Table 41b. Age of onset for various substances and mixing alcohol with pills. Proportion answering 'at the age of 13 or younger' by gender. 2015. Percentages.
Table 41b. Age of onset for various substances and mixing alcohol with pills. Proportion answering 'at the age of 13 or younger' by gender. 2015. Percentages.
Download XLSMarijuana or hashish | Amphetamine/Methamphetamine | Cocaine/crack | Ecstasy | Tranquillisers or sedatives a | Inhalants b | Alcohol together with pills b | ||||||||
Boys | Girls | Boys | Girls | Boys | Girls | Boys | Girls | Boys | Girls | Boys | Girls | Boys | Girls | |
Albania | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Austria | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
Belgium (Flanders) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bulgaria | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
Croatia | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 19 | 2 | 2 |
Cyprus | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
Czech Republic | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Denmark | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Estonia | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 1 |
Faroes | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Finland | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
France | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Georgia | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Greece | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
Hungary | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Iceland | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Ireland | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
Italy | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Liechtenstein | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
Lithuania | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Malta | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
Moldova | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Monaco | 10 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
Montenegro | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Netherlands | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Norway | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Poland | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
Portugal | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | . | . | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Romania | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Slovakia | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Slovenia | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
Sweden | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
Ukraine | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
AVERAGE | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Latvia | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 |
Spain | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
United States c | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
a 'Without a doctor's prescription'.
b In order to 'get high'.
c Used by end of 8th grade, approximate age is 13 (amphetamines only, cocaine only, tranquillisers only).