Students in grades 6 to 12 who have a close friend who vapes

Table

Unit %

Academic Year 2023-2024 Academic Year 2021-2022
Province
New Brunswick
38.0
37.5 - 38.4
43.2
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
31.7
31.0 - 32.5
37.3
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
41.3
40.4 - 42.2
45.7
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
40.6
39.7 - 41.4
42.3
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
38.3
36.5 - 40.0
43.5
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
42.7
40.1 - 45.4
54.3
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
37.2
35.8 - 38.6
47.6
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
45.3
43.4 - 47.1
55.3
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
35.1
33.0 - 37.2
46.2
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
42.4
40.1 - 44.8
47.4
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
43.0
39.5 - 46.6
54.3
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
37.7
33.9 - 41.4
47.6
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
42.2
38.3 - 46.2
54.3
Dieppe and Memramcook
20.8
19.0 - 22.5
27.9
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
52.2
46.9 - 57.5
52.3
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
36.4
33.9 - 39.0
39.0
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
38.2
36.0 - 40.3
51.5
Fredericton
36.6
35.3 - 37.8
35.6
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
n/a
21.4
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
40.5
37.5 - 43.5
46.1
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
52.6
46.5 - 58.8
55.1
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
39.6
35.1 - 44.2
59.3
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
54.3
50.0 - 58.7
51.8
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
46.0
44.1 - 48.0
55.1
Moncton
30.0
29.0 - 31.0
35.3
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
56.7
52.4 - 61.0
55.8
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
38.8
33.4 - 44.2
56.6
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
28.4
24.1 - 32.7
46.6
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
44.4
42.2 - 46.7
42.3
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
57.8
53.7 - 61.8
62.0
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
40.1
38.5 - 41.7
42.3
Riverview and Coverdale
32.7
30.2 - 35.2
40.2
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
40.7
37.1 - 44.3
42.5
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
42.7
41.3 - 44.0
50.2
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
46.5
43.3 - 49.7
43.1
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
26.7
24.1 - 29.4
35.1
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
42.9
39.1 - 46.6
57.4
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
48.7
44.9 - 52.4
46.2
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
36.6
33.5 - 39.7
38.5
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
43.3
40.3 - 46.4
45.1
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
37.2
34.3 - 40.1
45.1
School districts
Anglophone East School District
36.5
35.5 - 37.5
40.1
Anglophone North School District
51.3
49.7 - 52.8
58.0
Anglophone South School District
41.9
41.0 - 42.9
46.2
Anglophone West School District
42.0
41.1 - 42.9
44.0
Anglophone sector
41.7
41.2 - 42.2
45.4
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
34.5
33.1 - 35.9
47.3
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
37.1
35.2 - 39.0
43.0
District scolaire francophone Sud
22.7
21.8 - 23.6
29.9
Francophone sector
28.7
28.0 - 29.4
37.8
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
16.4
15.9 - 16.9
20.1
Grades 9 to 12
52.5
52.0 - 53.1
59.1
Gender
Female
41.2
40.6 - 41.8
46.0
Male
34.7
34.1 - 35.3
39.8
Non-binary
49.7
46.3 - 53.1
49.2
Sex at birth
Female
41.4
40.8 - 42.0
46.2
Male
34.1
33.5 - 34.7
39.9
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
49.9
48.7 - 51.1
47.8
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
55.2
53.6 - 56.8
56.2
Immigrant
Immigrants
26.4
25.3 - 27.5
30.2
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
43.1
41.4 - 44.7
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
29.3
28.3 - 30.3
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 have a close friend who vapes.

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: Do any of your close friends do the following: d) Vape (other than cannabis)

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_VAPCF_1

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