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Table 5.9 Alcohol consumption among children and youth, by age group, selected years from 2000 to 2007

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Table 5.9 Alcohol consumption among children and youth, by age group, selected years from 2000 to 2007
	2000		2003		2005		2007
	number	%	number	%	number	%	number	%
12 to 19 years	435,482	25.1	464,455	26.6	475,980	27.7	455,510	26.7
Males	269,607	30.1	295,127	32.5	292,601	33.2	278,920	31.0
Females	165,875	19.8	169,329	20.2	183,379	21.9	176,590	21.9
12 to 14 years	12,544	4.8	11,054^E	4.2^E	10,690	4.5^E	7,816^E	3.4^E
Males	4347^E	3.0^E	5,391^E	4.0^E	6,262^E	5.1^E	F	F
Females	8197^E	6.8^E	5,664^E	4.5^E	4,428^E	3.9^E	F	F
15 to 19 years	422,937	28.8	453,401	30.5	465,290	31.3	447,694	30.4
Males	265,260	35.2	289,736	37.4	286,339	37.7	275,610	36.0
Females	157,678	22.1	163,665	23.0	178,951	24.7	172,084	24.3
20 to 24 years	687,829	37.1	793,688	41.4	878,119	44.5	802,046	42.6
Males	458,213	47.1	516,697	50.9	576,782	55.3	499,663	50.5
Females	229,616	26.0	276,991	30.7	301,337	32.4	302,383	33.8
Note: Population aged 12 to 24 who drank five or more drinks at least once a month in the past year.
Source: Statistics Canada, CANSIM tables 105-0031, 105-0231, 105-0431 and 105-0501.

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