Table GPSurvey-7. Last 30 days prevalence and frequency of use of cannabis amongst all adults and young adults, according to population surveys. Part (i) Last 30 days prevalence (percentage)

Country	Year	Sample size	All males (15-64)	All females (15-64)	Total (15-64)	Sample size	Young males (15-34)	Young females (15-34)	Total (15-34)

France	2000	11317	6.3	2.5	4.4	4749	13.2	5.3	9.3
Greece	1998	3398	3.9	0.9	2.3	2014	7.7	2.0	4.6
Ireland	2002/03	4925	3.4	1.7	2.6	n.a.	5.7	3.0	4.4
Italy	2001	6032	6.5	3.1	4.7	3689	9.9	4.4	6.9
Latvia	2003	4534	3.1	0.8	1.8	n.a.	5.9	1.7	3.7
Netherlands	2000/01	14045	5.1	2.2	3.7	6687	9.8	4.2	7.0
Portugal	2001	14184	5.4	1.3	3.3	6406	9.8	2.7	6.1
Spain	2001	14113	9.8	3.7	6.8	6915	16.4	7.2	11.9
Belgium	2001	7347	3.6	1.8	2.7	2758	8.9	3.1	5.9
Germany	2000	8139	4.6	1.9	3.3	3017	9.9	4.4	7.2
Denmark	2000	11825	4.5	1.3	2.8	4141	9.1	2.6	5.6
Finland	2002	2377	1.6	0.7	1.1	1240	3.8	1.9	2.9
Hungary	2001	2359	1.7	0.5	1.1	790	3.7	1.3	2.6
Poland	2002	3148	2.0	0.6	1.3	n.a.	4.1	1.1	2.7
Sweden	2000	1750	0.4	0.0	0.2	575	0.7	0.0	0.4
Slovakia	2002	1405	4.0	1.5	2.7	n.a.	8.3	3.3	5.9
United Kingdom (England and Wales)	2002/03	23586	9.3	4.0	6.7	8520	17.0	7.7	12.4

Notes:
For methodological information see [Methods and definitions - Prevalence and patterns of drug use in the general population].
Finland: Further information on frequency of use in last 30 days collected but not reported due to low numbers of users.

Sources:
See sources for each individual survey in [Table GPSurvey-1 Part (iii) Sources] in this Statistical bulletin.

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