Thursday, March 14, 2019

2017 CCHS Data for 18-29 Age Group

Question:
I have researcher from a smoking cessation project looking for data from the 2017 CCHS covering a different age range than the standard products report. We know the PUMF is probably a year away. Would this require a custom tabulation?

1. young adult (18-29) current smoking prevalence (past 30-days) in Ontario

2. and how this rate compares with the national average (or even other provinces) for the same age group, young adult (18-29)

3. young adult (18-29) daily smoking prevalence in Ontario

4. young adult (18-29) occasional smoking prevalence in Ontario

Answer:
We’ve received the following response from subject matter:
“We can run the numbers for the researcher, however, could you clarify with them if for the first estimate they would like the prevalence of current daily or occasional smokers or the prevalence of those who smoked a cigarette in the past 30 days?”

Follow-up Question:
I checked with the researcher, and here’s their reply:

For the first inquiry, primarily, I would like to know whether or not they have smoked a cigarette in the past 30 days.

However, I’d also be very interested to see the current smoking rate (daily + occasional), as well to compare the two data.

Looking at CCHS 2016 on ODESI, this would be question SMK_Q010 for the past 30 days, but also very interested in SMK_Q005, provided that these questions did not change for CCHS 2017.

Follow-up Answer:
Please see the following response from subject matter:

Here are the requested estimates:

Smoked cigarettes within the past 30 days, population aged 18 to 29, 2017

Estimate (%)
95% CI
Ontario†
16.4
(13.9, 18.9)
Canada (Excluding territories)
19.1*
(17.7, 20.5)
By province
Newfoundland and Labrador
28.2*
(20.7, 35.6)
Prince Edward Island
18.3ᴱ
(10.2, 26.3)
Nova Scotia
22.5ᴱ
(15.6, 29.3)
New Brunswick
18.3ᴱ
(10.9, 25.7)
Quebec
22.8*
(20.1, 25.6)
Manitoba
22.0ᴱ
(15.5, 28.5)
Saskatchewan
26.3*
(19.6, 33.1)
Alberta
21.8*
(18.3, 25.3)
British Columbia
15.3
(12.1, 18.5)
† reference category
* significantly different from Ontario population (p-value < 0.05)
ᴱ use with caution (these data have a coefficient of variation between 15.1% and 35.0%)
Source: Canadian Community Health Survey, 2017


Current daily or occasional smokers, population aged 18 to 29, 2017

Daily or occasional smokers
Daily smokers
Occasional smokers
Estimate (%)
95% CI
Estimate (%)
95% CI
Estimate (%)
95% CI
Canada (Excluding territories)
19.1
(17.7, 20.5)
10.7
(9.6, 11.8)
8.4
(7.4, 9.3)
Ontario
16.2
(13.8, 18.7)
10.2
(8.0, 12.4)
6.0
(4.6, 7.5)
Source: Canadian Community Health Survey, 2017