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1 PROFILE OF CURRENT SMOKERS KEY MESSAGES In Peel in 2011/2012, 14% of the population or 162,500 people were current smokers. In 2011/2012, the proportion of current smokers was significantly lower in Peel compared to Ontario (14.2% vs. 17.5%). Peel s smoking rate has declined significantly from 2000/2001 to 2011/2012. In Peel, the proportion of males who are current smokers is significantly higher compared to females. In Peel, the proportion of non-immigrants who are current smokers is significantly higher compared to recent immigrants. Page 1 of 11

2 TABLE 1: PROFILE OF CURRENT SMOKERS PER CENT OF POPULATION WHO ARE CURRENT SMOKERS (DAILY AND OCCASIONAL),, 2000/2001, 2003, 2005, 2007/2008, 2009/2010, 2011/ /2001 (%) 2003 (%) 2005 (%) TOTAL 19.6 (CI: ) 20.7 (CI: ) 17.6 (CI: ) Male 22.8 (CI: ) 25.5 (CI: ) 22.2 (CI: ) Female 16.5 (CI: ) 15.9 (CI: ) 13.1 (CI: ) * (CI: ) 7.1* (CI: ) NR (CI: ) 28.9 (CI: ) 24.1 (CI: ) (CI: ) 24.3 (CI: ) 21.3 (CI: ) (CI: ) 21.9 (CI: ) 18.5 (CI: ) * (CI: ) 5.7* (CI: ) 6.8* (CI: ) INCOME LEVEL Low-middle 18.4* (CI: ) 16.3* (CI: ) NR Middle 13.6* (CI: ) 20.3* (CI: ) 13.2* (CI: ) Upper-middle 23.8 (CI: ) 20.1 (CI: ) 17.4 (CI: ) Highest 19.4 (CI: ) 22.7 (CI: ) 20.4 (CI: ) Less than high school 17.2 (CI: ) 17.4 (CI: ) 15.4 (CI: ) High school graduate 29.2 (CI: ) 29.4 (CI: ) 23.3 (CI: ) Some post-secondary 20.5* (CI: ) 21.1* (CI: ) 18.5* (CI: ) Post-secondary graduate 16.3 (CI: ) 18.6 (CI: ) 16.7 (CI: ) Recent immigrant 10.0* (CI: ) 16.7* (CI: ) 8.9* (CI: ) Long-term immigrant 15.8 (CI: ) 20.9 (CI: ) 17.1 (CI: ) Non-immigrant 24.8 (CI: ) 21.3 (CI: ) 21.6 (CI: ) White 24.2 (CI: ) 24.7 (CI: ) 23.3 (CI: ) Black 11.2* (CI: ) 18.3* (CI: ) NR East/Southeast Asian 9.7* (CI: ) 14.7* (CI: ) 9.3* (CI: ) West Asian/Arab NR NR NR South Asian NR 10.4* (CI: ) 7.2* (CI: ) Latin American NR NR NR Aboriginal NR NR NR Other NR 12.9* (CI: ) 14.4* (CI: ) Page 2 of 11

3 TABLE 1: PROFILE OF CURRENT SMOKERS (CONTINUED) PER CENT OF POPULATION WHO ARE CURRENT SMOKERS (DAILY AND OCCASIONAL),, 2000/2001, 2003, 2005, 2007/2008, 2009/2010, 2011/ /2008 (%) 2009/2010 (%) 2011/2012 (%) TOTAL 15.5 (CI: ) 15.1 (CI: ) 14.2 (CI: ) Male 21.1 (CI: ) 19.5 (CI: ) 19.0 (CI: ) Female 10.1 (CI: ) 10.8 (CI: ) 9.5 (CI: ) NR NR NR (CI: ) 19.4 (CI: ) 16.9 (CI: ) (CI: ) 14.0 (CI: ) 21.3 (CI: ) * (CI: ) 20.2 (CI: ) 14.1 (CI: ) * (CI: ) 7.5* (CI: ) 7.6* (CI: ) INCOME LEVEL Low-middle 14.6* (CI: ) 18.4* (CI: ) 19.5* (CI: ) Middle 14.9* (CI: ) 18.9* (CI: ) 11.4* (CI: ) Upper-middle 12.5 (CI: ) 14.4* (CI: ) 14.8 (CI: ) Highest 17.1 (CI: ) 16.3 (CI: ) 14.1 (CI: ) Less than high school 10.6* (CI: ) 9.0* (CI: ) 5.3* (CI: ) High school graduate 20.7* (CI: ) 21.6 (CI: ) 24.3 (CI: ) Some post-secondary 17.4* (CI: ) 18.2* (CI: ) 17.8* (CI: ) Post-secondary graduate 15.5 (CI: ) 14.9 (CI: ) 14.1 (CI: ) Recent immigrant 10.4* (CI: ) 9.0* (CI: ) 8.9* (CI: ) Long-term immigrant 14.7 (CI: ) 15.9 (CI: ) 13.1 (CI: ) Non-immigrant 17.8 (CI: ) 17.8 (CI: ) 18.8 (CI: ) White 19.7 (CI: ) 20.8 (CI: ) 21.5 (CI: ) Black NR NR NR East/Southeast Asian 14.3* (CI: ) NR 12.2* (CI: ) West Asian/Arab NR NR NR South Asian 10.9* (CI: ) 6.1* (CI: ( ) 6.1* (CI: ) Latin American NR NR NR Aboriginal NR NR NR Other NR NR NR Page 3 of 11

