Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2011, 8 Figure 1. Tobacco Use Prevalence for Community and Regional Hospitals by Age and Year (2007–2010). 259 2007 2008 2009 2010 General Population ED Patients 9 4 9 4 9 4 9 4 9 4 9 4 9 4 + 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 7 7 8 5 -8 -0 -5 -0 -5 -0 -5 -0 -5 -0 -5 -0 -5 -0 8 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 7 7 8 9 4 9 4 9 4 9 4 9 4 9 4 9 4 + 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 7 7 8 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 8 8 0 5 0 5 0 5 0 5 0 5 0 5 0 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 7 7 8 Community Hospitals (M=22,587 annual visits) Regional Hospital (M=34,968 annual visits) Age Categories (yr) Figure 2. Comparison of Tobacco Use Prevalence between the ED Population and the National, Provincial, and Regional General Populations. 100% 95% 90% 85% 80% 75% 70% 65% rs 60% ek 55% oSm 4550%% % 4350%% 30% 25% 20% 15% 10% 5% 0% 100% 90% 80% 70% rs 60% e k om 50% S % 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% 18-19 20-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55+ 20-24 25-44 45+ 20-34 35-44 45-64 65+ 20-34 35-44 45-64 65+ National Provincial Regional (NW District) Regional (Thunder Bay District) Age Categories (Years) and General Population Reference Data Note: The general population national and provincial data are from Health Canada, 2007 [7]; the regional data are from Statistics Canada, 2009 [13]; the corresponding ED data are from 2007 (Table 1) for national and provincial comparisons and 2009 for regional comparisons.