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
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, 2011/2012 2000/2001 (%) 2003 (%) 2005 (%) TOTAL 19.6 (CI: 17.6-21.8) 20.7 (CI: 18.4-23.2) 17.6 (CI: 15.6-19.8) Male 22.8 (CI: 19.8-26.1) 25.5 (CI: 21.9-29.6) 22.2 (CI: 19.2-25.6) Female 16.5 (CI: 14.1-19.3) 15.9 (CI: 13.3-19.0) 13.1 (CI: 10.6-16.0) 12-18 6.3* (CI: 3.7-10.6) 7.1* (CI: 4.6-10.9) NR 19-29 26.3 (CI: 20.9-32.4) 28.9 (CI: 23.1-35.6) 24.1 (CI: 19.1-29.9) 30-44 23.6 (CI: 20.0-27.6) 24.3 (CI: 20.1-29.0) 21.3 (CI: 17.7-25.4) 45-64 18.9 (CI: 15.2-23.1) 21.9 (CI: 17.1-27.5) 18.5 (CI: 14.4-23.4) 65+ 10.7* (CI: 6.9-16.2) 5.7* (CI: 3.6-8.9) 6.8* (CI: 4.1-11.3) INCOME LEVEL Low-middle 18.4* (CI: 11.3-28.4) 16.3* (CI: 8.8-28.2) NR Middle 13.6* (CI: 9.5-19.3) 20.3* (CI: 15.0-26.9) 13.2* (CI: 8.7-19.5) Upper-middle 23.8 (CI: 19.9-28.1) 20.1 (CI: 16.0-24.9) 17.4 (CI: 14.0-21.5) Highest 19.4 (CI: 16.4-23.0) 22.7 (CI: 19.3-26.4) 20.4 (CI: 17.2-23.9) Less than high school 17.2 (CI: 13.7-21.4) 17.4 (CI: 13.3-22.4) 15.4 (CI: 11.7-20.1) High school graduate 29.2 (CI: 24.4-34.6) 29.4 (CI: 23.8-35.7) 23.3 (CI: 18.1-29.5) Some post-secondary 20.5* (CI: 13.9-29.1) 21.1* (CI: 13.2-32.0) 18.5* (CI: 11.8-27.8) Post-secondary graduate 16.3 (CI: 13.6-19.4) 18.6 (CI: 15.5-22.3) 16.7 (CI: 14.1-19.8) Recent immigrant 10.0* (CI: 6.8-14.6) 16.7* (CI: 11.2-24.1) 8.9* (CI: 5.8-13.5) Long-term immigrant 15.8 (CI: 12.6-19.6) 20.9 (CI: 17.2-25.1) 17.1 (CI: 13.5-21.4) Non-immigrant 24.8 (CI: 21.9-28.0) 21.3 (CI: 18.3-24.7) 21.6 (CI: 18.7-24.9) White 24.2 (CI: 21.6-27.0) 24.7 (CI: 21.8-27.9) 23.3 (CI: 20.4-26.5) Black 11.2* (CI: 6.3-19.2) 18.3* (CI: 10.5-30.0) NR East/Southeast Asian 9.7* (CI: 5.5-16.5) 14.7* (CI: 9.5-22.1) 9.3* (CI: 5.1-16.2) West Asian/Arab NR NR NR South Asian NR 10.4* (CI: 5.8-17.7) 7.2* (CI: 4.5-11.4) Latin American NR NR NR Aboriginal NR NR NR Other NR 12.9* (CI: 7.2-22.0) 14.4* (CI: 8.1-24.3) Page 2 of 11
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, 2011/2012 2007/2008 (%) 2009/2010 (%) 2011/2012 (%) TOTAL 15.5 (CI: 13.4-18.0) 15.1 (CI: 13.0-17.4 ) 14.2 (CI: 12.2-16.5) Male 21.1 (CI: 17.5-25.3) 19.5 (CI: 16.3-23.2) 19.0 (CI: 15.6-23.0) Female 10.1 (CI: 8.0-12.8) 10.8 (CI: 8.4-13.9) 9.5 (CI: 7.5-11.9) 12-18 NR NR NR 19-29 22.8 (CI: 17.1-29.6) 19.4 (CI: 15.1-24.6) 16.9 (CI: 12.6-22.3) 30-44 18.9 (CI: 15.1-23.4) 14.0 (CI: 10.5-18.5) 21.3 (CI: 16.4-27.0) 45-64 17.3* (CI: 12.7-23.2) 20.2 (CI: 15.6-25.8) 14.1 (CI: 10.5-18.6) 65+ 5.5* (CI: 3.4-8.6) 7.5* (CI: 5.0-11.3) 7.6* (CI: 