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Frequency of drinking in the past 12 months, by age group and sex, household population aged 12 and over who are current drinkers, Canada, 2005


                                    Total Never 5 or more drinks on one occasion 5 or more drinks on one occasion, less than  12 times a year 5 or more drinks on one occasion, 12 or more times a year
   number % number % number %
Total, 12 years and over 21,124,435 10,649,058 50.4 5,382,271 25.5 4,609,379 21.8
Males 10,879,330 4,281,660 39.4 3,026,229 27.8 3,314,285 30.5
Females 10,245,105 6,367,398 62.2 2,356,042 23.0 1,295,094 12.6
12 to 19 years 1,720,133 659,167 38.3 540,132 31.4 475,980 27.7
Males 881,175 288,123 32.7 275,922 31.3 292,601 33.2
Females 838,958 371,045 44.2 264,210 31.5 183,379 21.9
12 to 14 years 235,577 169,247 71.8 42,273 17.9 10,690 4.5
Males 122,133 89,190 73.0 20,755 17.0 6,262 E 5.1 E
Females 113,444 80,057 70.6 21,518 19.0 4,428 E 3.9 E
15 to 19 years 1,484,557 489,920 33.0 497,860 33.5 465,290 31.3
Males 759,043 198,933 26.2 255,167 33.6 286,339 37.7
Females 725,514 290,987 40.1 242,693 33.5 178,951 24.7
20 to 34 years 5,542,659 1,712,407 30.9 1,835,158 33.1 1,900,417 34.3
Males 2,884,155 620,779 21.5 892,392 30.9 1,320,851 45.8
Females 2,658,504 1,091,628 41.1 942,766 35.5 579,566 21.8
20 to 24 years 1,972,309 445,266 22.6 619,617 31.4 878,119 44.5
Males 1,043,409 157,258 15.1 293,335 28.1 576,782 55.3
Females 928,899 288,007 31.0 326,282 35.1 301,337 32.4
25 to 34 years 3,570,350 1,267,141 35.5 1,215,541 34.0 1,022,298 28.6
Males 1,840,746 463,520 25.2 599,057 32.5 744,069 40.4
Females 1,729,604 803,621 46.5 616,484 35.6 278,229 16.1
35 to 44 years 4,294,324 2,006,384 46.7 1,284,265 29.9 910,648 21.2
Males 2,244,879 757,655 33.8 749,117 33.4 685,164 30.5
Females 2,049,445 1,248,729 60.9 535,148 26.1 225,484 11.0
45 to 64 years 6,878,769 4,068,870 59.2 1,503,836 21.9 1,154,850 16.8
Males 3,529,451 1,622,575 46.0 948,346 26.9 875,131 24.8
Females 3,349,318 2,446,295 73.0 555,490 16.6 279,719 8.4
45 to 54 years 4,020,644 2,186,239 54.4 995,999 24.8 759,720 18.9
Males 2,035,988 836,176 41.1 604,891 29.7 552,751 27.1
Females 1,984,656 1,350,063 68.0 391,107 19.7 206,968 10.4
55 to 64 years 2,858,125 1,882,631 65.9 507,837 17.8 395,130 13.8
Males 1,493,463 786,399 52.7 343,455 23.0 322,380 21.6
Females 1,364,662 1,096,232 80.3 164,383 12.0 72,750 5.3
65 years and over 2,688,549 2,202,230 81.9 218,881 8.1 167,484 6.2
Males 1,339,669 992,529 74.1 160,453 12.0 140,537 10.5
Females 1,348,880 1,209,701 89.7 58,427 4.3 26,947 2.0
65 to 74 years 1,631,758 1,276,532 78.2 167,370 10.3 137,261 8.4
Males 848,055 584,825 69.0 122,461 14.4 116,407 13.7
Females 783,702 691,707 88.3 44,909 5.7 20,853 2.7
75 years and over 1,056,792 925,698 87.6 51,511 4.9 30,223 2.9
Males 491,614 407,704 82.9 37,992 7.7 24,130 4.9
Females 565,178 517,994 91.7 13,519 2.4 6,093 E 1.1 E

1. Population aged 12 and over who reported having at least 1 drink in the past 12 months.
2. When comparing estimates, it is important to use confidence intervals to determine if differences between values are statistically significant. Confidence intervals describe sampling variability and give an indication of the precision of a given estimate.
3. Bootstrapping techniques were used to produce the coefficient of variation (CV) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs).
4. Data with a coefficient of variation (CV) from 16.6% to 33.3% are identified as follows: (E) use with caution.
5. Data with a coefficient of variation (CV) greater than 33.3% were suppressed due to extreme sampling variability and are identified as follows: (F) too unreliable to be published.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS 3.1), 2005 (CANSIM table 105-0431).