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Students in grades 6 to 12 who report having felt nervous, anxious or on edge or having been unable to stop or control worrying almost every day for 2 weeks or more in a row that they stopped doing some usual activities in the last 12 months (symptoms of anxiety)

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Unit %

Academic Year 2023-2024 Academic Year 2022-2023 Academic Year 2021-2022 Academic Year 2018-2019 Academic Year 2015-2016
Province
New Brunswick
44.1
43.7 - 44.5
50.1
49.6 - 50.5
47.8
37.7
32.6
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
42.4
41.7 - 43.1
47.4
46.7 - 48.2
46.6
37.5
31.4
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
46.1
45.3 - 47.0
52.7
51.9 - 53.5
50.1
39.0
34.6
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
45.8
45.0 - 46.7
52.6
51.7 - 53.4
48.9
38.3
33.6
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
41.3
39.6 - 42.9
45.7
44.1 - 47.3
44.1
31.5
27.5
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
45.1
42.7 - 47.6
50.1
47.7 - 52.5
47.7
37.9
33.4
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
41.0
39.7 - 42.4
46.9
45.5 - 48.4
44.7
37.8
29.9
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
43.7
42.0 - 45.4
52.4
50.7 - 54.2
48.1
37.6
36.3
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
42.7
40.7 - 44.8
51.3
49.2 - 53.4
47.3
39.1
31.0
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
42.8
40.6 - 44.9
47.9
45.5 - 50.3
44.7
39.2
33.0
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
44.2
40.9 - 47.4
48.8
45.7 - 51.9
47.8
36.0
30.2
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
38.3
34.9 - 41.8
44.7
41.0 - 48.3
38.3
40.9
25.4
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
46.6
42.9 - 50.2
52.0
48.2 - 55.8
47.5
40.6
36.5
Dieppe and Memramcook
34.0
32.1 - 35.9
38.1
36.1 - 40.0
41.5
33.3
26.6
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
49.4
44.5 - 54.3
50.8
45.7 - 55.8
47.2
35.0
33.7
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
41.9
39.5 - 44.2
46.3
44.1 - 48.6
43.5
33.0
27.5
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
44.1
42.0 - 46.1
49.1
47.0 - 51.2
48.4
33.8
32.1
Fredericton
43.0
41.8 - 44.2
51.5
50.3 - 52.8
46.5
39.4
31.4
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
n/a
n/a
51.4
29.3
23.3
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
41.2
38.5 - 43.9
46.9
44.2 - 49.5
45.0
32.5
26.4
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
48.9
43.2 - 54.5
55.2
49.2 - 61.1
60.0
39.3
25.4
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
39.0
34.8 - 43.2
39.6
35.0 - 44.2
44.5
23.9
30.2
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
53.5
49.7 - 57.3
53.5
49.5 - 57.6
50.1
37.4
36.1
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
43.3
41.5 - 45.1
52.1
50.2 - 53.9
47.7
37.7
36.4
Moncton
42.7
41.6 - 43.7
48.4
47.3 - 49.5
46.9
36.5
32.0
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
50.0
46.0 - 54.0
54.5
50.5 - 58.5
56.1
38.3
32.1
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
46.8
41.7 - 51.9
55.4
50.0 - 60.8
51.7
36.4
34.7
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
40.1
35.7 - 44.4
46.1
41.6 - 50.7
42.7
34.8
28.5
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
51.8
49.7 - 53.9
56.6
54.5 - 58.6
53.7
43.6
41.0
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
56.2
52.4 - 60.0
64.3
60.6 - 67.9
56.9
31.9
31.1
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
44.0
42.5 - 45.5
49.9
48.3 - 51.4
47.9
35.9
31.3
Riverview and Coverdale
45.8
43.5 - 48.1
52.7
50.4 - 55.0
51.1
41.3
33.5
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
48.5
45.2 - 51.8
51.9
48.4 - 55.5
50.6
38.6
29.6
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
46.5
45.3 - 47.8
53.6
52.3 - 54.8
51.0
41.6
38.1
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
48.0
45.0 - 50.9
51.1
48.3 - 54.0
48.6
41.3
34.4
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
41.4
38.7 - 44.1
44.7
41.7 - 47.7
43.5
38.2
30.2
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
37.4
34.0 - 40.8
41.9
38.2 - 45.5
42.1
35.6
28.0
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
46.3
42.9 - 49.8
52.4
48.7 - 56.2
49.8
44.8
35.3
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
47.2
44.3 - 50.1
54.7
51.8 - 57.5
49.6
36.4
32.6
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
49.4
46.6 - 52.2
54.8
52.2 - 57.3
52.3
38.9
31.8
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
41.8
39.1 - 44.6
43.6
40.7 - 46.5
45.4
34.3
32.6
School districts
Anglophone East School District
45.9
45.0 - 46.8
51.7
50.8 - 52.7
49.5
38.4
32.9
Anglophone North School District
48.2
46.8 - 49.6
55.1
53.7 - 56.5
51.3
41.9
36.6
Anglophone South School District
46.6
45.8 - 47.5
53.1
52.3 - 53.9
50.3
39.4
34.8
Anglophone West School District
46.9
46.1 - 47.8
53.2
52.3 - 54.0
49.6
38.2
33.3
Anglophone sector
46.7
46.3 - 47.2
53.0
52.5 - 53.5
50.0
39.1
34.1
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
38.8
37.5 - 40.1
45.0
43.6 - 46.4
43.1
35.8
29.2
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
39.4
37.7 - 41.2
43.7
42.0 - 45.4
43.6
31.1
27.3
District scolaire francophone Sud
35.8
34.8 - 36.7
40.6
39.4 - 41.7
41.4
34.7
29.2
Francophone sector
37.3
36.6 - 38.0
42.5
41.7 - 43.3
42.3
34.4
28.8
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
38.9
38.3 - 39.5
43.6
43.0 - 44.2
41.9
29.8
23.9
Grades 9 to 12
47.7
47.2 - 48.3
54.5
54.0 - 55.1
52.1
43.2
38.5
Gender
Female
54.7
54.2 - 55.3
60.8
60.2 - 61.4
58.7
n/a
n/a
Male
31.5
31.0 - 32.0
36.6
36.0 - 37.1
33.2
n/a
n/a
Non-binary
70.2
67.5 - 73.0
80.3
78.8 - 81.8
79.8
n/a
n/a
Sex at birth
Female
56.2
55.7 - 56.8
62.9
62.4 - 63.5
61.4
48.6
n/a
Male
31.1
30.6 - 31.7
36.5
35.9 - 37.0
33.1
26.4
n/a
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
71.2
70.2 - 72.3
72.5
71.6 - 73.3
70.7
n/a
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
56.3
54.8 - 57.8
62.5
60.9 - 64.2
57.2
44.5
42.4
Immigrant
Immigrants
38.6
37.5 - 39.7
44.2
43.0 - 45.4
41.5
33.5
n/a
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
57.8
56.4 - 59.3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
39.9
39.0 - 40.9
n/a
n/a
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 having felt nervous, anxious or on edge or having been unable to stop or control worrying almost every day for 2 weeks or more in a row that they stopped doing some usual activities in the last 12 months (symptoms of anxiety).

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: During the last 12 months, did you ever feel nervous, anxious or on edge or you were unable to stop or control worrying almost every day for two weeks or more in a row that you stopped doing some usual activities?

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_ANX01_1

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