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Country
|
Year
|
Method
|
Rate per 1000
|
Numbers
|
Data sources/comments
|
Ref.
|
Range in local estimates rate per 1000 (midpoints) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lowest estimate (year/method/region) |
Highest estimate (year/method/region) | |||||||
Czech Republic |
2003 |
TM |
3.60 (3.46-3.89) |
26500 (25000-28100) |
Problem methamphetamine and opiate users. HCV national study - low-threshold facilities |
1 |
13.3 (2002/TM/Prague) |
13.3 (2002/TM/Prague) |
Denmark |
2001 |
CR |
7.17 (6.67-7.67)* |
25544 (23757-27331) |
Nationally register of patients. National register of drug abusers undergoing treatment |
1 |
|
|
Germany |
2003 |
TM |
(2.00-3.20) |
(109000-177000) |
Treatment monitoring system: outpatient and inpatient |
9, 10, 11 |
7.9 (2) (1999/CR/Greater Augsburg) |
7.9 (2) (1999/CR/Greater Augsburg) |
Germany |
2003 |
PM |
(2.70-3.40) |
(144000-182000) |
Police: Heroin users and drug related deaths |
9, 10, 11 |
|
|
Germany |
2003 |
PM |
(1.70-2.20) |
(92000-123000) |
Police: Heroin users and drug related deaths |
9, 10, 11 |
|
|
Greece |
2003 |
CR |
2.38 (2.07-2.76)* |
17767 (15419-20563) |
Treatment demands at other services |
1 |
2.54 (2) (2002/CR/Greater Thessaloniki) |
4.97 (2003/CR/Greater Athens) |
Spain |
2000 |
TM |
5.31 |
144198 |
Problematic opiate users. Demographic multiplier method |
99, 3 |
|
|
Spain |
2000 |
other |
(6.72-7.89) |
(182498-214152) |
Treatment admissions data. Demographic multiplier method |
99, 3 |
|
|
France |
1999 |
TM |
4.72 |
180000 |
|
2 |
6.0 (2000/CR/Toulouse) |
14.2 (1999/CR/Nice) |
France |
1999 |
PM |
(3.88-4.79) |
(147900-182600) |
|
2 |
|
|
France |
1999 |
MI |
4.67 |
178000 |
|
2 |
|
|
France |
1999 |
other |
3.84 |
146400 |
Demographic multiplier method |
2 |
|
|
Ireland |
2001 |
CR |
5.60 (5.20-6.10) |
14452 (13405-15819) |
Problem opiate users. Methadone treatment clients; hospital; police |
1 |
15.9 (2000/CR/Dublin City and county) |
15.9 (2001/CR/Dublin City and county) |
Italy |
2003 |
TM |
7.47 (7.22-7.72)* |
285838 (276462-295464) |
Ministry of Health data on IDUs attending public drug treatment services |
2 |
5.10 (2000/CR/Venice City) |
10.8 (2000/CR/Genova City) |
Italy |
2003 |
MI |
7.81 (7.55-8.07)* |
298892 (289010-308977) |
Ministry of Health data on IDUs attending public drug treatment services. Ministry of the Interior data on arrests for drug offences. HIV/AIDS register data |
2 |
|
|
Italy |
2003 |
CR |
7.20 (6.98-7.44)* |
275698 (267048-284590) |
Ministry of Health data on IDUs attending public drug treatment services |
2 |
|
|
Latvia |
na |
|
|
|
|
|
2.6 (2002/MM/Riga) |
9.1 (2003/(3)/Riga) |
Luxembourg |
2000 |
CR |
(6.19-13.57) |
(1801-3948) |
Truncated Poisson model, combined results of Chao and Zelterman estimators |
2, 99 |
|
|
Luxembourg |
2000 |
other |
(7.33-10.05) |
(2132-2924) |
Truncated Poisson model, combined results of Chao and Zelterman estimators |
2, 99 |
|
|
Hungary |
na |
|
|
|
|
|
3.5 (2003/TM/Budapest) |
3.5 (2003/TM/Budapest) |
Netherlands |
2001 |
TM |
3.00 (2.38-3.62) |
32418 (25718-39118) |
Problem opiate and/or crack cocaine users. Police; Health Care Services for drug-related problems; Methadone Treatment |
1, 2 |
4.9 (1999/CR/Parkstad Limburg) |
9.5 (2001/CR/Amsterdam) |
Netherlands |
2001 |
MI |
2.94 (2.01-3.87) |
31720 (21720-41819) |
Problem opiate and/or crack cocaine users. Police; Health Care Services for drug-related problems; Methadone Treatment |
1 |
|
|
Netherlands |
2001 |
other |
3.07 (2.28-3.85) |
33174 (24638-41603) |
Problem opiate and/or crack cocaine users. Police; Health Care Services for drug-related problems; Methadone Treatment |
1 |
|
|
Austria |
2002 |
CR |
5.76 (5.38-6.14) |
31466 (29397-33535) |
Problem opiate users. Police, Substitution Treatment |
5 |
|
|
Poland |
2002 |
other |
1.94 (1.23-2.65) |
52000 (33000-71000) |
Problem drug users. Population survey of 2002. Residential Drug Treatment; Drug treatment: outpatient; HIV cases |
1, 99 |
|
|
Portugal |
2000 |
TM |
(6.03-7.03) |
(41720-48673) |
Ministry of Health data on clients attending public outpatient drug treatment services. Problem users of opiates, cocaine and amphetamines |
1, 99 |
11.0 (2000/CR/Oeiras) |
24 (2000/CR/Aveiro) |
Portugal |
2000 |
PM |
(6.82-8.52) |
(47184-58980) |
Problem opiate, cocaine and amphetamine users. Police |
1, 99 |
|
|
Slovenia |
2001 |
CR |
5.30 |
7399 |
Problem drug users. Police, Drug treatment data |
1 |
13 (2003/(4)/Ljubljana) |
13 (2003/(4)/Ljubljana) |
Finland |
2002 |
CR |
5.30 (4.60-6.10)* |
18400 (16100-21100) |
Register of infectious diseases (National Public Health Institute). Hospital Patient Discharge Register. Driving under the influence of drugs -register (National Public Health Institute and Ministry of Interior). Criminal Report File (Ministry of Interior and National Bureau of Investigation) |
1 |
0.3 (2002/CR/East and North Finland) |
7.05 (1999/CR/Greater Helsinki) |
Sweden |
2001 |
CR |
4.80 |
27640 |
The Hospital Discharge Register. |
2 |
3.5 (2000/CR/Stockholm) |
4.3 (1999/CR/Stockholm) |
United Kingdom |
2001 |
CM |
9.35 (8.99-9.79) |
360811 |
Treatment, Police, Hospital |
1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
0.55 (2003/CR/Moray) |
33.6 (2000/CR/Glasgow City) |
Notes (1) 95% confidence interval (CI); intervals from sensitivity analysis (SI) are not marked with asterisk. For further details on methods and data sources/comments see [Table PDU-3] and [Table PDU-4]. (2) Midpoints have been calculated in cases where no central estimate was provided to facilitate interpretation and comparisons; these are presented with an asterisk. (3) Other method: two-source capture-recapture method. (4) Other method: report delay adjustment. Sources: See [Table PDU-0]. | ||||||||