TABLE 3.
Prevalence of the use of alcohol and related products among second and third year medical students at the University of the Free State over a period of 12 months.
| Drinking habits | Number of occurrences over a period of 12 months |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1–2 |
3–5 |
6–10 |
11–19 |
20–39 |
≥ 40 |
Total |
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| n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
| Alcohol | ||||||||||||||
| Second year (n = 111) | 17 | 15.3 | 9 | 8.1 | 16 | 14.4 | 10 | 9.0 | 10 | 9.0 | 25 | 22.5 | 87 | 78.4 |
| Third year (n = 58) | 2 | 3.5 | 11 | 19.0 | 5 | 8.6 | 5 | 8.6 | 8 | 13.8 | 17 | 29.3 | 48 | 82.8 |
| Energy drink with alcohol | ||||||||||||||
| Second year (n = 110) | 22 | 20.0 | 6 | 5.5 | 5 | 4.5 | 5 | 4.5 | 4 | 3.6 | 5 | 4.5 | 47 | 42.7 |
| Third year (n = 57) | 8 | 14.0 | 8 | 14.0 | 5 | 8.8 | 3 | 5.3 | 1 | 1.7 | 3 | 5.3 | 28 | 49.1 |
| Alcohol and cannabis | ||||||||||||||
| Second year (n = 113) | 12 | 10.6 | 5 | 4.4 | 0 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0.9 | 0 | - | 18 | 15.9 |
| Third year (n = 58) | 3 | 5.2 | 2 | 3.5 | 3 | 5.2 | 1 | 1.7 | 0 | - | 0 | - | 9 | 15.5 |