4 *Use estimate with caution. Reflects respondents aged 12 years and older. Current smoker is defined as a person who currently smokes daily or occasionally, has smoked at least 100 cigarettes in their lifetime and some in the past 30 days. NR = Not releasable due to small numbers. CI - 95% confidence interval. Notes: Don t know, refused or not stated responses are excluded for the main indicator presented in the table above. Income information was missing for 12% to 21% of records in Peel between 2000/2001 and 2009/2010. Starting in 2011, missing data regarding income were imputed by Statistics Canada. This may affect comparability between years. Source: Canadian Community Health Survey 2000/2001, 2003, 2005, 2007/2008, 2009/2010, 2011/2012, Statistics Canada, Share File, Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care. Question: Derived variable from multiple questions. Last Updated: November 26, 2014 Page 4 of 11

5 TABLE 2: PROFILE OF CURRENT SMOKERS PER CENT OF POPULATION WHO ARE CURRENT SMOKERS (DAILY AND OCCASIONAL),, 2000/2001, 2003, 2005, 2007/2008, 2009/2010, 2011/ /2001 (%) 2003 (%) 2005 (%) TOTAL 23.4 (CI: ) 20.9 (CI: ) 19.7 (CI: ) Male 26.3 (CI: ) 23.6 (CI: ) 22.4 (CI: ) Female 20.7 (CI: ) 18.3 (CI: ) 17.1 (CI: ) (CI: ) 8.0 (CI: ) 6.7 (CI: ) (CI: ) 29.7 (CI: ) 26.9 (CI: ) (CI: ) 25.7 (CI: ) 24.6 (CI: ) (CI: ) 21.6 (CI: ) 20.8 (CI: ) (CI: ) 9.2 (CI: ) 9.0 (CI: ) INCOME LEVEL Low-middle 31.8 (CI: ) 25.0 (CI: ) 26.8 (CI: ) Middle 25.2 (CI: ) 22.7 (CI: ) 21.9 (CI: ) Upper-middle 24.3 (CI: ) 22.5 (CI: ) 21.1 (CI: ) Highest 20.3 (CI: ) 19.6 (CI: ) 18.2 (CI: ) Less than high school 22.7 (CI: ) 19.7 (CI: ) 19.1 (CI: ) High school graduate 29.5 (CI: ) 26.7 (CI: ) 26.1 (CI: ) Some post-secondary 27.6 (CI: ) 25.6 (CI: ) 23.8 (CI: ) Post-secondary graduate 20.3 (CI: ) 18.3 (CI: ) 17.4 (CI: ) Recent immigrant 13.7 (CI: ) 13.6 (CI: ) 11.6 (CI: ) Long-term immigrant 16.8 (CI: ) 17.2 (CI: ) 14.5 (CI: ) Non-immigrant 26.6 (CI: ) 23.2 (CI: ) 22.4 (CI: ) White 25.3 (CI: ) 22.8 (CI: ) 21.5 (CI: ) Black 11.6* (CI: ) 11.1 (CI: ) 10.8 (CI: ) East/Southeast Asian 11.3 (CI: ) 11.9 (CI: ) 9.7 (CI: ) West Asian/Arab 23.9 (CI: ) 20.9* (CI: ) 18.3 (CI: ) South Asian 7.6* (CI: ) 11.1 (CI: ) 8.1* (CI: ) Latin American 23.0* (CI: ) 16.0* (CI: ) 14.2* (CI: ) Aboriginal 55.6 (CI: ) 41.2 (CI: ) 40.0 (CI: ) Other 23.1 (CI: ) 19.0 (CI: ) 18.4 (CI: ) Page 5 of 11

