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 (iii) Females

Country		Year	Sample 15-16 years	Cannabis	Inhalants/ volatile substances	Amphetamines	Ecstasy	LSD and other hallucinogens	Cocaine	Heroin
Belgium	(1)	2007	920	19	7	4	5	3	4	1
Bulgaria		2007	1150	18	2	5	4	1	2	1
Czech Republic		2007	2049	42	7	3	4	5	1	1
Denmark	(2)	2007	468	20	5	4	5	1	3	2
Germany	(1)	2007	2609	17	9	5	3	2	3	1
Estonia		2007	1186	19	7	3	5	3	2	1
Ireland		2007	1218	17	16	2	4	3	5	1
Greece		2007	1627	3	7	1	1	1	1	0
Spain	(3)	2007		35	2	2	2	3	3	0
France		2007	1426	28	11	4	4	2	5	3
Italy		2007	4646	21	5	3	3	3	4	3
Cyprus		2007	3260	3	14	1	1	1	1	1
Latvia		2007	1156	13	13	4	6	3	2	1
Lithuania		2007	1239	13	2	2	2	2	1	1
Hungary		2007	1461	11	7	3	4	3	2	1
Malta		2007	1946	11	15	4	3	2	4	1
Netherlands		2007	1097	26	6	1	4	3	2	1
Austria		2007	1187	15	11	6	3	2	3	1
Poland		2007	1132	11	5	3	2	2	2	1
Portugal		2007	1670	9	3	2	1	1	2	1
Romania		2007	1280	2	4	1	1	1	2	0
Slovenia		2007	1503	20	15	2	3	2	3	2
Slovakia		2007	1250	28	13	2	4	3	2	1
Finland		2007	2691	7	10	1	1	1	1	1
Sweden		2007	1629	6	9	1	1	1	2	1
United Kingdom		2007	1175	28	10	2	3	2	4	1
Croatia		2007	1454	16	12	1	1	1	1	1
Turkey	(1)	2003	1904	2	3	1	1	1	1	1
Norway		2007	1704	5	6	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 co-ordinated by the Swedish Council for Information on Alcohol and Other Drugs. (CAN) and Council of Europe (Pompidou Group). 

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