4.8-12.0) INCOME LEVEL Low-middle 14.6* (CI: 7.9-25.5) 18.4* (CI: 10.4-30.5) 19.5* (CI: 11.0-32.3) Middle 14.9* (CI: 8.8-24.0) 18.9* (CI: 13.5-25.9) 11.4* (CI: 7.6-16.9) Upper-middle 12.5 (CI: 9.4-16.4) 14.4* (CI: 10.0-20.2) 14.8 (CI: 11.2-19.1) Highest 17.1 (CI: 14.1-20.7) 16.3 (CI: 13.1-20.1) 14.1 (CI: 11.2-17.6) Less than high school 10.6* (CI: 7.5-14.9) 9.0* (CI: 6.5-12.3) 5.3* (CI: 3.6-7.8) High school graduate 20.7* (CI: 15.1-27.7) 21.6 (CI: 16.0-28.4) 24.3 (CI: 18.2-31.7) Some post-secondary 17.4* (CI: 11.6-25.4) 18.2* (CI: 11.6-27.4) 17.8* (CI: 10.1-29.4) Post-secondary graduate 15.5 (CI: 12.4-19.1) 14.9 (CI: 12.0-18.3) 14.1 (CI: 11.4-17.2) Recent immigrant 10.4* (CI: 7.0-15.2) 9.0* (CI: 5.7-14.0) 8.9* (CI: 5.6-13.8) Long-term immigrant 14.7 (CI: 11.0-19.5) 15.9 (CI: 12.1-20.6) 13.1 (CI: 9.7-17.5) Non-immigrant 17.8 (CI: 14.7-21.3) 17.8 (CI: 14.9-21.1) 18.8 (CI: 15.6-22.5) White 19.7 (CI: 16.8-23.0) 20.8 (CI: 17.6-24.4) 21.5 (CI: 18.0-25.5) Black NR NR NR East/Southeast Asian 14.3* (CI: 7.7-24.9) NR 12.2* (CI: 7.1-20.2) West Asian/Arab NR NR NR South Asian 10.9* (CI: 6.7-17.3) 6.1* (CI: (3.7-9.8) 6.1* (CI: 3.8-9.6) Latin American NR NR NR Aboriginal NR NR NR Other NR NR NR Page 3 of 11
*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
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, 2011/2012 2000/2001 (%) 2003 (%) 2005 (%) TOTAL 23.4 (CI: 22.8-24.1) 20.9 (CI: 20.3-21.5) 19.7 (CI: 19.1-20.3) Male 26.3 (CI: 25.3-27.3) 23.6 (CI: 22.6-24.6) 22.4 (CI: 21.5-23.3) Female 20.7 (CI: 19.9-21.5) 18.3 (CI: 17.6-19.1) 17.1 (CI: 16.4-17.9) 12-18 11.1 (CI: 9.9-12.5) 8.0 (CI: 7.1-9.1) 6.7 (CI: 5.8-7.8) 19-29 31.1 (CI: 29.2-32.9) 29.7 (CI: 27.8-31.6) 26.9 (CI: 25.3-28.6) 30-44 29.4 (CI: 28.2-30.6) 25.7 (CI: 24.4-27.0) 24.6 (CI: 23.5-25.9) 45-64 23.4 (CI: 22.2-24.5) 21.6 (CI: 20.5-22.8) 20.8 (CI: 19.7-22.0) 65+ 11.3 (CI: 10.3-12.3) 9.2 (CI: 8.4-10.1) 9.0 (CI: 8.3-9.9) INCOME LEVEL Low-middle 31.8 (CI: 29.6-34.1) 25.0 (CI: 22.7-27.4) 26.8 (CI: 24.3-29.4) Middle 25.2 (CI: 23.8-26.8) 22.7 (CI: 21.1-24.3) 21.9 (CI: 20.3-23.6) Upper-middle 24.3 (CI: 23.2-25.4) 22.5 (CI: 21.3-23.7) 21.1 (CI: 20.0-22.2) Highest 20.3 (CI: 19.2-21.4) 19.6 (CI: 18.6-20.6) 18.2 (CI: 17.3-19.1) Less than high school 22.7 (CI: 21.6-23.8) 19.7 (CI: 18.5-20.9) 19.1 (CI: 17.9-20.3) High school graduate 29.5 (CI: 27.9-31.1) 26.7 (CI: 25.2-28.3) 26.1 (CI: 24.5-27.7) Some post-secondary 27.6 (CI: 25.2-30.1) 25.6 (CI: 23.0-28.4) 23.8 (CI: 21.4-26.3) Post-secondary graduate 20.3 (CI: 19.4-21.2) 18.3 (CI: 17.4-19.2) 