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Table PPP-6. Purity of heroin at retail level, 2006 [see all tables in this series...]

Part (i) Minimum, maximum, mean and modal (typical) purity recorded (percentage)

CountryHeroin (undistinguished)Brown heroinWhite heroin
Sample sizeMin.Max.MeanModeSample sizeMin.Max.MeanModeSample sizeMin.Max.MeanMode
Belgium 830.79930
Bulgaria 1701612920
Czech Republic 350.289.37.917
Denmark(1) 421381818 231785153
Germany(3)522715.6
Estonia 16321113
Greece 0.751.515.96
Spain 23.
France-A 342064122375824477
France-B 6430.555193 107459052.567
Latvia 1251863817
Lithuania 352488.734
Luxembourg 1113.640.914.5
Hungary 5610552122
Malta 11115.148.732.231.4
Netherlands 2906539.9
Austria 1520.2396.23.8 134
Portugal 61652.218.920.4
Slovenia 3131.55420.918.5
Slovakia(1) (2)12240.35489.7
Finland99.21311.7
United Kingdom(4) 425018143.543
Croatia5570.5631922
Turkey 2959595 100.76036
Norway 18025022 6266846

Notes:

 Min.= minimum purity recorded; Max. = maximum purity recorded; Mean = mean purity recorded; Mode = most frequent (typical) purity recorded. 

 Data were not available in 2006 for the un-listed EU Member States. 

 The minimum ‘zero’ values represent a value greater than zero but lower than the minimum sensitivity threshold that allows a robust estimate. 

 (1) Data reported as mode, most frequent (typical) purity, are actually the median. 

 (2) Data reported as means is actually a weighted mean. 

 (3) Data reported as means is actually the median. 

 (4) Data refer to England and Wales only. 

Sources:

 Reitox national focal points. See also Table PPP-6 part (ii)

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