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Figure HSR-1. Opioid substitution treatment coverage

Part (i). Opioid substitution treatment clients as a percentage of the estimated number of problem opioid users, 2010 or most recent year available

Statistical chart
 
Country   High Low Central
Latvia   2 2 2
Poland   7 8 8
Slovakia   6 15 12
Lithuania   16 17 17
Greece   25 31 28
Hungary   30 37 33
Ireland   37 48 42
Finland   37 49 43
Cyprus   40 51 45
Italy   45 52 47
Germany   45 54 49
Czech Republic   51 57 54
England   55 57 56
The Netherlands   56 58 57
Austria   56 60 58
Norway   49 91 64
Malta   59 68 64
Luxembourg   51 78 66

Notes:

The graphic shows the estimated or reported number of opioid maintenance clients as a proportion of the number of problem opioid users, estimated by various methods, in each country with available data.

The symbol indicates a point estimate, a bar indicates an uncertainty interval.

Based on countries' estimates of problem opiate use (POU), estimates or estimates of problem drug use and injecting drug use, where case definitions in the country's estimates correspond to POU.

See the data on number of clients in substitution treatment in Table HSR-3 part (i) .

The problem opioid use estimates can be found in Table PDU-1 part (iii) and Figure PDU-1.

Finland, Poland: data on POU estimates are for 2005 and the latest available estimates of OST clients data are from 2009 for Finland and 2010 for Poland.

Ireland: data on POU estimates are for 2006 and the latest available estimates of OST clients data are from 2010.

Luxembourg, Lithuania: data on POU estimates are for 2007 and the latest available estimates of OST clients data are from 2010.

Netherlands, Hungary, Norway: data on POU estimates are for 2008 and the latest available estimates of OST clients data are from 2010.

Germany, Austria, Spain: data on POU estimates are for 2009 and the latest available estimates of OST clients data are from 2010.

See also 'General notes for interpreting data' on the Explanatory notes and help page.

Sources:

Standard Tables 24 (ST24) on 'treatment availability' Section 3 and Section 5, submitted by NFPs in 2011.

Reitox National Reports, 2011.

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