Substance Use by Canadian Youth - A National Survey of Canadians' Use of Alcohol and Other Drugs - Canadian Addiction Survey (CAS)

Chapter 3: Alcohol Use and Harms (con't)

Table 3.16: Percentage reporting at least one harm during the past year due to their own alcohol use, by demographic characteristics, type of drinker and frequency of 5+ drinks, Canada, current drinkers aged 15-24, 2004

	N	%	[95% CI]	Adjusted OR	Adjusted OR with age alcohol initiation	Adjusted OR with alcohol usepredictors
Total	1,709	21.8	[18.5-25.4]
Sex
Male	857	22.6	[18.1-27.9]	1.115	1.127	0.772
Female [comparison group]	852	20.9	[16.5-26.1]	--	--	--
Age [comparison group is previous]					*
15-17	377	20.5	[14.7-27.9]	--	--	--
18-19	389	29.1	[21.6-38.0]	1.546	2.029*	1.319
20-24	943	19.1	[15.1-23.9]	0.583*	0.609	0.566*
Region [comparison group is Canada]
Atlantic	430	23.8	[19.6-28.6]	1.087	1.151	1.057
Quebec	133	s	s	s	s	s
Ontario	119	s	s	s	s	s
Prairie	663	23.0	[19.9-26.5]	1.074	1.062	1.023
British Columbia	364	22.6	[18.5-27.1]	1.031	1.027	1.145
Household Location
Rural [comparison group]	283	24.2	[16.7-33.8]	--	--	--
Non-rural	1,426	21.4	[17.9-25.4]	0.861	0.879	0.747
Income Adequacy
Lowest [comparison group]	243	24.4	[16.4-34.8]	--	--	--
Middle	582	21.7	[16.2-28.5]	0.860	0.875	0.935
Highest	280	18.2	[11.9-26.9]	0.684	0.685	0.682
Not stated	604	22.7	[17.4-29.0]	0.843	0.854	0.924
Age Alcohol Initiation					**	**
					0.832**	0.861**
Drinking Status						**
Light Infrequent [comparison group]	767	9.5	[6.8-13.3]			--
Light Frequent	220	32.7	[23.3-43.7]			3.475**
Heavy Infrequent	366	26.5	[18.9-35.7]			2.179*
Heavy Frequent	303	38.5	[29.5-48.4]			2.737**
Frequency of Heavy Drinking (5+)						**
Never 5+ [comparison group]	399	6.0	[3.4-10.3]			--
Less than monthly	522	13.7	[9.2-19.9]			1.961
Monthly or more	776	35.8	[30.0-42.1]			4.686**

Notes: s = estimate suppressed due to high sampling variability;
*p < 0.05; **p < 0.01.

Table 3.17: Percentage reporting types of harm experienced in past year resulting from drinking by others, Canada, total population aged 18 + and youth aged 18-24, 2004

Types of harm from drinking by others	Youth aged 18-24 past year N = 1,504 % yes [CI]	Adults aged 25+ past year N = 11,519 % yes [CI]	Total population 18+ past year N = 13,328 % yes [CI]
1. Insulted or humiliated	36.1 [31.9-40.5]	20.0** [18.8-21.3]	22.1 [20.9-23.4]
2. Family or marriage problems	13.9 [11.2-17.2]	9.9** [9.0-10.9]	10.5 [9.6-11.4]
3. Pushed or shoved	32.7 [28.6-37.0]	7.5** [6.8-8.4]	10.8 [9.9-11.7]
4. Serious arguments or quarrels	31.9 [27.9-36.2]	13.0** [12.0-14.1]	15.5 [14.4-16.6]
5. Verbal abuse	25.4 [21.8-29.4]	14.4** [13.3-15.6]	15.8 [14.7-17.0]
6. Hit or physically assaulted	10.1 [87.1-92.1]	2.2** [1.8-2.7]	3.2 [2.8-3.8]
One or more types of harm	59.6 [55.1-63.9]	28.8** [27.3-30.3]	28.8** [27.3-30.3]

Notes: Only asked of respondents aged 18 years or older.
*p < 0.05; **p < 0.01 = difference between youth aged 15-24 and adults aged 25+.

Table 3.18: Percentage reporting at least one harm during the past year because of others' drinking, by demographic characteristics, type of drinker and frequency of 5+ drinks, Canada, aged 18-24, 2004

	N	%	[95% CI]	Adjusted OR	Adjusted OR with Age Alcohol Initiation
Total	1,504	59.6	[55.1-63.9]
Sex
Male	733	61.1	[54.7-67.2]	1.140	1.153
Female [comparison group]	771	57.9	[51.7-63.8]	--	--
Age [comparison group is previous]
18-19	439	62.6	[54.3-70.2]	--	--
20-24	1,065	58.3	[53.0-63.5]	0.840	0.937
Region [comparison group is Canada]
Atlantic	367	57.5	[51.9-63.0]	0.950	0.978
Quebec	112	54.3	[45.0-63.3]	0.831	0.756
Ontario	111	62.3	[52.6-71.1]	1.142	1.201
Prairie	590	63.6	[59.5-67.4]	1.216*	1.227*
British Columbia	324	56.6	[51.2-62.0]	0.912	0.917
Household Location
Rural [comparison group]	217	60.9	[48.7-71.8]	--	--
Non-rural	1,287	59.4	[54.6-64.0]	0.900	1.060
Income Adequacy
Lowest [comparison group]	252	60.7	[49.8-70.6]	--	--
Middle	544	57.0	[49.4-64.3]	0.846	0.862
Highest	255	64.0	[52.9-73.8]	1.104	1.095
Not stated	453	59.3	[51.4-66.7]	0.905	0.978
Age Alcohol Initiation					*
					0.902*
Monthly or more	646	72.1	[65.5-77.8]

Notes: *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01.