Table 2.

The life time, last 12 month and current prevalence of alcohol and khat use among Hawassa University students (n= 586) June/July, 2011

Type of substances used	Total (n=586)		Male		Female
	Frequency	Percent	Frequency	Percent	Frequency	Percent
Ever drunk alcohol	285	48.7%	251	88.1%	34	11.9%
Drunk alcohol in the past 12 months	239	40.8%	208	87.0%	31	12.9%
Drunk alcohol in the Past 30 days	173	29.5%	148	85.5%	25	14.4%
Ever chewed khat	141	24.1%	129	91.5%	12	8.5%
Chewed khat in the past 12 months	119	20.3%	108	90.8%	11	9.3%
Chewed khat in the past 30 days	98	16.3%	89	90.8%	9	9.2%