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| Age group | Current daily smoker | Recent quitter (5 or fewer years) | Long-term quitter (more than 5 years) | Never smoked daily | ||||||||||||
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| Estimated number '000 | % | 95% confidence interval | Estimated number '000 | % | 95% confidence interval | Estimated number '000 | % | 95% confidence interval | Estimated number '000 | % | 95% confidence interval | |||||
| from | to | from | to | from | to | from | to | |||||||||
| Total 45 to 74 | 1361.8 | 19.4 | 18.7 | 20.1 | 444.1 | 6.3 | 5.9 | 6.7 | 2098.9 | 29.9 | 29.1 | 30.8 | 3107.9 | 44.3 | 43.4 | 45.3 |
| 45 to 54 | 783.1 | 23.2 | 22.1 | 24.3 | 227.4 | 6.7 | 6.1 | 7.4 | 839.9 | 24.9 | 23.6 | 26.1 | 1525.0 | 45.2 | 43.7 | 46.7 |
| 55 to 64 | 388.0 | 19.0* | 17.7 | 20.3 | 129.3 | 6.3 | 5.6 | 7.0 | 663.2 | 32.5* | 31.0 | 33.9 | 861.8 | 42.2* | 40.5 | 43.9 |
| 65 to 74 | 190.7 | 12.0* | 10.9 | 13.0 | 87.4 | 5.5* | 4.7 | 6.3 | 595.8 | 37.4* | 35.7 | 39.0 | 721.1 | 45.2 | 43.4 | 47.0 |
| * significantly different from estimate for ages 45-54 (p < 0.05) Note: Estimates are based on a sample of 28,255 respondents to 2000/2001 Canadian Community Health Survey. Source: 2000/2001 Canadian Community Health Survey. |
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