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

Country		Year	Sample size 15–16 years	LTP	LYP	LMP	Use 40+ times	First use age 13 or before	Perceived availability
Belgium		2003	1112	37	32	20	11	7	55
Bulgaria		1999	2434	14	10	5	2	2	24
Bulgaria		2003	1291	23	18	10	4	3	35
Czech Republic		1995	1626	25	19	8	2	1	37
Czech Republic		1999	n.a.	40	32	20	9	4	53
Czech Republic		2003	1472	48	38	21	12	6	60
Denmark		1995	1189	20	17	8	3	5	48
Denmark		1999	875	30	23	11	4	6	60
Denmark		2003	1504	27	21	10	3	6	53
Germany	(1)	2003	2402	31	24	14	6	9	44
Estonia		1995	1438	10	n.a.	n.a.	1	1	11
Estonia		1999	1446	18	13	7	4	3	25
Estonia		2003	1246	28	18	8	5	4	26
Ireland		1995	907	42	39	25	10	10	65
Ireland		1999	1108	35	31	18	10	9	57
Ireland		2003	1219	38	31	16	6	8	60
Greece		1995	1205	3	2	1	n.a.	n.a.	39
Greece		1999	837	11	10	7	4	2	38
Greece		2003	886	7	6	2	1	1	21
France	(2)	1995	n.a.	13	12	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
France		1999	1174	38	33	25	11	9	47
France		2003	1087	42	35	26	14	n.a.	53
Italy		1995	943	21	18	13	3	2	31
Italy		1999	1681	28	23	17	7	3	50
Italy		2003	2300	31	26	19	8	4	48
Cyprus		1995	292	7	4	2	1	17	10
Cyprus		1999	897	5	3	2	1	1	11
Cyprus		2003	999	7	4	3	1	1	14
Latvia		1995	n.a.	8	6	1	0	0	12
Latvia		1999	988	22	15	8	3	3	21
Latvia		2003	1372	20	12	5	2	3	22
Lithuania		1995	1502	2	1	1	0	0	5
Lithuania		1999	2609	17	15	6	2	1	18
Lithuania		2003	2517	18	15	8	2	1	21
Hungary		1995	1199	5	3	1	0	1	11
Hungary		1999	3305	16	12	5	2	1	23
Hungary		2003	1398	18	13	7	2	2	21
Malta		1995	1269	10	7	3	1	1	9
Malta		1999	2121	7	5	3	1	2	12
Malta		2003	1557	13	10	5	2	2	21
Netherlands		1999	1256	32	28	18	n.a.	11	13
Netherlands		2003	1061	32	27	17	9	8	48
Austria		2003	1340	23	19	12	4	5	34
Poland		1995	4494	12	8	4	1	1	22
Poland		1999	n.a.	19	16	10	4	2	34
Poland		2003	2930	23	19	10	4	1	39
Portugal		1995	852	9	8	4	1	2	27
Portugal		1999	1672	12	12	7	3	3	30
Portugal		2003	1389	18	15	11	5	4	34
Romania		1999	960	2	1	2	1	0	6
Romania		2003	1823	4	2	1	0	0	12
Slovenia		1995	1543	14	11	7	2	2	29
Slovenia		1999	1791	27	23	14	6	4	49
Slovenia		2003	1406	31	24	14	7	7	57
Slovak Republic		1995	1262	12	8	5	1	1	27
Slovak Republic		1999	1149	24	18	8	2	2	46
Slovak Republic		2003	1056	32	24	10	5	5	56
Finland		1995	1182	5	3	1	0	1	10
Finland		1999	1646	10	9	3	1	1	20
Finland		2003	1739	11	7	3	1	2	17
Sweden		1995	1746	7	5	2	1	1	25
Sweden		1999	1715	11	8	3	1	2	25
Sweden		2003	1592	9	5	2	1	1	22
United Kingdom		1995	3630	44	38	29	14	16	58
United Kingdom		1999	1280	39	32	18	10	14	54
United Kingdom		2003	1083	41	34	23	13	13	61
Croatia		1995	1518	13	10	4	4	3	30
Croatia		1999	1961	18	14	7	4	4	44
Croatia		2003	1446	24	17	9	2	3	20
Turkey (Istanbul)		1995	1502	5	4	3	1	1	13
Turkey	(1)	2003	2273	6	5	3	1	1	9
Norway		1995	1979	7	6	4	1	1	25
Norway		1999	1980	14	10	5	3	3	37
Norway		2003	1945	9	6	3	2	3	25

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 Methods and definitions: youth and the schools population. 

 Perceived availability: perceived availability of cannabis is the percentage of students answering ‘very easy’ or ‘fairly easy’ (in the six-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.  

 (1) 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 six different regions (Adana, Ankara, Diyarbakir, Istanbul, Izmir and Samsun). 

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

 n.a.: not available. 

Sources:

 ESPAD (The European School Survey Project on Alcohol and Other Drugs) is coordinated by the Swedish Council for Information on Alcohol and Other Drugs (CAN) and Council of Europe (Pompidou Group). 

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