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Canadian Tobacco Use Monitoring Survey (CTUMS) 2007

Supplementary Tables, CTUMS Annual 2007

Table 9. Exposure of children at home to Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS), by province and age group, Canada 2007
Province % Children Age
0-11 regularly exposed
% Children Age
12-17 regularly exposed
% Children Age
0-17 regularly exposed
Canada 7.3

[6.5-8.1]
13.0

[11.7-14.2]
9.5

[8.8-10.3]
 
Newfoundland and Labrador 6.0

[4.4-7.6]
15.0

[12.6-17.3]
9.7

[8.3-11.2]
Prince Edward Island 6.6

[5.0-8.3]
15.7

[13.1-18.3]
10.5

[8.9-12.1]
Nova Scotia 6.6

[5.0-8.2]
14.8

[12.1-17.4]
9.9

[8.3-11.5]
New Brunswick 10.5

[8.3-12.7]
16.7

[13.7-19.6]
12.6

[10.7-14.5]
Quebec 13.6

[11.3-15.9]
22.1

[19.0-25.2]
17.3

[15.3-19.2]
Ontario 4.9

[3.5-6.4]
9.4

[7.2-11.7]
6.7

[5.3-8.0]
Manitoba 7.9

[6.2-9.6]
12.6

[10.1-15.1]
9.6

[8.0-11.2]
Saskatchewan 10.3

[8.5-12.2]
16.4

[13.8-19.1]
12.4

[10.7-14.0]
Alberta 6.2

[4.7-7.8]
12.3

[9.8-14.8]
8.3

[6.9-9.8]
British Columbia 3.7

[2.4-4.9]
5.4

[3.7-7.0]
4.3

[3.2-5.5]

[95% confidence intervals in brackets]
The symbols ↑ and ↓ refer to the direction of rounding to integers.

Source: Canadian Tobacco Use Monitoring Survey, Household component, February - December 2007