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Students in grades 6 to 12 who reported riding in a car with someone who was smoking cigarettes during the last 7 days

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Table

Unit %

Academic Year 2024-2025 Academic Year 2023-2024 Academic Year 2022-2023 Academic Year 2021-2022 Academic Year 2018-2019 Academic Year 2015-2016
Province
New Brunswick
17.2
16.8 - 17.5
19.6
19.3 - 19.9
19.0
18.7 - 19.3
18.4
18.3
21.0
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
12.4
11.9 - 12.9
15.1
14.5 - 15.6
14.7
14.1 - 15.2
14.7
15.0
15.9
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
17.2
16.5 - 17.9
21.0
20.3 - 21.7
20.2
19.6 - 20.9
19.0
17.6
19.5
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
20.0
19.3 - 20.7
20.6
19.9 - 21.3
20.4
19.7 - 21.1
19.8
18.8
22.7
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
19.6
18.2 - 20.9
21.3
19.9 - 22.7
21.4
20.0 - 22.8
20.5
20.2
24.2
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
24.0
21.9 - 26.0
28.3
26.0 - 30.6
26.2
24.0 - 28.4
21.6
27.0
24.2
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
17.1
16.1 - 18.2
20.4
19.2 - 21.5
19.0
17.8 - 20.1
18.9
20.6
25.9
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
26.3
24.8 - 27.8
27.1
25.5 - 28.7
26.5
24.9 - 28.1
24.8
25.7
30.2
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
15.7
14.2 - 17.3
17.2
15.6 - 18.8
16.6
14.9 - 18.3
18.8
18.2
18.6
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
19.3
17.5 - 21.2
20.5
18.7 - 22.4
22.1
20.0 - 24.1
22.7
25.1
27.7
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
24.7
22.0 - 27.5
29.3
26.2 - 32.3
26.9
24.0 - 29.8
21.3
26.0
23.5
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
13.9
11.4 - 16.3
19.2
16.3 - 22.1
17.6
14.6 - 20.5
16.3
19.4
25.2
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
22.9
19.8 - 26.0
27.0
23.6 - 30.3
25.3
21.9 - 28.7
22.1
28.4
24.9
Dieppe and Memramcook
5.7
4.8 - 6.6
6.7
5.7 - 7.7
7.3
6.3 - 8.4
6.6
7.7
9.0
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
37.9
33.0 - 42.8
36.5
31.7 - 41.4
34.1
29.1 - 39.1
31.8
27.1
30.1
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
17.8
16.0 - 19.6
17.8
15.9 - 19.7
17.7
16.0 - 19.5
18.0
17.6
21.1
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
24.5
22.8 - 26.3
24.3
22.5 - 26.1
24.4
22.6 - 26.3
26.7
21.9
27.3
Fredericton
14.0
13.0 - 14.9
14.8
13.9 - 15.6
14.9
14.0 - 15.9
12.7
12.7
9.5
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
18.6
16.3 - 20.9
22.1
19.8 - 24.5
23.5
21.2 - 25.9
22.5
24.1
24.2
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
25.4
19.4 - 31.5
38.8
33.0 - 44.6
42.8
36.8 - 48.9
30.6
27.5
23.7
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
29.2
25.1 - 33.2
33.4
29.1 - 37.6
31.1
26.6 - 35.5
28.0
27.1
37.6
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
33.2
29.4 - 37.0
35.4
31.5 - 39.3
37.0
32.8 - 41.2
32.1
32.0
40.4
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
26.3
24.7 - 27.9
26.5
24.9 - 28.2
26.3
24.6 - 27.9
23.8
26.6
30.8
Moncton
10.8
10.1 - 11.5
13.8
13.1 - 14.5
13.0
12.2 - 13.7
13.5
12.7
13.5
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
27.7
24.1 - 31.3
30.5
26.6 - 34.4
31.0
27.1 - 34.9
36.3
28.1
29.9
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
26.7
21.9 - 31.4
31.9
26.9 - 37.0
28.2
23.1 - 33.4
33.2
17.3
24.5
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
16.0
12.2 - 19.8
20.1
16.5 - 23.7
17.0
13.4 - 20.5
26.5
25.2
25.9
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
20.0
18.2 - 21.9
21.7
19.9 - 23.5
19.1
17.4 - 20.8
22.4
21.4
28.3
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
38.3
34.4 - 42.2
42.8
38.8 - 46.8
35.8
32.0 - 39.6
35.0
29.6
37.4
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
13.7
12.6 - 14.8
17.1
15.9 - 18.3
14.0
12.9 - 15.1
13.1
10.7
12.8
Riverview and Coverdale
12.6
11.1 - 14.0
16.3
14.4 - 18.1
15.2
