Canadian Tobacco Use Monitoring Survey, Yukon

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2010

Data are now available for the Yukon portion of the 2010 Canadian Tobacco Use Monitoring Survey (CTUMS). The CTUMS has been conducted since 1999 by Statistics Canada on behalf of Health Canada to provide data on tobacco use and related issues. In 2010, in a joint project between the Yukon Bureau of Statistics and Health Canada, data were collected for the Yukon.

Note: The Canadian Tobacco Use Monitoring Survey (CTUMS) and the Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS) produce estimates of national and provincial smoking rates. There are a number of differences between these two surveys. Each uses a different sampling frame.

The annual sample for CTUMS is 20,000, compared with 65,000 for CCHS. In the CCHS, smoking questions are asked in the context of a wide range of health-related behaviours; in CTUMS, all questions are related to smoking.

These factors can influence the estimates produced at a single point in time. However, the trends produced by the two surveys have been very consistent over time. Rather than comparing smoking rates produced from the two surveys, users should choose a single source, depending on their objectives, and use that source consistently.

Definitions, data sources and methods: survey number 4440.

February to December 2010 Yukon data are available through the Research Data Centres Program and custom table format.

For more information, or to enquire about the concepts, methods or data quality of this release, contact Client Services (toll-free 1-800-461-9050; 613-951-3321; ssd@statcan.gc.ca; fax: 613-951-4527), Special Surveys Division.

For more information about the survey and its results, contact Health and Social Services (patricia.living@gov.yk.ca; 867-667-3673), Government of Yukon.