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Table PPP-6. Purity of heroin at retail level, 2010

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

CountryHeroin (undistinguished)Brown heroinWhite heroin
Sample sizeMin.Max.MeanMedianModeSample sizeMin.Max.MeanMedianModeSample sizeMin.Max.MeanMedianMode
Belgium 1321.755.521.217.22.4::::::::::::
Bulgaria ::::::1070.16427.22818::::::
Czech Republic ::::::511.470.124.616.813.3::::::
Denmark::::::278362220:1520694546:
Germany4111:::24.6:::::::::::::
Estonia 20.194.72.4::::::::::::::
Ireland::::::::::::::::::
Greece ::::::::::::::::::
Spain :::::::::31.5::::::::
France ::::::47107113.282223.577.53434.419.2
Italy372.448262323::::::::::::
Cyprus::::::::::::::::::
Latvia 32246025:20::::::::::::
Lithuania 9510.867.834::::::::::::::
Luxembourg ::::::2320.7155.5417.4::::::::
Hungary 365601812:::::::::::::
Malta ::::::10010.748.629.7:37.1::::::
Netherlands 2416944.5::::::::::::::
Austria::::::2140.15012.911.5:320773920:
Poland::::::::::::::::::
Portugal ::::::2440.163.927.427.3515.1::::::
Romania93.2538.4922.1324.7:::::::::::::
Slovenia ::::::9330.2631918.615::::::
Slovakia(1)28781.729.816.2:14.6::::::::::::
Finland::::::::::::::::::
Sweden::::::9014926.5241915124125.52727
United Kingdom(2)55280.19334.93429::::::::::::
Croatia::::::3720.256.517.815.912::::::
Turkey::::::11810.1879.81576151::::::
Norway ::::::35014821::11224135::
 

Notes:

Min.= minimum purity recorded; Max. = maximum purity recorded; Mean = mean purity recorded; Median = middle purity value in the ranked data set; Mode = most frequent (typical) purity recorded.

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 means is actually a weighted mean.

(2) Data refer to England and Wales only.

Source:

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

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