Table 1 
Percentage of people reporting current smoking and alcohol, cannabis and other illegal drugs used in the past 12 months and by cannabis use, household population aged 15 years and older, Canada, 2017 

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Percentage of people reporting current smoking and alcohol, cannabis and other illegal drugs used in the past 12 months and by cannabis use, household population aged 15 years and older, Canada, 2017
  Total population Cannabis consumers (past 12 months) Non-cannabis consumers (past 12 months)
  %%%
Alcohol      
Total 78.2 92.0 75.94
Sex      
Male2 79.5 92.1 76.64
Female 76.9 91.8 75.24
Age group      
15 to 19 years 56.83 92.4 48.34
20 to 24 years2 83.5 97.1 76.74
25 years and older 79.43 90.7 77.84
Heavy drinker      
Total 24.4 55.8 18.94
Sex      
Male2 28.1 57.3 21.44
Female 20.83 53.3 16.74
Age group      
15 to 19 years 19.43 56.2 10.64
20 to 24 years2 40.5 66.7 27.44
25 years and older 23.33 53.1 18.94
Current cigarette smoker1      
Total 15.1 38.1 10.74
Sex      
Male2 16.7 36.3 11.44
Female 13.53 41.0 10.04
Age group      
15 to 19 years 7.93 28.5 2.74
20 to 24 years2 16.0 32.0 7.84
25 years and older 15.6 40.7 11.54
Illegal drugs (excluding cannabis)      
Total 3.3 20.1 0.4E4
Sex      
Male2 5.0 23.8 F
Female 1.8E3 14.3E F
Age group      
15 to 19 years 4.13 18.9 F
20 to 24 years2 10.3 26.1 2.5E4
25 years and older 2.6E3 18.8E F
Cannabis      
Total 14.8 ... ...
Sex      
Male2 18.7 ... ...
Female 11.13 ... ...
Age group      
15 to 19 years 19.43 ... ...
20 to 24 years2 33.2 ... ...
25 years and older 12.73 ... ...
...
not applicable
E
use with caution
F
too unreliable to be published
Source(s):
Canadian Tobacco, Alcohol and Drugs Survey (4440).

Table note 1

Current cigarette smoker at the time of the survey.

Table note 2

Reference category.

Table note 3

Significantly lower than reference category.

Table note 4

Significantly lower than cannabis consumers category.
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