Students in grades 6 to 12 who report vaping every day at present

Table

Unit %

Academic Year 2023-2024 Academic Year 2022-2023 Academic Year 2021-2022
Province
New Brunswick
7.1
6.8 - 7.3
8.3
8.0 - 8.5
7.5
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
5.6
5.2 - 5.9
6.6
6.2 - 6.9
5.8
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
7.6
7.1 - 8.0
8.5
8.0 - 8.9
7.9
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
6.9
6.5 - 7.3
8.4
7.9 - 8.9
6.6
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
8.6
7.6 - 9.6
9.5
8.6 - 10.5
8.6
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
10.0
8.5 - 11.5
12.1
10.5 - 13.8
11.4
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
8.7
7.9 - 9.5
9.8
8.9 - 10.6
10.4
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
8.5
7.5 - 9.5
11.1
10.0 - 12.2
10.2
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
6.9
5.8 - 8.0
7.2
6.1 - 8.4
7.9
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
10.7
9.3 - 12.1
12.3
10.7 - 13.9
11.6
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
10.2
8.1 - 12.3
13.6
11.4 - 15.9
10.5
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
9.9
7.7 - 12.0
10.3
8.0 - 12.7
11.9
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
9.7
7.4 - 11.9
10.0
7.7 - 12.3
12.6
Dieppe and Memramcook
3.0
2.3 - 3.7
3.8
3.1 - 4.6
3.0
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
11.9
8.7 - 15.1
15.4
11.6 - 19.2
10.1
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
7.8
6.4 - 9.2
9.0
7.7 - 10.3
8.4
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
6.8
5.8 - 7.9
8.7
7.5 - 9.9
8.8
Fredericton
5.6
5.0 - 6.2
6.8
6.1 - 7.5
4.7
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
n/a
n/a
S
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
9.2
7.6 - 10.8
9.5
7.9 - 11.0
8.0
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
11.5
7.9 - 15.1
13.6
9.5 - 17.6
14.1
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
10.2
7.6 - 12.9
12.0
8.9 - 15.1
11.6
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
11.0
8.5 - 13.5
13.2
10.4 - 16.0
10.5
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
8.6
7.6 - 9.7
11.2
10.0 - 12.4
9.8
Moncton
4.5
4.0 - 4.9
4.9
4.5 - 5.4
4.4
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
9.4
6.9 - 11.9
9.3
7.0 - 11.7
12.3
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
7.6
5.0 - 10.3
10.7
7.4 - 13.9
13.5
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
3.1
1.6 - 4.7
6.4
4.1 - 8.6
8.3
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
8.1
6.9 - 9.3
8.9
7.6 - 10.1
6.4
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
11.4
8.9 - 13.9
13.3
10.7 - 15.9
10.4
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
7.9
7.0 - 8.7
7.1
6.3 - 7.9
7.4
Riverview and Coverdale
4.7
3.7 - 5.8
7.2
6.0 - 8.4
6.1
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
6.3
4.7 - 7.9
7.4
5.5 - 9.3
4.9
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
7.6
7.0 - 8.3
9.2
8.4 - 9.9
9.4
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
11.9
9.9 - 13.9
11.3
9.5 - 13.2
10.6
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
4.9
3.7 - 6.1
7.5
5.9 - 9.2
5.5
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
13.6
11.1 - 16.1
14.9
12.3 - 17.4
15.3
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
8.9
6.9 - 10.9
9.4
7.1 - 11.6
6.5
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
6.2
4.7 - 7.7
8.6
6.9 - 10.2
4.6
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
7.9
6.3 - 9.4
9.3
7.7 - 10.9
7.2
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
7.8
6.3 - 9.3
10.6
8.8 - 12.4
11.4
School districts
Anglophone East School District
6.0
5.6 - 6.5
6.9
6.4 - 7.4
6.0
Anglophone North School District
10.4
9.6 - 11.3
12.4
11.4 - 13.3
11.3
Anglophone South School District
7.7
7.3 - 8.2
8.6
8.2 - 9.1
8.1
Anglophone West School District
7.3
6.8 - 7.7
8.5
8.0 - 9.0
7.0
Anglophone sector
7.5
7.2 - 7.7
8.6
8.3 - 8.9
7.6
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
8.7
7.9 - 9.5
10.4
9.6 - 11.3
11.0
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
9.1
8.0 - 10.1
10.0
9.0 - 11.1
8.9
District scolaire francophone Sud
3.5
3.1 - 3.9
4.7
4.2 - 5.2
4.0
Francophone sector
6.0
5.7 - 6.4
7.4
7.0 - 7.9
7.1
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
1.5
1.3 - 1.6
1.9
1.7 - 2.1
1.4
Grades 9 to 12
11.0
10.7 - 11.4
12.8
12.4 - 13.2
11.9
Gender
Female
7.7
7.4 - 8.0
9.1
8.7 - 9.4
8.2
Male
6.5
6.2 - 6.8
7.5
7.2 - 7.8
6.8
Non-binary
9.8
7.9 - 11.6
8.0
6.9 - 9.1
6.6
Sex at birth
Female
7.5
7.2 - 7.8
8.8
8.5 - 9.1
7.8
Male
6.4
6.1 - 6.7
7.6
7.3 - 8.0
6.9
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
8.4
7.8 - 9.0
8.6
8.1 - 9.2
7.6
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
15.4
14.3 - 16.5
17.1
15.8 - 18.4
14.1
Immigrant
Immigrants
3.3
2.9 - 3.7
3.6
3.1 - 4.1
3.0
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
9.4
8.5 - 10.3
n/a
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
4.8
4.4 - 5.2
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 report vaping every day at present.

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 "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_2

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