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Focus on Gender - A National Survey of Canadians' Use of Alcohol and Other Drugs - Canadian Addiction Survey (CAS)

Chapter 3 - Alcohol Use (continued)

Table 3.5 Usual drinking quantity on a typical drinking day among past-year drinkers, Canadian females, aged 15+, 2004.
	N	%	CI	OR	%	CI	OR	%	CI	OR
		One to Two Drinks			Three to Four Drinks			Five or More Drinks
Total	6087	74.2	72.2-76.0		17.1	15.4-18.8		8.8	7.7-10.0
Age (previous age group)		**		**	**		**	**		**
15-17	184	49.6	37.4-61.9	-----	36.2	25.2-48.5	-----	14.1	7.9-23.9	-----
18-19	186	40.2	28.8-52.8	0.592	21.0	12.8-32.3	0.400*	38.8	27.2-51.8	7.600**
20-24	482	49.0	41.2-56.9	1.140	29.3	22.6-37.1	1.866	21.6	16.3-28.2	0.502
25-34	1097	66.1	61.0-70.9	1.514*	22.0	17.9-26.8	0.840	11.9	9.1-15.3	0.662
35-44	1297	75.3	71.2-79.1	1.571**	16.4	13.3-20.0	0.697	8.3	6.2-11.1	0.657
45-54	1234	80.0	75.5-83.8	1.251	16.5	12.9-20.7	1.067	3.6	2.2-5.9	0.403**
55-64	758	86.3	81.6-89.9	1.766*	11.5	8.1-15.9	0.615*	s	s	s
65+	718	93.0	88.7-95.7	2.543**	6.3	3.6-10.7	0.442*	s	s	s
Province (Canada)		*		**	NS		NS	**		**
Newfoundland and Labrador	624	62.2	57.4-66.9	0.755**	20.4	16.7-24.6	1.102	17.4	14.0-21.4	1.433*
Prince Edward Island	608	66.0	60.9-70.7	0.823	18.8	15.0-23.3	1.059	15.2	11.7-19.4	1.335
Nova Scotia	589	67.4	62.2-72.1	0.855	18.1	14.4-22.6	1.035	14.5	11.2-18.6	1.364
New Brunswick	585	66.1	61.1-70.8	0.822	20.8	17.0-25.2	1.092	13.1	9.9-17.1	1.388
Quebec	593	76.2	72.1-79.9	1.449**	18.8	15.5-22.7	1.025	s	s	s
Ontario	590	75.3	71.0-79.2	1.124	15.9	12.6-19.7	0.974	8.8	6.5-11.9	0.842
Manitoba	867	73.6	69.8-77.0	1.199	16.0	13.2-19.2	0.881	10.5	8.1-13.3	0.846
Saskatchewan	567	70.5	65.8-74.8	0.993	18.5	15.0-22.6	1.070	11.0	8.3-14.5	0.947
Alberta	1406	71.4	68.4-74.2	1.026	16.1	13.9-18.5	0.872	12.5	10.5-14.8	1.198
British Columbia	1759	74.2	71.7-76.6	1.151	16.5	14.5-18.7	0.924	9.3	7.8-11.0	0.879
Marital Status		**		**	**		**	**		*
Married/partnered (C)	3443	80.6	78.3-82.8	-----	13.2	11.4-15.3	-----	6.2	4.9-7.7	-----
Divorced/separated/ widowed	1141	81.3	76.9-85.0	0.656*	14.8	11.4-19.0	1.548*	3.9	2.7-5.7	1.170
Single/never married	1458	55.4	51.0-59.8	0.514**	26.6	22.9-30.8	1.662**	18.0	14.9-21.5	1.794**
Education		**		**	NS		NS	**		**
Less than secondary (C)	796	71.4	65.7-76.5	-----	15.4	11.6-20.1	-----	13.2	9.7-17.6	-----
Secondary	1655	70.2	66.1-74.0	1.121	19.1	16.0-22.7	1.443	10.6	8.2-13.7	0.412**
Some post-secondary	2136	73.0	69.5-76.2	1.427	18.3	15.5-21.4	1.266	8.7	7.0-10.9	0.309**
University degree	1471	81.0	77.2-84.2	2.087**	14.4	11.4-17.9	0.987	4.7	3.3-6.7	0.183**
Income Adequacy		**		NS	*		NS	*		*
Lowest (C)	665	65.5	59.0-71.5	-----	20.7	15.7-26.8	-----	13.8	10.0-18.7	-----
Middle	2446	71.7	68.4-74.9	1.022	19.1	16.4-22.2	1.046	9.1	7.4-11.2	0.893
Highest	1351	77.7	73.8-81.1	1.222	13.9	11.2-17.1	0.755	8.5	6.2-11.4	1.065
Not stated	1625	78.1	74.4-81.4	1.441	15.4	12.6-18.7	0.894	6.5	4.7-8.9	0.525*
Location of Household		NS		NS	NS		NS	*		*
Rural (C)	1276	72.3	67.5-76.7	-----	15.6	12.3-19.5	-----	12.1	9.1-16.0	-----
Non-rural	4811	74.5	72.3-76.5	1.165	17.3	15.5-19.3	1.080	8.2	7.0-9.6	0.615*

