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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 (ii) Males

CountryYearSample size 15/16 yearsLTP LYPLMPUse 40+ times First use age 13 or beforePerceived availability
Belgium2003111237322011755
Bulgaria19992434141052224
Bulgaria200312912318104335
Czech Republic19951626251982137
Czech Republic1999n.a.4032209453
Czech Republic2003147248382112660
Denmark19951189201783548
Denmark19998753023114660
Denmark200315042721103653
Germany(a)200324023124146944
Estonia1995143810n.a.n.a.1111
Estonia19991446181374325
Estonia20031246281885426
Ireland1995907423925101065
Ireland1999110835311810957
Ireland200312193831166860
Greece19951205321n.a.n.a.39
Greece1999837111074238
Greece20038867621121
France(b)1995n.a.1312n.a.n.a.n.a.n.a.
France1999117438332511947
France2003108742352614n.a.53
Italy19959432118133231
Italy199916812823177350
Italy200323003126198448
Cyprus199529274211710
Cyprus19998975321111
Cyprus20039997431114
Latvia1995n.a.8610012
Latvia1999988221583321
Latvia20031372201252322
Lithuania19951502211005
Lithuania19992609171562118
Lithuania20032517181582121
Hungary199511995310111
Hungary19993305161252123
Hungary20031398181372221
Malta199512691073119
Malta199921217531212
Malta20031557131052221
Netherlands19991256322818n.a.1113
Netherlands200310613227179848
Austria200313402319124534
Poland1995449412841122
Poland1999n.a.1916104234
Poland200329302319104139
Portugal19958529841227
Portugal19991672121273330
Portugal200313891815115434
Romania1999960212106
Romania200318234210012
Slovenia19951543141172229
Slovenia199917912723146449
Slovenia200314063124147757
Slovak Republic1995126212851127
Slovak Republic19991149241882246
Slovak Republic200310563224105556
Finland199511825310110
Finland1999164610931120
Finland2003173911731217
Sweden199517467521125
Sweden1999171511831225
Sweden200315929521122
United Kingdom19953630443829141658
United Kingdom19991280393218101454
United Kingdom20031083413423131361
Croatia19951518131044330
Croatia19991961181474444
Croatia20031446241792320
Turkey (Istanbul)199515025431113
Turkey(a)20032273653119
Norway199519797641125
Norway19991980141053337
Norway200319459632325

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. 

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