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| Age group | 1994/1995 | 2003 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regular drinker | Occasional drinker | Former drinker | Never drank | Total | Regular drinker | Occasional drinker | Former drinker | Never drank | Total | |
| percent | ||||||||||
| Total | ||||||||||
25 to 54 |
64.0 | 19.5 | 9.5 | 7.0 | 100.0 | 67.2 | 17.3 | 9.9 | 5.7 | 100.0 |
55 to 64 |
55.7 | 19.0 | 16.1 | 9.2 | 100.0 | 61.1 | 17.3 | 15.8 | 5.9 | 100.0 |
65 to 74 |
44.9 | 21.6 | 21.0 | 12.6 | 100.0 | 52.4 | 18.9 | 19.8 | 8.9 | 100.0 |
75 and over |
31.5 | 20.7 | 27.4 | 20.4 | 100.0 | 41.9 | 19.7 | 25.8 | 12.7 | 100.0 |
65 and over |
40.0 | 21.3 | 23.3 | 15.4 | 100.0 | 48.0 | 19.3 | 22.3 | 10.5 | 100.0 |
| Women | ||||||||||
25 to 54 |
51.8 | 27.6 | 11.6 | 9.0 | 100.0 | 58.6 | 22.6 | 11.5 | 7.3 | 100.0 |
55 to 64 |
46.0 | 22.9 | 18.4 | 12.8 | 100.0 | 50.9 | 22.4 | 18.0 | 8.7 | 100.0 |
65 to 74 |
36.2 | 23.7 | 21.9 | 18.2 | 100.0 | 41.9 | 23.5 | 21.9 | 12.7 | 100.0 |
75 and over |
22.2 | 21.2 | 29.7 | 26.8 | 100.0 | 32.8 | 22.1 | 27.9 | 17.2 | 100.0 |
65 and over |
30.8 | 22.8 | 24.9 | 21.5 | 100.0 | 37.8 | 22.9 | 24.6 | 14.7 | 100.0 |
| Men | ||||||||||
25 to 54 |
76.0 | 11.6 | 7.4 | 5.1 | 100.0 | 75.8 | 11.9 | 8.3 | 4.0 | 100.0 |
55 to 64 |
66.8 | 14.5 | 13.5 | 5.2 | 100.0 | 71.2 | 12.1 | 13.7 | 3.0 | 100.0 |
65 to 74 |
55.6 | 18.9 | 19.8 | 5.6 | 100.0 | 64.2 | 13.7 | 17.4 | 4.7 | 100.0 |
75 and over |
45.5 | 20.0 | 23.8 | 10.8 | 100.0 | 55.9 | 16.1 | 22.4 | 5.7 | 100.0 |
65 and over |
52.2 | 19.3 | 21.2 | 7.4 | 100.0 | 61.1 | 14.6 | 19.3 | 5.1 | 100.0 |
| Sources: Statistics Canada, National Population Health Survey 1994/95; Canadian Community Health Survey, 2003. | ||||||||||