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Table 3.6 Usual drinking quantity on a typical drinking day among past-year drinkers, Canadian males, aged 15+, 2004.
	N	%	CI	OR	%	CI	OR	%	CI	OR
		One to Two Drinks			Three to Four Drinks			Five or More Drinks
Total	4609	53.4	50.8-56.0		23.4	21.2-25.7		23.2	21.1-25.4
Age (previous age group)		**		**	NS		NS	**		**
15-17	193	25.1	17.3-35.0	-----	28.9	19.1-41.2	-----	45.9	35.0-57.3	-----
18-19	203	28.7	18.2-42.1	1.066	25.7	16.5-37.6	0.645	45.6	33.6-58.2	1.571
20-24	461	28.9	22.0-37.0	0.819	30.6	23.4-38.9	1.167	40.5	33.1-48.4	1.189
25-34	881	43.6	38.3-49.2	1.574	24.7	20.1-30.1	0.798	31.6	26.9-36.8	0.827
35-44	921	57.1	51.1-62.8	1.730**	23.4	18.8-28.7	1.008	19.5	15.3-24.5	0.463**
45-54	868	55.3	48.9-61.5	0.927	22.0	17.2-27.7	0.950	22.7	17.7-28.6	1.169
55-64	580	68.7	61.8-74.9	1.796**	20.0	14.8-26.4	0.908	11.3	7.5-16.5	0.398**
65+	439	77.9	70.3-84.0	1.725*	18.0	12.3-25.5	0.880	s	s	s
Province (Canada)		NS		**	NS		*	**		**
Newfoundland and Labrador	303	37.8	32.2-43.6	0.574**	18.6	14.4-23.7	0.885	43.6	38.0-49.4	2.101**
Prince Edward Island	278	44.1	38.3-50.2	0.822	19.2	15.0-24.4	0.918	36.6	31.0-42.6	1.361*
Nova Scotia	330	50.5	44.7-56.3	1.010	18.5	14.4-23.5	0.826	31.0	26.0-36.5	1.229
New Brunswick	322	45.5	39.9-51.3	0.923	19.6	15.5-24.4	0.854	34.9	29.7-40.5	1.269
Quebec	347	55.2	49.8-60.5	1.291*	26.9	22.4-32.0	1.392**	17.9	14.1-22.3	0.496**
Ontario	337	53.2	47.6-58.7	1.124	24.1	19.7-29.2	1.161	22.7	18.4-27.6	0.771
Manitoba	501	48.2	43.7-52.8	0.906	23.0	19.4-27.0	1.153	28.8	24.9-33.0	0.999
Saskatchewan	358	49.9	44.5-55.2	1.012	23.9	19.7-28.7	1.236	26.2	21.9-31.0	0.826
Alberta	818	53.8	50.2-57.3	1.304**	20.4	17.6-23.4	0.902	25.9	22.9-29.0	0.810*
British Columbia	1015	56.6	53.4-59.7	1.311**	19.2	16.8-21.8	0.841	24.2	21.7-27.0	0.878
Marital Status		**		*	*		NS	**		**
Married/ partnered (C)	2699	60.8	57.5-64.1	-----	21.9	19.1-24.8	-----	17.3	14.9-20.0	-----
Divorced/separated/ widowed	437	57.7	49.5-65.5	0.740	18.9	13.6-25.8	0.848	23.4	17.1-31.0	1.913**
Single/ never married	1454	37.1	32.8-41.7	0.671**	28.2	24.1-32.7	1.202	34.7	30.7-38.9	1.396*
Education		**		**	NS		NS	**		**
Less than secondary (C)	692	49.4	42.7-56.1	-----	19.8	15.0-25.7	-----	30.8	25.0-37.2	-----
Secondary	1347	45.7	40.9-50.6	1.116	24.1	20.2-28.5	1.311	30.2	26.1-34.6	0.617*
Some post-secondary	1390	52.5	47.8-57.2	1.566*	23.8	20.0-28.1	1.253	23.7	20.1-27.8	0.418**
University degree	1152	63.8	58.7-68.6	2.281**	23.7	19.5-28.5	1.264	12.5	9.5-16.2	0.215**
Income Adequacy		NS		NS	NS		NS	NS		NS
Lowest (C)	313	49.4	39.5-59.4	-----	24.7	16.7-35.0	-----	25.9	19.0-34.2	-----
Middle	1865	51.0	46.9-55.1	0.761	24.6	21.3-28.3	1.078	24.4	21.2-28.0	1.346
Highest	1422	54.3	49.7-58.9	0.716	24.1	20.2-28.5	1.044	21.6	18.1-25.5	1.426
Not stated	1009	57.3	52.0-62.8	1.077	19.6	15.6-24.4	0.732	22.9	18.8-27.5	1.251
Location of Household		NS		NS	NS		NS	NS		NS
Rural (C)	934	55.5	49.6-61.2	-----	20.5	16.2-25.8	-----	24.0	19.5-29.1	-----
Non-rural	3675	53.0	50.1-55.9	0.828	23.9	21.5-26.5	1.275	23.1	20.8-25.5	0.990

