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Drug use, smoking and drinking among young people in England in 2001

Table 2.11

Proportion of pupils who had taken drugs in the last month, by sex and age: 1998-2001

All pupils	England 1998 - 2001
Age	Year
	1998	1999	2000	2001a
	Proportion who had taken drugs in the last month
Boys
11 years	0	1	3	4
12 years	2	2	2	4
13 years	4	4	6	11
14 years	10	12	14	17
15 years	19	21	23	25
Total	7	8	10	13
Girls
11 years	0	1	2	2
12 years	2	2	3	4
13 years	3	5	5	9
14 years	9	9	11	15
15 years	16	17	19	22
Total	6	7	8	11
Total
11 years	0	1	3	3
12 years	2	2	3	4
13 years	4	5	5	10
14 years	10	11	13	16
15 years	18	19	21	24
Total	7	7	9	12
Bases
Boys
11 years	249	873	597	778
12 years	295	1009	730	861
13 years	249	943	715	887
14 years	658	910	731	852
15 years	822	1034	772	982
Total	2273	4769	3545	4360
Girls
11 years	252	878	556	759
12 years	306	894	656	937
13 years	289	919	678	913
14 years	707	927	676	911
15 years	739	921	748	919
Total	2293	4539	3314	4439
Total
11 years	501	1751	1153	1537
12 years	601	1903	1386	1798
13 years	538	1862	1393	1800
14 years	1365	1837	1407	1763
15 years	1561	1955	1520	1901
Total	4566	9308	6859	8799

a Estimates from 2001 are not comparable with estimates from previous years because of the change in the way that taking drugs was measured.

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