13.6 - 16.9
15.1
12.6
13.4
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
18.3
15.7 - 20.9
21.0
18.2 - 23.7
20.5
17.5 - 23.6
17.0
16.9
18.8
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
17.9
16.8 - 19.0
20.7
19.7 - 21.8
21.1
20.0 - 22.1
19.8
19.5
20.7
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
23.0
20.1 - 25.8
24.5
21.9 - 27.2
24.8
22.3 - 27.4
26.1
28.1
28.9
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
11.0
9.2 - 12.9
14.5
12.6 - 16.5
11.6
9.6 - 13.6
11.0
15.3
12.4
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
18.2
15.5 - 20.9
26.4
23.2 - 29.7
23.4
20.3 - 26.5
21.7
24.9
33.6
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
22.0
19.0 - 25.0
31.8
28.4 - 35.1
26.3
23.0 - 29.7
28.0
24.7
27.6
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
21.8
19.3 - 24.4
24.6
22.0 - 27.2
28.5
25.9 - 31.2
24.7
22.9
26.7
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
18.2
15.9 - 20.5
24.8
22.3 - 27.3
24.0
21.6 - 26.3
20.8
22.7
21.8
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
21.1
18.8 - 23.4
23.1
20.7 - 25.5
21.2
18.7 - 23.6
19.6
23.9
29.4
School districts
Anglophone East School District
13.9
13.2 - 14.6
18.0
17.3 - 18.8
17.6
16.8 - 18.4
17.2
16.1
17.3
Anglophone North School District
26.7
25.5 - 27.9
28.1
26.8 - 29.4
27.6
26.3 - 28.9
26.3
29.0
29.4
Anglophone South School District
17.6
16.9 - 18.3
21.3
20.6 - 22.0
20.6
19.9 - 21.3
19.3
17.9
19.9
Anglophone West School District
20.4
19.7 - 21.1
21.8
21.1 - 22.5
21.1
20.3 - 21.8
21.2
19.8
23.6
Anglophone sector
18.7
18.3 - 19.1
21.4
21.0 - 21.8
20.8
20.4 - 21.2
20.2
19.4
21.7
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
17.4
16.4 - 18.4
21.2
20.1 - 22.4
19.7
18.6 - 20.8
18.4
20.1
25.9
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
19.1
17.6 - 20.5
20.2
18.7 - 21.7
20.0
18.5 - 21.4
19.0
19.4
23.9
District scolaire francophone Sud
8.7
8.1 - 9.3
9.7
9.1 - 10.3
9.4
8.7 - 10.1
9.3
10.9
11.6
Francophone sector
13.3
12.7 - 13.8
15.0
14.4 - 15.5
14.5
13.9 - 15.0
13.9
15.5
19.1
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
15.1
14.7 - 15.5
17.5
17.1 - 18.0
16.9
16.5 - 17.4
15.7
12.5
12.0
Grades 9 to 12
18.7
18.2 - 19.1
21.0
20.6 - 21.5
20.4
20.0 - 20.9
20.3
22.2
27.0
Gender
Female
16.1
15.7 - 16.6
19.6
19.1 - 20.1
18.3
17.8 - 18.8
18.0
n/a
n/a
Male
17.2
16.8 - 17.7
18.7
18.2 - 19.1
18.2
17.7 - 18.7
17.2
n/a
n/a
Non-binary
30.8
27.5 - 34.1
30.8
27.8 - 33.7
30.0
28.1 - 31.8
28.5
n/a
n/a
Sex at birth
Female
16.8
16.4 - 17.3
20.4
19.9 - 20.8
19.3
18.8 - 19.8
19.3
17.9
n/a
Male
17.3
16.8 - 17.7
18.6
18.1 - 19.1
18.5
18.0 - 18.9
17.2
18.7
n/a
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
24.2
23.1 - 25.3
27.5
26.4 - 28.5
25.3
24.5 - 26.1
24.4
n/a
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
30.2
28.8 - 31.6
34.2
32.7 - 35.7
34.9
33.2 - 36.7
32.0
29.4
33.9
Immigrant
Immigrants
11.4
10.7 - 12.1
14.1
13.2 - 14.9
11.8
11.0 - 12.7
12.4
12.5
n/a
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
24.7
23.3 - 26.0
26.0
24.7 - 27.4
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
12.9
12.2 - 13.5
16.0
15.3 - 16.8
n/a
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 reported riding in a car with someone who was smoking cigarettes during the last 7 days. This indicator includes tobacco cigarettes that are bought ready-made and cigarettes that students make themselves. It does not include e-cigarettes, vaping devices and other tobacco products.

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 "1 or 2 days, 3 or 4 days, 5 or 6 days or all 7 days" by the number of respondents who answered "0 days, 1 or 2 days, 3 or 4 days, 5 or 6 days or all 7 days" to the question: During the past 7 days, on how many days did you ride in a car with someone who was smoking cigarettes?

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_SMO14_1

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