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Table 3.7 Percentage of monthly heavy drinking among past-year drinkers, by sex, Canada, aged 15+, 2004.
	%	CI	%	CI	OR	%	CI	OR
	Total Population		Women			Men
	25.5	24.0-27.1	17.0	15.4-18.8		33.9	31.5-36.4
Age (previous age group)	**		**		**	**		**
15-17	35.7	28.2-43.8	27.7	18.4-39.4	---	44.9	34.2-56.1	---
18-19	51.8	43.0-60.5	42.9	31.3-55.3	2.111	59.6	47.2-70.9	2.158*
20-24	47.0	41.4-60.5	42.8	35.3-50.6	1.104	50.7	42.8-58.7	0.916
25-34	30.4	27.0-33.9	18.8	15.3-22.9	0.366**	41.4	36.1-46.8	0.841
35-44	24.2	21.1-27.6	15.9	12.9-19.5	0.814	32.4	27.2-38.1	0.674*
45-54	22.0	18.7-25.8	13.4	10.1-17.5	0.845	30.5	25.0-36.8	0.892
55-64	17.5	14.0-21.6	7.6	5.0-11.5	0.498*	26.3	20.5-33.1	0.814
65+	6.4	4.4-9.2	s	s	s	14.9	9.6-22.3	0.414**
Province (Canada)	NS		NS		NS	NS		**
Newfoundland and Labrador	35.5	31.9-39.2	21.7	17.9-26.0	1.120	48.5	42.8-54.3	1.864**
Prince Edward Island	26.2	22.8-29.8	18.3	14.6-22.7	0.903	34.7	29.2-40.6	0.969
Nova Scotia	27.5	24.1-31.1	21.1	17.1-25.8	1.205	33.6	28.5-39.2	0.982
New Brunswick	27.9	24.6-31.5	18.3	14.7-22.6	1.022	37.6	32.3-43.2	0.998
Quebec	25.2	22.2-28.4	17.7	14.5-21.5	0.968	32.9	28.1-38.1	0.890
Ontario	25.0	21.9-28.4	15.0	11.8-18.8	0.849	35.0	29.9-40.5	1.010
Manitoba	27.4	24.8-30.2	18.4	15.5-21.8	1.022	36.4	32.2-40.8	1.063
Saskatchewan	24.3	21.4-27.5	17.3	14.0-21.3	0.906	30.9	26.3-35.9	0.831
Alberta	26.5	24.5-28.7	20.1	17.7-22.7	1.114	32.6	29.4-35.9	0.815*
British Columbia	24.5	22.7-26.4	17.2	15.2-19.4	0.947	31.7	28.8-34.6	0.872
Marital Status	**		**		**	**		**
Married/ partnered (C)	20.2	18.4-22.1	12.5	10.7-14.6	---	27.2	24.3-30.3	--
Divorced/ separated/ widowed	20.9	17.3-25.0	12.2	9.2-16.0	1.671*	36.3	28.7-44.6	1.734**
Single/ never married	38.8	35.7-41.9	30.0	26.1-34.1	1.688**	46.3	41.8-50.8	1.574**
Education	**		NS		NS	**		**
Less than secondary (C)	26.1	22.3-30.2	16.6	12.8-21.3	---	36.2	30.0-42.9	---
Secondary	29.6	26.7-32.8	17.4	14.3-21.0	0.912	41.7	37.0-46.6	0.898
Some post-secondary	26.6	24.0-29.4	19.6	16.8-22.9	1.055	33.7	29.5-38.1	0.606*
University degree	19.8	17.2-22.7	13.6	10.9-16.9	0.763	25.7	21.5-30.4	0.474**
Income Adequacy	NS		NS		NS	NS		NS
Lowest (C)	26.6	22.1-31.7	22.8	17.8-28.7	---	33.6	25.2-43.1	---
Middle	26.4	24.1-28.9	17.0	14.6-19.8	0.921	35.8	32.0-39.8	1.570
Highest	25.5	22.7-28.5	16.6	13.4-20.4	1.019	31.8	27.7-36.2	1.535
Not stated	23.7	20.9-26.8	15.1	12.3-18.4	0.839	34.0	29.0-39.4	1.454
Location of Household	NS		NS		NS	NS		*
Rural (C)	24.6	21.4-28.2	18.5	14.7-23.0	---	29.9	25.0-35.4	---
Non-rural	25.7	24.0-27.4	16.8	15.0-18.7	0.775	34.8	32.1-37.5	1.363*

