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

Table

Unit %

Academic Year 2021-2022
Province
New Brunswick
28.3
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
24.0
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
30.0
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
26.5
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
33.2
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
34.2
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
34.0
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
35.5
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
31.1
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
31.4
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
32.2
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
36.4
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
37.0
Dieppe and Memramcook
15.6
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
30.7
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
30.8
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
32.6
Fredericton
21.5
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
10.8
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
32.1
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
43.3
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
48.4
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
32.2
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
35.6
Moncton
21.9
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
39.1
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
34.6
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
26.2
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
26.4
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
43.7
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
28.1
Riverview and Coverdale
25.4
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
30.5
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
32.5
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
31.4
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
24.2
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
45.0
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
31.1
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
25.1
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
31.0
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
31.8
School districts
Anglophone East School District
26.3
Anglophone North School District
37.8
Anglophone South School District
30.2
Anglophone West School District
27.5
Anglophone sector
29.3
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
32.8
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
33.6
District scolaire francophone Sud
18.9
Francophone sector
26.0
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
11.0
Grades 9 to 12
41.2
Gender
Woman/Girl
30.7
Man/Boy
25.8
Non-binary
31.2
Sex at birth
Female
30.7
Male
25.8
Sexual identity
Minority sexual identity
32.4
Heterosexual
29.0
LGBTQ2+ Status
LGBTQ2+ person
32.2
Non LGBTQ2+ person
29.0
Race
White
30.8
South Asian
13.8
Other
28.0
Middle Eastern
21.6
Latino
35.2
East/Southeast Asian
17.7
Black
27.2
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
42.5
Non-Indigenous
27.9
Food poverty
Food poverty
39.9
No food poverty
27.5
Immigrant
Immigrants
19.1
Non-immigrants
29.3
Special needs
Has a special need
38.6
No special need
22.8
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 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

This indicator has replaced SH_SMOEC_1, which was previously available on our Web site. Due to changes in our 2021-2022 edition of the questionnaire, this indicator cannot be compared to previous versions. 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

%

NBHC code

SH_VAP01_1

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