17.4 (CI: 16.7-18.2) Recent immigrant 13.7 (CI: 11.5-16.3) 13.6 (CI: 11.3-16.3) 11.6 (CI: 9.6-13.9) Long-term immigrant 16.8 (CI: 15.4-18.3) 17.2 (CI: 15.7-18.8) 14.5 (CI: 13.2-15.8) Non-immigrant 26.6 (CI: 25.9-27.4) 23.2 (CI: 22.5-23.9) 22.4 (CI: 21.8-23.1) White 25.3 (CI: 24.7-26.0) 22.8 (CI: 22.1-23.5) 21.5 (CI: 20.8-22.2) Black 11.6* (CI: 8.5-15.7) 11.1 (CI: 8.2-14.9) 10.8 (CI: 7.9-14.6) East/Southeast Asian 11.3 (CI: 8.8-14.4) 11.9 (CI: 9.6-14.7) 9.7 (CI: 7.8-12.1) West Asian/Arab 23.9 (CI: 17.7-31.4) 20.9* (CI: 13.8-30.5) 18.3 (CI: 13.3-24.6) South Asian 7.6* (CI: 5.3-10.9) 11.1 (CI: 8.4-14.5) 8.1* (CI: 5.8-11.1) Latin American 23.0* (CI: 15.2-33.1) 16.0* (CI: 10.6-23.5) 14.2* (CI: 9.2-21.3) Aboriginal 55.6 (CI: 47.8-63.2) 41.2 (CI: 33.9-49.0) 40.0 (CI: 35.3-44.9) Other 23.1 (CI: 19.1-27.6) 19.0 (CI: 15.8-22.7) 18.4 (CI: 14.9-22.5) Page 5 of 11
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, 2011/2012 2007/2008 (%) 2009/2010 (%) 2011/2012 (%) TOTAL 19.1 (CI: 18.5-19.7) 18.0 (CI: 17.3-18.7) 17.5 (CI: 16.8-18.3) Male 22.2 (CI: 21.3-23.2) 21.4 (CI: 20.3-22.5) 20.5 (CI: 19.4-21.6) Female 16.1 (CI: 15.3-16.8) 14.7 (CI: 13.9-15.5) 14.7 (CI: 13.9-15.6) 12-18 4.8 (CI: 4.1-5.7) 5.6 (CI: 4.7-6.6) 3.1 (CI: 2.4-3.9) 19-29 27.4 (CI: 25.6-29.2) 23.8 (CI: 22.1-25.6) 21.9 (CI: 20.1-23.9) 30-44 23.3 (CI: 22.0-24.7) 20.7 (CI: 19.3-22.1) 22.2 (CI: 20.6-23.9) 45-64 21.0 (CI: 19.8-22.2) 21.2 (CI: 19.9-22.6) 20.5 (CI: 19.1-22.0) 65+ 8.5 (CI: 7.8-9.3) 8.9 (CI: 8.0-9.7) 9.0 (CI: 8.1-9.9) INCOME LEVEL Low-middle 25.8 (CI: 23.2-28.6) 28.4 (CI: 25.3-31.8) 28.4 (CI: 24.9-32.2) Middle 22.6 (CI: 20.8-24.5) 23.2 (CI: 21.3-25.3) 22.1 (CI: 20.2-24.1) Upper-middle 21.3 (CI: 20.0-22.6) 19.8 (CI: (18.4-21.2) 17.8 (CI: 16.5-19.2) Highest 16.6 (CI: 15.7-17.5) 15.0 (CI: 14.1-16.0) 14.8 (CI: 13.8-15.7) Less than high school 17.2 (CI: 16.1-18.4) 17.2 (CI: 16.0-18.5) 16.5 (CI: 14.9-18.1) High school graduate 25.3 (CI: 23.6-27.1) 23.6 (CI: 21.8-25.6) 24.0 (CI: 22.2-25.8) Some post-secondary 23.2 (CI: 20.8-25.8) 21.2 (CI: 18.8-23.8) 21.5 (CI: 18.1-25.4) Post-secondary graduate 17.3 (CI: 16.5-18.2) 16.0 (CI: 15.1-16.9) 15.9 (CI: 15.0-16.9) Recent immigrant 11.7 (CI: 9.6-14.1) 9.6 (CI: (7.7-11.8) 9.0 (CI: 6.6-12.1) Long-term immigrant 13.8 (CI: 12.5-15.3) 14.6 (CI: 13.0-16.3) 13.2 (CI: 11.6-15.1) Non-immigrant 21.8 (CI: 21.1-22.6) 20.3 (CI: 19.5-21.0) 20.4 (CI: 19.6-21.3) White 21.0 (CI: 20.3-21.7) 19.7 (CI: (19.0-20.5) 19.8 (CI: 19.0-20.7) Black 8.3* (CI: 6.1-11.3) 11.2 (CI: 8.3-14.9) 8.3* (CI: 5.1-13.2) East/Southeast