Note: OR - Adjusted Odds Ratio; Adjusted for all variables in the table
CI - Confidence Interval (95%)
(C) - denotes comparison group, unless otherwise specified by parentheses
s - estimate suppressed due to unacceptably high sampling variability (or cell size less than 30)
* p < 0.05; ** p < 0.01; NS - not statistically significant
Prevalence estimates in bold show where differences among women and men were significant by the conservative method of non-overlapping confidence intervals. The bolded estimates reflect the higher rate.

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Table 3.8 Percentage of weekly heavy drinking among past-year drinkers, by sex, Canada, aged 15+, 2004.
	%	CI	%	CI	OR	%	CI	OR
	Total Population		Women			Men
	6.2	5.5-7.1	3.3	5.5-7.1		9.2	7.8-10.7
Age (previous age group)	**		**		**	**		**
15-19	12.4	8.7-17.3	7.8	4.3-13.7	---	17.0	11.0-25.2	---
20-24	14.9	11.4-19.3	11.8	7.3-18.4	1.559	17.8	12.7-24.3	1.275
25-44	5.8	4.7-7.2	2.1	1.4-3.1	0.214**	9.5	7.4-12.1	0.595
45+	3.8	2.9-5.1	2.0	1.2-3.3	0.975	5.7	4.1-7.9	0.550**
Region (Canada)	NS		NS		NS	NS		NS
Atlantic region	7.7	6.6-8.9	4.0	3.0-5.3	1.128	11.3	9.5-13.5	1.251*
Quebec	6.1	4.5-8.1	2.5Q	1.4-4.4	0.731	9.7	6.9-13.5	1.042
Ontario	6.2	4.7-8.3	3.7Q	2.2-6.0	1.245	8.8	6.2-12.3	0.965
Prairies	6.1	5.4-7.0	3.0	2.3-3.8	0.877	9.1	7.8-10.7	0.895
British Columbia	6.0	5.0-7.1	3.7	2.8-4.9	1.111	8.2	6.7-10.1	0.889
Marital Status	**		**		NS	**		NS
Married/ partnered (C)	4.6	3.7-5.7	2.1	1.4-3.2	---	6.9	5.4-8.8	---
Divorced/ separated/ widowed	4.9	3.7-7.5	2.0Q	1.0-4.1	1.031	10.0	6.0-16.3	1.757
Single/ never married	10.2	8.5-12.3	6.7	4.7-9.3	1.437	13.3	10.7-16.4	1.427
Education	**		NS		NS	**		**
Less than secondary (C)	7.7	5.6-9.2	4.3Q	2.4-7.3	---	11.5	7.7-16.8	---
Secondary	7.3	5.7-9.2	2.8	1.7-4.6	0.700	11.7	9.0-15.2	0.914
Some post-secondary	8.0	6.5-9.8	4.5	3.0-6.6	1.219	11.6	9.0-14.7	0.878
University degree	2.4	1.6-3.6	1.8Q	1.0-3.4	0.615	2.9	1.7-5.0	0.220**
Income Adequacy	NS		**		**	**		NS
Lowest (C)	8.7	6.1-10.7	8.5	5.2-13.6	----	9.1Q	5.5-14.6	---
Middle	6.0	4.9-7.5	2.2	1.4-3.4	0.310**	9.9	7.7-12.6	1.455
Highest	6.7	5.1-8.7	2.9	1.6-5.4	0.474	9.4	6.9-12.5	1.812
Not stated	5.2	4.0-6.8	3.1	1.9-4.9	0.423*	7.7	5.5-10.6	1.057
Location of Household	NS		NS		NS	NS		NS
Rural (C)	6.6	4.9-8.8	4.1	2.5-6.8	---	8.7	6.1-12.3	---
Non-rural	6.2	5.3-7.2	3.1	2.4-4.2	0.666	9.3	7.8-11.0	1.129

Note: OR - Adjusted Odds Ratio; Adjusted for all variables in the table
CI - Confidence Interval (95%)
(C) - denotes comparison group, unless otherwise specified by parentheses
Q - qualified release due to high sampling variability
* p < 0.05; ** p < 0.01; NS - not statistically significant
Prevalence estimates in bold show where differences among women and men were significant by the conservative method of non-overlapping confidence intervals. The bolded estimates reflect the higher rate.

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