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Table PDU-1. Estimates of prevalence of problem drug use at national level: Summary Table, 2005-2010, rate per 1000 aged 15–64

Part (ii) Injecting drug use

Country	Notes	Year	Central rate/1000 ages 15–64	Lower and Upper rates/1000 ages 15-64 [1]			Estimated Number of users	Lower and upper bound of prevalence estimates [1]			Target population [1]	Estimation methods [1]	Data sources [1]	Remarks:	Reference
Belgium	1	2010	0.71	0.5	-	1.1	5125	3377	-	7829	IDU	HM		Ever IDUs.	4
Bulgaria		:	:	:			:	:			:	:		:	:
Czech Republic	1	2010	5.0	4.9	-	5.2	37200	35950	-	38450	IDU	TM	LTS	:	7
Denmark	1	2006	3.6	2.8	-	4.7	12754	10066	-	16821	IDU	CR	TR ; DRD	:	7
Germany	2	2005	n.a.	1.4	-	2.0	:	78000	-	110500	IDU/POU	MM		Heroin users registered by the police.	18
Estonia		:	:	:			:	:			:	:		:	:
Ireland		:	:	:			:	:			:	:		:	:
Greece	1	2010	1.3	1.1	-	1.5	9439	8110	-	11060	IDU	CR	TR ; DRD	Current injectors regardless the type of drug.	3
Spain		:	:	:			:	:			:	:		:	:
France		:	:	:			:	:						:	:
Italy		:	:	:			:	:			:	:		:	:
Cyprus	1	2010	0.5	0.4	-	0.6	275	239	-	337	IDU	TP	TR	Current opioid and stimulant injectors.	8
Latvia		:	:	:			:	:			:	:		:	:
Lithuania		:	:	:			:	:			:	:		:	:
Luxembourg	1	2007	4.6	3.9	-	6.0	1482	1253	-	1919	IDU	CM	DRD ; CJ ; TR ; DRID ; OST	:	4
Hungary	2	2008-09	0.8	n.a.			5699	n.a.			IDU	CM	LTS ; TR	Those who injected at least once within the two year covered by the study.	4
Malta		:	:	:			:	:						:	:
Netherlands	1	2008	0.22	0.21	-	0.22	2390	2336	-	2444	IDU	TM	TR	Injectors among POU.	:
Austria		:	:	:			:	:			:	:		:	:
Poland		:	:	:			:	:			:	:		:	:
Portugal	2	2005	n.a.	1.5	-	3.0	n.a.	10950	-	21900	IDU	TM ; MM		Current injectors.Portugal reported more than one estimate for the most recent year. For full details see Table PDU-102	5
Romania		:	:	:			:	:			:	:		:	:
Slovenia		:	:	:			:	:			:	:		:	:
Slovakia	1	2006	4.9	3.5	-	8.9	18841	13732	-	34343	IDU	TM	TR	:	5
Finland		:	:	:			:	:			:	:		:	:
Sweden		:	:	:			:	:			:	:		:	:
United Kingdom	1	2004-10	3.3	3.1	-	3.5	133112	126852	-	143278	IDU	CM	TR ; DRD ; CJ	Opioid & stimulant users (Includes benzodiazepine use in Scotland). Current Injectors.	24; 26; 28; 29
Croatia	1	2010	0.8	0.7	-	1.1	2490	2010	-	3323	IDU	MM	DRD ; TR	:	2
Turkey		:	:	:		:	:	:		:	:	:		:	:
Norway	3	2009	3.2	2.8	-	3.9	10320	8803	-	12470	IDU	MM	DRD	Heavy drug users injecting at least once during the calendar year.	2

Notes

n.a. = not available.

1 - Interval is a 95 % confidence interval.

2 - Confidence Interval not known.

3 - Interval is based on a sensitivity analysis.

IDU = Injecting drug use.

PDU = Problem Drug Use

POU = Problem Opioid Use

CR = Capture Recapture

CM = Combined method

TM = Treatment Multiplier

TP = Truncated Poisson

OT = Other

HM = HIV Multiplier

MM = Mortality Multiplier

MI = Multivariate Indicator Method

TR = Treatment data.

GPS = General population surveys.

DRD = Drug related deaths.

OS = Other surveys.

SS = Social services.

LTS = Low-threshold programmes.

CJ - Criminal justice data.

HO = Hospitals.

OST = Opioid substituition treatment registry.

For further details on methods and data sources/comments see Table PDU-103 and Table PDU-104.

See also ‘General notes for interpreting data’ on the Explanatory notes and help page

Sources

For bibliographic references see Table PDU-0.

2011 REITOX National Reports - Fonte PDU template

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