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

Chapter 7: Driving and Substance Use (con't)

Table 7.1: Proportion who were passenger/driver by age, Canada, 2004

Passenger (asked of all panel)	Youth 15-24 years % [95% CI] N = 694	Adults 25+ % [95% CI] N = 3,926	Total population 15+ % [95% CI] N = 4,620
Passenger with someone who had been drinking	32.5** [26.6-39.1] 222	14.9 [12.9-17.2] 543	17.8 [15.8-20.0] 777
Passenger with someone who had used cannabis/hash	39.6** [33.2-46.3] 234	7.6 [6.2-9.4] 279	12.9 [11.2-14.9] 517
Driver (asked of respondents in panel who had used alcohol past 12 months)	Youth 15-24 years % [95% CI] N = 401	Adults 25+ % [95% CI] N = 2,647	Total Population 15+ % [95% CI] N = 3,048
Driven after using alcohol	20.9* [14.8-28.7] 85	13.5 [11.3-16.2] 330	14.5 [12.3-16.9] 418
Driver (asked of respondents in panel who had used cannabis past 12 months)	N = 160	N = 338	N = 498
Driven after using cannabis/hash	39.8 [27.5-53.5] 75	29.9 [22.0-39.3] 101	33.3 [26.5-41.0] 176

Note: * Indicates a significant difference between proportion of youth and those of adults.

Table 7.2: Percentage who were a passenger with someone who had consumed alcohol or cannabis or drove after consuming alcohol or cannabis by age, Canada, 2004

Age	Passenger with someone who had used alcohol % [CI]	Passenger with someone who had used cannabis % [CI]	Driver after consuming alcohol % [CI]	Driver after consuming cannabis % [CI]
15-24	32.5 [26.6-39.1] 222	39.6 [33.2-46.3] 234	20.9 [14.8-28.7] 85	39.8 [27.5-53.5] 75
25-44	20.1** [16.8-23.8] 344	12.8** [10.1-16.1] 218	12.7* [10.2-15.8] 187	34.2 [24.4-45.7] 80
45-64	13.3** [10.3-17.1] 175	5.4** [3.5-8.2] 60	14.7 [10.8-19.5] 120	s
65+	s	s	s	s

Note: s = estimate suppressed due to high sampling variability or cell size less than 30;
*p < 0.05; **p < 0.01 = difference between age group and the previous group.

Table 7.3: Percentage reporting being a passenger with someone who reported having drunk 2 hours before driving, Canada, aged 15-24, 2004

Notes: s = estimate suppressed due to high sampling variability or cell size less than 30;
*p < 0.05; **p < 0.01;
CI = confidence interval;
OR = adjusted for all variables in the table.

Table 7.4: Percentage who reported being a passenger with someone who had used cannabis/hash 2 hours before driving, Canada, aged 15-24, 2004

Notes: s = estimate suppressed due to high sampling variability or cell size less than 30;
*p < 0.05; **p < 0.01;
CI = confidence interval;
OR = adjusted for all variables in the table.