Part (i) Syringes provided through needle and syringe programmes (NSP), 2003, 2005 and 2007
| Country | | 2003
Number syringes (x 1000) | 2005
Number syringes (x 1000) | 2007
Number syringes (x 1000) |
|---|
| Belgium (Flemish community) | (2) | 237 | 449 | 599 |
| Belgium (French community) | (2) | 241 | 261 | 371 |
| Bulgaria | (2), (3) | 400 | 600 | 735 |
| Czech Republic | (2), (3) | 1780 | 3274 | 4457 |
| Denmark | (2), (3) | 910 | 910 | : |
| Germany | | : | : | : |
| Estonia | | 284 | 868 | 1966 |
| Ireland | | : | : | 1097 |
| Greece | (1) | 44 | 30 | 35 |
| Spain | | 6233 | 3966 | 3500 |
| France | (2), (6) | 9598 | : | 4800 |
| Italy | | : | : | : |
| Cyprus | | 0 | 0 | 0.005 |
| Latvia | | 126 | 124 | 126 |
| Lithuania | | 302 | 259 | 187 |
| Luxembourg | | 375 | 435 | 287 |
| Hungary | | 51 | 105 | 214 |
| Malta | (1) | 210 | 220 | 226 |
| Netherlands | (1), (3), (5) | : | 440 | 380 |
| Austria | (8) | 1756 | 1891 | 3160 |
| Poland | (9) | 644 | 372 | 396 |
| Portugal | | 2663 | 2845 | 2311 |
| Romania | (3) | : | 1038 | 1232 |
| Slovenia | | : | : | 882 |
| Slovakia | (10) | 143 | 362 | 421 |
| Finland | (2) | 1435 | 1892 | 2648 |
| Sweden | | : | 118 | 117 |
| UK- England&Wales | (7) | : | : | : |
| UK-Northern Ireland | (11) | 83 | 86 | 117 |
| UK-Scotland | | : | 1746 | : |
| Croatia | | : | : | 150 |
| Turkey | | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Norway | (2), (3), (12) | 3300 | 3300 | 3275 |
Notes:
The table includes syringes provided through fixed and mobile NSP points in the community and in prisons: at specialist drugs agencies, including through outreach work and peer-distribution, through vending machines and pharmacy-based NSP points. |
Where data are not available, the table entry is left empty. |
Reporting coverage in 2003 and 2005: see SB 2007. |
(1) No data were reported for 2007. Information is based on latest available data (2006). |
(2) Data on number of syringes in 2003 are estimates. |
(3) Data on number of syringes in 2005 are estimates. |
(4) Data on number of syringes in 2007 are estimates. |
(5) Partial data, covering only cities of Amsterdam and Rotterdam. |
(6) Data on number of syringes in 2007 for France are an estimate based on reports from 84 out of 120 specialised harm reduction agencies (CAARUDS). They are partial data and do not include pharmacy-based sterikit distribution/sale nor distribution through vending machines, which in 2003 amounted to approx. 6.6 million syringes (latest available estimate). |
(7) No reliable data on syringes distributed in England and Wales are available. A Home Office report (ACMD, The primary prevention of hepatitis C among injecting drug users, Home Office, February 2009) mentions an estimate of 23 million for 2005 (p.16). |
(8) 2005 data for Austria cover the two agencies with largest turnover: VWS Vienna and Komfüdro Tyrol. |
(9) Data for Poland include syringes funded by the National Bureau for Drug Prevention. |
(10) Data for Slovakia cover independent exchange programmes provided by field services, treatment institutions and the K-centre. |
(11) Data for Northern Ireland refer to the UK fiscal year: 1 April 2007 of the reporting year until 31 March 2008. |
(12) Data on number of syringes in Norway in 2007 are partial, based on the reports from 11 out of 26 municipalities. |
See also 'General notes for interpreting data' on the Explanatory notes and help page. | Sources:
Standard tables on 'syringe availability' (ST10) submitted by NFPs in 2004, 2006 and 2008. |
Reitox National Reports 2004, 2006 and 2008. |
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