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Epidemiology of Inhalant Abuse - Archives - National Institute on ...

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TABLE 4. Lifetime, annual, and current prevalence <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> inhalant use<br />

am<strong>on</strong>g selected Nigerian sec<strong>on</strong>dary school students.<br />

No. Percentage<br />

Lifetime use 46 25.7<br />

Use in past year 24 13.4<br />

Use in past m<strong>on</strong>th 20 11.2<br />

About <strong>on</strong>e-quarter <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the students in each individual school had used an<br />

inhalant <strong>on</strong> at least <strong>on</strong>e occasi<strong>on</strong> in their lives. Am<strong>on</strong>g these, <strong>on</strong>ly about<br />

<strong>on</strong>e-half had used in the past year, and a little less had used in the past<br />

m<strong>on</strong>th, as shown in table 8. There were no significant statistical<br />

differences in the three categories <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> use am<strong>on</strong>g the three schools (using<br />

the x 2 test).<br />

Am<strong>on</strong>g those who had “ever used” the drugs, the main sources were the<br />

home (32.6 percent) and friends (17.4 percent). Twenty-five (13.9<br />

percent) <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the students reported that their friends used inhalants,<br />

especially glue, petrol, and sprays, as shown in table 9.<br />

TABLE 5. Lifetime periods <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> inhalant use by gender am<strong>on</strong>g selected<br />

Nigerian sec<strong>on</strong>dary school students.*<br />

No. Percentage<br />

Male (N = 84) 24 19.3<br />

Female (N = 40) 7 6.4<br />

NOTE: * Data are from the two schools that had male and female<br />

students.<br />

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