This statistic displays the proportion of school children who had taken drugs in the last month in England, from surveys conducted between 2001 and 2023. In the year 2023, five percent of both boys and girls aged 11 to 15 years had taken drugs in the month before being surveyed.
Proportion of school children who took drugs in the last month in England from 2001 to 2023, by gender
* Psychoactive substances were included from 2016 onwards. This means data before this point is not directly comparable to years previous. Weighted bases: n (boys)= 5,609; (girls)= 5,610. There was no survey for 2015, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2022.
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NHS Digital. (October 17, 2024). Proportion of school children who took drugs in the last month in England from 2001 to 2023, by gender [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 04, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/370625/school-children-who-took-drugs-in-last-month-by-gender-in-england/
NHS Digital. "Proportion of school children who took drugs in the last month in England from 2001 to 2023, by gender." Chart. October 17, 2024. Statista. Accessed November 04, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/370625/school-children-who-took-drugs-in-last-month-by-gender-in-england/
NHS Digital. (2024). Proportion of school children who took drugs in the last month in England from 2001 to 2023, by gender. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 04, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/370625/school-children-who-took-drugs-in-last-month-by-gender-in-england/
NHS Digital. "Proportion of School Children Who Took Drugs in The Last Month in England from 2001 to 2023, by Gender." Statista, Statista Inc., 17 Oct 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/370625/school-children-who-took-drugs-in-last-month-by-gender-in-england/
NHS Digital, Proportion of school children who took drugs in the last month in England from 2001 to 2023, by gender Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/370625/school-children-who-took-drugs-in-last-month-by-gender-in-england/ (last visited November 04, 2024)
Proportion of school children who took drugs in the last month in England from 2001 to 2023, by gender [Graph], NHS Digital, October 17, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/370625/school-children-who-took-drugs-in-last-month-by-gender-in-england/
