Smoking status by sex and age group, population aged 18 and over, Laval and all of Québec, 2005

Regular smokers Occasional smokers Non-smokers1 Estimated population




% CI2 at 95% % CI2 at 95% % CI2 at 95% k

Laval3
Total 20.5 18.3 - 22.7 6.5 5.2 - 8.1 72.9 70.5 - 75.4 288
   Males 21.4 18.3 - 24.6 6.8 4.9 - 9.2 71.8 68.2 - 75.3 139
   Females 19.7 16.7 - 22.7 6.3 4.5 - 8.5 74.0 70.7 - 77.4 148
  
Age group
   18-24 years 21.8 15.1 - 29.8 13.2 * 7.4 - 21.3 64.9 56.3 - 73.5 35
   25-44 years 23.5 19.8 - 27.1 7.9 5.7 - 10.6 68.6 64.6 - 72.6 106
   45-64 years 21.7 17.6 - 25.8 4.9 * 3.0 - 7.5 73.4 68.9 - 77.8 98
   65 years and over 10.8 7.9 - 14.2 ... ** ... 87.1 83.4 - 90.3 49
  
All of Québec
Total 19.9 19.2 - 20.6 5.7 5.3 - 6.1 74.4 73.6 - 75.2 5,900
   Males 21.3 20.2 - 22.3 5.6 5.0 - 6.2 73.1 72.0 - 74.3 2,890
   Females 18.6 17.6 - 19.5 5.7 5.2 - 6.3 75.7 74.6 - 76.8 3,010
  
Age group
   18-24 years 20.1 18.1 - 22.1 11.9 10.2 - 13.5 68.0 65.6 - 70.4 6,980
   25-44 years 22.2 21.0 - 23.4 7.2 6.5 - 8.0 70.6 69.2 - 71.9 2,151
   45-64 years 21.7 20.4 - 23.0 3.7 3.1 - 4.3 74.6 73.2 - 76.0 2,095
   65 years and over 10.6 9.5 - 11.7 2.1 1.5 - 2.8 87.4 86.1 - 88.6 9,560
  

1. This category includes former smokers and non-smokers who have never smoked.
2. The 95% confidence interval (CI) indicates the limits around a sample estimate in which the true population value is expected to fall, 19 out of 20 times. When confidence intervals overlap, the difference is not considered statistically significant.
3. Health region.
* Coefficient of variation between 16.6% and 33.3%; the estimate should be interpreted with caution. Given that data in this table were taken from a Statistics Canada survey, the norms of this organization were used for the coefficients of variation.
** Coefficient of variation greater than 33.3%; data were suppressed due to extreme sampling variability. Given that data in this table were taken from a Statistics Canada survey, the norms of this organization were used for the coefficients of variation.
  
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey, Cycle 3.1 (2005), public use microdata file (PUMF).
Compilation: Institut de la statistique du Québec, Direction Santé Québec.
 
May 3, 2007
         
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