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)

Country		Heroin (undistinguished)						Brown heroin						White heroin
		Sample size	Min.	Max.	Mean	Mode		Sample size	Min.	Max.	Mean	Mode		Sample size	Min.	Max.	Mean	Mode
Belgium		83	0.7	99	30
Bulgaria								170	1	61	29	20
Czech Republic								35	0.2	89.3	7.9	17
Denmark	(1)							42	1	38	18	18		23	1	78	51	53
Germany	(3)	5227			15.6
Estonia														16	3	21	11	3
Greece									0.7	51.5	15.9	6
Spain											23	.
France-A								342	0	64	12	2		37	5	82	44	77
France-B								643	0.5	55	19	3		107	45	90	52.5	67
Latvia		125	1	86	38	17
Lithuania		352	4	88.7	34
Luxembourg								111	3.6	40.9	14.5
Hungary		56	10	55	21	22
Malta								111	15.1	48.7	32.2	31.4
Netherlands		29	0	65	39.9
Austria								152	0.2	39	6.2	3.8		1		34
Portugal								61	6	52.2	18.9	20.4
Slovenia								313	1.5	54	20.9	18.5
Slovakia	(1) (2)	1224	0.3	54	8	9.7
Finland		9	9.2	13	11.7
United Kingdom	(4)							4250	1	81	43.5	43
Croatia								557	0.5	63	19	22
Turkey		2	95	95	95			10	0.7	60	36
Norway								180	2	50	22			6	26	68	46

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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