Table 1 Prevalence of alcohol consumption in Canada 2008 according to age, gender
From: Mortality and potential years of life lost attributable to alcohol consumption in Canada in 2005
Abstainers | Former drinkers | Current drinkers | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gender | Age | Percent | 95% CI | Percent | 95% CI | Percent | 95% CI |
Women | 15-24 | 19.0 | (13.4-24.5) | 7.0 | (3.2-10.7) | 74.1 | (67.9-80.3) |
25-34 | 10.4 | (6.8-14.0) | 11.9 | (8.5-15.2) | 77.8 | (73.2-83.3) | |
35-44 | 8.0 | (5.4-10.5) | 12.5 | (9.5-15.5) | 79.6 | (75.8-83.3) | |
45-54 | 8.0 | (5.5-10.4) | 14.9 | (11.9-17.9) | 77.2 | (73.5-80.8) | |
55-64 | 9.7 | (7.2-12.2) | 16.3 | (13.3-19.3) | 74.0 | (70.4-77.6) | |
65-74 | 12.9 | (9.5-16.3) | 19.0 | (14.8-23.3) | 68.0 | (63.0-73.0) | |
75+ | 27.2 | (21.8-32.5) | 21.7 | (16.8-26.5) | 51.2 | (45.2-57.1) | |
Men | 15-24 | 13.1 | (8.9-17.3) | 3.4 | (1.2-5.6) | 83.5 | (78.9-88.1) |
25-34 | 5.8 | (2.3-9.3) | 9.4 | (4.7-14.0) | 84.9 | (79.3-90.4) | |
35-44 | 5.3 | (2.9-7.6) | 8.6 | (5.8-11.3) | 86.2 | (82.7-89.7) | |
45-54 | 5.3 | (3.1-7.5) | 12.0 | (8.8-15.1) | 82.8 | (79.1-86.4) | |
55-64 | 3.7 | (2.0-5.4) | 17.7 | (13.6-21.9) | 78.5 | (74.2-82.9) | |
65-74 | 8.0 | (4.2-11.8) | 22.8 | (16.7-28.9) | 69.2 | (62.5-75.8) | |
75+ | 7.5 | (3.2-11.8) | 20.0 | (12.6-27.4) | 72.5 | (64.4-80.6) | |
Total | 9.8 | (8.9-10.7) | 12.9 | (11.9-13.8) | 77.3 | (76.1-78.6) | |