Figure 5.3.5: ED visits for cannabis use by age group
Rates per 100,000 population, Middlesex-London, 2017
Source:
Ambulatory Emergency External Cause [2017], Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, IntelliHEALTH ONTARIO, Date Extracted: Jan 24, 2019; Population Estimates [2017], Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, IntelliHEALTH Ontario, Date Extracted: May 22, 2018The 15–24 age group had, by far, the highest rate of cannabis-related emergency department visits (269.9 per 100,00) followed by the 25–34 age group (127.1 per 100,000).
People aged 35 and older had very few ED visits related to cannabis poisoning or mental and behavioural disorders.