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Average age at which students in grade 12 tried vaping for the first time

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Table

Unit Number

Academic Year 2021-2022
Province
New Brunswick
14.4
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
14.4
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
14.3
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
14.1
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
14.5
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
14.5
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
14.8
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
14.1
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
14.8
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
14.5
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
S
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
14.7
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
14.4
Dieppe and Memramcook
14.6
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
S
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
14.8
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
13.8
Fredericton
14.6
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
n/a
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
14.3
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
S
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
S
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
S
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
14.1
Moncton
14.6
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
14.0
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
S
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
S
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
13.7
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
13.9
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
14.4
Riverview and Coverdale
14.3
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
14.0
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
14.0
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
13.6
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
15.1
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
S
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
S
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
S
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
14.6
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
14.7
School districts
Anglophone East School District
14.2
Anglophone North School District
14.3
Anglophone South School District
14.3
Anglophone West School District
14.1
Anglophone sector
14.2
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
14.8
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
14.5
District scolaire francophone Sud
14.8
Francophone sector
14.7
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
n/a
Grades 9 to 12
14.4
Gender
Woman/Girl
14.6
Man/Boy
14.2
Non-binary
14.1
Sex at birth
Female
14.5
Male
14.2
Sexual identity
Minority sexual identity
14.4
Heterosexual
14.4
LGBTQ2+ Status
LGBTQ2+ person
14.4
Non LGBTQ2+ person
14.4
Race
White
14.4
South Asian
S
Other
13.9
Middle Eastern
S
Latino
14.6
East/Southeast Asian
14.8
Black
14.2
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
13.8
Non-Indigenous
14.4
Food poverty
Food poverty
13.6
No food poverty
14.4
Immigrant
Immigrants
15.1
Non-immigrants
14.3
Special needs
Has a special need
14.1
No special need
14.6
n/a = Not applicable / not available
S = Data suppressed due to confidentiality requirements and/or small sample size

About

This indicator is the average age at which students in grade 12 tried vaping for the first time.

Source

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

Calculations

This indicator is based on respondents who are in grade 12. This indicator is calculated by doing the "sum of the values" divided by "number of values" to the question: At what age did you use an e-cigarette for the first time?

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

Number

NBHC code

SH_VAP02_1

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