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Table EYE-21. ESPAD 2007 school surveys: lifetime (LTP), last year (LYP) and last month (LMP) prevalence of cannabis use among students 15–16 years [see all tables in this series...]

Part (i) All students

CountryYearReferenceSample 15–16 yearsLTPLYPLMP
Belgium(1)20071889241912
Bulgaria2007235322177
Czech Republic20073901453518
Denmark(2)2007877252110
Germany(1)2007501120157
Estonia2007237226196
Ireland2007222120159
Greece20073060653
Spain(3)2007373020
France20072916312415
Italy20079981231913
Cyprus20076340543
Latvia2007227518114
Lithuania2007241118125
Hungary2007281713105
Malta2007366813115
Netherlands20072091282515
Austria2007257117136
Poland2007212016126
Portugal2007314113106
Romania20072289421
Slovenia2007308522189
Slovakia20072468322411
Finland20074988862
Sweden20073179752
United Kingdom20072179292211
Croatia2007300818136
Turkey(1)20034177453
Norway20073482642

Notes:

 : indicates data not available 

 This table presents data on 15- to 16-year-old school students obtained from national surveys. 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: youth and the schools population

 ESPAD (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). ESPAD prevalence figures are taken from published ESPAD reports and may differ sometimes from those reported directly by Member States. The sample sizes given refer to the number of participating 15- to 16-year-old students who filled in the questionnaire. 

 (1) ESPAD 2007 data for Belgium refer only to Flanders. ESPAD 2007 Germany figures are based in seven regions only (Bavaria, Brandenburg, Berlin, Hesse, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Saarland and Thuringia). ESPAD 2003 Turkey figures are based on one major city in each of 6 different regions (Adana, Ankara, Diyarbakir, Istanbul, Izmir and Samsun). 

 (2) ESPAD 2007 data for Denmark has limited comparability. 

 (3) Spain did not participate in the ESPAD survey. The data included here is based on a Spanish survey conducted in 2006/2007. Drug prevalence questions may be considered comparable to the ESPAD questions but other aspects of the method mean that the Spanish data is not strictly comparable. 

Sources:

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

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