Belgium (Flanders)

Belgium (Flanders)

Key results 2007

The results from the Belgian study (Flanders only) are generally rather close to the ESPAD average. This is true for the proportion of students who had consumed alcohol during the past 12 months (83%) and for the volume of alcohol consumed on the latest drinking day (4.3 cl alc. 100%). In spite of this, the proportion reporting drunkenness during the past 12 months (29%) is clearly below average. The 30-days prevalence of cigarette smoking (23%) is also lower than average. On the other hand, the lifetime prevalence of cannabis use (24%) is somewhat higher than average, while the use of drugs other than cannabis (9%) is about average. Very small differences compared with the ESPAD mean are observed for the variables of lifetime use of inhalants (8%), non-prescription use of tranquillisers or sedatives (9%) and use of alcohol in combination with pills (4%).

Click to enlarge image | Create more graphs

Country contact:

Patrick Lambrecht Dept. Of Developmental and Life Span Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Brussels Pleinlaan 2 B-1050 Brussels Belgium		Tel: +32 24 786971 Fax: +32 26 29 25 32

Caroline Andries Dept. Of Developmental and Life Span Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Brussels Pleinlaan 2 B-1050 Brussels Belgium		Tel: +32 26 29 25 28 Fax: +32 26 29 25 32

Danielle Piette PROMES - Université Libre de Bruxelles, Ecole de Santé Publique Route de Lennick 808 -CP 596 B-1070 Brussels Belgium		Tel: +32 2 555 40 81 Fax: +32 2 555 4049

Copyright © 2010 ESPAD