Table PDU-1. Prevalence of problem drug use at national level and range in sub-national estimates: summary table (rate per 1000 aged 15 to 64) – Part (i) Problem drug use, 2000 to 2004

Country

Year

Method

Rate per 1000
(95 % CI* or SI)

Number

Data sources/comments

Reference

Range in sub-national estimates rate per 1000 (midpoints)

Lowest estimate (year/method/region)

Highest estimate (year/method/region)

Belgium

n.a.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Czech Republic

2004

TM

4.14 (3.72-4.65)$

30000 (26900-33700)

Reports from low-threshold facilities. HCV national study - in-treatment rate (nomination technique used).

4

13.3 (2002/TM/Prague)

13.3 (2002/TM/Prague)

Denmark

2001

CR

7.17 (6.67-7.67)

25544 (23757-27331)

Nationally Register of patients. National Register of Drug Abusers Undergoing Treatment

1

 

 

Germany

2004

TM

 (1.8-2.9) 

(102000-164000)

Treatment monitoring system: outpatient and inpatient. Multiplier method: Extrapolation from treatment data

17

 

 

Germany

2004

PM

(2.4-3.0)

(136000-172000)

Heroin users registered by the police. Drug related deaths registered by police. Multiplier method: Extrapolation from mortality data

16

 

 

Germany

2004

other

 (1.2-1.6)

 (68000-91000)

Police: heroin users and drug related deaths.

16

 

 

Estonia

n.a.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Greece

2004

CR

2.62 (2.29-3.02)

19601 (17115-22550)

Treatment demands and other services.

1

2.72 (2004/CR/Greater Athens)

3.91 (2004/CR/Greater Athens)

Spain

2002

TM

4.04

112851

Treatment multiplier method. Opiate users.

3

 

 

Spain

2002

other

(2.57-3.68)

(71964-102822)

Demographic method. Opiate users.

3

 

 

Spain

2002

other

(4.47-5.97)

(124964-166926)

Demographic method. Cocaine users.

3

 

 

Spain

2002

other

(7.05-9.65)

(196928-269748)

Demographic method. Cocaine + opiate users.

3

 

 

Spain

2002

other

(8.37-9.87)

(233827-275789)

Combined method. Cocaine + opiate users.

3

 

 

France

n.a.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ireland

2001

CR

5.60 (5.20-6.10)

14452 (13405-15819)

Problem opiate users. Clients on the Central Methadone Treatment. Hospital discharges. Police database, individuals known by the police to be opiate users.

1

14.5 (2000/CR/Dublin City and county)

15.9 (2001/CR/Dublin City and county)

Italy

2004

TM

8.1 (7.83-8.35)

311814 (302005-321936)

Ministry of Health data on drug users attending public drug treatment services.

13

5.4 (2004/{3}/Veneto Region)

9.7 (2004/{3}/Liguria Region)

Italy

2004

MI

7.99 (7.73-8.26)

308098 (298085-318417)

Ministry of Health data on drug users attending public drug treatment services. Ministry of the Interior data on arrests for drug offences. Ministry of the Interior data on referrals to the Prefect. Ministry of Justice data on drug user in prison.

13

 

 

Italy

2004

CR

7.1 (6.87-7.34)

273903 (264965-283147)

Ministry of Health data on drug users attending public drug treatment services.

13

 

 

Italy

2004

other

7.71 (7.46-7.96)

297282 (287742-307134)

Ministry of the Interior data on arrests for drug offences. Ministry of the Interior data on referrals to the Prefect. Ministry of the Interior data on drug related deaths.

13

 

 

Cyprus

2004

other

1.91 (1.53-2.55)

949 (734-1269)

Treatment demand: drug users requesting treatment

1

 

 

Latvia

2002

other

1.2 (1-1.8)

1944 (1521-2917)

Acute drug overdose (Forensic medicine expertise). Acute drug overdose (Health Statistics and Medical Technology Agency). State Narcology register

 

2.6 (2002/MM/Riga)

9.1 (2003/{1}/Riga)

Lithuania

n.a.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Luxembourg

2000

CR

(6.19-13.57)

(1801-3948)

Truncated Poisson model, combined results of Chao and Zelterman estimators

2, 99

 

 

Luxembourg

2000

other

(7.33-10.05)

(2132-2924)

Truncated Poisson model, combined results of Chao and Zelterman estimators

2, 99

 

 

Hungary

n.a.

