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Students in grades 6 to 12 who reported vaping, in any amount, at present (vaping daily or occasionally)

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Table

Unit %

Academic Year 2024-2025 Academic Year 2023-2024 Academic Year 2022-2023 Academic Year 2021-2022
Province
New Brunswick
12.0
11.8 - 12.3
14.0
13.7 - 14.2
15.6
15.3 - 15.9
16.5
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
9.3
8.8 - 9.7
11.3
10.8 - 11.8
12.8
12.3 - 13.3
13.5
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
13.5
12.9 - 14.1
14.9
14.3 - 15.5
16.2
15.6 - 16.9
17.2
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
12.8
12.2 - 13.4
14.5
13.9 - 15.1
16.0
15.3 - 16.6
15.4
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
13.5
12.3 - 14.7
16.1
14.8 - 17.4
18.4
17.2 - 19.7
19.9
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
13.5
11.9 - 15.1
17.4
15.5 - 19.3
20.0
18.1 - 22.0
22.1
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
12.6
11.7 - 13.5
15.3
14.2 - 16.3
17.0
15.9 - 18.1
19.7
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
15.5
14.3 - 16.8
16.7
15.4 - 18.0
20.3
18.9 - 21.7
22.4
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
11.8
10.4 - 13.1
12.8
11.4 - 14.2
15.0
13.5 - 16.6
17.2
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
16.1
14.4 - 17.8
17.5
15.8 - 19.2
19.7
17.8 - 21.6
20.1
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
14.2
12.1 - 16.3
17.5
15.0 - 20.1
21.6
19.0 - 24.2
20.6
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
8.3
6.2 - 10.4
16.7
14.0 - 19.5
15.0
12.3 - 17.8
20.4
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
12.6
10.1 - 15.0
17.1
14.3 - 20.0
17.8
14.9 - 20.7
24.2
Dieppe and Memramcook
6.3
5.3 - 7.2
6.7
5.7 - 7.6
9.3
8.1 - 10.5
7.4
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
19.5
15.5 - 23.5
22.2
18.1 - 26.2
26.1
21.6 - 30.7
18.7
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
13.1
11.4 - 14.7
14.0
12.2 - 15.8
17.7
15.9 - 19.4
18.0
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
12.7
11.4 - 14.1
14.5
13.0 - 16.0
16.5
15.0 - 18.1
19.6
Fredericton
10.7
9.9 - 11.5
12.0
11.2 - 12.8
13.7
12.7 - 14.6
11.8
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
14.1
12.1 - 16.1
18.0
15.9 - 20.1
18.0
16.0 - 20.1
20.6
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
11.3
7.0 - 15.5
22.2
17.5 - 27.0
28.9
23.5 - 34.3
30.3
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
13.9
10.9 - 17.0
19.4
16.0 - 22.9
22.7
18.8 - 26.6
27.0
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
18.4
15.4 - 21.4
18.4
15.4 - 21.5
20.4
17.1 - 23.7
17.6
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
15.9
14.5 - 17.2
16.9
15.5 - 18.3
20.6
19.1 - 22.1
22.0
Moncton
6.6
6.1 - 7.1
9.7
9.0 - 10.3
10.7
10.0 - 11.4
11.8
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
19.5
16.3 - 22.6
23.2
19.7 - 26.7
18.9
15.7 - 22.0
24.0
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
12.4
9.0 - 15.8
15.3
11.7 - 18.9
17.5
13.5 - 21.5
25.1
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
7.3
4.2 - 10.5
6.4
4.2 - 8.5
12.6
9.5 - 15.6
22.6
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
13.2
11.6 - 14.7
16.1
14.5 - 17.7
16.2
14.7 - 17.8
16.0
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
21.0
17.8 - 24.2
26.9
23.4 - 30.3
24.9
21.6 - 28.2
26.0
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
13.4
12.2 - 14.5
14.5
13.4 - 15.6
13.2
12.2 - 14.3
16.1
Riverview and Coverdale
9.2
7.9 - 10.5
10.2
8.7 - 11.7
12.8
11.2 - 14.3
14.7
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
