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Students in grades 6 to 12 who reported that they have a close friend who smokes cigarettes

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Table

Unit %

Academic Year 2023-2024 Academic Year 2021-2022
Province
New Brunswick
20.0
19.6 - 20.3
21.5
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
16.7
16.1 - 17.3
17.5
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
20.7
20.0 - 21.5
22.2
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
21.6
20.9 - 22.4
22.8
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
17.8
16.4 - 19.2
20.2
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
28.7
26.2 - 31.1
29.1
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
20.1
18.9 - 21.3
23.8
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
25.3
23.7 - 27.0
29.4
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
18.5
16.8 - 20.3
24.8
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
24.4
22.4 - 26.5
29.4
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
27.8
24.5 - 31.0
32.1
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
22.0
18.7 - 25.2
26.2
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
30.0
26.3 - 33.7
24.9
Dieppe and Memramcook
9.9
8.6 - 11.1
10.4
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
26.7
22.0 - 31.4
33.1
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
15.2
13.3 - 17.1
15.9
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
21.1
19.2 - 22.9
27.4
Fredericton
17.4
16.4 - 18.4
17.3
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
18.7
16.3 - 21.1
21.4
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
34.7
28.7 - 40.6
31.6
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
25.8
21.7 - 29.9
39.2
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
40.4
36.0 - 44.7
38.1
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
25.3
23.5 - 27.0
28.5
Moncton
15.4
14.6 - 16.3
15.9
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
36.7
32.4 - 41.0
32.5
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
25.9
21.0 - 30.8
36.8
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
15.7
12.2 - 19.2
16.6
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
26.1
24.1 - 28.2
24.1
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
31.5
27.6 - 35.5
39.5
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
18.6
17.3 - 19.9
17.5
Riverview and Coverdale
16.3
14.3 - 18.3
16.9
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
22.8
19.7 - 25.8
20.3
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
21.7
20.6 - 22.9
24.1
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
26.1
23.3 - 29.0
24.7
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
13.2
11.2 - 15.2
12.5
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
25.2
21.8 - 28.5
24.5
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
25.2
21.8 - 28.5
23.0
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
21.3
18.6 - 24.0
25.6
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
21.6
19.1 - 24.2
26.4
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
18.4
16.1 - 20.7
19.7
School districts
Anglophone East School District
19.4
18.6 - 20.2
18.8
Anglophone North School District
30.9
29.4 - 32.3
33.5
Anglophone South School District
21.1
20.4 - 21.9
22.6
Anglophone West School District
22.7
21.9 - 23.5
23.9
Anglophone sector
22.3
21.9 - 22.8
23.4
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
19.6
18.4 - 20.7
23.3
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
16.6
15.1 - 18.1
19.4
District scolaire francophone Sud
10.2
9.6 - 10.9
12.5
Francophone sector
14.1
13.6 - 14.7
17.1
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
7.8
7.4 - 8.1
8.5
Grades 9 to 12
28.4
27.8 - 28.9
30.8
Gender
Female
20.0
19.5 - 20.5
21.4
Male
19.4
18.9 - 19.9
20.3
Non-binary
30.7
27.6 - 33.9
31.5
Sex at birth
Female
20.7
20.2 - 21.2
22.4
Male
19.0
18.5 - 19.5
20.3
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
30.2
29.0 - 31.3
28.2
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
35.8
34.2 - 37.5
35.7
Immigrant
Immigrants
15.5
14.6 - 16.4
17.6
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
27.5
26.0 - 29.0
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
16.2
15.4 - 17.0
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 have a close friend who smokes cigarettes.

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: Do any of your close friends do the following: a) 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_SMOCF_1

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