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Supplementary Tables, CTUMS Annual 2006

Table 5. Quit rates by age group and sex, 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)		 Total quitters
(%)		 Short term quitters
(%)		 Long term quitters
(%)
Both sexes Total 12,129 59.1

[57.3-60.9]		 3.8

[3.2-4.5]		 55.3

[53.4-57.1]
15-24 1,186 21.1

[18.3-24.0]		 7.3

[5.7-8.9]		 13.8

[11.5-16.1]
15-19 369 13.1

[9.6-16.5]		 7.7*

[4.8-10.6]		 5.4*

[3.2-7.5]
20-24 817 24.8

[21.2-28.3]		 7.1

[5.1-9.2]		 17.6

[14.6-20.6]
25+ 10,943 63.2

[61.3-65.1]		 3.5↓

[2.7-4.2]		 59.8

[57.8-61.7]
25-44 4,007 49.0

[45.4-52.5]		 5.2

[3.6-6.9]		 43.7

[40.1-47.3]
45+ 6,936 71.5↓

[69.3-73.6]		 2.5↓

[1.7-3.2]		 69.0

[66.8-71.3]
Male Total 6,699 60.1

[57.6-62.6]		 3.6

[2.7-4.4]		 56.6

[54.0-59.1]
15-24 649 18.2

[14.9-21.6]		 4.9

[3.4-6.3]		 13.4

[10.2-16.5]
15-19 203 12.1*

[7.7-16.5]		 6.7*

[3.2-10.2]		 5.5*↓

[2.6-8.4]
20-24 445 21.0

[16.8-25.3]		 4.0*

[2.5-5.6]		 17.0

[12.7-21.2]
25+ 6,051 64.6

[61.9-67.3]		 3.4

[2.5-4.4]		 61.2

[58.5-63.9]
25-44 2,107 47.5↓

[42.4-52.5]		 5.6*

[3.2-8.0]		 41.9

[36.9-46.9]
45+ 3,943 73.7

[70.8-76.7]		 2.3*

[1.4-3.1]		 71.5↓

[68.5-74.4]
Female Total 5,429 57.9

[55.3-60.5]		 4.2

[3.1-5.3]		 53.7

[51.1-56.2]
15-24 537 24.6

[20.3-28.9]		 10.2

[7.0-13.4]		 14.4

[11.2-17.5]
15-19 166 14.2*

[9.1-19.4]		 # 5.3*

[2.2-8.3]
20-24 372 29.2

[23.7-34.8]		 10.8*

[6.7-14.9]		 18.4

[14.3-22.6]
25+ 4,892 61.5 ↑

[58.8-64.3]		 3.5*

[2.3-4.7]		 58.0

[55.2-65.8]
25-44 1,900 50.6

[45.5-55.7]		 4.8*

[2.4-7.3]		 45.7

[40.4-51.1]
45+ 2,992 68.5↓

[65.2-71.7]		 2.7*

[1.4-4.0]		 65.8

[62.5-69.1]

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

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