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Country |
Year |
Method |
Rate per 1000 |
Number |
Data sources/comments |
Reference |
Range in sub-national estimates rate per 1000 (midpoints) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lowest estimate (year/method/region) |
Highest estimate (year/method/region) | |||||||
Belgium |
n.a. |
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Czech Republic |
2004 |
TM |
4.14 (3.72-4.65)$ |
30000 (26900-33700) |
Reports from low-threshold facilities. HCV national study - in-treatment rate (nomination technique used). |
4 |
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 |
2004 |
TM |
(1.8-2.9) |
(102000-164000) |
Treatment monitoring system: outpatient and inpatient. Multiplier method: Extrapolation from treatment data |
17 |
|
|
Germany |
2004 |
PM |
(2.4-3.0) |
(136000-172000) |
Heroin users registered by the police. Drug related deaths registered by police. Multiplier method: Extrapolation from mortality data |
16 |
|
|
Germany |
2004 |
other |
(1.2-1.6) |
(68000-91000) |
Police: heroin users and drug related deaths. |
16 |
|
|
Estonia |
n.a. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Greece |
2004 |
CR |
2.62 (2.29-3.02) |
19601 (17115-22550) |
Treatment demands and other services. |
1 |
2.72 (2004/CR/Greater Athens) |
3.91 (2004/CR/Greater Athens) |
Spain |
2002 |
TM |
4.04 |
112851 |
Treatment multiplier method. Opiate users. |
3 |
|
|
Spain |
2002 |
other |
(2.57-3.68) |
(71964-102822) |
Demographic method. Opiate users. |
3 |
|
|
Spain |
2002 |
other |
(4.47-5.97) |
(124964-166926) |
Demographic method. Cocaine users. |
3 |
|
|
Spain |
2002 |
other |
(7.05-9.65) |
(196928-269748) |
Demographic method. Cocaine + opiate users. |
3 |
|
|
Spain |
2002 |
other |
(8.37-9.87) |
(233827-275789) |
Combined method. Cocaine + opiate users. |
3 |
|
|
France |
n.a. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Ireland |
2001 |
CR |
5.60 (5.20-6.10) |
14452 (13405-15819) |
Problem opiate users. Clients on the Central Methadone Treatment. Hospital discharges. Police database, individuals known by the police to be opiate users. |
1 |
14.5 (2000/CR/Dublin City and county) |
15.9 (2001/CR/Dublin City and county) |
Italy |
2004 |
TM |
8.1 (7.83-8.35) |
311814 (302005-321936) |
Ministry of Health data on drug users attending public drug treatment services. |
13 |
5.4 (2004/{3}/Veneto Region) |
9.7 (2004/{3}/Liguria Region) |
Italy |
2004 |
MI |
7.99 (7.73-8.26) |
308098 (298085-318417) |
Ministry of Health data on drug users attending public drug treatment services. Ministry of the Interior data on arrests for drug offences. Ministry of the Interior data on referrals to the Prefect. Ministry of Justice data on drug user in prison. |
13 |
|
|
Italy |
2004 |
CR |
7.1 (6.87-7.34) |
273903 (264965-283147) |
Ministry of Health data on drug users attending public drug treatment services. |
13 |
|
|
Italy |
2004 |
other |
7.71 (7.46-7.96) |
297282 (287742-307134) |
Ministry of the Interior data on arrests for drug offences. Ministry of the Interior data on referrals to the Prefect. Ministry of the Interior data on drug related deaths. |
13 |
|
|
Cyprus |
2004 |
other |
1.91 (1.53-2.55) |
949 (734-1269) |
Treatment demand: drug users requesting treatment |
1 |
|
|
Latvia |
2002 |
other |
1.2 (1-1.8) |
1944 (1521-2917) |
Acute drug overdose (Forensic medicine expertise). Acute drug overdose (Health Statistics and Medical Technology Agency). State Narcology register |
|
2.6 (2002/MM/Riga) |
9.1 (2003/{1}/Riga) |
Lithuania |
n.a. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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 |
n.a. |
|
|
|
|
|
3.5 (2003/TM/Budapest) |
3.5 (2003/TM/Budapest) |
Malta |
2004 |
CR |
5.8 (5.4-6.2) |
1597 (1497-1723) |
Methadone/substitution treatment. Community Treatment. |
1 |
|
|
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 |
|
|
Netherlands |
2001 |
other |
3.1 (2.2-4.3) |
33499 (23881-46358) |
Regression imputation, multiple imputation, treatment multiplier. Treatment and Police data. |
21 |
|
|
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 |
5.3 |
7399 |
Problem drug users. Police, Drug treatment data. |
1 |
13 (2003/{2}/Ljubljana) |
13 (2003/{2}/Ljubljana) |
Slovakia |
2002 |
MI |
6.1 |
20437 |
Drug-related offences. Treatment in the health sector. Prisons. General population survey. Anchor points were used from a two-source capture-recapture estimate computed in two regions. |
1 |
3.8 (2002/MI/Kosice region) |
19.87 (2002/MI/Bratislava region) |
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) |
0.90 (2002/CR/Greater Helsinki) |
Sweden |
2003 |
other |
4.5 |
25745 |
The Hospital Discharge Register. Case definition: main or secondary diagnoses drug-related. Truncated Poisson estimate. |
2 |
3.5 (2000/{4}/Stockholm) |
3.5 (2001/{4}/Stockholm) |
United Kingdom |
2003 |
other |
9.24 (8.88-9.68) |
356593 (342660-373577) |
Treatment, Police, Hospital. |
1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
0.76 (2000/01/CR/Northern Ireland) |
33.6 (2000/CR/Glasgow City) |
Bulgaria |
n.a. |
|
|
|
|
|
17 (2004/CR/Sofia) |
17 (2004/CR/Sofia) |
Romania |
n.a. |
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Turkey |
n.a. |
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Norway |
n.a. |
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Notes n.a. = not available * 95 % confidence interval (CI); intervals from sensitivity analysis (SI) are not marked with asterisk See Table PDU-0 for details on bibliographic references For further details on methods and data sources/comments see tables Table PDU-3 and Table PDU-4. ** Midpoints have been calculated in cases where no central estimate was provided to facilitate interpretation and comparisons; these are presented with an asterisk $ Age range = 18-64 {1} Other Method: Two-source Capture-Recapture Method {2} Other Method: Report Delay Adjustment See also 'General notes for interpreting data' on the Explanatory notes and help page. | ||||||||