Table 1
Prevalence of past-year marijuana use, by sex and selected characteristics, household population aged 15 or older, Canada excluding territories, 2012
Total | Male | Female | ||||||||||
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'000 | % | 95% confidence interval | '000 | % | 95% confidence interval | '000 | % | 95% confidence interval | ||||
from | to | from | to | from | to | |||||||
Total | 3,429.7 | 12.2 | 11.5 | 12.8 | 2,236.8 | 16.1 | 15.1 | 17.2 | 1,192.9 | 8.3Note * | 7.6 | 9.1 |
Age group | ||||||||||||
15 to 17 | 275.5 | 20.0Note ‡ | 17.0 | 23.4 | 146.4 | 20.5Note ‡ | 15.9 | 26.0 | 129.1 | 19.5Note ‡ | 15.4 | 24.3 |
18 to 24Note † | 1,021.8 | 33.3 | 30.6 | 36.0 | 641.3 | 41.1 | 37.0 | 45.3 | 380.5 | 25.2Note * | 22.0 | 28.6 |
25 to 44 | 1,444.9 | 15.6Note ‡ | 14.4 | 16.9 | 965.7 | 20.9Note ‡ | 18.8 | 23.1 | 479.1 | 10.3Note * Note ‡ | 9.0 | 11.9 |
45 to 64 | 648.6 | 6.7Note ‡ | 5.9 | 7.6 | 450.2 | 9.4Note ‡ | 8.1 | 10.9 | 198.4 | 4.1Note * Note ‡ | 3.3 | 5.0 |
65 or older | 38.9 | 0.8Note ‡ Note E: Use with caution | 0.6 | 1.1 | 33.3 | 1.5Note ‡ Note E: Use with caution | 1.0 | 2.2 | 5.6 | 0.2Note * Note ‡ Note E: Use with caution | 0.1 | 0.4 |
Province (age standardized)Note § | ||||||||||||
Newfoundland and Labrador | 47.3 | 12.2 | 9.6 | 15.3 | 27.4 | 14.2 | 10.3 | 19.2 | 19.9 | 10.3 | 7.6 | 13.6 |
Prince Edward Island | 12.4 | 10.8 | 8.0 | 14.5 | 7.1 | 12.4 | 8.7 | 17.4 | 5.3 | 9.3Note E: Use with caution | 6.1 | 13.8 |
Nova Scotia | 115.3 | 15.7Note ‡ | 13.6 | 18.0 | 74.9 | 20.9Note ‡ | 17.6 | 24.7 | 40.3 | 10.8Note * | 8.5 | 13.7 |
New Brunswick | 68.4 | 11.6 | 9.8 | 13.8 | 45.7 | 15.8 | 12.7 | 19.6 | 22.7 | 7.8Note * | 5.9 | 10.2 |
Quebec | 763.3 | 11.9 | 10.6 | 13.3 | 496.1 | 15.2 | 13.2 | 17.5 | 267.2 | 8.5Note * | 7.1 | 10.2 |
Ontario | 1,331.3 | 12.0 | 10.8 | 13.3 | 879.3 | 15.9 | 14.1 | 17.9 | 452.0 | 8.1Note * | 6.9 | 9.5 |
Manitoba | 110.2 | 11.1 | 9.2 | 13.4 | 66.1 | 13.3 | 10.3 | 17.1 | 44.1 | 8.9Note * | 7.0 | 11.3 |
Saskatchewan | 81.7 | 9.9Note ‡ | 8.1 | 12.0 | 53.5 | 12.6 | 9.6 | 16.3 | 28.2 | 7.0Note * | 5.3 | 9.3 |
Alberta | 361.2 | 11.1 | 9.6 | 12.6 | 250.7 | 15.2 | 12.9 | 17.7 | 110.6 | 6.9Note * | 5.4 | 8.7 |
British Columbia | 538.4 | 14.3Note ‡ | 12.6 | 16.2 | 336.0 | 17.9 | 15.2 | 20.9 | 202.4 | 10.8Note * Note ‡ | 9.0 | 12.9 |
Immigration status | ||||||||||||
Non-immigrantNote † | 3,092.8 | 14.7 | 14.0 | 15.6 | 1,994.1 | 19.3 | 18.1 | 20.6 | 1,098.6 | 10.3Note * | 9.4 | 11.2 |
Immigrant | 323.9 | 4.6Note ‡ | 3.8 | 5.6 | 230.5 | 6.7Note ‡ | 5.2 | 8.5 | 93.4 | 2.6Note * Note ‡ | 1.9 | 3.5 |
Years since immigration: 10 or lessNote † | 93.1 | 4.6 | 3.4 | 6.4 | 62.5 | 6.4Note E: Use with caution | 4.3 | 9.4 | 30.6 | 3.0Note * Note E: Use with caution | 1.8 | 4.8 |
Years since immigration: more than 10 | 230.8 | 4.6 | 3.6 | 5.9 | 168.0 | 6.8 | 5.0 | 9.1 | 62.8 | 2.4Note * Note E: Use with caution | 1.6 | 3.6 |
Residence | ||||||||||||
Population centreNote † | 2,955.0 | 12.7 | 12.0 | 13.5 | 1,935.9 | 17.1 | 15.9 | 18.4 | 1,019.1 | 8.5Note * | 7.8 | 9.4 |
Rural | 474.7 | 9.6Note ‡ | 8.4 | 10.9 | 300.9 | 11.7Note ‡ | 10.0 | 13.8 | 173.8 | 7.3Note * | 6.0 | 8.9 |
Household income quintile | ||||||||||||
1 (lowest 20%)Note † | 743.8 | 13.2 | 11.8 | 14.7 | 426.5 | 17.8 | 15.4 | 20.5 | 317.3 | 9.8Note * | 8.3 | 11.4 |
2 | 656.6 | 11.6 | 10.2 | 13.3 | 412.7 | 15.7 | 13.3 | 18.4 | 243.9 | 8.1Note * | 6.6 | 9.8 |
3 | 640.8 | 11.3 | 10.0 | 12.6 | 413.7 | 14.7 | 12.6 | 17.0 | 227.1 | 7.9Note * | 6.7 | 9.3 |
4 | 751.6 | 13.1 | 11.6 | 14.8 | 506.5 | 16.7 | 14.3 | 19.5 | 245.1 | 9.0Note * | 7.5 | 10.8 |
5 (highest 20%) | 636.9 | 11.6 | 10.2 | 13.1 | 477.4 | 15.8 | 13.7 | 18.1 | 159.5 | 6.4Note * Note ‡ | 5.1 | 8.1 |
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