Figure PDU-3:  Trends in injecting drug use – percentage current injecting among heroin clients entering treatment, 1994 to 2004 – Part (ii) Percentage among clients with heroin as primary drug entering treatment for the first time

Notes:

Rates of injecting among new heroin clients should be interpreted in the light of changes in some countries in the numbers of new heroin clients (see Table TDI-2 and Table TDI-3). In Denmark, Netherlands and Spain the proportion of heroin clients among all new clients has strongly declined. In most countries total numbers of new clients have remained relatively stable. In some countries data are insufficient to report. In Cyprus, Denmark, Slovakia and Finland the numbers of heroin clients in the reporting system are small, therefore trends fluctuate. In Germany increasing coverage of the reporting system causes trends to fluctuate. In case of Finland and Latvia, proportions are based on 'all opioids' since heroin was infrequent as a primary drug.

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Sources:

2005 REITOX Reitox national reports - ST04 and ST03