Table 4
Number and percentage of people reporting non-medical, medical, and both medical and non-medical cannabis use by gender and age, household population aged 15 years or older, Canada, fourth quarter 2018

Number and percentage of people reporting non-medical, medical, and both medical and non-medical cannabis use by gender and age, household population aged 15 years or older, Canada, fourth quarter 2018
	Thousands – People	% – People	Lower limit (%) – 95% confidence interval4	Upper limit (%) – 95% confidence interval4
Total
Non-medical	2,220.9	7.4	6.4	8.5
Medical with a medical document	479.1	1.6	1.2	2.1
Medical without a medical document	620.4	2.1	1.6	2.6
Both medical and non-medical	1,271.4	4.2	3.5	5.1
Gender
Female1
Non-medical	814.6	5.4	4.3	6.7
Medical with a medical document	227.4	1.5^E	1.0	2.3
Medical without a medical document	282.3	1.9^E	1.3	2.6
Both medical and non-medical	384.6	2.5	1.8	3.5
Male
Non-medical	1,406.4	9.62	8.0	11.4
Medical with a medical document	251.7	1.7^E	1.2	2.5
Medical without a medical document	331.3	2.3^E	1.6	3.2
Both medical and non-medical	849.8	5.82	4.6	7.3
Age
15 to 241
Non-medical	714.4	18.2	13.4	24.3
Medical with a medical document	F	F	...	...
Medical without a medical document	145.2	3.7^E	2.0	6.8
Both medical and non-medical	190.9	4.9^E	2.7	8.6
25 or older
Non-medical	1,506.5	5.83	5.0	6.7
Medical with a medical document	453.8	1.7	1.3	2.3
Medical without a medical document	475.2	1.8	1.4	2.4
Both medical and non-medical	1,080.5	4.1	3.4	5.0
	average age	average age	lower limit (years)	upper limit (years)
Average (total)	...	38.1	36.6	39.5
Non-medical1	...	34.8	32.9	36.7
Medical with a medical document	...	50.22	45.4	54.9
Medical without a medical document	...	39.9	35.2	44.5
Both medical and non-medical	...	38.22	35.7	40.7

...

not applicable

use with caution

too unreliable to be published

Source(s):

National Cannabis Survey (5262).

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