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Students in grades 6 to 12 who reported that they felt lonely most or all of the time in the last 12 months

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Table

Unit %

Academic Year 2023-2024 Academic Year 2021-2022
Province
New Brunswick
23.4
23.1 - 23.8
28.3
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
22.3
21.7 - 22.9
28.0
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
25.3
24.6 - 26.1
30.1
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
24.5
23.8 - 25.2
29.3
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
18.3
17.0 - 19.5
22.9
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
25.2
23.1 - 27.3
29.0
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
22.0
20.9 - 23.1
25.2
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
23.6
22.1 - 25.0
27.9
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
23.6
21.9 - 25.4
28.7
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
22.8
21.0 - 24.6
28.3
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
25.1
22.3 - 27.9
27.7
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
19.9
17.0 - 22.7
19.9
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
25.4
22.3 - 28.6
30.9
Dieppe and Memramcook
16.7
15.3 - 18.2
23.1
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
24.0
19.9 - 28.1
24.1
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
17.8
16.0 - 19.6
22.2
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
21.6
19.9 - 23.2
29.8
Fredericton
23.0
22.0 - 24.0
27.4
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
19.3
17.1 - 21.4
24.6
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
32.5
27.3 - 37.7
35.8
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
17.4
14.2 - 20.7
21.5
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
30.2
26.8 - 33.7
28.3
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
23.3
21.8 - 24.8
27.4
Moncton
22.8
22.0 - 23.7
28.4
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
22.8
19.5 - 26.1
33.9
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
26.0
21.6 - 30.4
31.5
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
20.1
16.6 - 23.7
24.6
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
31.5
29.5 - 33.4
34.4
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
27.7
24.2 - 31.1
33.3
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
23.3
22.0 - 24.6
28.3
Riverview and Coverdale
24.7
22.8 - 26.7
29.9
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
24.9
22.0 - 27.7
29.7
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
26.3
25.3 - 27.4
32.2
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
23.2
20.7 - 25.7
31.8
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
20.4
18.3 - 22.6
25.9
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
21.3
18.5 - 24.2
24.8
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
24.5
21.5 - 27.4
27.1
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
26.5
24.0 - 29.1
28.6
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
26.6
24.1 - 29.0
30.1
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
20.7
18.5 - 22.9
22.3
School districts
Anglophone East School District
24.8
24.0 - 25.6
29.9
Anglophone North School District
27.3
26.1 - 28.5
31.9
Anglophone South School District
25.7
25.0 - 26.4
30.1
Anglophone West School District
24.9
24.2 - 25.7
29.6
Anglophone sector
25.4
25.0 - 25.8
30.1
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
20.5
19.4 - 21.6
23.6
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
17.3
15.9 - 18.6
22.2
District scolaire francophone Sud
17.5
16.7 - 18.3
24.6
Francophone sector
18.4
17.8 - 18.9
23.9
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
18.8
18.4 - 19.3
22.9
Grades 9 to 12
26.7
26.3 - 27.2
32.3
Gender
Female
28.0
27.4 - 28.5
33.3
Male
16.9
16.4 - 17.3
19.2
Non-binary
51.9
48.9 - 54.8
61.2
Sex at birth
Female
29.8
29.3 - 30.3
36.6
Male
16.5
16.1 - 17.0
19.2
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
47.3
46.2 - 48.4
51.5
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
33.4
32.0 - 34.8
36.6
Immigrant
Immigrants
20.9
20.0 - 21.8
25.6
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
36.2
34.8 - 37.6
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
22.3
21.5 - 23.1
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 reported that they felt lonely most or all of the time 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 "most of the time or all of the time" by the number of respondents who answered "never, rarely, sometimes, most of the time or all of the time" to the question: During the last 12 months, how often have you felt lonely?

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_SIL01_1

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