Table EYE-20. ESPAD 2007 school surveys: percentage lifetime prevalence of psychoactive substance use among students 15–16 years [see all tables in this series...]

Part (i) All students

Country		Year	Reference	Sample 15–16 years	Cannabis	Inhalants/ volatile substances	Amphetamines	Ecstasy	LSD and other hallucinogens	Cocaine	Heroin
Belgium	(1)	2007		1889	24	8	5	5	3	4	1
Bulgaria		2007		2353	22	3	6	6	3	3	2
Czech Republic		2007		3901	45	7	3	5	5	1	1
Denmark	(2)	2007		877	25	6	5	5	1	3	2
Germany	(1)	2007		5011	20	11	5	3	2	3	1
Estonia		2007		2372	26	9	4	6	3	2	1
Ireland		2007		2221	20	15	3	4	3	4	1
Greece		2007		3060	6	9	3	2	2	1	1
Spain	(3)	2007			37	3	3	3	4	4	1
France		2007		2916	31	12	4	4	2	5	3
Italy		2007		9981	23	5	4	3	4	5	3
Cyprus		2007		6340	5	16	3	3	2	3	2
Latvia		2007		2275	18	13	6	7	4	2	1
Lithuania		2007		2411	18	3	3	3	2	2	1
Hungary		2007		2817	13	8	4	5	3	2	1
Malta		2007		3668	13	16	5	4	2	4	1
Netherlands		2007		2091	28	6	2	4	3	3	1
Austria		2007		2571	17	14	8	3	2	3	1
Poland		2007		2120	16	6	4	4	2	2	2
Portugal		2007		3141	13	4	2	2	1	2	2
Romania		2007		2289	4	4	1	1	1	2	0
Slovenia		2007		3085	22	16	2	3	2	3	2
Slovakia		2007		2468	32	13	2	6	4	3	1
Finland		2007		4988	8	10	1	2	1	1	1
Sweden		2007		3179	7	9	2	2	2	2	1
United Kingdom		2007		2179	29	9	2	4	3	5	1
Croatia		2007		3008	18	11	2	2	2	2	1
Turkey	(1)	2003		4177	4	4	2	2	2	2	2
Norway		2007		3482	6	7	1	1	1	1	1

Notes:

 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 coordinated by the Swedish Council for Information on Alcohol and Other Drugs (CAN) and Council of Europe (Pompidou Group). 

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