Table 1 Demographics and problem indicators among cannabis patients and controls
Cannabis patients (n = 3951) | Non-patients (n = 7902) | p-values | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Personal characteristics | ||||
Gender (%) | Male | 74.6 (2947) | 74.6 (5895) | |
Age (%) | Less than 20 years | 14.3 (565) | 14.3 (2230) | |
20–24 | 32.4 (1280) | 32.4 (2560) | ||
25–29 | 23.6 (932) | 23.6 (1865) | ||
30–34 | 12.4 (490) | 12.4 (980) | ||
35–39 | 7.8 (308) | 7.8 (616) | ||
40 or older | 9.6 (379) | 9.6 (759) | ||
Mean age (years) | 27.2 (1075) | 27.2 (2149) | ||
Range (years) | 15–67 | 15–67 | ||
Marital status (%) | Married | 5.3 (209) | 19.3 (1525) | 0.000 |
Background (%) | Norwegian | 75.5 (2983) | 73.6 (5816) | 0.063 |
Other western | 15.4 (608) | 16.6 (1311) | ||
Non-western | 9.1 (360) | 9.5 (751) | ||
Father’s education (%) | Compulsory education | 38.8 (1533) | 26.4 (2086) | 0.000 |
Upper secondary school | 46.3 (1829) | 48.9 (3864) | ||
Higher education | 15 (593) | 25.2 (1991) | ||
Mother’s education (%) | Compulsory education | 45.1 (1781) | 31.9 (2521) | 0.000 |
Upper secondary school | 39.0 (1541) | 43.2 (3414) | ||
Higher education | 15.9 (628) | 24.9 (1968) | ||
Physical health problems | ||||
Non-communicable | Chronic bronchitis | 1.5 (59) | 1.2 (95) | 0.209 |
disease diagnoses (%) | Lung cancer | 0.2 (79) | 0.1 (79) | 0.262 |
Stroke | 0.03 (12) | 0 | 0.196 | |
Mental health problems | ||||
Psychological disease | Mood disorders | 21.5 (849) | 3.5 (279) | 0.000 |
diagnoses (%) | Personality disorders | 10.9 (431) | 1.0 (79) | 0.000 |
Attention deficit disorders | 13.1 (518) | 1.0 (77) | 0.000 | |
Neurotic disorders | 21.9 (865) | 3.5 (273) | 0.000 | |
Schizophrenia | 7.2 (284) | 0.5 (37) | 0.000 | |
Any psychological diagnosis | 48.6 (1920) | 6.8 (535) | 0.000 | |
Substance use | Alcohol | 19.8 (782) | 0.8 (64) | 0.000 |
diagnoses (%) | Opioids | 13.2 (522) | 0.1 (9) | 0.000 |
Sedatives | 18.6 (735) | 0.1 (11) | 0.000 | |
Cocaine | 4.0 (158) | 0.1 (7) | 0.000 | |
Poly-drug use | 27.4 (1083) | 0.4 (35) | 0.000 | |
Any substance use diagnosis | 49.2 (1943) | 1.2 (98) | 0.000 | |
Psychosocial indicators | ||||
Completed education (%) | Compulsory education | 73.1 (2888) | 32.5 (2564) | 0.000 |
High school | 809 | 40.1 (3169) | ||
Higher education | 3.67 (145) | 22.8 (1798) | ||
Missing | 2.8 (109) | 4.7 (371) | ||
In educationadmission | 16.5 (652) | 29.8 (2355) | 0.000 | |
In education2013 | 11.7 (462) | 18.3 (1446) | ||
In workadmission | 32.9 (1300) | 73.9 (5840) | 0.000 | |
In work2013 | 35.4 (1399) | 78.6 (6211) | ||
In educ. or workadmission | 43.4 (1715) | 84.3 (6661) | ||
In educ. or work2013 | 41.6 (1644) | 83.4 (6590) | ||