Table 1
Number and percentage of 15- to 24-year-olds who had first sexual intercourse before age 17, by sex, household population, Canada, 2003 and 2009/2010

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Table 1
Number and percentage of 15- to 24-year-olds who had first sexual intercourse before age 17, by sex, household population, Canada, 2003 and 2009/2010 .
Table summary
This table displays the results of Number and percentage of 15- to 24-year-olds who had first sexual intercourse before age 17. The information is grouped by Age at first intercourse appearing as row headers and is grouped by 2003 (Number '000, %, 95% confidence interval (from, to)) and 2009/2010 (Number '000, %, 95% confidence interval (from, to)) appearing as column headers,
Age at first intercourse 2003 2009/2010
Number '000 % 95% confidence interval Number '000 % 95% confidence interval
from to from to
Total  
Younger than 15 375.8 9.6 8.9 10.3 376.8 9.0 8.3 9.7
15 or 16 972.9 24.8 23.7 25.9 1,072.2 25.7 24.6 26.8
Sex  
Males  
Younger than 15 195.0 9.8 8.8 10.9 210.0 9.7 8.7 10.8
15 or 16 491.3 24.8 23.2 26.3 570.4 26.5 24.8 28.1
Females  
Younger than 15 180.8 9.3 8.4 10.3 166.8 8.2Note* 7.4 9.1
15 or 16 481.6 24.8 23.4 26.2 501.8 24.8 23.3 26.3
* significantly different from males younger than 15 (p<0.05)
Note: Based on sexually active and inactive 15- to- 24-year-olds.
Sources: 2003 and 2009/2010 Canadian Community Health Survey.