Table 3
Average number of cigarettes smoked per day and average age of daily smoking initiation, by region, sex and age group, Inuit daily smokers aged 15 or older, Canada, 1991, 2001 and 2012
| Region, sex and age group | Average number of cigarettes smoked per day | Average age of smoking initiation | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 2001 | 2012 | 2001 | 2012 | |||||||||||
| Number | 95% confidence interval | Number | 95% confidence interval | Number | 95% confidence interval | Age | 95% confidence interval | Age | 95% confidence interval | ||||||
| from | to | from | to | from | to | from | to | from | to | ||||||
| Total | 14.9Table 3 Note † | 13.4 | 16.4 | 13.3Table 3 Note ‡ | 12.8 | 13.7 | 12.3Table 3 Note ‡ | 11.8 | 12.8 | 15.1 | 14.9 | 15.3 | 15.2 | 14.8 | 15.5 |
| Region | |||||||||||||||
| Outside Inuit Nunangat | 16.6 | 14.3 | 18.9 | 16.5 | 14.7 | 18.3 | 14.1 | 11.9 | 16.3 | 16.1 | 15.3 | 16.9 | 15.3 | 14.0 | 16.6 |
| Inside Inuit Nunangat | 14.6Table 3 Note † | 13.2 | 16.0 | 12.6Table 3 Note ‡ | 12.3 | 12.9 | 11.9Table 3 Note ‡ | 11.5 | 12.4 | 14.9 | 14.7 | 15.1 | 15.1 | 14.8 | 15.4 |
| Nunavut | 14.5Table 3 Note † | 13.0 | 15.9 | 12.0Table 3 Note ‡ | 11.5 | 12.4 | 11.5 | 10.8 | 12.1 | 14.9 | 14.6 | 15.1 | 15.4Table 3 Note ‡ | 14.9 | 15.8 |
| Nunavik | 14.3 | 13.0 | 15.6 | 13.7 | 13.1 | 14.3 | 12.9 | 12.4 | 13.5 | 14.6 | 14.3 | 14.9 | 14.3 | 14.0 | 14.6 |
| Inuvialuit Settlement Region | 15.1Table 3 Note † | 13.6 | 16.5 | 12.7Table 3 Note ‡ | 11.8 | 13.6 | 11.3Table 3 Note ‡ | 10.5 | 12.1 | 15.5 | 14.8 | 16.2 | 15.1 | 14.7 | 15.5 |
| Nunatsiavut | 16.5Table 3 Note † | 15.1 | 17.9 | 15.3 | 13.9 | 16.7 | 13.7 | 12.6 | 14.9 | 15.8 | 15.1 | 16.5 | 15.6 | 15.1 | 16.1 |
| Sex | |||||||||||||||
| Male | 16.6Table 3 Note † | 15.0 | 18.1 | 14.9 | 14.2 | 15.7 | 14.2 | 13.2 | 15.2 | 15.1 | 14.9 | 15.4 | 15.3 | 14.8 | 15.9 |
| Female | 13.4Table 3 Note † | 11.9 | 14.8 | 11.7Table 3 Note ‡ | 11.2 | 12.1 | 10.8Table 3 Note ‡ | 10.3 | 11.3 | 15.1 | 14.7 | 15.4 | 15.0 | 14.6 | 15.4 |
| Age group | |||||||||||||||
| 15 to 24 | 13.0Table 3 Note † | 11.7 | 14.4 | 10.8Table 3 Note ‡ | 10.3 | 11.3 | 10.1 | 9.5 | 10.7 | 13.7 | 13.5 | 14.0 | 14.2Table 3 Note ‡ | 13.9 | 14.4 |
| 25 to 34 | 15.3Table 3 Note † | 13.8 | 16.8 | 13.1Table 3 Note ‡ | 12.5 | 13.7 | 11.2Table 3 Note ‡ | 10.5 | 11.9 | 14.7 | 14.4 | 15.1 | 14.4 | 14.1 | 14.7 |
| 35 to 44 | 16.8Table 3 Note † | 15.3 | 18.4 | 14.7Table 3 Note ‡ | 13.7 | 15.7 | 14.4 | 12.7 | 16.1 | 15.6 | 15.1 | 16.2 | 15.2 | 14.8 | 15.7 |
| 45 to 54 | 16.9Table 3 Note † | 15.3 | 18.4 | 16.5 | 14.4 | 18.5 | 14.6 | 13.1 | 16.0 | 16.5 | 15.7 | 17.3 | 16.6 | 15.6 | 17.6 |
| 55 to 64 | 15.8 | 14.3 | 17.3 | 15.7 | 13.6 | 17.9 | 13.7 | 11.7 | 15.7 | 18.6 | 17.0 | 20.3 | 16.6 | 13.9 | 19.2 |
| 65 or older | 15.5 | 14.1 | 16.9 | 14.7 | 11.8 | 17.6 | 13.3 | 10.2 | 16.3 | 20.0 | 17.3 | 22.6 | 24.3Note E: Use with caution | 13.7 | 35.0 |
E use with caution
Sources: 1991, 2001 and 2012 Aboriginal Peoples Survey. |
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