This statistic displays the proportion of school children who had taken drugs in the last month in England, from surveys conducted between 2001 and 2021. In the year 2021, six 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 2021, 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)= 3,434; (girls)= 3,496.
There was no survey for 2015, 2017, 2019, and 2020.
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NHS Digital. (September 6, 2022). Proportion of school children who took drugs in the last month in England from 2001 to 2021, by gender [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 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 2021, by gender." Chart. September 6, 2022. Statista. Accessed July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/370625/school-children-who-took-drugs-in-last-month-by-gender-in-england/
NHS Digital. (2022). Proportion of school children who took drugs in the last month in England from 2001 to 2021, by gender. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 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 2021, by Gender." Statista, Statista Inc., 6 Sep 2022, 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 2021, by gender Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/370625/school-children-who-took-drugs-in-last-month-by-gender-in-england/ (last visited July 22, 2024)
Proportion of school children who took drugs in the last month in England from 2001 to 2021, by gender [Graph], NHS Digital, September 6, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/370625/school-children-who-took-drugs-in-last-month-by-gender-in-england/
