Table 2. Cannabis use in South Africa by gender and demographics.
| 2002 YRBS (13-19 yrs) N=10699 (Reddy et al., 2002) |
2005 SABSSM II (15 years and above) N=23236 (Shisana et al., 2005) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Women | Men | Women | Total | |
| Current use | |||||
| Age group | 15-19 years | ||||
| 13-19 | 13.7 | 5.5 | 2.51 | 1.1 | |
| 9.1 | 1.7 | ||||
| 20 and above | 4.4 | 0.3 | 1.7 | ||
| Urban | 4.7 | 0.7 | 2.3 | ||
| Rural | 2.7 | 0.0 | 1.0 | ||
| Province | 15 years and above | ||||
| Western Cape (WC) | 17.0 | 6.7 | 6.8 | 1.5 | 3.6 |
| Eastern Cape (EC) | 11.3 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 0.2 | 1.0 |
| Northern Cape (NC) | 10.0 | 2.6 | 3.1 | 0.3 | 1.3 |
| Free State (FS) | 15.6 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 0.2 | 1.4 |
| KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) | 13.6 | 4.4 | 3.3 | 0.1 | 1.2 |
| North West (NW) | 11.1 | 5.0 | 4.3 | 0.0 | 1.7 |
| Gauteng (GP) | 18.3 | 6.2 | 5.5 | 0.8 | 2.9 |
| Mpumalanga (MP) | 14.1 | 7.7 | 2.1 | 0.3 | 1.1 |
| Limpopo (LP) | 10.2 | 8.7 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
| Race | |||||
| Black African | 13.4 | 5.3 | 3.5 | 0.1 | 1.4 |
| Coloured* | 16.2 | 8.3 | 5.8 | 1.3 | 3.1 |
| White | 10.2 | 5.3 | 4.9 | 1.3 | 2.8 |
| Indian/Asian | 25.3 | 7.4 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 0.6 |
| Education | |||||
| No education | 4.1 | 0.0 | 1.2 | ||
| Less Gr 6 | 4.7 | 0.1 | 1.8 | ||
| Gr 6-7 | 4.3 | 0.2 | 1.7 | ||
| Gr 8-11 | 13.7 | 5.5 | 3.7 | 0.4 | 1.7 |
| Gr 12 | 4.8 | 0.9 | 2.3 | ||
| Higher | 2.2 | 0.2 | 1.1 | ||
| Total | 3.9 | 0.4 | 1.7 | ||
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Past 3 months use among 15-19 year olds
*
Coloured are persons of mixed racial ancestry, but who had privileges during Apartheid that were denied to black Africans. They are treated as a distinctive ethnic group in South Africa.