Table EYE-2 part (ii). Recent school surveys: prevalence of cannabis use among students 15 to 16 years old. Use patterns (percentages)

Country

Year

Ref.

Project

Sample 15/16 y.o.

First use age 13 or before

Perceived availability

Use 40+ times

Use 40+ times males

Use 40+ times females

Belgium

 

2003

 

ESPAD

2320

7

49

7

11

4

Czech Republic

 

2003

 

ESPAD

3195

6

58

9

12

6

Denmark

 

2003

 

ESPAD

2978

6

52

2

3

2

Germany

(b)

2003

 

ESPAD

5110

9

41

5

6

3

Estonia

 

2003

 

ESPAD

2463

4

23

3

5

0

Greece

 

2003

 

ESPAD

1906

1

20

1

1

1

France

 

2003

 

ESPAD

2199

 

47

9

14

5

Ireland

 

2003

 

ESPAD

2407

8

60

7

6

7

Italy

 

2003

 

ESPAD

4871

4

44

6

8

4

Cyprus

 

2003

 

ESPAD

2152

1

12

1

1

0

Latvia

 

2003

 

ESPAD

2841

3

22

1

2

0

Lithuania

 

2003

 

ESPAD

5036

1

20

1

2

0

Hungary

 

2003

 

HBSC(WHO)

1330

 

 

1

2

0

Hungary

 

2003

 

ESPAD

2677

2

20

1

2

1

Netherlands

 

2003

 

ESPAD

2095

8

42

6

9

3

Malta

 

2003

 

ESPAD

3500

2

20

1

2

1

Austria

 

2003

 

ESPAD

2402

5

33

4

4

2

Poland

 

2003

 

ESPAD

5964

1

37

2

4

1

Portugal

 

2003

 

ESPAD

2946

4

29

3

5

2

Slovenia

 

2003

 

ESPAD

2785

7

55

6

7

5

Slovakia

 

2003

 

ESPAD

2276

5

49

3

5

2

Finland

 

2003

 

ESPAD

3543

2

19

0

1

0

Sweden

(c)

2003

8

CAN

approx. 5000

 

 

 

 

 

Sweden

 

2003

 

ESPAD

3232

1

23

0

1

0

United Kingdom

 

2003

 

ESPAD

2068

13

58

10

13

6

Bulgaria

 

2003

 

ESPAD

2740

3

36

3

4

2

Romania

 

2003

 

ESPAD

4371

0

10

0

0

0

Turkey

(b)

2003

 

ESPAD

4177

1

7

1

1

0

Norway

 

2003

 

ESPAD

3833

3

26

1

2

1

Notes:          

Perceived availability: Perceived availability of cannabis is the percentage of students answering 'very easy' or 'fairly easy' (in the 6 point scale) to the question 'How difficult do you think is would be for you to get cannabis, if you wanted?' 

Use 40+ times: in ESPAD surveys during lifetime. 

Comparison between males and females for Use 40+ times is limited, because numbers are often too small to be statistically significant.  

(b) ESPAD 2003 Germany figures are based in six regions only (Bavaria, Brandenburg, Berlin, Hesse, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Thuringia). Turkey figures are based on one major city in each of 6 different regions (Adana, Ankara, Diyarbakir, Istanbul, Izmir and Samsun). 

(c) This school surveys make use of the ESPAD questionnaire. ESPAD methods are adopted to varying degrees.  

Sources:          

See [Table EYE-0]

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