Table 1
Distribution of socio-demographics, health status and health behaviours, by cannabis user type, household population aged 15 and older, Canada excluding territories, 2015

Table 1
Distribution of socio-demographics, health status and health behaviours, by cannabis user type, household population aged 15 and older, Canada excluding territories, 2015
Table summary
This table displays the results of Distribution of socio-demographics Non-user, Non-medical only (NMO), Self-defined medical / non-medical (SDMNM), '000, % and 95% confidence interval, calculated using from and to units of measure (appearing as column headers).
	'000	%	95% confidence interval		'000	%	95% confidence interval		'000	%	95% confidence interval
	Non-user				Non-medical only (NMO)				Self-defined medical / non-medical (SDMNM)
	'000	%	from	to	'000	%	from	to	'000	%	from	to
Total	25,734.1	87.7	86.7	88.7	2,776.8	9.5	8.6	10.4	830.9	2.8	2.4	3.4
Sex
Male	12,283.7	85.1^Note *	83.5	86.5	1,572.1	10.9^Note *	9.6	12.3	587.0	4.1^Note *	3.3	5.0
Female ^{Table 1 Note †}	13,450.4	90.3	89.0	91.4	1,204.8	8.1	7.1	9.2	243.9	1.6	1.2	2.2
Age group (years)
15 to 24 ^{Table 1 Note †}	3,324.7	74.5	72.1	76.7	987.1	22.1	20.0	24.4	152.8	3.4	2.6	4.5
25 to 44	7,872.7	82.3^Note *	79.8	84.5	1,313.4	13.7^Note *	11.7	16.1	381.1	4.0	3.0	5.3
45 and older	14,536.8	94.9^Note *	94.0	95.8	476.3	3.1^Note *	2.5	3.9	297.0	1.9^Note *	1.4	2.6
Province (age-standardized) ^{Table 1 Note ‡}
Newfoundland and Labrador	394.6	89.7	87.5	91.5	33.6	8.5	6.8	10.5	8.2	1.9^{Note E: Use with caution}	1.2	2.9
Prince Edward Island	110.3	91.8^Note *	90.0	93.3	6.2	5.5^Note *	4.4	6.8	3.0	2.7^{Note E: Use with caution}	1.7	4.4
Nova Scotia	679.0	85.0^Note *	82.3	87.3	79.0	10.9	8.9	13.1	31.1	4.1^{Note E: Use with caution}	2.9	5.8
New Brunswick	572.0	90.5^Note *	88.2	92.4	42.9	7.4	5.6	9.7	12.1	2.1^{Note E: Use with caution}	1.3	3.4
Quebec	6,168.9	89.9^Note *	88.0	91.6	569.8	8.7	7.2	10.5	91.4	1.4^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note *	0.8	2.4
Ontario	9,863.4	87.7	85.4	89.6	1,090.2	9.7	8.0	11.7	301.8	2.7^{Note E: Use with caution}	1.8	3.8
Manitoba	914.8	89.2	87.1	91.1	75.1	7.0^Note *	5.6	8.6	40.0	3.8^{Note E: Use with caution}	2.6	5.4
Saskatchewan	807.5	90.5^Note *	88.7	92.1	64.8	6.9^Note *	5.6	8.5	24.0	2.6^{Note E: Use with caution}	1.8	3.7
Alberta	2,982.1	90.0^Note *	88.2	91.6	249.2	6.9^Note *	5.6	8.4	110.6	3.1	2.3	4.2
British Columbia	3,241.5	82.7^Note *	80.4	84.8	451.9	11.8^Note *	9.9	14.1	208.5	5.4^Note *	4.1	7.2
Residence
Population centre ^{Table 1 Note †}	20,399.5	87.4	86.2	88.5	2,311.5	9.9	8.9	11.0	626.0	2.7	2.2	3.3
Rural	5,334.6	88.8	86.6	90.7	465.3	7.7^Note *	6.2	9.7	204.9	3.4	2.5	4.7
Household income quintile
Lowest 20% ^{Table 1 Note †}	3,865.1	86.46758	83.8	88.8	408.2	9.1	7.3	11.4	196.8	4.4^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note *	3.1	6.3
Not lowest 20%	21,869.0	87.92681	86.8	89.0	2,368.7	9.5	8.6	10.5	634.2	2.5	2.1	3.1
Self-perceived health
Fair/poor	2,116.4	90.7^Note *	87.8	93.0	84.6	3.6^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note *	2.5	5.3	132.7	5.7^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note *	3.9	8.2
Good/very good/excellent ^{Table 1 Note †}	23,575.8	87.4	86.3	88.5	2,692.1	10.0	9.1	11.0	695.9	2.6	2.1	3.1
Self-perceived mental health
Fair/poor	1,098.4	78.6^Note *	71.6	84.2	195.0	13.9^{Note E: Use with caution}	9.3	20.5	104.6	7.5^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note *	4.8	11.4
Good/very good/excellent ^{Table 1 Note †}	24,573.8	88.2	87.2	89.2	2,581.7	9.3	8.4	10.2	696.7	2.5	2.1	3.0
Daily smoker
Yes	1,896.4	69.6^Note *	64.6	74.1	555.1	20.4^Note *	16.6	24.8	274.2	10.1^Note *	7.5	13.4
No ^{Table 1 Note †}	23,837.7	89.6	88.5	90.5	2,221.7	8.3	7.5	9.3	556.7	2.1	1.7	2.6
Heavy drinking
Yes	4,644.2	70.6^Note *	67.4	73.6	1,562.0	23.7^Note *	21.1	26.7	371.5	5.6^Note *	4.2	7.5
No ^{Table 1 Note †}	20,965.6	92.7	91.7	93.6	1,208.0	5.3	4.6	6.2	446.6	2.0	1.6	2.5
Used other illicit drugs
Yes	75.0	11.0^{Note E: Use with caution}	7.0	16.7	462.3	67.5^Note *	57.9	75.8	147.6	21.5^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note *	14.4	30.9
No ^{Table 1 Note †}	25,555.2	89.6	88.6	90.5	2,309.5	8.1	7.3	9.0	669.2	2.3	1.9	2.8
Used at least one class of psychoactive pharmaceuticals
Yes	5,156.3	83.3^Note *	80.9	85.5	652.0	10.5	8.9	12.5	381.0	6.2^Note *	4.8	7.8
No ^{Table 1 Note †}	20,156.4	89.1	87.9	90.2	2,051.2	9.1	8.1	10.2	422.6	1.9	1.4	2.4
Used at least one class of psychoactive pharmaceuticals non-therapeutically
Yes	251.9	57.4	45.2	68.7	129.5	29.5^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note *	19.8	41.4	57.8	13.2^{Note E: Use with caution}	7.0	23.3
No ^{Table 1 Note †}	25,394.9	88.2	87.2	89.2	2,620.0	9.1	8.3	10.0	762.5	2.6	2.2	3.2
^E use with caution Note * significantly different from the reference category (p<0.05) Return to note * referrer Note † reference category Return to note † referrer Note ‡ reference category is the rest of Canada (e.g., Ontario compared with nine other provinces combined) Return to note ‡ referrer Note: Non-medical only category includes one-time users. Source: 2015 Canadian Tobacco Alcohol and Drugs Survey.

Date modified:: 2018-07-18

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Distribution of socio-demographics, health status and health behaviours, by cannabis user type, household population aged 15 and older, Canada excluding territories, 2015