Table EYE-23. All ESPAD school surveys: prevalence and patterns (percentages) of cannabis use among students 15-16 years [see all tables in this series...]

Part (i) All students

Country		Year	Sample size 15–16 years	LTP	LYP	LMP	Use 40+ times	First use age 13 or before	Perceived availability
Belgium		2003	2320	32	27	17	7	7	49
Belgium	(1)	2007	1889	24	19	12	4	5	40
Bulgaria		1999	5391	12	8	4	2	2	22
Bulgaria		2003	2740	21	16	8	3	3	36
Bulgaria		2007	2353	22	17	7	3	4	41
Czech Republic		1995	2962	18	16	7	1	1	35
Czech Republic		1999	3579	35	27	16	7	1	50
Czech Republic		2003	3195	44	36	19	9	6	58
Czech Republic		2007	3901	45	35	18	7	9	66
Denmark		1995	2439	15	14	6	2	4	46
Denmark		1999	1790	24	19	8	3	5	57
Denmark		2003	2978	23	17	8	2	6	52
Denmark	(2)	2007	877	25	21	10	4	5	59
Germany	(1)	2003	5110	27	21	12	5	9	41
Germany	(1)	2007	5011	20	15	7	2	6	38
Estonia		1995	3118	5	:	:	1	0	8
Estonia		1999	3254	13	9	5	2	2	19
Estonia		2003	2463	23	14	6	3	4	23
Estonia		2007	2372	26	19	6	2	5	34
Ireland		1995	1849	31	33	:	7	7	62
Ireland		1999	2277	32	26	15	7	7	59
Ireland		2003	2407	39	31	17	7	8	60
Ireland		2007	2221	20	15	9	4	7	43
Greece		1995	2617	2	2	1	0	0	:
Greece		1999	2259	9	7	4	1	1	33
Greece		2003	1906	6	5	2	1	1	20
Greece		2007	3060	6	5	3	1	1	22
France	(3)	1995	:	12	11	:	:	:	:
France		1999	2284	35	31	22	8	7	44
France		2003	2199	38	31	22	9	:	47
France		2007	2916	31	24	15	6	8	42
Italy		1995	1555	16	18	13	4	2	32
Italy		1999	4106	25	20	14	5	3	43
Italy		2003	4871	27	22	15	6	4	44
Italy		2007	9981	23	19	13	5	4	36
Cyprus		1995	632	5	3	2	1	:	9
Cyprus		1999	2095	2	2	1	0	1	9
Cyprus		2003	2152	4	3	2	1	1	12
Cyprus		2007	6340	5	4	3	1	2	13
Latvia	(2)	1995	2179	3	3	1	0	0	8
Latvia		1999	2284	17	11	5	2	2	18
Latvia		2003	2841	16	9	4	1	3	22
Latvia		2007	2275	18	11	4	1	4	29
Lithuania		1995	3196	1	1	0	0	0	3
Lithuania		1999	5039	12	10	4	1	1	15
Lithuania		2003	5036	13	11	6	1	1	20
Lithuania		2007	2411	18	12	5	1	3	28
Hungary		1995	2571	4	3	1	0	0	9
Hungary		1999	6421	11	8	4	2	1	19
Hungary		2003	2677	16	11	6	1	2	20
Hungary		2007	2817	13	10	5	1	2	33
Malta		1995	2832	7	6	2	1	1	10
Malta		1999	4321	7	5	3	1	1	11
Malta		2003	3500	10	9	4	1	2	20
Malta		2007	3668	13	11	5	1	3	27
Netherlands		1999	2615	28	23	14	:	9	41
Netherlands		2003	2095	28	23	13	6	8	42
Netherlands		2007	2091	28	25	15	7	6	49
Austria		2003	2402	21	17	10	4	5	33
Austria		2007	2571	17	13	6	2	3	34
Poland		1995	8940	5	6	3	1	1	18
Poland		1999	:	14	12	7	3	1	30
Poland		2003	5964	18	14	8	2	1	37
Poland		2007	2120	16	12	6	2	3	35
Portugal		1995	2033	5	6	4	1	2	25
Portugal		1999	3609	8	9	5	2	2	26
Portugal		2003	2946	15	13	8	3	4	29
Portugal		2007	3141	13	10	6	2	3	29
Romania		1999	2393	1	1	1	1	0	5
Romania		2003	4371	3	2	0	0	0	10
Romania		2007	2289	4	2	1	0	0	12
Slovenia		1995	3306	12	10	5	1	2	27
Slovenia		1999	3184	25	21	13	5	4	47
Slovenia		2003	2785	28	23	14	6	7	55
Slovenia		2007	3085	22	18	9	3	5	47
Slovakia		1995	2376	6	6	3	1	1	24
Slovakia		1999	2442	19	15	6	2	2	40
Slovakia		2003	2276	27	20	10	3	5	49
Slovakia		2007	2468	32	24	11	4	7	52
Finland		1995	2300	5	4	1	0	1	14
Finland		1999	3286	10	8	2	1	1	20
Finland		2003	3543	11	8	3	0	2	19
Finland		2007	4988	8	6	2	1	1	12
Sweden		1995	3472	5	4	1	0	1	25
Sweden		1999	3445	8	6	2	0	1	26
Sweden		2003	3232	7	5	1	0	1	23
Sweden		2007	3179	7	5	2	1	2	28
United Kingdom		1995	7722	38	35	24	10	14	56
United Kingdom		1999	2641	35	29	16	8	14	52
United Kingdom		2003	2068	38	31	20	10	13	58
United Kingdom		2007	2179	29	22	11	4	9	51
Croatia		1995	2815	5	6	3	2	2	29
Croatia		1999	3602	16	12	6	1	1	19
Croatia		2003	2884	22	16	8	4	4	45
Croatia		2007	3008	18	13	6	2	2	46
Turkey (Istanbul)		1995	2636	3	3	2	0	1	11
Turkey	(1)	2003	4177	4	5	3	1	1	7
Norway		1995	3910	5	5	3	1	1	25
Norway		1999	3918	12	9	4	2	2	38
Norway		2003	3833	9	6	3	1	3	26
Norway		2007	3482	6	4	2	1	1	28

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 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) Data has limited comparability due to methodological issues. 

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

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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