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Prevalence and correlates of marijuana use in Canada, 2012 / by Michelle Rotermann and Kellie Langlois.CS82-003/2015-4-2E-PDF

"Based on data from the 2012 Canadian Community Health Survey - Mental Health, past-year and lifetime marijuana use among the household population aged 15 or older in the 10 provinces was examined. In 2012, 42.5% of the population reported having ever used marijuana, and 12.2% reported use in the past year. At 33.3%, the prevalence of past-year marijuana use was higher among 18- to 24-year-olds than among other age groups (20.0% at ages 15 to 17, 15.6% at ages 25 to 44, 6.7% at ages 45 to 64, and 0.8% at ages 65 or older). Past-year use was higher in British Columbia and Nova Scotia and lower in Saskatchewan, compared with the rest of Canada. While the overall percentage of people reporting past-year use in 2012 was unchanged from 2002, the percentage of males who had ever used marijuana rose from 47.0% to 49.4%; among females, the prevalence of lifetime use remained stable at 36%"--Abstract, page 10.

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Department/Agency
  • Statistics Canada, issuing body.
TitlePrevalence and correlates of marijuana use in Canada, 2012 / by Michelle Rotermann and Kellie Langlois.
Variant title
  • Prevalence and correlates of marijuana use in Canada, 2012 : health matters
Series title
  • Health reports, 1209-1367 ; vol. 26, no. 4, [2]
Publication typeMonograph - View Master Record
Language[English]
Other language editions[French]
FormatDigital text
Electronic document
Note(s)
  • Cover title.
  • "Release date: April 15, 2015."
  • Issued also in French under title: Prévalence et corrélats de la consommation de marijuana au Canada, 2012.
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 14-15).
Publishing information
  • [Ottawa] : Statistics Canada = Statistique Canada, 2015.
  • ©2015
Author / Contributor
  • Rotermann, Michelle, author.
Description1 online resource (pages 10-15).
Catalogue number
  • CS82-003/2015-4-2E-PDF
Departmental catalogue number82-003-X
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