| Table 1: Characteristics of 7441 current drinkers in Canada and a subset of 5894 current drinkers to whom the CAGE questionnaire* was administered |
| Characteristic |
Group; % of respondents |
| All current drinkers |
Drinkers given CAGE questionnaire |
| Sex |
| Male |
53.2 |
58.0 |
| Female |
46.8 |
42.0 |
| Age, yr |
| 15–17 |
4.8 |
4.8 |
| 18–19 |
3.4 |
3.6 |
| 20–24 |
10.4 |
11.1 |
| 25–34 |
23.9 |
24.1 |
| 35–44 |
22.4 |
22.6 |
| 45–54 |
15.5 |
15.3 |
| 55–64 |
9.4 |
9.2 |
| >= 65 |
10.0 |
9.3 |
| Region |
| Atlantic |
8.4 |
8.2 |
| Quebec |
26.7 |
27.8 |
| Ontario |
34.3 |
34.2 |
| Prairies |
17.1 |
16.7 |
| British Columbia |
13.4 |
13.0 |
| Language |
| English |
68.0 |
67.6 |
| French |
24.0 |
25.0 |
| Other/not stated |
8.0 |
7.3 |
| Marital status |
| Married/common-law |
60.2 |
59.1 |
| Single/never married |
29.1 |
30.5 |
| Widowed |
3.9 |
3.3 |
| Divorced/separated |
6.8 |
7.1 |
| Education level |
| Less than secondary |
21.8 |
21.1 |
| Secondary |
25.0 |
24.6 |
| Some postsecondary |
31.6 |
32.3 |
| University degree |
18.1 |
18.8 |
| Not stated |
3.6 |
3.2 |
| Income adequacy |
| Low |
14.5 |
13.5 |
| Middle |
37.2 |
37.2 |
| High |
14.6 |
15.8 |
| Not stated |
33.7 |
33.4 |
| Drinking pattern |
| Light, infrequent |
47.1 |
33.5 |
| Light, frequent |
40.7 |
51.1 |
| Heavy, infrequent |
4.7 |
5.9 |
| Heavy, frequent |
7.6 |
9.5 |
| No. of occasions with
>= 5 drinks at 1 sitting |
| >= 12 |
10.4 |
13.0 |
| 3–11 |
16.1 |
20.0 |
| 1–2 |
17.1 |
19.4 |
| 0 |
52.5 |
43.0 |
| Not stated |
3.9 |
4.6 |
|
*See the introductory section. |
