Table 10
Prevalence of smoking by age group, Canada, 2003 and 2009

Table 10
Prevalence of smoking by age group, Canada, 2003 and 2009
Table summary
 This table displays the results of prevalence of smoking by age group. This information is grouped by age group appearing as row headers and by persons smoking every day or occasionally, both sexes, females, males, 2003, 2009 appearing as column headers, calculated using percentage and number as a unit of measure.
Age group Persons smoking every day or occasionally
Both sexes Females Males Both sexes Females Males
2003 2009 2003 2009 2003 2009 2003 2009 2003 2009 2003 2009
percentage number
Total–12 and over 23.0 20.1 21.0 17.7 25.1 22.6 6,085,000 5,730,000 2,818,000 2,561,000 3,267,000 3,169,000
12 to 19 14.9 11.0 15.3 9.8 14.4 12.2 490,000 371,000 246,000 161,000 244,000 210,000
20 to 34 30.0 26.5 26.5 23.0 33.5 29.9 1,887,000 1,765,000 830,000 765,000 1,057,000 1,001,000
35 to 44 28.3 22.6 25.4 19.9 31.2 25.3 1,495,000 1,089,000 665,000 480,000 831,000 609,000
45 to 64 23.1 22.5 21.7 20.3 24.5 24.8 1,803,000 2,086,000 856,000 950,000 946,000 1,136,000
65 and over 10.9 9.6 10.5 8.6 11.5 10.9 410,000 419,000 221,000 206,000 189,000 213,000
Sources: Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey, 2003 and 2009.
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