Students in grades 6 to 12 who report smoking, in any amount, at present (smoking daily or occasionally)

Table

Unit %

Academic Year 2022-2023 Academic Year 2021-2022 Academic Year 2018-2019 Academic Year 2015-2016
Province
New Brunswick
6.7
6.5 - 6.9
6.2
13.6
11.2
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
5.8
5.4 - 6.1
4.9
12.2
9.3
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
7.0
6.6 - 7.4
6.3
14.5
10.6
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
7.4
7.0 - 7.9
6.9
13.5
13.2
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
5.7
4.9 - 6.4
6.4
12.7
11.0
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
9.0
7.7 - 10.4
8.7
17.8
10.0
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
5.8
5.1 - 6.5
5.6
12.5
11.8
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
8.4
7.4 - 9.3
9.2
16.8
14.6
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
5.4
4.4 - 6.4
6.2
13.6
9.4
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
8.0
6.7 - 9.3
8.4
18.2
13.3
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
10.4
8.5 - 12.3
8.7
17.9
6.4
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
5.2
3.5 - 7.0
6.6
10.7
14.6
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
7.1
5.1 - 9.0
8.7
17.7
13.6
Dieppe and Memramcook
3.5
2.8 - 4.3
2.3
8.9
7.0
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
11.6
8.3 - 15.0
9.6
12.5
15.9
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
4.6
3.6 - 5.5
5.0
13.1
10.5
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
8.8
7.6 - 10.0
9.9
14.6
13.0
Fredericton
5.9
5.3 - 6.6
5.1
11.2
7.3
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
n/a
3.3
2.5
S
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
6.4
5.1 - 7.7
6.7
9.4
10.6
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
20.9
16.1 - 25.8
13.3
18.3
11.4
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
8.6
5.9 - 11.2
12.1
14.5
14.3
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
13.6
10.8 - 16.5
9.2
14.7
15.2
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
8.6
7.6 - 9.6
9.4
17.4
14.9
Moncton
5.1
4.6 - 5.6
4.1
10.1
7.9
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
9.3
7.0 - 11.7
9.3
18.2
19.6
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
6.8
4.2 - 9.5
7.2
11.6
11.6
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
5.6
3.5 - 7.7
6.5
16.9
15.3
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
6.6
5.5 - 7.6
6.1
15.7
18.9
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
11.7
9.3 - 14.1
14.2
19.2
19.6
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
5.4
4.7 - 6.1
5.7
11.8
8.5
Riverview and Coverdale
5.7
4.6 - 6.8
4.6
14.1
12.6
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
6.3
4.5 - 8.0
4.6
13.0
9.8
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
7.1
6.4 - 7.7
6.2
16.2
11.7
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
9.8
8.1 - 11.6
10.6
16.6
14.5
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
4.6
3.4 - 5.9
4.0
12.5
5.0
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
8.0
6.0 - 10.1
3.5
15.0
13.6
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
7.0
5.1 - 8.9
7.8
14.7
10.6
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
10.1
8.3 - 11.8
8.9
13.4
11.6
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
9.1
7.5 - 10.6
6.4
18.3
12.0
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
5.5
4.2 - 6.9
4.9
10.2
11.6
School districts
Anglophone East School District
6.8
6.3 - 7.3
5.4
13.0
10.6
Anglophone North School District
9.6
8.8 - 10.5
10.5
20.2
15.0
Anglophone South School District
7.1
6.7 - 7.6
6.5
14.9
10.7
Anglophone West School District
7.5
7.1 - 8.0
7.3
14.0
13.6
Anglophone sector
7.5
7.2 - 7.7
6.9
14.8
12.2
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
6.2
5.5 - 6.8
5.6
11.6
10.9
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
5.6
4.8 - 6.4
6.1
13.0
10.9
District scolaire francophone Sud
3.5
3.1 - 3.9
3.1
9.0
6.4
Francophone sector
4.7
4.4 - 5.0
4.4
10.6
8.9
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
2.8
2.6 - 3.0
2.4
4.0
2.8
Grades 9 to 12
9.4
9.1 - 9.8
9.0
19.9
17.1
Gender
Woman/Girl
5.7
5.4 - 6.0
5.4
n/a
n/a
Man/Boy
7.0
6.7 - 7.3
6.2
n/a
n/a
Non-binary
11.0
9.8 - 12.2
10.3
n/a
n/a
Sex at birth
Female
6.0
5.8 - 6.3
5.9
12.3
n/a
Male
7.1
6.8 - 7.4
6.3
14.9
n/a
Sexual identity
Minority sexual identity
9.1
8.6 - 9.7
8.9
n/a
n/a
Heterosexual
6.2
6.0 - 6.4
5.6
n/a
n/a
LGBTQ2+ Status
LGBTQ2+ person
9.3
8.8 - 9.9
8.9
n/a
n/a
Non LGBTQ2+ person
6.1
5.9 - 6.4
5.6
n/a
n/a
Race
White
6.8
6.5 - 7.0
6.3
n/a
n/a
South Asian
8.1
5.9 - 10.2
3.5
n/a
n/a
Other
7.4
5.9 - 8.9
6.4
n/a
n/a
Middle Eastern
6.6
5.2 - 8.1
5.2
n/a
n/a
Latino
9.4
7.7 - 11.1
9.9
n/a
n/a
East/Southeast Asian
4.3
3.5 - 5.1
3.7
n/a
n/a
Black
10.6
9.4 - 11.8
8.0
n/a
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
15.2
14.0 - 16.5
13.2
22.7
21.2
Non-Indigenous
5.8
5.6 - 6.0
5.7
12.8
10.7
Food poverty
Food poverty
18.3
17.1 - 19.4
15.8
n/a
n/a
No food poverty
5.7
5.5 - 5.9
5.4
n/a
n/a
Immigrant
Immigrants
4.8
4.2 - 5.3
4.3
9.9
n/a
Non-immigrants
6.9
6.7 - 7.1
6.4
13.8
n/a
Special needs
Has a special need
11.3
10.8 - 11.7
10.3
n/a
n/a
No special need
4.2
4.0 - 4.4
4.0
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 smoking, in any amount, at present (smoking daily or occasionally).

Source

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

Calculations

This indicator is calculated by dividing the number of respondents who answered "less than once a week, at least once a week, but not every day or every day" by the number of respondents who answered "less than once a week, at least once a week, but not every day, every day or I do not smoke" to the question: How often do you smoke at present?

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_SMO09_1

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