Chart 2 – Percentage who had at least one alcoholic drink in the past year, by age group, household population aged 12 to 24, Canada, 2001 to 2008

This is a stacked line chart showing the percentages of population aged 12 or older by age group who had at least one alcoholic drink in the past year. The markers are displayed at the years 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007 and 2008.

The Y axis is measured by percentages and increases by increments of 10 from 0 to 100.

On the X axis from left to right are the years 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007 and 2008.

The top line shows the population aged 20 to 24; the second line down, shows the population aged 18 to 19; the third line shows population aged 16 to 17, and the bottom line shows the population aged 12 to 15 who had at least one alcoholic drink in the past year.

The percentage of people aged 20 to 24 having who had at least one alcoholic drink in the past year increased from 87.0% in 2001, to 88.3% in 2003, it decreased to 88.0% in 2005, to 87.0% in 2007, and it remained almost constant  87.4% in 2008.

The percentage of the population aged 18 to 19 who had at least one alcoholic drink in the past year increased from 83.0% in 2001 to 84.2% in 2003, it decreased to 83.1% in 2005, it increased to 84.1% in 2007, and it decreased to 82.7% in 2008.

The percentage of the population aged 16 to 17 who had at least one alcoholic drink in the past year increased from 68.2% in 2001 to 71.5% in 2003, it decreased to 68.3% in 2005 and 68.3% in 2007, and it decreased to 64.8% in 2008.

The percentage of the population aged 12 to 15 who had at least one alcoholic drink in the past year decreased from 30.2% in 2001 to 27.1% in 2003, to 26.0% in 2005, to 26.0% in 2007 and 24.6% in 2008.

Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008.