Table 2.
Descriptive statistics for prevalence (of ever use), age of onset and frequency of using alcohol and tobacco among youth aged 15 – 24 years
| Country |
Tobacco use |
Alcohol use |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sample size |
Ever use Percent |
Age of onset Median (SD) |
Ever use Percent |
Age of onset Median (SD) |
|
| Barbados | 388 | 22.2 | 16.6 (2.8) | 77.4 | 15.9 (2.8) |
| Belarus | 1,673 | 60.3 | 15.9 (2.0) | 88.0 | 16.2 (1.7) |
| Bosnia | 1,952 | 39.7 | 16.2 (2.3) | 53.8 | 16.3 (2.0) |
| Bosnia Roma | 1,095 | 49.6 | 14.9 (2.5) | 51.0 | 15.3 (2.3) |
| Dominican Republic | 10,904 | 10 | 17.0 (3.4) | 83.3 | 15.2 (2.4) |
| Kenya Bungoma | 480 | 0.7 | 17.6 (2.1) | 15.8 | 13.9 (5.3) |
| Kenya Kakamega | 380 | 0.9 | 15.4 (7.5) | 13.0 | 17.0 (3.3) |
| Kenya Turkana | 418 | 1.6 | 20.0 (0.0) | 15.9 | 15.1 (4.7) |
| Kosovo | 2,674 | 54.3 | 15.5 (3.3) | 40.8 | 16.5 (2.7) |
| Kosovo Roma | 816 | 43.0 | 14.0 (3.6) | 27.2 | 16.2 (2.8) |
| Lebanon** | 2,047 | 4.1 | 17.1 (3.3) | ||
| Macedonia | 1,081 | 40.1 | 16.3 (2.3) | 44.4 | 16.3 (1.7) |
| Macedonia Roma | 371 | 40.9 | 14.1 (3.0) | 39.1 | 16.3 (2.8) |
| Madagascar | 1,278 | 13.4 | 15.6 (3.1) | 47.9 | 15.7 (3.2) |
| Moldova | 2,290 | 44.8 | 16.1 (3.0) | 89.4 | 15.9 (2.4) |
| Mongolia | 3,486 | 35.9 | 16.8 (2.9) | 63.1 | 18.1 (2.0) |
| Mongolia Khuv | 962 | 33.8 | 16.4 (3.0) | 55.2 | 18.1 (2.0) |
| Montenegro | 1,542 | 34.3 | 16.5 (2.4) | 58.6 | 16.5 (2.1) |
| Montenegro Roma | 699 | 26.6 | 14.5 (2.4) | 38.2 | 15.0 (2.2) |
| Nepal | 5,227 | 3.3 | 14.4 (4.3) | 14.2 | 13.8 (4.8) |
| Nepal West | 2,831 | 3.4 | 14.4 (3.5) | 9.2 | 12.8 (3.8) |
| Pakistan Punjab | 21,195 | 0.9 | 16.9 (4.2) | n/a | |
| Sao Tome | 2,089 | 9.4 | 17.9 (3.3) | 70.0 | 16.5 (2.6) |
| Tunisia | 3,322 | 5.1 | 17.5 (2.2) | 0.6 | 18.6 (1.6) |
| Ukraine | 2,513 | 48.1 | 16.2 (1.5) | 84.5 | 16.2 (1.5) |
n/a – no data available
**
For Lebanon the questions about alcohol consumption were asked, but none of the respondents reported any alcohol use.