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Table EYE-2 part (i). Recent school surveys: prevalence of cannabis use among students 15 to 16 years old. Percent lifetime prevalence (LTP), last year prevalence (LYP), and last month prevalence (LMP)

Country

Year

Ref.

Project

Sample 15/16 y.o.

LTP all

LTP male

LTP female

LYP

LMP

Belgium (Flemish)

 

2002-2003

7

VAD

512

24

27

21

15

 

Belgium

 

2003

 

ESPAD

2320

32

37

28

27

17

Czech Republic

 

2003

 

ESPAD

3195

44

48

40

36

19

Denmark

 

2003

 

ESPAD

2978

23

27

18

17

8

Germany

(b)

2003

 

ESPAD

5110

27

31

24

21

12

Estonia

 

2003

 

ESPAD

2463

23

28

18

14

6

Greece

 

2003

 

ESPAD

1906

6

7

5

5

2

France

 

2003

 

ESPAD

2199

38

42

35

31

22

Ireland

 

2003

 

ESPAD

2407

39

38

39

31

17

Italy

 

2003

 

ESPAD

4871

27

31

23

22

15

Cyprus

 

2003

 

ESPAD

2152

4

7

2

3

2

Latvia

 

2003

 

ESPAD

2841

16

20

12

9

4

Lithuania

 

2003

 

ESPAD

5036

13

18

9

11

6

Hungary

 

2003

 

ESPAD

2677

16

18

13

11

6

Netherlands

 

2003

 

ESPAD

2095

28

32

24

23

13

Malta

 

2003

 

ESPAD

3500

10

13

8

9

4

Austria

 

2003

 

ESPAD

2402

21

23

18

17

10

Poland

 

2003

 

ESPAD

5964

18

23

13

14

8

Portugal

 

2003

 

ESPAD

2946

15

18

12

13

8

Slovenia

 

2003

 

ESPAD

2785

28

31

26

23

14

Slovakia

 

2003

 

ESPAD

2276

27

32

22

20

10

Finland

 

2003

 

ESPAD

3543

11

11

11

8

3

Sweden

(c)

2003

8

CAN

approx. 5000

6

6

6

 

2

Sweden

 

2003

 

ESPAD

3232

7

9

6

5

1

United Kingdom

 

2003

 

ESPAD

2068

38

41

35

31

20

Bulgaria

 

2003

 

ESPAD

2740

21

23

19

16

8

Romania

 

2003

 

ESPAD

4371

3

4

2

2

0

Turkey

(b)

2003

 

ESPAD

4177

4

6

2

5

3

Norway

 

2003

 

ESPAD

3833

9

9

9

6

3

Notes: 

This table aims to present data on 15- to 16-year-old school students obtained from national surveys. The surveys for Belgium (Flemish) is the Flemish region only and the Germany ESPAD is limited to the regions specified in note (b). In all of the school surveys the method for data collection was classroom based, anonymous, self-completion questionnaires in written test conditions. 

Caution is required comparing figures due to methodological limitations. For methods and definitions see [Methods and definitions - schools surveys]. 

ESPAD 

ESPAD (The European School Survey Project on Alcohol and Other Drugs) 1995 and 1999 is co-ordinated by The Swedish Council for Information on Alcohol and Other Drugs. (CAN) and Council of Europe (Pompidou Group). ESPAD prevalence figures are reported rounded to the nearest whole percentage point (other sources supply percentages up to one decimal place, which have been rounded off for use in this table). The sample sizes given for 15/16 y.o. refer to the number of participating students who filled in the questionnaire.

For further details see http://www.espad.org. 

(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) ESPAD methods are adopted to varying degrees.  

Sources:          

See [Table EYE-0]

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