Figure 2
Prevalence of cannabis use, by age group, household population aged 15 or older, Canada excluding territories, 2004 through 2015

Figure 2 Prevalence of cannabis use, by age group, household population aged 15 or older, Canada excluding territories, 2004 through 2015
Data table for Figure 2
Data table for Figure 2
Table summary
This table displays the results of Data table for Figure 2. The information is grouped by Age group (appearing as row headers), 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2015, calculated using percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Age group 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2015
percent
15 to 17 years 20.2 21.1 19.7 19.5 16.8 16.8 16.7 18.7 16.6 17.7 17.5
LL 17.9 18.8 17.6 17.2 14.9 14.9 14.7 16.3 14.5 15.1 14.0
UL 22.7 23.7 22.1 22.1 19.0 19.0 19.0 21.3 18.9 20.7 21.5
SE 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.2 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.3 1.1 1.4 1.9
CV 6.1 5.9 5.8 6.3 6.3 6.2 6.4 6.7 6.7 8.0 10.9
whisker LL 2.3 2.3 2.2 2.3 2.0 1.9 2.0 2.3 2.1 2.6 3.4
whisker UL 2.5 2.5 2.3 2.5 2.2 2.1 2.2 2.6 2.3 3.0 4.0
18 to 24 years 27.9 30.8 28.6 27.4 29.4 27.4 26.7 26.0 27.3 27.1 28.4
LL 26.0 28.7 26.8 25.5 27.3 25.6 24.6 24.0 25.5 24.5 25.7
UL 30.0 32.9 30.4 29.3 31.5 29.4 28.9 28.1 29.2 29.9 31.2
SE 1.0 1.1 0.9 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.0 1.4 1.4
CV 3.7 3.6 3.4 3.5 3.7 3.6 4.3 4.0 3.6 5.3 5.0
whisker LL 1.9 2.1 1.8 1.8 2.0 1.9 2.1 2.0 1.8 2.6 2.7
whisker UL 2.0 2.1 1.8 1.9 2.1 2.0 2.2 2.1 1.9 2.8 2.9
25 to 44 years 10.2 9.8 10.5 10.9 9.4 11.5 10.8 10.8 13.7 13.9 17.7
LL 8.8 8.5 9.1 9.4 7.9 9.9 9.3 9.1 11.6 11.7 15.5
UL 11.7 11.3 12.1 12.6 11.1 13.5 12.5 12.7 16.1 16.4 20.2
SE 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.9 1.1 1.2 1.2
CV 7.2 7.2 7.1 7.3 8.5 7.9 7.4 8.4 8.2 8.7 6.8
whisker LL 1.4 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.4 1.7 1.5 1.7 2.1 2.2 2.3
whisker UL 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.7 1.9 1.7 1.9 2.4 2.6 2.5
45 to 64 years 4.1 4.5 4.1 4.0 4.4 4.2 3.8 5.1 4.6 6.1 7.0
LL 3.3 3.5 3.3 3.2 3.6 3.4 3.1 4.2 3.7 5.0 5.7
UL 5.3 5.8 5.1 5.0 5.5 5.1 4.8 6.2 5.7 7.5 8.4
SE 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.7
CV 12.2 13.1 11.0 11.8 10.8 10.5 11.7 10.1 11.3 10.6 9.9
whisker LL 0.9 1.0 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.9 1.2 1.2
whisker UL 1.1 1.3 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.4 1.5
65 years or older Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 1.1 0.7 1.6
LL Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 0.6 0.4 1.0
UL Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 1.9 1.4 2.5
SE Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 0.3 0.2 0.4
CV Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 27.8 31.3 22.8
whisker LL Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 0.5 0.3 0.6
whisker UL Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 0.8 0.6 0.9
... not applicable
I = 95% confidence interval
↑ statistically significant increase in trend (p < 0.05)
↓ statistically significant decrease in trend (p < 0.05)
Notes: Betas indicate direction and strength of association; absolute values closer to 0 indicate a weaker association, values closer to 1.00, a stronger association. Because at least five data points are needed to test for a trend, the line pertaining to 65 or older was not tested.
Sources: 2004 to 2012 Canadian Tobacco Use Monitoring Survey (CTUMS) and 2013 and 2015 Canadian Tobacco, Alcohol and Drugs Survey (CTADS).

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