Table TDI-12. Characteristics of all women treated for drug problems in 2002 or most recent year available. Part (i) Demographics and injecting status

Country		Year	Mean age	% Age <25	% Age 35+	% Currently injecting any drug
Belgium	⁽¹⁾	1999	27.9	49	25	8.8
Czech Republic	⁽²⁾	2002	21.8	79.5	4	66.6
Denmark		2002	32.3	26	40	na
Germany	⁽⁴⁾	2002	26.7	49	27	na
Greece		2002	26.4	54.1	18.2	45.7
Spain	⁽¹⁷⁾	2002	31.2	25	32	na
France	⁽⁵⁾	1999	30.8	19.5	27.5	14.5
Ireland	⁽⁶⁾	2000	24.4	61.1	8.5	30.8
Italy	⁽⁷⁾	2002	31.8	21	36.5	na
Latvia	⁽⁸⁾	2002	26.9	52.5	17.4	na
Lithuania		2002	32.7	41.7	24.3	na
Luxembourg		2002	30.3	23	29	51
Hungary		2002	33.1	28	38	na
Netherlands	⁽¹²⁾	2002	32.6	26	39	na
Austria	⁽¹³⁾	2002	31.8	22.2	39.1	100
Slovenia		2002	24.6	58.4	7.2	71.6
Slovakia		2002	26.5	31.5	13.7	59.4
Finland		2002	24.8	64.9	13.1	59.2
Sweden	⁽¹⁵⁾	2002	33	32	35	na
United Kingdom	⁽¹⁶⁾	2002	27.6	43	16	na

Notes:
		Data were not available for: Estonia, Cyprus, Malta, Poland and Norway.
Belgium	⁽¹⁾	Data refer only to outpatient treatment centres. Last data available refer to 1999.
Czech Republic	⁽²⁾	Data refer to all treatment centres.
Germany	⁽⁴⁾	Data only refer to outpatient treatment centres; information about injecting use is not available.
France	⁽⁵⁾	The last available data on treatment demand are reported, referring to the annual census on clients in treatment carried out in November 1999.
Ireland	⁽⁶⁾	Last data available refer to 2000.
Italy	⁽⁷⁾	Data only refer to outpatient treatment centres.
Latvia	⁽⁸⁾	Data refer only to outpatient treatment centres.
Netherlands	⁽¹²⁾	Data refer only to outpatient treatment centres.
Austria	⁽¹³⁾	Data refer to clients in substitution treatment only; figures for opiates as main drug and injecting use are consequently 100%.
Sweden	⁽¹⁵⁾	Data refer only to outpatient treatment centres.
United Kingdom	⁽¹⁶⁾	Data relate to the period from 1 April 2001 to 31 March 2002 for Scotland and Northern Ireland; for England and Wales six months data ending 30 September 2000 plus six months data ending 31 March 2001.
Spain	⁽¹⁷⁾	Data on men and women only concern outpatient treatment centres.

Sources: 2003 Reitox national reports, Standard table 3, see [Table TDI-10 Part (iii)] for details on sources.

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