Students in grades 6 to 12 who report having received a diagnosis for: mental illness (for example, depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder)

Table

Unit %

Academic Year 2022-2023 Academic Year 2021-2022
Province
New Brunswick
17.9
17.5 - 18.2
18.0
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
17.0
16.4 - 17.5
17.5
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
19.8
19.1 - 20.5
20.1
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
20.0
19.3 - 20.7
19.6
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
11.1
10.0 - 12.1
11.2
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
18.6
16.7 - 20.5
18.3
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
15.0
13.9 - 16.0
14.9
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
17.1
15.8 - 18.4
16.1
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
17.3
15.7 - 19.0
16.7
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
16.8
14.9 - 18.6
17.3
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
18.6
16.2 - 21.1
17.0
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
13.0
10.4 - 15.5
11.6
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
18.6
15.6 - 21.5
20.3
Dieppe and Memramcook
13.7
12.3 - 15.1
14.5
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
21.5
17.1 - 25.8
18.6
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
10.7
9.3 - 12.1
10.9
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
17.1
15.5 - 18.7
18.3
Fredericton
20.1
19.1 - 21.2
19.1
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
n/a
12.8
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
12.7
10.9 - 14.5
11.7
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
15.7
11.3 - 20.2
16.9
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
8.2
5.6 - 10.8
11.3
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
23.2
19.7 - 26.8
18.8
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
17.5
16.1 - 18.9
15.9
Moncton
17.6
16.8 - 18.5
17.9
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
20.3
17.0 - 23.5
22.6
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
13.5
9.8 - 17.2
18.3
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
15.9
12.5 - 19.3
14.6
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
21.9
20.1 - 23.7
22.8
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
20.1
16.9 - 23.2
19.0
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
20.0
18.7 - 21.2
22.0
Riverview and Coverdale
19.8
17.9 - 21.6
20.5
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
17.8
15.1 - 20.6
18.9
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
20.2
19.2 - 21.2
20.1
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
18.6
16.3 - 21.0
17.5
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
14.0
11.9 - 16.0
15.3
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
14.0
11.4 - 16.6
15.8
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
18.9
15.9 - 21.9
17.0
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
20.2
17.9 - 22.5
20.4
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
18.3
16.2 - 20.4
18.4
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
12.6
10.6 - 14.5
13.1
School districts
Anglophone East School District
18.6
17.9 - 19.4
19.0
Anglophone North School District
20.2
19.1 - 21.4
19.7
Anglophone South School District
20.0
19.3 - 20.7
20.3
Anglophone West School District
20.1
19.4 - 20.8
19.9
Anglophone sector
19.7
19.3 - 20.1
19.8
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
13.8
12.9 - 14.8
13.9
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
9.8
8.8 - 10.9
10.4
District scolaire francophone Sud
14.0
13.2 - 14.8
14.5
Francophone sector
13.2
12.6 - 13.7
13.6
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
12.6
12.2 - 13.0
13.1
Grades 9 to 12
21.5
21.1 - 22.0
21.5
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: mental illness (for example, depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder).

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 "mental illness (for example, depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder)" 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

This indicator has replaced SH_SENME_1, which was previously available on our Web site. Due to changes in our 2021-2022 edition of the questionnaire, this indicator cannot be compared to previous versions. 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_SENMI_1

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