Students in grades 6 to 12 who report having received a diagnosis for: language / speech impairment

Table

Unit %

Academic Year 2022-2023 Academic Year 2021-2022 Academic Year 2018-2019 Academic Year 2015-2016
Province
New Brunswick
1.9
1.8 - 2.0
2.0
1.6
1.3
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
1.9
1.7 - 2.1
2.1
1.6
1.3
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
2.1
1.8 - 2.3
2.2
1.9
1.5
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
2.0
1.8 - 2.3
2.0
1.6
1.3
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
1.5
1.1 - 1.9
2.0
1.3
1.0
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
2.4
1.6 - 3.2
2.2
1.6
1.1
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
1.3
1.0 - 1.6
1.3
1.0
1.2
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
2.0
1.5 - 2.5
2.1
1.2
0.9
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
1.3
0.8 - 1.8
1.4
1.3
1.5
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
2.3
1.6 - 3.1
2.8
1.4
S
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
1.8
1.0 - 2.7
2.1
1.3
1.3
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
1.6
0.7 - 2.5
S
0.9
S
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
3.1
1.7 - 4.6
2.5
2.1
1.0
Dieppe and Memramcook
1.7
1.2 - 2.2
1.2
0.8
0.7
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
3.0
1.2 - 4.8
2.7
S
S
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
1.4
0.9 - 1.9
2.1
1.1
0.9
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
2.1
1.5 - 2.7
2.2
1.0
0.9
Fredericton
1.9
1.6 - 2.3
1.8
1.7
1.3
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
n/a
S
S
S
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
2.1
1.4 - 2.9
2.3
2.0
1.0
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
3.2
1.1 - 5.3
3.9
2.9
S
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
S
S
S
S
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
2.6
1.3 - 3.9
S
1.3
1.4
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
2.1
1.5 - 2.6
2.1
1.2
0.9
Moncton
1.9
1.6 - 2.2
2.0
1.9
1.6
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
1.3
0.4 - 2.3
1.7
1.5
1.0
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
S
S
S
S
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
2.3
1.0 - 3.6
S
S
S
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
2.1
1.5 - 2.7
2.8
1.9
2.1
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
1.9
0.9 - 3.0
2.2
2.0
1.1
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
1.7
1.3 - 2.1
1.7
1.1
0.9
Riverview and Coverdale
1.3
0.8 - 1.9
2.4
1.9
1.6
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
3.2
1.9 - 4.5
2.5
1.9
1.3
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
2.1
1.7 - 2.4
2.6
2.3
2.1
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
2.3
1.4 - 3.1
1.8
2.5
1.1
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
1.5
0.8 - 2.3
1.9
S
1.5
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
S
1.2
S
S
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
3.8
2.3 - 5.3
2.1
3.0
1.0
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
2.2
1.3 - 3.0
1.8
1.9
1.5
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
2.1
2.0
1.8
1.1
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
1.2
0.6 - 1.9
1.5
S
1.3
School districts
Anglophone East School District
1.9
1.6 - 2.2
2.2
2.0
1.6
Anglophone North School District
2.5
2.0 - 2.9
2.5
1.7
1.0
Anglophone South School District
2.1
1.8 - 2.3
2.2
1.9
1.5
Anglophone West School District
2.1
1.8 - 2.3
2.1
1.5
1.3
Anglophone sector
2.1
1.9 - 2.2
2.2
1.8
1.4
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
1.3
1.0 - 1.6
1.3
0.9
1.1
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
1.1
0.8 - 1.5
1.8
1.4
1.0
District scolaire francophone Sud
1.8
1.4 - 2.1
1.7
1.1
0.9
Francophone sector
1.5
1.3 - 1.7
1.6
1.1
1.0
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
1.8
1.6 - 2.0
2.1
1.5
1.3
Grades 9 to 12
2.0
1.8 - 2.1
2.0
1.6
1.3
Gender
Woman/Girl
1.5
1.4 - 1.7
1.6
n/a
n/a
Man/Boy
2.0
1.8 - 2.2
2.1
n/a
n/a
Non-binary
4.1
3.3 - 4.8
4.4
n/a
n/a
Sex at birth
Female
1.7
1.5 - 1.8
1.9
1.4
n/a
Male
2.0
1.9 - 2.2
2.0
1.8
n/a
Sexual identity
Minority sexual identity
2.9
2.6 - 3.2
3.3
n/a
n/a
Heterosexual
1.5
1.4 - 1.6
1.6
n/a
n/a
LGBTQ2+ Status
LGBTQ2+ person
3.0
2.7 - 3.3
3.3
n/a
n/a
Non LGBTQ2+ person
1.5
1.4 - 1.6
1.5
n/a
n/a
Race
White
1.7
1.6 - 1.8
1.7
n/a
n/a
South Asian
3.7
2.3 - 5.2
3.2
n/a
n/a
Other
4.4
3.3 - 5.6
3.8
n/a
n/a
Middle Eastern
3.9
2.8 - 5.0
4.1
n/a
n/a
Latino
3.7
2.6 - 4.8
3.5
n/a
n/a
East/Southeast Asian
1.8
1.3 - 2.3
2.5
n/a
n/a
Black
4.3
3.5 - 5.1
3.4
n/a
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
4.0
3.4 - 4.7
4.1
2.6
2.3
Non-Indigenous
1.5
1.4 - 1.6
1.7
1.5
1.2
Food poverty
Food poverty
4.9
4.2 - 5.5
4.6
n/a
n/a
No food poverty
1.7
1.6 - 1.8
1.8
n/a
n/a
Immigrant
Immigrants
1.8
1.5 - 2.1
2.4
2.3
n/a
Non-immigrants
1.9
1.8 - 2.1
2.0
1.5
n/a
Special needs
Has a special need
4.9
4.6 - 5.2
5.3
n/a
n/a
No special need
0.0
0.0
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 report having received a diagnosis for: language / speech impairment.

Source

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

Calculations

This indicator is calculated by dividing the number of respondents who selected "language/speech impairment" 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

SH_SENLA_1

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