6 TABLE 2: PROFILE OF CURRENT SMOKERS (CONTINUED) PER CENT OF POPULATION WHO ARE CURRENT SMOKERS (DAILY AND OCCASIONAL),, 2000/2001, 2003, 2005, 2007/2008, 2009/2010, 2011/ /2008 (%) 2009/2010 (%) 2011/2012 (%) TOTAL 19.1 (CI: ) 18.0 (CI: ) 17.5 (CI: ) Male 22.2 (CI: ) 21.4 (CI: ) 20.5 (CI: ) Female 16.1 (CI: ) 14.7 (CI: ) 14.7 (CI: ) (CI: ) 5.6 (CI: ) 3.1 (CI: ) (CI: ) 23.8 (CI: ) 21.9 (CI: ) (CI: ) 20.7 (CI: ) 22.2 (CI: ) (CI: ) 21.2 (CI: ) 20.5 (CI: ) (CI: ) 8.9 (CI: ) 9.0 (CI: ) INCOME LEVEL Low-middle 25.8 (CI: ) 28.4 (CI: ) 28.4 (CI: ) Middle 22.6 (CI: ) 23.2 (CI: ) 22.1 (CI: ) Upper-middle 21.3 (CI: ) 19.8 (CI: ( ) 17.8 (CI: ) Highest 16.6 (CI: ) 15.0 (CI: ) 14.8 (CI: ) Less than high school 17.2 (CI: ) 17.2 (CI: ) 16.5 (CI: ) High school graduate 25.3 (CI: ) 23.6 (CI: ) 24.0 (CI: ) Some post-secondary 23.2 (CI: ) 21.2 (CI: ) 21.5 (CI: ) Post-secondary graduate 17.3 (CI: ) 16.0 (CI: ) 15.9 (CI: ) Recent immigrant 11.7 (CI: ) 9.6 (CI: ( ) 9.0 (CI: ) Long-term immigrant 13.8 (CI: ) 14.6 (CI: ) 13.2 (CI: ) Non-immigrant 21.8 (CI: ) 20.3 (CI: ) 20.4 (CI: ) White 21.0 (CI: ) 19.7 (CI: ( ) 19.8 (CI: ) Black 8.3* (CI: ) 11.2 (CI: ) 8.3* (CI: ) East/Southeast Asian 12.1 (CI: ) 9.6 (CI: ) 9.6 (CI: ) West Asian/Arab 12.9* (CI: ) 15.2* (CI: ) 12.0* (CI: ) South Asian 8.7 (CI: ) 9.6 (CI: ) 5.3 (CI: ) Latin American 11.3* (CI: ) 9.8* (CI: ) 15.6* (CI: ) Aboriginal 38.6 (CI: ) 33.6 (CI: ) 34.6 (CI: ) Other 18.7* (CI: ) 15.3 (CI: ) 14.0* (CI: ) Page 6 of 11

7 *Use estimate with caution. Reflects respondents aged 12 years and older. Current smoker is defined as a person who currently smokes daily or occasionally, has smoked at least 100 cigarettes in their lifetime and some in the past 30 days. CI - 95% confidence interval. Notes: Don t know, refused or not stated responses are excluded for the main indicator presented in the table above. Income information was missing for 12% to 21% of records in Peel between 2000/2001 and 2009/2010. Starting in 2011, missing data regarding income were imputed by Statistics Canada. This may affect comparability between years. Source: Canadian Community Health Survey 2000/2001, 2003, 2005, 2007/2008, 2009/2010, 2011/2012, Statistics Canada, Share File, Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care. Question: Derived variable from multiple questions. Last Updated: November 26, 2014 Page 7 of 11

