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Students in grades 6 to 12 who report having ever used an e-cigarette (vape), even once or twice

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Table

Unit %

Academic Year 2023-2024 Academic Year 2021-2022
Province
New Brunswick
24.7
24.4 - 25.1
28.3
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
20.6
20.0 - 21.2
24.0
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
25.9
25.2 - 26.7
30.0
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
25.3
24.6 - 26.0
26.5
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
27.0
25.5 - 28.5
33.2
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
30.9
28.6 - 33.2
34.2
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
28.0
26.8 - 29.3
34.0
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
29.6
28.1 - 31.2
35.5
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
25.2
23.4 - 27.1
31.1
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
29.5
27.4 - 31.5
31.4
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
32.1
29.0 - 35.2
32.2
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
30.4
27.1 - 33.8
36.4
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
29.1
25.8 - 32.5
37.0
Dieppe and Memramcook
12.7
11.4 - 14.1
15.6
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
32.1
27.5 - 36.6
30.7
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
26.2
24.0 - 28.4
30.8
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
26.0
24.2 - 27.8
32.6
Fredericton
21.9
20.9 - 22.9
21.5
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
n/a
10.8
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
27.3
24.9 - 29.8
32.1
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
36.2
30.8 - 41.6
43.3
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
29.2
25.3 - 33.2
48.4
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
34.5
30.8 - 38.2
32.2
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
29.8
28.1 - 31.5
35.6
Moncton
19.2
18.3 - 20.0
21.9
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
37.2
33.3 - 41.2
39.1
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
28.3
23.7 - 32.8
34.6
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
13.1
10.1 - 16.1
26.2
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
26.4
24.5 - 28.3
26.4
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
43.4
39.6 - 47.2
43.7
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
24.1
22.8 - 25.4
28.1
Riverview and Coverdale
18.9
17.0 - 20.9
25.4
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
27.3
24.4 - 30.2
30.5
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
27.2
26.1 - 28.3
32.5
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
31.0
28.2 - 33.8
31.4
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
18.5
16.3 - 20.6
24.2
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
35.9
32.5 - 39.3
45.0
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
33.1
29.8 - 36.4
31.1
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
23.4
20.9 - 25.9
25.1
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
26.4
23.9 - 28.9
31.0
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
26.5
24.0 - 28.9
31.8
School districts
Anglophone East School District
23.0
22.2 - 23.8
26.3
Anglophone North School District
34.1
32.8 - 35.5
37.8
Anglophone South School District
26.4
25.6 - 27.1
30.2
Anglophone West School District
26.6
25.8 - 27.4
27.5
Anglophone sector
26.5
26.1 - 26.9
29.3
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
27.2
26.0 - 28.4
32.8
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
26.8
25.1 - 28.4
33.6
District scolaire francophone Sud
14.0
13.3 - 14.7
18.9
Francophone sector
20.2
19.6 - 20.8
26.0
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
10.2
9.8 - 10.5
11.0
Grades 9 to 12
35.0
34.5 - 35.5
41.2
Gender
Female
27.2
26.6 - 27.7
30.7
Male
22.4
21.9 - 22.9
25.8
Non-binary
31.4
28.6 - 34.3
31.2
Sex at birth
Female
27.2
26.7 - 27.7
30.7
Male
21.9
21.5 - 22.4
25.8
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
33.0
32.0 - 34.1
32.2
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
41.6
40.1 - 43.1
42.5
Immigrant
Immigrants
17.7
16.8 - 18.6
19.1
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
29.3
27.9 - 30.7
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
19.4
18.6 - 20.2
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 having ever used an e-cigarette (vape), even once or twice.

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 used an e-cigarette, even once or twice?

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_VAP01_1

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