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Students in grades 6 to 12 who have tried cigarette smoking, even just a few puffs

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Table

Unit %

Academic Year 2023-2024 Academic Year 2021-2022 Academic Year 2018-2019 Academic Year 2015-2016
Province
New Brunswick
16.0
15.7 - 16.3
15.7
21.6
22.5
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
13.7
13.2 - 14.2
13.0
18.5
18.5
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
16.6
16.0 - 17.2
16.0
22.3
22.8
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
16.6
16.0 - 17.2
16.4
22.7
25.0
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
16.8
15.6 - 18.1
17.3
22.5
22.5
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
20.6
18.6 - 22.6
20.7
26.5
21.7
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
16.6
15.6 - 17.6
16.8
21.5
23.4
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
19.6
18.3 - 21.0
20.5
25.6
29.0
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
14.2
12.8 - 15.7
15.7
21.7
17.1
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
20.2
18.5 - 22.0
20.3
26.7
26.2
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
20.3
17.6 - 23.0
18.6
28.0
15.9
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
18.4
15.6 - 21.3
19.1
23.6
26.9
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
21.1
18.1 - 24.1
23.8
24.4
27.4
Dieppe and Memramcook
8.6
7.5 - 9.8
6.9
12.1
13.1
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
20.9
16.9 - 24.8
20.2
25.9
29.0
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
14.0
12.2 - 15.7
14.4
21.8
21.3
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
17.3
15.7 - 18.9
21.7
25.0
24.3
Fredericton
13.6
12.8 - 14.4
12.2
18.4
14.5
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
n/a
4.8
3.8
5.2
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
18.4
16.2 - 20.5
18.1
16.0
20.1
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
26.6
21.6 - 31.6
24.9
26.1
21.0
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
24.4
20.7 - 28.2
29.7
32.6
34.6
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
27.6
24.2 - 31.1
22.4
25.0
36.2
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
19.9
18.4 - 21.4
20.8
27.1
30.0
Moncton
12.4
11.7 - 13.1
11.5
16.2
16.3
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
25.4
21.9 - 29.0
26.9
33.6
35.5
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
17.2
13.4 - 21.0
18.2
12.2
19.2
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
10.4
7.6 - 13.1
14.0
24.0
27.9
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
17.2
15.6 - 18.8
15.9
25.7
33.7
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
30.0
26.5 - 33.6
30.5
30.2
36.4
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
15.6
14.5 - 16.7
14.4
17.5
17.7
Riverview and Coverdale
12.3
10.7 - 13.9
13.0
20.4
21.7
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
18.7
16.1 - 21.3
14.9
18.2
22.6
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
16.8
15.8 - 17.7
17.1
25.3
26.3
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
21.8
19.3 - 24.3
20.0
29.2
26.3
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
11.5
9.7 - 13.3
12.4
17.9
14.0
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
22.5
19.5 - 25.4
19.8
25.3
29.4
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
21.0
18.1 - 23.8
17.2
23.1
21.1
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
15.9
13.8 - 18.1
16.6
24.0
24.9
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
18.9
16.7 - 21.1
16.9
25.2
23.2
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
16.0
14.0 - 18.0
15.5
17.7
24.3
School districts
Anglophone East School District
15.3
14.7 - 16.0
14.3
20.1
20.5
Anglophone North School District
23.3
22.2 - 24.5
23.8
31.3
30.5
Anglophone South School District
16.9
16.2 - 17.5
16.2
22.8
23.0
Anglophone West School District
17.5
16.9 - 18.2
17.1
23.2
25.8
Anglophone sector
17.4
17.1 - 17.8
16.9
23.3
24.3
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
16.3
15.3 - 17.4
16.0
19.4
22.2
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
16.4
15.1 - 17.8
17.3
23.0
21.6
District scolaire francophone Sud
8.6
8.0 - 9.2
9.0
13.5
13.2
Francophone sector
12.3
11.8 - 12.8
12.7
17.2
18.1
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
6.9
6.6 - 7.2
6.6
7.3
6.9
Grades 9 to 12
22.4
22.0 - 22.9
22.5
31.3
33.1
Gender
Female
16.3
15.9 - 16.8
15.4
n/a
n/a
Male
15.2
14.8 - 15.7
15.0
n/a
n/a
Non-binary
25.3
22.6 - 27.9
22.0
n/a
n/a
Sex at birth
Female
16.8
16.3 - 17.2
16.1
20.8
n/a
Male
15.0
14.6 - 15.4
15.1
22.4
n/a
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
23.9
22.9 - 24.9
20.5
n/a
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
30.9
29.5 - 32.3
29.2
32.1
36.4
Immigrant
Immigrants
13.4
12.6 - 14.2
13.7
19.6
n/a
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
21.8
20.6 - 23.1
n/a
n/a
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
13.7
13.1 - 14.4
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 6 to 12 who have tried cigarette smoking, even just a few puffs.

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 "yes" by the number of respondents who answered "yes or no" to the question: Have you ever tried cigarette smoking, even just a few puffs?

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_SMO01_1

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