Table 10
Prevalence of smoking by age group, Canada, 2003 and 2009
Age group | Persons smoking every day or occasionally | |||||||||||
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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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