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Age–standardized percentage who reported drinking 5 or more drinks on one occasion at least 12 times in the last year, by sex, population 12 years or older, Canada 2000/2001, 2003, 2005, 2007 and 2008
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This is a line chart that illustrates the age–standardized percentage of males and females aged 12 or older who reported drinking 5 or more drinks on one occasion at least 12 times in the last year from 2000/2001 to 2008.
The Y axis is measured by percentages and increases by increments of 5 from 0 to 30.
On the X axis from left to right are the years 2000/2001, 2003, 2005, 2007 and 2008.
The top line represents the males and the bottom line represents females who reported drinking 5 or more drinks on one occasion at least 12 times in the last year.
The age–standardized percentage of males who reported drinking 5 or more drinks on one occasion at least 12 times in the last year increased from 23.4% in 2000/2001 to 25.1% in 2003 to 26.2% in 2005, then decreased to 25.8% in 2007 and to 25.0% in 2008.
The age–standardized percentage of females who reported drinking 5 or more drinks on one occasion at least 12 times in the last year increased from 8.9% in 2000/2001 to 9.6% in 2003 to 10.3% in 2005 to10.6% in 2007 and to 10.8% in 2008.
In 2003 and 2005, the age–standardized percentage of both females and males aged 12 or older who reported drinking 5 or more drinks on one occasion at least 12 times in the last year was significantly higher than the previous time period at p<0.05.
The data have been age–standardized to the 1991 Canadian population.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey 2000/2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008.
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