Magnitude and Associated Factors of Psychoactive Substance Use among Youths at Selected Administrative Towns of North Shewa Zone, Amhara Region, Ethiopia

Table 2

The prevalence of current and life time psychoactive substance use among youths in selected administrative towns, North Shewa zone, Amhara regional states, Ethiopia, 2020.

Characteristics	Sex		Total
	Male	Female
	Yes n (%)	Yes n (%)	Yes n (%)
	No n (%)	No n (%)	No n (%)
Ever psychoactive substance use	283 (44.8)	135 (21.3)	418 (66.1)
	96 (15.2)	118 (18.7)	214 (33.9)
Current psychoactive substance use	278 (44)	133 (21)	411 (65)
	101 (16)	120 (19)	221 (35)
Ever alcohol drinking	225 (35.6)	93 (14.7)	318 (50.3)
	154 (24.4)	160 (25.3)	314 (49.7)
Current alcohol drinking	221 (35.0)	90 (14.2)	311 (49.2)
	158 (25.0)	163 (25.8)	321 (50.8)
Ever use of khat	95 (15.0)	52 (8.2)	147 (23.3)
	284 (44.9)	201 (31.8)	485 (76.7)
Current use of khat	94 (14.9)	52 (8.2)	146 (23.1)
	285 (45.1)	201 (31.8)	486 (76.9)
Ever smoking of cigarette	44 (7.0)	8 (1.3)	52 (8.2)
	335 (53.0)	245 (38.8)	580 (91.8)
Current cigarette smoking	43 (6.8)	8 (1.3)	51 (8.1)
	336 (53.2)	245 (38.8)	581 (91.9)
Ever use of cannabis	10 (1.6)	8 (1.3)	18 (2.8)
	369 (58.4)	245 (38.8)	614 (97.2)
Current use of cannabis	9 (1.4)	8 (1.3)	17 (2.7)
	369 (58.5)	245 (38.8)	614 (97.3)