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Table EYE-7. All ESPAD school surveys: prevalence and patterns (percentages) of cannabis use among students 15-16 years [see all tables in this series...]

Part (i) All students

Country		Year	Sample size 15-16 years	LTP	LYP	LMP	Use 40+ times	First use age 13 or before	Perceived availability
Belgium		2003	2320	32	27	17	7	7	49
Bulgaria		1999	5391	12	8	4	2	2	22
Bulgaria		2003	2740	21	16	8	3	3	36
Czech Republic		1995	2962	18	16	7	1	1	35
Czech Republic		1999	3579	35	27	16	7	1	50
Czech Republic		2003	3195	44	36	19	9	6	58
Denmark		1995	2439	15	14	6	2	4	46
Denmark		1999	1790	24	19	8	3	5	57
Denmark		2003	2978	23	17	8	2	6	52
Germany	(a)	2003	5110	27	21	12	5	9	41
Estonia		1995	3118	5	n.a.	n.a.	1	0	8
Estonia		1999	3254	13	9	5	2	2	19
Estonia		2003	2463	23	14	6	3	4	23
Ireland		1995	1849	31	33	n.a.	7	7	62
Ireland		1999	2277	32	26	15	7	7	59
Ireland		2003	2407	39	31	17	7	8	60
Greece		1995	2617	2	2	1	0	0	n.a.
Greece		1999	2259	9	7	4	1	1	33
Greece		2003	1906	6	5	2	1	1	20
France	(b)	1995	n.a.	12	11	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
France		1999	2284	35	31	22	8	7	44
France		2003	2199	38	31	22	9	n.a.	47
Italy		1995	1555	16	18	13	4	2	32
Italy		1999	4106	25	20	14	5	3	43
Italy		2003	4871	27	22	15	6	4	44
Cyprus		1995	632	2	3	2	1	n.a.	9
Cyprus		1999	2095	2	2	1	0	1	9
Cyprus		2003	2152	4	3	2	1	1	12
Latvia		1995	2179	3	3	1	0	0	8
Latvia		1999	2284	17	11	5	2	2	18
Latvia		2003	2841	16	9	4	1	3	22
Lithuania		1995	3196	1	1	0	0	0	3
Lithuania		1999	5039	12	10	4	1	1	15
Lithuania		2003	5036	13	11	6	1	1	20
Hungary		1995	2571	4	3	1	0	0	9
Hungary		1999	6421	11	8	4	2	1	19
Hungary		2003	2677	16	11	6	1	2	20
Malta		1995	2832	7	6	2	1	1	10
Malta		1999	4321	7	5	3	1	1	11
Malta		2003	3500	10	9	4	1	2	20
Netherlands		1999	2615	28	23	14	n.a.	9	41
Netherlands		2003	2095	28	23	13	6	8	42
Austria		2003	2402	21	17	10	4	5	33
Poland		1995	8940	5	6	3	1	1	18
Poland		1999	n.a.	14	12	7	3	1	30
Poland		2003	5964	18	14	8	2	1	37
Portugal		1995	2033	5	6	4	1	2	25
Portugal		1999	3609	8	9	5	2	2	26
Portugal		2003	2946	15	13	8	3	4	29
Romania		1999	2393	1	1	1	1	0	5
Romania		2003	4371	3	2	0	0	0	10
Slovenia		1995	3306	12	10	5	1	2	27
Slovenia		1999	3184	25	21	13	5	4	47
Slovenia		2003	2785	28	23	14	6	7	55
Slovak Republic		1995	2376	6	6	3	1	1	24
Slovak Republic		1999	2442	19	15	6	2	2	40
Slovak Republic		2003	2276	27	20	10	3	5	49
Finland		1995	2300	5	4	1	0	1	14
Finland		1999	3286	10	8	2	1	1	20
Finland		2003	3543	11	8	3	0	2	19
Sweden		1995	3472	5	4	1	0	1	25
Sweden		1999	3445	8	6	2	0	1	26
Sweden		2003	3232	7	5	1	0	1	23
United Kingdom		1995	7722	38	35	24	10	14	56
United Kingdom		1999	2641	35	29	16	8	14	52
United Kingdom		2003	2068	38	31	20	10	13	58
Croatia		1995	2815	5	6	3	2	2	29
Croatia		1999	3602	16	12	6	1	1	19
Croatia		2003	2884	22	16	8	4	4	45
Turkey (Istanbul)		1995	2636	3	3	2	0	1	11
Turkey	(a)	2003	4177	4	5	3	1	1	7
Norway		1995	3910	5	5	3	1	1	25
Norway		1999	3918	12	9	4	2	2	38
Norway		2003	3833	9	6	3	1	3	26

Notes:

This table aims to present data on 15- to 16-year-old school students obtained from ESPAD surveys.

Caution is required comparing figures due to methodological limitations. For methods and definitions see Studies of youth and the schools populations – methods and definitions.

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 it would be for you to get cannabis, if you wanted?'

Use 40+ times during lifetime: in ESPAD surveys.

Comparison between boys and girls for use 40+ times is limited, because numbers are often too small to be statistically significant.

(a) ESPAD 2003 Germany figures are based on 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).

(b) Data included in 1995 ESPAD report but not strictly comparable (based on an earlier survey).

n.a.: not available.

Sources:

ESPAD.