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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 (iii) Females

Country		Year	Sample size 15-16 years	LTP	LYP	LMP	Use 40+ times	First use age 13 or before	Perceived availability
Belgium		2003	1208	28	22	13	4	7	44
Bulgaria		1999	2957	11	7	3	2	1	21
Bulgaria		2003	1449	19	15	7	2	3	37
Czech Republic		1995	1336	18	13	6	1	1	31
Czech Republic		1999	n.a.	30	23	13	4	4	48
Czech Republic		2003	1723	40	33	17	6	6	56
Denmark		1995	1250	15	12	4	1	2	44
Denmark		1999	915	20	14	6	2	4	53
Denmark		2003	1474	18	13	5	2	6	50
Germany	(a)	2003	2685	24	19	9	3	9	38
Estonia		1995	1680	5	n.a.	n.a.	0	0	5
Estonia		1999	1808	8	6	3	1	1	15
Estonia		2003	1217	18	11	4	0	4	20
Ireland		1995	942	31	27	12	3	4	60
Ireland		1999	1169	29	22	11	5	5	60
Ireland		2003	1188	39	32	17	7	8	60
Greece		1995	1412	2	2	1	n.a.	n.a.	35
Greece		1999	1422	7	5	2	1	1	28
Greece		2003	1020	5	4	2	1	1	19
France	(b)	1995	n.a.	12	10	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
France		1999	1110	32	28	19	5	6	42
France		2003	1112	35	28	18	5	n.a.	42
Italy		1995	582	16	15	10	4	2	32
Italy		1999	2425	23	19	12	4	3	38
Italy		2003	2571	23	19	12	4	4	40
Cyprus		1995	340	2	1	1	1	n.a.	8
Cyprus		1999	1198	1	0	0	0	0	7
Cyprus		2003	1153	2	1	1	0	1	10
Latvia		1995	n.a.	3	2	1	0	0	6
Latvia		1999	1296	12	7	3	1	1	16
Latvia		2003	1469	12	7	2	0	3	22
Lithuania		1995	1694	1	0	0		0	2
Lithuania		1999	2430	6	4	2	0	0	12
Lithuania		2003	2519	9	6	3	0	1	19
Hungary		1995	1372	4	3	1	0	0	8
Hungary		1999	3115	7	5	2	1	0	16
Hungary		2003	1279	13	9	5	1	2	19
Malta		1995	1563	7	5	1	1	1	11
Malta		1999	2200	7	n.a.	n.a.	1	1	11
Malta		2003	1943	8	7	3	1	2	19
Netherlands		1999	1359	24	19	10	n.a.	7	34
Netherlands		2003	1034	24	18	9	3	8	35
Austria		2003	1062	18	15	7	2	5	33
Poland		1995	4349	5	4	1	0	0	15
Poland		1999	n.a.	10	8	4	2	1	26
Poland		2003	3025	13	9	5	1	1	35
Portugal		1995	1181	5	4	2	1	1	23
Portugal		1999	1937	7	6	3	1	2	22
Portugal		2003	1557	12	11	5	2	4	25
Romania		1999	1433	1	0	1	1	0	4
Romania		2003	2548	2	1	0	0	0	10
Slovenia		1995	1763	12	10	5	1	2	25
Slovenia		1999	1393	23	23	11	3	3	45
Slovenia		2003	1379	26	22	14	5	7	53
Slovak Republic		1995	1114	6	4	1	0	0	21
Slovak Republic		1999	1293	15	12	5	1	2	35
Slovak Republic		2003	1220	22	16	9	2	5	43
Finland		1995	1118	5	5	1	0	1	18
Finland		1999	1640	9	7	2	1	1	21
Finland		2003	1804	11	8	2	0	2	20
Sweden		1995	1725	5	4	1		0	25
Sweden		1999	1730	6	4	1	0	0	27
Sweden		2003	1640	6	4	1	0	1	25
United Kingdom		1995	4092	38	32	20	7	13	54
United Kingdom		1999	1361	32	26	15	5	14	51
United Kingdom		2003	985	35	28	16	6	13	54
Croatia		1999	1641	13	10	5	1	1	27
Croatia		2003	1438	20	15	7	3	4	46
Croatia		1995	1297	5	4	1	0	1	17
Turkey (Istanbul)		1995	1134	3	2	1	0	0	9
Turkey	(a)	2003	1904	2	1	1	0	1	5
Norway		1995	1931	5	3	2	0	1	26
Norway		1999	1811	10	8	3	2	1	39
Norway		2003	1888	9	6	2	1	3	27

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.