Table TDI-10. Characteristics of all clients treated for drug problems: demographics and primary drug at treatment in 2002 or most recent year available. Part (i) Demographics and injecting status
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No. of clients |
Mean age |
% Age <25 |
% Age 35+ |
% Male |
% Injecting main drug |
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Belgium |
(1) |
1999 |
10242 |
26 |
52 |
16 |
77 |
12 |
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Czech Republic |
(2) |
2002 |
9237 |
23.4 |
67.9 |
6.8 |
68 |
64 |
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Denmark |
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2002 |
4310 |
31.5 |
25.8 |
35.9 |
76 |
na |
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Germany |
(4) |
2002 |
20889 |
26.7 |
51 |
18 |
80 |
na |
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Greece |
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2002 |
3630 |
28.5 |
41.8 |
23.1 |
83.4 |
52.9 |
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Spain |
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2002 |
43831 |
31.4 |
22 |
32 |
84 |
15 |
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France |
(5) |
1999 |
16670 |
30.8 |
18.9 |
27.1 |
77 |
na |
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Ireland |
(6) |
2000 |
4778 |
25.1 |
56 |
9.9 |
73 |
42.9 |
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Italy |
(7) |
2002 |
159740 |
32.3 |
16.5 |
37.2 |
86.5 |
na |
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Latvia |
(8) |
2002 |
2659 |
26.8 |
18.6 |
16 |
78.9 |
na |
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Lithuania |
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2002 |
4405 |
32.4 |
40.8 |
23 |
81.7 |
na |
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Luxembourg |
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2002 |
470 |
31.1 |
18 |
34 |
75 |
53 |
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Hungary |
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2002 |
12777 |
na |
36 |
27 |
59 |
16 |
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Netherlands |
(12) |
2002 |
10403 |
33 |
21 |
39 |
83 |
5 |
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Austria |
(13) |
2002 |
5857 |
33.2 |
17.3 |
44.7 |
70 |
100 |
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Portugal |
(14) |
2002 |
31835 |
na |
na |
na |
na |
na |
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Slovenia |
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2002 |
2633 |
26.2 |
48.4 |
11.7 |
77.9 |
71.4 |
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Slovakia |
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2002 |
2111 |
25.8 |
54.6 |
11.4 |
78.5 |
56.7 |
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Finland |
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2002 |
3497 |
25.5 |
57.1 |
13.3 |
71 |
57.3 |
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Sweden |
(15) |
2002 |
1044 |
33 |
37 |
35 |
67 |
21 |
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United Kingdom |
(16) |
2002 |
40184 |
28.3 |
38.2 |
18.1 |
74 |
38 |
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Notes: |
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Data were not available for: Estonia, Cyprus, Malta, Poland and Norway. |
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Belgium |
(1) |
Data refer only to outpatient treatment centres. Last data available refer to 1999. |
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Czech Republic |
(2) |
Data refer to all treatment centres. |
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Germany |
(4) |
Data only refer to outpatient treatment centres; information about injecting use is not available. |
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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. |
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Ireland |
(6) |
Last data available refer to 2000. |
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Italy |
(7) |
Data only refer to outpatient treatment centres; information about injecting opiate use refers only to heroin, for cocaine only to cocaine CIH. |
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Latvia |
(8) |
Data refer only to outpatient treatment centres. |
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Netherlands |
(12) |
Data refer only to outpatient treatment centres. |
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Austria |
(13) |
Data refer to clients in substitution treatment only; figures for opiates as main drug and injecting use are consequently 100%. |
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Portugal |
(14) |
Coverage is limited and variable, with no control on double counting of clients. |
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Sweden |
(15) |
Data refer only to outpatient treatment centres. |
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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. |
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Associated graphic: |
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Trends in current injecting drug use amongst heroin users in treatment [Figure9OL]. |
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Sources: 2003 Reitox national reports, Standard table 3, see [Table TDI-10 Part (iii)] for details on sources. |
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