Table 11
Current and past tobacco use among senior women and men, by age group, Canada, 2009
Tobacco use | 65 to 74 years |
75 to 84 years |
85 years and over |
Total – 65 years and over |
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Women | Men | Women | Men | Women | Men | Women | Men | |
percentage | ||||||||
Regularly or occasionally | 11.0* | 13.6 | 6.4 | 7.4 | 2.6E | 3.7E | 8.6* | 10.8 |
Never | 89.0* | 86.4 | 93.6 | 92.6 | 97.4E | 96.2E | 91.4* | 89.2 |
Never | ||||||||
Yes | 45.4* | 67.7 | 36.1* | 69.4 | 29.1* | 61.1 | 40.6* | 67.8 |
No | 54.7* | 32.3 | 63.9* | 30.6 | 70.9* | 38.9 | 59.4* | 32.2 |
E use with caution * statistically significant difference between women and men at p < 0.05 Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey, 2009. |
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