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ArticleAddictive behaviors2021

Age-specific rates of onset of cannabis use in Mexico.

Mauricio López-Méndez, Angélica Ospina-Escobar, Rowan Iskandar, Fernando Alarid-Escudero

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Article in Addictive behaviors, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Mauricio López-MéndezBrown University School of Public Health, Providence, RI, United States.
Angélica Ospina-EscobarPrograma de Cátedras CONACyT, Mexico; Drug Policy Program, Center for Research and Teaching in Economics (CIDE), Aguascalientes, Mexico; Division of Multidisciplinary Studies, Center for Research and Teaching in Economics (CIDE), Aguascalientes, Mexico.
Rowan IskandarCenter for Evidence Synthesis in Health, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA; Center of Excellence in Decision-Analytic Modeling and Health Economics Research, sitem-insel, Bern, Switzerland.
Fernando Alarid-EscuderoDrug Policy Program, Center for Research and Teaching in Economics (CIDE), Aguascalientes, Mexico; Division of Public Administration, Center for Research and Teaching in Economics (CIDE), Aguascalientes, Mexico. Electronic address: fernando.alarid@cide.edu.
Brown University · USCentro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas · MX

Funding

Comparative Modeling of Effective Policies for Colorectal Cancer ControlU01CA253913 · NCI · SLOAN-KETTERING INST CAN RESEARCH · PI RUTTER, CAROLYN M, ZAUBER, ANN GRAHAM · 2020 to 2025
$6.5M
Comparative Modeling of Colorectal Cancer: Informing Health Policies and Prioritizing Future ResearchU01CA199335 · NCI · SLOAN-KETTERING INST CAN RESEARCH · PI KUNTZ, KAREN M, LANSDORP-VOGELAAR, IRIS · 2015 to 2019
$5.5M
NCI NIH HHS U01 CA199335NCI NIH HHS U01 CA253913
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundOver the previous two decades, the lifetime prevalence of cannabis use has risen among Mexico's population.

aimsEstimate the sex- and age-specific rates of onset of cannabis use over time.

designFive nationally representative cross-sectional surveys, the Mexican National Surveys of Addictions (1998, 2002, 2008, 2012) and the Mexican National Survey on Drugs, Alcohol, and Tobacco Consumption (2016).

settingMexico.

participantsPooled sample of 141,342 respondents aged between 12 and 65 years of which 43.6%(n = 61,658) are male and 56.4% (n = 79,684) are female. MEASUREMENTS: We estimated the age-specific rates of onset of cannabis as the conditional rate of consuming cannabis for the first time at a specific age.

methodsTime-to-event flexible-parametric models with spline specifications of the hazard function. Stratified analysis by sex and control for temporal trends by year of data collection or decennial birth cohort.

findingsAge-specific rates of onset of cannabis use per 1,000 individuals increased over time for females and males. Peak rates of onset of cannabis use per 1,000 ranged from 0.935 (95%CI = [0.772, 1.148]) in 1998, to 5.391 (95%CI = [4.924, 5.971]) in 2016 for females; and from 7.513 (95%CI = [6.732, 10.063]) in 1998, to 26.107 (95%CI = [25.918,30.654]) in 2016 for males. Across decennial birth-cohorts, peak rates of onset of cannabis use per 1,000 individuals for females ranged from 0.234 (95%CI = [0.078, 0.768]) for those born in the 1930s, to 14.611 (95%CI = [13.243, 16.102]) for those born in the 1990s; and for males, from 4.086 (95%CI = [4.022, 7.857]) for those born in the 1930s, to 38.693 (95%CI = [24.847, 48.670]) for those born in the 1990s.

conclusionRates of onset of cannabis increased over the previous two decades for both females and males but remained higher for males. Across recent cohorts, the rates of onset have increased at a faster rate among females than males.

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