8 TABLE 3: PROFILE OF CURRENT SMOKERS NUMBER OF RESIDENTS WHO ARE CURRENT SMOKERS (DAILY AND OCCASIONAL),, 2000/2001, 2003, 2005, 2007/2008, 2009/2010, 2011/ / / / /2012 TOTAL 168, , , , , ,500 Male 96, , , , , ,900 Female 71,300 74,700 66,400 56,200 61,100 54, ,300* 8,000* NR NR NR NR ,500 51,200 46,500 45,100 40,600 36, ,000 72,400 66,500 61,600 42,900 63, ,800 56,100 52,300 55,400* 69,200 50, ,400* 5,000* 6,800* 6,200* 9,400* 10,600* INCOME Low-middle 8,700* 5,700* NR 6,700* 7,000* 11,100* Middle 16,300* 23,400* 15,800* 23,500* 25,900* 19,300* Upper-middle 56,300 51,100 43,900 33,700 38,600* 53,500 Highest 66,800 94,700 88,400 75,900 72,100 78,500 Less than high school 35,700 34,300 29,000 25,400* 19,000* 10,900* High school graduate 56,500 56,500 37,600 33,000* 44,900 46,700 Some post-secondary 14,000* 13,900* 17,700* 18,200* 14,700* 18,200* Post-secondary graduate 61,800 86,400 90,100 87,700 87,300 83,800 Recent immigrant 14,000* 22,200* 15,800* 23,900* 18,800* 18,200* Long-term immigrant 41,300 66,200 55,300 56,500 66,200 57,500 Non-immigrant 111,800 96, ,400 81,200 81,300 85,200 White 136, , , , , ,700 Black 5,800* 8,700* NR NR NR NR East/Southeast Asian 6,600* 12,600* 8,800* 15,800* NR 19,100* West Asian/Arab NR NR NR NR NR NR South Asian NR 12,500* 12,200* 29,300* 14,500* 13,300* Latin American NR NR NR NR NR NR Aboriginal NR NR NR NR NR NR Other NR 5,900* 7,500* NR NR NR *Use estimate with caution. Reflects respondents aged 12 years and older. Current smoker is defined as a person who currently smokes daily or occasionally, has smoked at least 100 cigarettes in their lifetime and some in the past 30 days. NR = Not releasable due to small numbers. Page 8 of 11

9 Notes: "Don t know, refused or not stated responses are excluded for the main indicator presented in the table above. Income information was missing for 12% to 21% of records in Peel between 2000/2001 and 2009/2010. Starting in 2011, missing data regarding income were imputed by Statistics Canada. This may affect comparability between years. Source: Canadian Community Health Survey 2000/2001, 2003, 2005, 2007/2008, 2009/2010, 2011/2012, Statistics Canada, Share File, Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care. Question: Derived variable from multiple questions. Last Updated: November 26, 2014 Page 9 of 11

10 TABLE 4: PROFILE OF CURRENT SMOKERS NUMBER OF RESIDENTS WHO ARE CURRENT SMOKERS (DAILY AND OCCASIONAL),, 2000/2001, 2003, 2005, 2007/2008, 2009/2010, 2011/ / / / /2012 TOTAL 2,309,400 2,142,900 2,078,400 2,073,000 1,999,900 1,984,900 Male 1,270,100 1,186,400 1,160,000 1,183,900 1,167,100 1,134,500 Female 1,039, , , , , , ,700 91,500 78,500 57,500 65,900 35, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,100 INCOME LEVEL Low-middle 260, , , , , ,800 Middle 422, , , , , ,300 Upper-middle 724, , , , , ,500 Highest 673, , , , , ,300 Less than high school 597, , , , , ,100 High school graduate 601, , , , , ,000 Some post-secondary 209, , , , , ,400 Post-secondary graduate 881, , , , , ,000 Recent immigrant 120, , , ,800 98,500 89,000 Long-term immigrant 340, , , , , ,000 Non-immigrant 1,843,700 1,632,300 1,621,200 1,580,600 1,493,400 1,527,600 White 2,033,500 1,815,200 1,729,700 1,640,600 1,576,900 1,586,800 Black 29,600* 29,200 30,200 34,400* 44,300 30,500* East/Southeast Asian 71,900 81,400 69, ,800 88,800 83,200 West Asian/Arab 26,500 25,400* 24,600 29,600* 30,200* 25,900* South Asian 30,400* 45,400 44,900* 56,700 65,200 38,600 Latin American 19,300* 20,900* 15,100* 16,300* 16,400* 26,700* Aboriginal 27,200 22,100 67, ,000 83,000 98,900 Other 62,900 67,600 61,900 31,100* 34,200 45,700* *Use estimate with caution. Reflects respondents aged 12 years and older. Current smoker is defined as a person who currently smokes daily or occasionally, has smoked at least 100 cigarettes in their lifetime and some in the past 30 days. Page 10 of 11

11 Notes: Don t know, refused or not stated responses are excluded for the main indicator presented in the table above. Income information was missing for 12% to 21% of records in Peel between 2000/2001 and 2009/2010. Starting in 2011, missing data regarding income were imputed by Statistics Canada. This may affect comparability between years. Source: Canadian Community Health Survey 2000/2001, 2003, 2005, 2007/2008, 2009/2010, 2011/2012, Statistics Canada, Share File, Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care. Question: Derived variable from multiple questions. Last Updated: November 26, 2014 Page 11 of 11

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