Students in grades 6 to 12 who are exposed to vaping or e-cigarette smoke at home

Table

Unit %

Academic Year 2023-2024 Academic Year 2021-2022
Province
New Brunswick
17.3
17.0 - 17.6
17.8
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
13.9
13.4 - 14.4
14.8
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
20.8
20.1 - 21.5
21.2
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
17.4
16.8 - 18.1
17.3
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
17.6
16.2 - 18.9
17.7
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
19.0
17.0 - 21.0
18.1
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
17.5
16.4 - 18.5
18.9
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
20.2
18.8 - 21.6
20.3
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
15.9
14.4 - 17.5
16.9
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
18.5
16.8 - 20.3
19.9
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
16.9
14.4 - 19.5
16.8
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
15.1
12.4 - 17.7
19.0
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
22.0
18.9 - 25.2
20.1
Dieppe and Memramcook
6.8
5.8 - 7.8
7.8
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
26.5
22.0 - 30.9
20.2
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
16.4
14.6 - 18.2
16.9
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
18.2
16.6 - 19.8
18.9
Fredericton
13.6
12.8 - 14.4
13.2
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
n/a
14.5
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
18.2
16.0 - 20.4
16.1
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
24.2
19.2 - 29.3
28.1
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
20.8
17.2 - 24.5
25.7
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
24.4
21.0 - 27.9
24.0
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
20.2
18.7 - 21.7
20.7
Moncton
13.1
12.4 - 13.8
13.7
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
25.6
21.9 - 29.4
25.4
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
20.1
15.9 - 24.2
16.5
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
14.3
11.2 - 17.5
18.7
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
22.2
20.4 - 24.0
22.8
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
27.2
23.6 - 30.7
24.5
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
18.2
17.0 - 19.4
16.8
Riverview and Coverdale
14.8
13.0 - 16.5
17.5
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
19.3
16.6 - 22.0
15.1
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
22.0
20.9 - 23.0
25.6
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
24.3
21.6 - 26.9
24.0
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
11.2
9.5 - 13.0
12.4
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
21.4
18.5 - 24.4
25.2
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
25.6
22.4 - 28.7
22.3
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
19.2
16.9 - 21.6
15.4
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
20.9
18.6 - 23.3
17.8
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
19.2
17.0 - 21.4
19.3
School districts
Anglophone East School District
16.8
16.1 - 17.5
17.3
Anglophone North School District
23.2
22.0 - 24.4
22.7
Anglophone South School District
21.1
20.4 - 21.9
21.4
Anglophone West School District
18.2
17.5 - 18.9
18.0
Anglophone sector
19.3
19.0 - 19.7
19.5
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
16.5
15.5 - 17.5
17.8
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
17.4
16.0 - 18.8
17.5
District scolaire francophone Sud
8.2
7.7 - 8.8
9.9
Francophone sector
12.3
11.8 - 12.8
13.8
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
13.3
12.9 - 13.7
13.2
Grades 9 to 12
20.1
19.7 - 20.6
21.1
Gender
Female
18.8
18.3 - 19.2
19.0
Male
15.2
14.8 - 15.6
15.5
Non-binary
27.9
25.1 - 30.7
25.6
Sex at birth
Female
19.3
18.9 - 19.8
19.7
Male
15.1
14.7 - 15.6
15.6
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
26.7
25.7 - 27.7
23.8
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
30.5
29.0 - 31.9
29.6
Immigrant
Immigrants
9.0
8.4 - 9.7
8.3
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
23.3
22.0 - 24.6
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
12.2
11.6 - 12.9
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 are exposed to vaping or e-cigarette smoke at home.

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 the following behaviours take place inside your home: c) Vaping or using e-cigarettes

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_VAPHO_1

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