Table TDI-5 part (i). Characteristics of all clients entering treatment: demographics and primary drug at treatment in 2003 or most recent year available. Demographics and injecting status of all clients entering treatment

Country

 

Year

N. of clients

Mean age


Age <25 (%)


Age 35+ (%)

Male (%)

% injecting main drug

Belgium

(1)

1999

10242

26.0

52.0

16.0

77.0

12.0

Czech Republic

 

2003

8522

23.6

65.0

7.0

69.0

66.8

Denmark

 

2003

5134

31.4

26.4

34.3

76.5

18.4

Germany

 

2003

38285

28.2

42.0

23.0

79.0

1.0

Greece

 

2003

3637

28.2

42.0

20.9

83.4

46.4

Spain

(2)

2002

43831

31.4

22.0

32.0

84.0

15.0

France

(3)

2003

22118

33.7

20.8

35.5

78.5

 

Ireland

(4)

2002

4818

25.7

51.7

12.3

74.3

34.8

Italy

 

2003

160611

32.8

16.3

40.0

86.8

52.4

Cyprus

 

2003

265

27.2

46.8

16.6

87.2

55.8

Latvia

 

2003

2680

23.3

70.0

6.0

79.0

85.0

Lithuania

 

2003

4689

31.2

35.2

26.7

81.6

 

Luxembourg

 

2003

412

31.0

21.6

34.5

71.0

 

Hungary

 

2003

14993

29.5

38.0

24.0

62.0

13.0

Malta

(5)

2003

530

24.5

55.0

8.5

84.0

 

Netherlands

 

2003

10784

33.0

22.0

39.0

82.0

3.0

Austria

(6)

2003

6413

33.3

18.8

45.0

71.0

100.0

Poland

(7)

2002

11915

27.2

57.6

19.7

72.5

 

Portugal

(8)

2003

29596

 

 

 

 

 

Slovenia

(9)

2003

1485

25.3

53.3

8.6

75.9

65.5

Slovakia

 

2003

2136

25.6

54.9

10.5

77.0

49.2

Finland

 

2003

3411

26.2

52.2

14.5

71.1

58.2

Sweden

 

2003

3394

32.0

32.2

37.7

69.0

46.1

United Kingdom

(10)

2003

97900

30.1

29.9

25.6

72.0

39.0

Bulgaria

 

2003

1321

23.1

72.0

2.8

81.0

75.8

Romania

 

2003

2070

30.3

50.0

27.0

67.0

 

Notes:   

Data were not available for: Estonia, Norway, Turkey.   

(1) Last data available refer to 1999.   

(2) Last data available refer to 2002.  

(3) Data on treatment demand referred to the annual census on clients in treatment carried out in November 2003.   

(4) Last data available refer to 2002.   

(5) Data on all clients refer to 9 treatment centres, for which data were available in 2003: 3 outpatient treatment centres, 3 inpatient treatment centres and 3 treatment units in prison.

(6) Data refer to clients in substitution treatment only; figures for opiates as main drug and injecting use are consequently 100%.   

(7) Last data available refer to 2002.   

(8) Only total number of clients is available for all treatments.   

(9) Data refer only to outpatient treatment centres.   

(10) Data relate to the period from 1 April 2002 to 31 March 2003 for Scotland and Northern Ireland; for England from April 2003 to March 2004; Wales: six months periods ending 30 September 2001 and 31 March 2002 combined.

Sources:

2004 Reitox national reports - standard table 3

See [Table TDI-1] for details on sources.   

Data filter | tditab05a-en.xml