Table 4

Rates of reported life-time and last year drug use by sex, 2001 compared to 2007/08

Sex

2001

(%)

2007/08

(%)

Significancea

χ2 , P


Males ever-used

61.2

55.0

2.28, 0.131

Males last year

26.8

21.0

2.72, 0.099

Females ever-used

59.5

50.7

3.42, 0.064

Females last year

27.0

16.7

7.27, 0.007

Total ever-used

60.3

52.7

6.08, 0.014

Total last year

26.7

18.9

9.12, 0.003


a Chi-square tests were conducted, all with one degree of freedom.

Gripenberg Abdon et al. Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2011 6:2   doi:10.1186/1747-597X-6-2

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