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Tobacco Control Programme, Health Canada Supplementary Tables, Youth Smoking Survey 2006-07

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Table 10. Lifetime use and mean age at first use of alcohol and other drugs by grouped grades (grades 7-12), Canada, 2006-07
	%	Mean age	%	Mean age	%	Mean age
	Grades 7-9		Grades 10-12		Total
[95% confidence intervals in brackets] ¹ Five or more drinks. Note: This is among those who have ever tried alcohol. N/A - cannot be established due to multiple drugs included in category. ⁺ Other drugs include: Amphetamines (speed, ice, meth); MDMA (ecstasy, E, X); Hallucinogens (LSD, PCP, acid, magic mushrooms, mesc); Heroin (smack, H, junk, crank); Cocaine (coke, crack, blow, snow); glue, gasoline or other products (solvents). ^† Note that this number should not be rounded up. Source: 2006-07 Youth Smoking Survey
Alcohol	59.1 [56.6 - 61.7]	11.7 [11.6 - 11.8]	82.6 [80.7 - 84.6]	13.2 [13.1 - 13.4]	70.9 [68.9 - 72.9]	12.7 [12.6 - 12.8]
Binge drinking ¹	38.5 ^† [35.8 - 41.1]	12.9 [12.9 - 13.0]	69.8 [67.1 - 72.4]	14.6 [14.5 - 14.7]	56.8 [54.7 - 58.9]	14.1 [14.1 - 14.2]
Cannabis	16.9 [15.2 - 18.6]	12.7 [12.6 - 12.8]	43.2 [40.0 - 46.5]	14.1 [14.0 - 14.3]	30.1 [27.9 - 32.4]	13.8 [13.7 - 13.9]
Other drug ⁺	11.0 [10.0- 12.0]	N/A	19.3 [17.5 - 21.0]	N/A	15.2 [14.1 - 16.3]	N/A
Amphetamines	3.0 [2.4 - 3.6]	13.0 [12.7 - 13.2]	5.9 [5.1 - 6.8]	14.4 [14.1 - 14.6]	4.5 ^† [3.8 - 5.1]	13.9 [13.7 - 14.2]
MDMA (Ecstasy)	3.2 [2.6 - 3.8]	13.3 [13.1 - 13.5]	9.2 [8.1 - 10.3]	15.0 [14.9 - 15.2]	6.2 [5.5 - 6.9]	14.6 [14.4 - 14.8]
Hallucinogens	3.9 [3.4 - 4.4]	13.2 [13.0 - 13.4]	12.2 [10.8 - 13.6]	14.9 [14.8 - 15.0]	8.0 [7.3 - 8.8]	14.5 [14.4 - 14.6]
Heroin	1.4 [1.2 - 1.7]	12.5 ^† [12.2 - 12.7]	2.6 [2.1 - 3.0]	13.9 [13.1 - 14.7]	2.0 [1.7 - 2.3]	13.4 [12.9 - 14.0]
Cocaine	2.3 [2.0 - 2.6]	12.9 [12.6 - 13.2]	6.4 [5.6 - 7.2]	14.9 [14.7 - 15.2]	4.4 [3.9 - 4.8]	14.4 [14.2 - 14.7]
Steroids	1.4 [1.1 - 1.7]	12.3 [11.9 - 12.6]	2.2 [1.9 - 2.4]	13.4 [13.0 - 13.8]	1.8 [1.6 - 2.0]	13.0 [12.7 - 13.3]
Glue / Gas	6.3 [5.7 - 6.9]	11.7 [11.5 - 11.9]	6.4 [5.6 - 7.2]	12.7 [12.5 - 12.9]	6.3 [5.8 - 6.9]	12.2 [12.1 - 12.4]
Natural health products or other medications	3.3 [2.8 - 3.8]	12.7 [12.5 - 12.9]	6.3 [5.5 - 7.0]	14.2 [14.0 - 14.4]	4.8 [4.3 - 5.3]	13.7 [13.5 - 13.9]

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