Table EYE-5. ESPAD 2003 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

Country		Year	Ref.	Sample 15-16 years	LTP	LYP	LMP
Belgium		2003		2320	32	27	17
Bulgaria		2003		2740	21	16	8
Czech Republic		2003		3195	44	36	19
Denmark		2003		2978	23	17	8
Germany	(a)	2003		5110	27	21	12
Estonia		2003		2463	23	14	6
Ireland		2003		2407	39	31	17
Greece		2003		1906	6	5	2
France		2003		2199	38	31	22
Italy		2003		4871	27	22	15
Cyprus		2003		2152	4	3	2
Latvia		2003		2841	16	9	4
Lithuania		2003		5036	13	11	6
Hungary		2003		2677	16	11	6
Malta		2003		3500	10	9	4
Netherlands		2003		2095	28	23	13
Austria		2003		2402	21	17	10
Poland		2003		5964	18	14	8
Portugal		2003		2946	15	13	8
Romania		2003		4371	3	2	0
Slovenia		2003		2785	28	23	14
Slovak Republic		2003		2276	27	20	10
Finland		2003		3543	11	8	3
Sweden		2003		3232	7	5	1
United Kingdom		2003		2068	38	31	20
Croatia		2003		2884	22	16	8
Turkey	(a)	2003		4177	4	5	3
Norway		2003		3833	9	6	3

Notes:

 This table aims to present 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 Studies of youth and the schools populations – methods and definitions.   

 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 the 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 for 15- to 16-year-olds refer to the number of participating students who filled in the questionnaire. For further details see www.espad.org   

 (a) 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 6 different regions (Adana, Ankara, Diyarbakir, Istanbul, Izmir and Samsun).   

Sources:

 ESPAD.