Asian 12.1 (CI: 9.6-15.2) 9.6 (CI: 7.3-12.7) 9.6 (CI: 7.3-12.6) West Asian/Arab 12.9* (CI: 8.6-18.9) 15.2* (CI: 9.2-24.1) 12.0* (CI: 7.7-18.3) South Asian 8.7 (CI: 6.4-11.7) 9.6 (CI: 7.3-12.5) 5.3 (CI: 3.9-7.1) Latin American 11.3* (CI: 7.2-17.3) 9.8* (CI: 5.2-17.7) 15.6* (CI: 9.8-24.0) Aboriginal 38.6 (CI: 34.1-43.3) 33.6 (CI: 29.7-37.7) 34.6 (CI: 30.2-39.3) Other 18.7* (CI: 13.4-25.4) 15.3 (CI: 11.2-20.5) 14.0* (CI: 9.6-20.0) Page 6 of 11
*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
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 2000/2001 2003 2005 2007/2008 2009/2010 2011/2012 TOTAL 168,000 192,800 177,600 170,600 167,600 162,500 Male 96,700 118,000 111,200 114,400 106,600 107,900 Female 71,300 74,700 66,400 56,200 61,100 54,600 12-18 6,300* 8,000* NR NR NR NR 19-29 42,500 51,200 46,500 45,100 40,600 36,000 30-44 67,000 72,400 66,500 61,600 42,900 63,600 45-64 43,800 56,100 52,300 55,400* 69,200 50,900 65+ 8,400* 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 96,400 104,400 81,200 81,300 85,200 White 136,500 138,700 129,700 100,000 111,400 105,700 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
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
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 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 1,039,300 956,500 918,400 889,100 832,800 850,400 12-18 120,700 91,500 78,500 57,500 65,900 35,600 19-29 533,800 524,900 495,500 512,700 460,700 437,600 30-44 862,300 759,000 716,300 661,300 565,900 594,200 45-64 634,500 634,300 651,900 706,300 757,100 755,500 65+ 158,000 133,200 136,200 135,300 150,400 162,100 INCOME LEVEL Low-middle 260,200 157,700 150,200 150,900 159,400 175,800 Middle 422,100 337,300 304,000 312,700 302,000 390,300 Upper-middle 724,100 653,400 589,600 577,600 517,900 595,500 Highest 673,100 747,900 774,500 763,900 685,900 823,300 Less than high school 597,800 484,000 440,500 393,900 373,300 344,100 High school graduate 601,800 524,400 442,300 448,500 431,800 460,000 Some post-secondary 209,800 191,000 207,800 195,600 182,600 145,400 Post-secondary graduate 881,900 898,700 948,600 980,800 951,700 998,000 Recent immigrant 120,600 113,800 110,500 114,800 98,500 89,000 Long-term immigrant 340,100 361,600 316,000 324,200 356,700 328,000 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 69,300 101,800 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 67,700 100,000 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
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