 

 

 

 

 

3.5 (2003/TM/Budapest)

3.5 (2003/TM/Budapest)

Malta

2004

CR

5.8 (5.4-6.2)

1597 (1497-1723)

Methadone/substitution treatment. Community Treatment.

1

 

 

Netherlands

2001

TM

3.00 (2.38-3.62)

32418 (25718-39118)

Problem opiate and/or crack cocaine users. Police; Health Care Services for drug-related problems; Methadone Treatment.

1, 2

4.9 (1999/CR/Parkstad Limburg)

9.5 (2001/CR/Amsterdam)

Netherlands

2001

MI

2.94 (2.01-3.87)

31720 (21720-41819)

Problem opiate and/or crack cocaine users. Police; Health Care Services for drug-related problems; Methadone Treatment.

1

 

 

Netherlands

2001

other

3.07 (2.28-3.85)

33174 (24638-41603)

Problem opiate and/or crack cocaine users. Police; Health Care Services for drug-related problems; Methadone Treatment.

1

 

 

Netherlands

2001

other

3.1 (2.2-4.3)

33499 (23881-46358)

Regression imputation, multiple imputation, treatment multiplier. Treatment and Police data.

21

 

 

Austria

2002

CR

5.76 (5.38-6.14)

31466 (29397-33535)

Problem opiate users. Police, Substitution Treatment.

5

 

 

Poland

2002

other

1.94 (1.23-2.65)

52000 (33000-71000)

Problem drug users. Population survey of 2002. Residential Drug Treatment; Drug treatment: outpatient; HIV cases.

1, 99

 

 

Portugal

2000

TM

(6.03-7.03)

(41720-48673)

Ministry of Health data on clients attending public outpatient drug treatment services. Problem users of opiates, cocaine and amphetamines.

1, 99

11.0 (2000/CR/Oeiras)

24 (2000/CR/Aveiro)

Portugal

2000

PM

(6.82-8.52)

(47184-58980)

Problem opiate, cocaine and amphetamine users. Police.

1, 99

 

 

Slovenia

2001

CR

5.3

7399

Problem drug users. Police, Drug treatment data.

1

13 (2003/{2}/Ljubljana)

13 (2003/{2}/Ljubljana)

Slovakia

2002

MI

6.1

20437

Drug-related offences. Treatment in the health sector. Prisons. General population survey. Anchor points were used from a two-source capture-recapture estimate computed in two regions.

1

3.8 (2002/MI/Kosice region)

19.87 (2002/MI/Bratislava region)

Finland

2002

CR

5.30 (4.60-6.10)*

18400 (16100-21100)

Register of infectious diseases (National Public Health Institute). Hospital Patient Discharge Register. Driving under the influence of drugs -register (National Public Health Institute and Ministry of Interior). Criminal Report File (Ministry of Interior and National Bureau of Investigation)

1

0.3 (2002/CR/East and North Finland)

0.90 (2002/CR/Greater Helsinki)

Sweden

2003

other

4.5

25745

The Hospital Discharge Register. Case definition: main or secondary diagnoses drug-related. Truncated Poisson estimate.

2

3.5 (2000/{4}/Stockholm)

3.5 (2001/{4}/Stockholm)

United Kingdom

2003

other

9.24 (8.88-9.68)

356593 (342660-373577)

Treatment, Police, Hospital.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5

0.76 (2000/01/CR/Northern Ireland)

33.6 (2000/CR/Glasgow City)

Bulgaria

n.a.

 

 

 

 

 

17 (2004/CR/Sofia)

17 (2004/CR/Sofia)

Romania

n.a.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Turkey

n.a.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Norway

n.a.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Notes

n.a. = not available

* 95 % confidence interval (CI); intervals from sensitivity analysis (SI) are not marked with asterisk

See Table PDU-0 for details on bibliographic references

For further details on methods and data sources/comments see tables Table PDU-3 and Table PDU-4.

** Midpoints have been calculated in cases where no central estimate was provided to facilitate interpretation and comparisons; these are presented with an asterisk 

$ Age range = 18-64

{1} Other Method: Two-source Capture-Recapture Method

{2} Other Method: Report Delay Adjustment

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

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