This statistic displays the proportion of school children who took Class A drugs in the last year in England, from 2003 to 2018, by whether they ever truanted or were excluded from school. In the year 2018, ten percent of school children who had taken class A drugs either truanted or were excluded from school, whereas only one percent never truanted or were excluded from school.
Proportion of school children (aged 11 to 15) who took Class A drugs in the last year in England from 2003 to 2018, by whether ever truanted or excluded
* Unweighted bases: n (2003)=9,650, n (2004)=9307, n (2005)=8,702, n (2006)=7,741, n (2007)=7,396, n (2008)=7,451, n (2009)=7,288, n (2010)=6, 940, n (2011)=6,195, n (2012)=7,183, n (2013)=4,897, n (2014)=5,765, n (2016)=10,119, n (2018)=11,658
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Health and Social Care Information Centre. (August 20, 2019). Proportion of school children (aged 11 to 15) who took Class A drugs in the last year in England from 2003 to 2018, by whether ever truanted or excluded [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved September 20, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/370999/children-who-took-class-a-drugs-by-truanted-or-excluded-in-england/
Health and Social Care Information Centre. "Proportion of school children (aged 11 to 15) who took Class A drugs in the last year in England from 2003 to 2018, by whether ever truanted or excluded." Chart. August 20, 2019. Statista. Accessed September 20, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/370999/children-who-took-class-a-drugs-by-truanted-or-excluded-in-england/
Health and Social Care Information Centre. (2019). Proportion of school children (aged 11 to 15) who took Class A drugs in the last year in England from 2003 to 2018, by whether ever truanted or excluded. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: September 20, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/370999/children-who-took-class-a-drugs-by-truanted-or-excluded-in-england/
Health and Social Care Information Centre. "Proportion of School Children (Aged 11 to 15) Who Took Class A Drugs in The Last Year in England from 2003 to 2018, by Whether Ever Truanted or Excluded." Statista, Statista Inc., 20 Aug 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/370999/children-who-took-class-a-drugs-by-truanted-or-excluded-in-england/
Health and Social Care Information Centre, Proportion of school children (aged 11 to 15) who took Class A drugs in the last year in England from 2003 to 2018, by whether ever truanted or excluded Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/370999/children-who-took-class-a-drugs-by-truanted-or-excluded-in-england/ (last visited September 20, 2024)
Proportion of school children (aged 11 to 15) who took Class A drugs in the last year in England from 2003 to 2018, by whether ever truanted or excluded [Graph], Health and Social Care Information Centre, August 20, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/370999/children-who-took-class-a-drugs-by-truanted-or-excluded-in-england/
