ASSAD Ecstasy use

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    Ecstasy use: ever, last year, last month, last week, ACT Secondary Students aged 12-17 years, 1996-2017

     

    In 2017, 3.6% of secondary students surveyed reported that they had ever used ecstasy, 3.2% had used it in the last year and 1.3% had used it in the last month. Estimates for ecstasy use in the last week has not been published due to a relative standard error greater than 50% or small numbers.

    Please note that this indicator was updated in 2022 and replaces all previous versions. 

    The following estimates have a relative standard error between 25% and 50% and should be used with caution:

    2011 and 2014 ever used ecstasy
    2014 and 2017 used ecstasy in the last year
    2002, 2008, 2014 and 2017 used ecstasy in the last month
    2002 and 2008 used ecstasy in the last week

    The following estimates have not been published due to a relative standard error greater than 50% or small numbers:

    2011 used ecstasy in the last month
    2011, 2014 and 2017 used ecstasy in the last week

    For the purpose of reporting the Australian Secondary Students' Alcohol and Drug survey data on HealthStats, if the 95% confidence intervals of the estimates do not overlap, they are considered to be significantly different.

    To access the data please click on the "View source data" link at the bottom of the visualisation. This link will open up a data table that you can download.