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Country |
Year |
Method |
Rate per 1000 |
Number per 1000 |
Data sources/comments |
Reference |
Range in sub-national estimates rate per 1000 (midpoints) | |
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Lowest estimate (yr/method/region) |
Highest estimate (yr/method/region) | |||||||
Belgium |
n.a. |
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Czech Republic |
2004 |
OT |
3.73 (3.34-4.19)$ |
27000 (24200-30300) |
Low-threshold facilities. HCV national study - in-treatment rate (portion of above mentioned persons in contact with low-threshold facilities, nomination technique used) |
4 |
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Denmark |
n.a. |
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Germany |
2000 |
MM |
(2.27-3.03) |
(126875-169167) |
Police. |
2, 4, 6, 99 |
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Germany |
2000 |
HM |
(1.61-2.83) |
(90000-158000) |
Treatment monitoring system: outpatient |
2, 5, 6, 99 |
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Estonia |
2004 |
CR |
15.1 |
13801 |
State HIV reference laboratory, Police arrest data for the possession of illegal drugs in small quantities, EHIF overdose data and EHIF drug treatment data. |
1 |
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Greece |
2004 |
CR |
1.4 (1.18-1.66) |
10427 (8811-12425) |
Treatment demands at other services. |
3 |
1.17 (2004/CR/Greater Athens) |
2.14 (2004/CR/Greater Athens) |
Spain |
n.a. |
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France |
n.a. |
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Ireland |
n.a. |
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Italy |
n.a. |
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Cyprus |
2004 |
OT |
1.08 (0.83-1.49) |
539 (414-740) |
Treatment Demand: drug users requesting treatment for their drug use during the specific year |
1 |
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Latvia |
n.a. |
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Lithuania |
n.a. |
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Luxembourg |
2000 |
HM |
5.89 |
1715 |
|
2, 99 |
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Hungary |
n.a. |
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Malta |
n.a. |
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Netherlands |
n.a. |
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Austria |
2002 |
CR |
5.76 (5.38-6.14) |
31466 (29397-33535) |
Problem opiate users - all or nearly all injectors. Police, Substitution Treatment. |
5 |
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Poland |
n.a. |
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Portugal |
2000 |
MM |
(2.30-4.60) |
(15900-31800) |
IDUs or regular/long time users of opiates, cocaine and/or amphetamines. Ministry of Justice/National Forensic Medicine Institute/data from the Special Register on drug-related deaths |
1, 99 |
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Portugal |
2000 |
HM |
(4.28-6.35) |
(29620-43966) |
IDUs diagnosed with HIV/AIDS and registered in prisons, therapeutic communities, social services, drop-in centres and health centres |
1, 99 |
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Slovenia |
n.a. |
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Slovakia |
2001 |
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1 |
3.1 (2001/{2}/Bratislava) |
4.1 (2001/{2}/Bratislava) |
Finland |
2002 |
OT |
4.5 (4.3-5.7) |
15650 (12200-19700) |
Current injectors. Ratio of opiates or stimulants as a primary drug when starting treatment, for-use as the main route of administration, multiplied with capture-recapture estimate of problem opiate and amphetamine users. |
|
2.6 |
12.2 |
Sweden |
n.a. |
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United Kingdom |
2001 |
OT |
3.2 (3.07-3.34) |
123498 |
Combined methods |
2, 3, 4, 5 |
1.2 (2000/01/CR/Stockport) |
13.7 (2001/CR/Brighton) |
Bulgaria |
2004 |
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1 |
7 (2004/CR/Sofia) |
16 (2004/CR/Sofia) |
Romania |
n.a. |
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Turkey |
n.a. |
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Norway |
2002 |
MM |
(3.71-5.10) |
(11000-15000) |
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1 |
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Norway |
2002 |
MI |
5.04 (3.68-6.55) |
14962 (10920-19450) |
Municipality survey, local health and social service, local police service. |
3 |
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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 = 15-55 $ Age range = 18-64 {1} Mortality Multiplier, Multivariate Indicator Method and Treatment multiplier {2} Other Method: Truncated Poisson See also 'General notes for interpreting data' on the Explanatory notes and help page. | ||||||||