - 15.7
14.2
10.5
7.4
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
14.6
11.7 - 17.5
9.8
6.7
7.0
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
11.8
8.3 - 15.2
12.0
12.1
4.9
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
8.2
5.7 - 10.6
11.9
4.9
4.5
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
16.3
14.7 - 17.9
15.7
12.9
12.0
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
11.0
8.5 - 13.4
8.8
6.2
4.7
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
13.9
12.8 - 15.0
12.5
7.7
6.6
Riverview and Coverdale
18.1
16.4 - 19.9
15.7
11.0
8.0
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
15.2
12.6 - 17.8
12.4
9.0
7.6
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
14.5
13.7 - 15.4
12.9
11.1
8.2
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
17.0
14.8 - 19.2
10.5
7.8
6.2
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
9.2
7.5 - 10.9
8.5
7.9
4.7
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
21.0
18.0 - 23.9
20.2
17.3
16.3
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
16.6
13.7 - 19.5
14.8
9.8
9.1
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
15.7
13.6 - 17.8
13.2
9.9
6.3
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
11.6
9.9 - 13.3
11.0
9.1
6.4
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
17.4
15.2 - 19.6
16.7
14.8
9.9
School districts
Anglophone East School District
15.9
15.2 - 16.6
14.4
10.2
7.4
Anglophone North School District
14.1
13.1 - 15.1
12.6
9.5
7.0
Anglophone South School District
14.4
13.8 - 15.0
12.8
9.8
7.4
Anglophone West School District
13.4
12.8 - 14.0
11.8
8.0
6.6
Anglophone sector
14.4
14.0 - 14.7
12.8
9.3
7.1
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
16.5
15.5 - 17.5
15.8
13.2
10.6
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
10.3
9.3 - 11.4
9.5
9.1
4.2
District scolaire francophone Sud
12.1
11.3 - 12.9
10.7
9.1
6.5
Francophone sector
13.1
12.6 - 13.7
12.1
10.4
7.6
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
11.6
11.2 - 12.0
10.1
8.9
6.3
Grades 9 to 12
15.7
15.3 - 16.1
14.4
10.1
7.8
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 report having received a diagnosis for: attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) or attention deficit disorder (ADD).

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 selected "attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) or attention deficit disorder (ADD)" by the "total number of respondents" to the question: If you have been diagnosed with a learning exceptionality or special education need, please indicate which one? Autism/Asperger syndrome, behavioural disorder, blind and low vision, deaf and hard-of-hearing, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) or attention deficit disorder (ADD), intellectual disability, language/speech impairment, learning disability, physical disability, mental illness, gifted or other

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.

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NBHC code

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