Table 5-2
Smoking status, Inuit adults aged 15 and over by sex and age group, Inuit Nunaat, 2006

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Age and sex Total Daily smokers Occasional smokers Non-smokers Not stated
count % % 95%
confidence
interval 		% 95%
confidence
interval 		% 95%
confidence
interval 		% 95%
confidence
interval
from to from to from to from to
Total age groups 25,120 100 66 63.9 67.1 7 6.5 8.3 26 24.4 27.3 1 0.8 1.5
Male 12,600 100 63 60.8 65.5 7 6.2 8.6 28 25.9 30.3 1E 0.9 2.0
Female 12,520 100 68 65.7 70.0 8 6.2 9.0 24 21.7 25.4 1E 0.6 1.3
15 to 19 5,040 100 65 61.9 68.8 9 7.3 11.8 24 21.0 27.2 1E 0.6 1.8
Male 2,590 100 61 55.7 66.6 11E 7.7 15.1 27 22.4 31.7 x x x
Female 2,440 100 70 65.3 74.0 8 5.6 10.3 21 17.3 25.4 x x x
20 to 24 3,600 100 74 70.2 77.3 7 5.2 9.6 18 15.0 20.8 x x x
Male 1,800 100 69 64.2 74.6 8E 5.2 11.8 21 16.9 25.5 x x x
Female 1,800 100 78 72.9 82.6 7E 4.0 9.8 14 11.0 19.0 x x x
25 to 34 5,410 100 71 67.0 73.8 7 4.9 9.3 21 18.1 24.5 1E 0.8 2.3
Male 2,690 100 69 63.5 74.1 6E 3.9 8.7 23 18.7 29.1 x x x
Female 2,710 100 72 67.2 76.3 8E 4.8 12.1 19 15.4 22.8 x x x
35 to 44 4,820 100 71 66.9 73.9 7 5.5 10.0 21 18.1 24.4 x x x
Male 2,300 100 70 64.4 74.4 7E 4.7 9.3 23 18.3 27.5 x x x
Female 2,510 100 71 66.1 76.1 8E 5.2 12.7 20 15.6 24.5 x x x
45 to 54 3,000 100 62 57.8 66.6 8 6.2 11.3 28 24.2 32.3 x x x
Male 1,490 100 61 55.0 67.0 8E 5.3 11.2 29 24.0 34.8 x x x
Female 1,520 100 63 56.9 69.5 9E 5.8 13.9 27 21.5 33.4 x x x
55 and over 3,250 100 44 39.3 48.2 5 3.5 6.4 50 45.6 54.4 x x x
Male 1,730 100 43 36.6 49.6 4E 2.5 6.3 51 44.5 57.2 x x x
Female 1,530 100 44 38.8 50.3 5E 3.7 8.1 49 43.2 54.8 x x x

Notes:
Percents may not add up to 100% because responses of 'don't know', 'refusal' and 'not stated' were included in the calculation of all estimates and rounding.
'Not stated' includes 'not stated', 'don't know' and 'refusal'.
Four regions comprise Inuit Nunaat which means "Inuit homeland" in the Inuit language. These four regions are: Nunatsiavut in northern Labrador, Nunavik in northern Quebec, the territory of Nunavut, and the Inuvialuit region in the Northwest Territories.
Source: Statistics Canada, Aboriginal Peoples Survey, 2006