Chart 4.4
Daily smokers among Inuit and total Canadian population aged 15 and over, 2005/2006

This vertical bar chart illustrates, by age, the percentage of Inuit who smoked cigarettes on a daily basis. As well, the chart shows the same statistics for the total Canadian population

The X axis is divided into seven sections, each representing a specific age group. The age groups are:

• Total fifteen and over

• Fifteen to nineteen

• Twenty to twenty-four

• Twenty-five to thirty-four

• Thirty-five to forty-four

• Forty-five to fifty-four

• Fifty-five and over

Each section is composed of two vertical bars:

The first bar represents the Inuit population

The second bar represents the total Canadian population

The Y axis is measured in percentage and increases in increments of ten from zero to eighty

58% of the Inuit population aged fifteen and over smoked cigarettes on a daily basis
The percentage for the total Canadian population aged fifteen and over was 17%

56% of the Inuit population aged fifteen to nineteen smoked cigarettes on a daily basis
The percentage for the total Canadian population aged fifteen to nineteen was 10%

63% of the Inuit population aged twenty to twenty-four smoked cigarettes on a daily basis
The percentage for the total Canadian population aged twenty to twenty-four was 20%

67% of the Inuit population aged twenty-five to thirty-four smoked cigarettes on a daily basis
The percentage for the total Canadian population aged twenty-five to thirty-four was 20%

64% of the Inuit population aged thirty-five to forty-four smoked cigarettes on a daily basis
The percentage for the total Canadian population aged thirty-five to forty-four was 21%

52% of the Inuit population aged forty-five to fifty-four smoked cigarettes on a daily basis
The percentage for the total Canadian population aged forty-five to fifty-four was 21%

38% of the Inuit population aged fifty-five and over smoked cigarettes on a daily basis
The percentage for the total Canadian population aged fifty-five and over was 12%

Sources: Statistics Canada, Aboriginal Peoples Survey, 2006 and Canadian Community Health Survey, 2005