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Table 8. Quit rates, for Canadians age 15 and over, Canadian Tobacco Use Monitoring Survey (February-June), Canada 1999
Sex	Age group	Population estimate ('000)	Total quitters (%)	Short term quitters (%)	Long term quitters (%)
* Moderate sampling variability, interpret with caution # High sampling variability, data suppressed Estimates may not sum to 100 percent due to rounding.
Both sexes	Total	12,458	49.4	3.1*	46.3
	15-24	1,598	17.2	5.3*	12.0
	15-19	690	12.3*	4.7*	7.6*
	20-24	908	21.0	5.8*	15.3
	25+	10,860	54.1	2.8*	51.4
	25-44	5,034	38.5	2.6*	35.9
	45+	5,826	67.7	3.0*	64.8
Male	Total	6,902	51.1	3.7*	47.4
	15-24	846	15.5	4.8*	10.7*
	15-19	350	11.6*	#	7.7*
	20-24	496	18.2	#	12.8*
	25+	6,056	56.1	3.5*	52.6
	25-44	2,753	37.6	#	34.3
	45+	3,303	71.6	#	67.8
Female	Total	5,556	47.3	2.4*	44.9
	15-24	752	19.2	5.9*	13.4
	15-19	340	12.9*	#	7.5*
	20-24	412	24.4	6.3*	18.2*
	25+	4,804	51.7	#	49.8
	25-44	2,281	39.5	#	37.7
	45+	2,523	62.7	#	60.8