15.9
13.5 - 18.3
14.4
12.1 - 16.7
15.7
13.0 - 18.3
14.5
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
13.3
12.3 - 14.2
15.1
14.2 - 16.0
17.4
16.5 - 18.4
19.0
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
17.0
14.6 - 19.4
22.2
19.6 - 24.7
19.3
17.0 - 21.6
20.9
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
12.1
10.1 - 14.0
10.9
9.2 - 12.6
13.1
11.1 - 15.2
13.2
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
16.8
14.2 - 19.4
20.9
18.0 - 23.8
23.2
20.1 - 26.2
28.0
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
15.2
12.6 - 17.8
19.3
16.5 - 22.0
19.6
16.6 - 22.6
18.9
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
13.8
11.7 - 15.9
12.8
10.8 - 14.9
16.4
14.2 - 18.5
12.7
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
13.8
11.7 - 15.9
16.3
14.2 - 18.4
18.9
16.8 - 21.0
17.3
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
14.1
12.2 - 16.0
15.2
13.2 - 17.2
17.9
15.6 - 20.1
19.5
School districts
Anglophone East School District
9.3
8.7 - 9.9
12.5
11.8 - 13.1
13.8
13.2 - 14.5
14.9
Anglophone North School District
17.0
15.9 - 18.0
19.1
18.0 - 20.2
21.9
20.7 - 23.1
23.9
Anglophone South School District
13.7
13.1 - 14.4
15.2
14.5 - 15.8
16.6
15.9 - 17.2
17.5
Anglophone West School District
12.9
12.3 - 13.5
15.2
14.6 - 15.8
16.2
15.6 - 16.8
16.2
Anglophone sector
12.7
12.4 - 13.1
14.9
14.6 - 15.3
16.4
16.0 - 16.7
17.2
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
12.2
11.3 - 13.1
15.2
14.2 - 16.1
17.1
16.1 - 18.2
19.8
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
14.2
12.9 - 15.5
16.4
15.0 - 17.7
19.2
17.8 - 20.6
20.1
District scolaire francophone Sud
7.6
7.0 - 8.2
7.7
7.2 - 8.3
9.7
8.9 - 10.4
9.5
Francophone sector
10.2
9.7 - 10.7
11.5
11.0 - 11.9
13.7
13.2 - 14.3
14.7
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
4.3
4.0 - 4.5
4.8
4.6 - 5.1
5.5
5.3 - 5.8
5.7
Grades 9 to 12
17.9
17.4 - 18.3
20.4
20.0 - 20.9
22.8
22.3 - 23.2
24.4
Gender
Female
12.6
12.2 - 13.0
15.4
15.0 - 15.8
17.3
16.8 - 17.8
18.2
Male
10.9
10.5 - 11.3
12.6
12.2 - 13.0
13.7
13.3 - 14.2
14.5
Non-binary
20.8
17.9 - 23.6
18.7
16.3 - 21.0
17.9
16.5 - 19.4
17.6
Sex at birth
Female
12.7
12.3 - 13.1
15.3
14.9 - 15.7
17.1
16.7 - 17.6
18.1
Male
11.1
10.7 - 11.4
12.4
12.0 - 12.7
13.9
13.5 - 14.3
14.7
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
15.9
15.0 - 16.9
17.9
17.0 - 18.8
18.4
17.7 - 19.1
18.5
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
23.0
21.7 - 24.3
26.7
25.3 - 28.1
29.0
27.4 - 30.5
28.4
Immigrant
Immigrants
6.3
5.8 - 6.8
7.5
6.9 - 8.1
8.9
8.2 - 9.7
8.9
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
16.7
15.6 - 17.8
17.1
15.9 - 18.2
n/a
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
8.2
7.7 - 8.7
10.3
9.7 - 10.9
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 vaping, in any amount, at present (vaping daily or occasionally). This indicator includes vaping e-liquid with nicotine, without nicotine, or when the student didn't know whether it contained nicotine. Additionally, it includes all e-cigarettes, vaporizers and vape pens. Vaping cannabis is not included.

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 "less than once a week, at least once a week, but not every day or every day" by the number of respondents who answered "I do not use e-cigarettes, less than once a week, at least once a week, but not every day or every day" to the question: How often do you use e-cigarettes at present?

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_VAP03_1

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