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Table 3
Social indicators

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	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Average household total spending¹ (current dollars)	59,439	60,088	62,464	65,575	67,736	..
Average household spending on water and sewage (current dollars)	185	202	204	211	221	..
Average household spending on electricity (current dollars)	993	1,026	1,040	1,070	1,111	..
Average household spending on food (current dollars)	6,553	6,618	6,772	6,978	7,046	..
Average household spending on gasoline and other motor fuels (current dollars)	1,690	1,665	1,854	2,024	2,079	..
Personal expenditure on consumer goods and services (million chained 2002 dollars)	655,722	675,443	697,566	723,181	754,179	788,224
Residential waste production per capita (kilograms)	358	..	385	..	398	..
Residential waste disposal (tonnes)	8,446,766	..	8,961,583	..	9,238,376	..
Residential waste disposal per capita (kilograms)	269	..	280	..	283	..
Residential waste diversion (tonnes)	2,789,669	..	3,363,803	..	3,744,843	..
Residential waste diversion per capita (kilograms)	89	..	105	..	115	..
Residential waste diversion rate (percent of waste production)	25	..	27	..	29	..
Distance driven by light vehicles² (million kilometres)	290,320	286,803	285,164	289,717	296,871	300,203
Asthma (percent of population age 12 and over)	..	8.4	..	8.3	..	..
1. Data on average household spending is based on the Survey of Household Spending (SHS). For information on the difference between the SHS and personal expenditure data please see: Statistics Canada, 2008, Guide to the Income and Expenditure Accounts, Catalogue no. 13-017-X. 2. Distance driven for vehicles weighing less than 4.5 tonnes, excluding the territories. Source(s): Statistics Canada, CANSIM tables 203-0001, 203-0003, 203-0002, 203-0007, 380-0017, 153-0041, 153-0042, 051-0001, 405-0063 and 105-0400, accessed November 5, 2008.