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| Age group | Total estimated number of hospitals days ’000 | 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 of hospital days ’000 | Percent of | Estimated number of hospital days ’000 | Percent of | Estimated number of hospital days ’000 | Percent of | Estimated number of hospital days ’000 | Percent of | ||||||
| hospital days | age group† | hospital days | age group† | hospital days | age group† | hospital days | age group† | ||||||
| Total 45 to 74 | 21,853.5 | 6,250.7 | 28.6 | 19.4 | 2,164.9 | 9.9 | 6.3 | 6,892.6 | 31.5 | 29.9 | 6,545.3 | 30.0 | 44.3 |
| 45 to 54 | 5,060.1 | 1,999.2 | 39.5 | 23.2 | 430.1 | 8.5 | 6.7 | 1,062.4 | 21.0 | 24.9 | 1,568.4 | 31.0 | 45.2 |
| 55 to 64 | 6,558.8 | 2,298.6 | 35.0 | 19.0 | 622.5 | 9.5 | 6.3 | 1,753.3 | 26.7 | 32.5 | 1,884.4 | 28.7 | 42.2 |
| 65 to 74 | 10,234.6 | 1,952.9 | 19.1 | 12.0 | 1,112.3 | 10.9 | 5.5 | 4,076.9 | 39.8 | 37.4 | 3,092.6 | 30.2 | 45.2 |
| † shown to facilitate comparisons between percentage of people comprised by age group and percentage of hospital days used Source: 2000/2001 Canadian Community Health Survey linked to 2000-2005 Hospital Person-Oriented Information. |
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