Table TDI-5 part (iv). 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 women entering treatment

Country

 

Year

Mean age

Age <25 (%)

Age 35+ (%)

% currently injecting any drug

Belgium

(1)

1999

27.9

49.0

25.0

8.8

Czech Republic

 

2003

21.9

76.0

3.0

50.1

Denmark

 

2003

30.9

30.3

33.9

14.4

Germany

 

2003

29.0

43.0

29.0

2.1

Greece

 

2003

26.0

56.6

15.2

43.1

Spain

(2)

2002

31.2

25.0

32.0

 

France

(3)

2003

33.2

22.3

35.6

13.0

Ireland

(4)

2002

25.1

56.3

10.5

25.2

Italy

 

2003

32.3

20.2

39.4

 

Cyprus

 

2003

24.4

67.6

8.8

33.3

Latvia

 

2003

23.2

72.0

8.0

62.4

Lithuania

 

2003

31.2

 

 

 

Luxembourg

 

2003

29.1

30.0

25.0

81.3

Hungary

 

2003

33.1

27.0

38.0

 

Malta

 

2003

21.9

77.7

4.8

22.2

Netherlands

 

2003

32.9

26.0

40.0

3.1

Austria

(5)

2003

32.1

22.2

41.2

100.0

Poland

(6)

2002

 

 

 

 

Portugal

(7)

2003

30.2

23.5

26.1

25.4

Slovenia

(8)

2003

23.5

65.1

4.0

38.5

Slovakia

 

2003

28.2

52.6

21.9

46.4

Finland

 

2003

25.1

62.0

12.8

50.3

Sweden

 

2003

32.0

35.5

38.8

37.0

United Kingdom

(9)

2003

29.4

35.1

23.0

18.0

Bulgaria

 

2003

21.9

81.0

1.2

69.9

Romania

 

2003

38.1

30.0

58.0

 

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

(6) Last data available refer to 2002. Only data available on first treatment is the total number of cases.

(7) Data by gender refer to first treatments.

(8) Data refer only to outpatient treatment centres.

(9) 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 2000 and 31 March 2001 combined.

Sources:

2004 Reitox national reports - standard table 3

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

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