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Supplementary Tables, CTUMS Annual 2006

Table 4. Number of quit attempts in the past 12 months by age group and sex, daily smokers, age 15+ years, Canada 2006

[95% confidence intervals in brackets]
The symbols ↑ and ↓ refer to the direction of rounding to integers.
* Moderate sampling variability, interpret with caution.
# High sampling variability - although an estimate may be determined from the table, data should be suppressed.
Sex Age group (years) Population estimate
('000)		 No attempts
(%)		 1 attempt
(%)		 2-3 attempts
(%)		 4 or more attempts
(%)
Total All age 3,699 52.4

[49.0-55.8]		 16.0

[13.4-18.5]		 20.1

[17.3-22.8]		 11.6

[9.7-13.5]
Male 1,975 52.6

[48.0-57.3]		 15.0

[11.9-18.1]		 21.0

[17.2-24.9]		 11.3

[8.6-14.0]
Female 1,723 52.1

[47.4-56.9]		 17.0

[13.3-20.8]		 18.9

[15.3-22.6]		 11.9

[9.2-14.6]
Both sexes 15-17 78 37.0

[26.0-48.0]		 11.2*

[6.0-16.4]		 33.1

[22.5-43.8]		 18.8*

[10.7-26.8]
18-19 105 31.0

[21.6-40.5]		 23.8*

[15.0-32.6]		 22.3*

[14.4-30.2]		 22.9*

[15.2-30.6]
15-19 182 33.6

[26.0-41.1]		 18.4

[12.6-24.2]		 26.9

[20.3-33.5]		 21.1

[15.7-26.6]
20-22 248 40.1

[33.4-46.8]		 14.2

[10.0-18.4]		 29.8

[23.3-36.3]		 15.9

[10.9-20.9]
23-24 153 33.5↓

[25.9-41.1]		 23.7

[16.2-31.2]		 26.7*

[17.9-35.5]		 16.1*

[9.9-22.4]
20-24 402 37.6

[32.4-42.7]		 17.9

[13.9-21.8]		 28.6

[23.5-33.7]		 16.0

[12.0-19.9]
25-34 710 42.1

[33.1-51.1]		 22.6*

[15.0-30.2]		 21.4*

[14.3-28.6]		 13.9*

[8.1-19.6]
35-44 808 54.3

[46.7-61.9]		 15.1*

[9.5-20.7]		 19.4

[13.5-25.4]		 11.2*

[6.1-16.2]
45+ 1,596 61.9

[57.1-66.7]		 12.7

[9.2-16.2]		 16.8

[13.1-20.5]		 8.6

[5.9-11.2]
25+ 3,114 55.4

[51.5-59.3]		 15.6

[12.6-18.5]		 18.58

[15.5-21.6]		 10.59

[8.3-12.6]
Male 15-19 103 35.9

[25.4-46.4]		 17.5*

[9.6-25.4]		 24.9*

[15.9-34.0]		 21.7*

[14.0-29.4]
20-24 225 34.9

[27.2-42.6]		 16.0*

[10.8-21.2]		 31.5↑

[24.5-38.6]		 17.5↑

[12.1-23.0]
25-44 819 49.3

[40.9-57.6]		 19.5*↑

[12.7-26.3]		 19.1*

[12.2-25.9]		 12.2*

[6.9-17.4]
45+ 828 62.9

[56.3-69.4]		 10.0*

[6.1-14.0]		 19.6

[14.0-25.2]		 7.5*↓

[4.0-10.9]
Female 15-19 79 30.5↑

[21.0-40.0]		 19.6*

[12.1-27.0]		 29.5↓

[20.4-38.5]		 20.4*

[12.5-28.4]
20-24 177 40.9

[33.3-48.5]		 20.2

[14.4-26.0]		 24.9

[17.3-32.5]		 14.0*

[8.2-19.8]
25-44 699 47.8

[39.2-56.4]		 17.6*

[10.6-24.6]		 21.9

[15.0-28.8]		 12.7*

[7.8-17.7]
45+ 768 60.9

[54.0-67.8]		 15.5*

[10.2-20.9]		 13.8

[9.4-18.2]		 9.8*

[5.8-13.8]

Source: Canadian Tobacco Use Monitoring Survey, February - December 2006

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