Table TDI-4. Characteristics of new clients entering treatment: demographics and primary drug at treatment in 2004 or most recent year available – Part (i) Demographics and injecting status

Country

Year

N. of clients

Mean age

%
Age <25

%
Age 35+

% Male

% injecting main drug

Belgium

(1)

1999

4826

24.5

63.0

13.0

76.0

8.0

Czech Republic

 

2004

4600

22.7

69.9

5.3

67.0

60.7

Denmark

 

2004

1696

28.4

43.0

23.4

76.7

4.6

Germany

 

2004

13204

24.2

64.0

10.0

82.0

10.0

Greece

 

2004

2162

27.3

43.8

16.7

83.0

39.2

Spain

(2)

2002

17228

28.3

37.0

20.0

85.0

5.9

France

(3)

2003

7208

28.5

39.1

21.7

80.0

 

Ireland

(4)

2003

2178

23.7

62.7

8.6

77.0

17.3

Italy

 

2004

34308

30.6

31.0

28.0

87.7

43.0

Cyprus

 

2004

227

26.7

52.3

14.6

90.0

34.8

Latvia

 

2004

438

21.7

75.1

8.9

76.0

44.9

Lithuania

 

2004

425

26.2

67.7

6.0

84.7

 

Luxembourg

(9)

2003

24

27.3

 

 

 

 

Hungary

 

2004

5655

26.7

56.0

16.0

72.0

5.6

Malta

 

2004

167

23.3

67.7

6.0

80.2

 

Netherlands

 

2004

4785

29.4

40.0

26.0

78.0

1.7

Austria

(5)

2004

847

26.3

52.8

15.6

75.0

100.0

Poland

(6)

2003

6697

26.0

64.5

15.3

76.0

 

Portugal

 

2004

5023

31.0

19.5

28.6

84.0

 

Slovenia

(7)

2004

526

23.1

68.0

5.0

75.6

50.1

Slovakia

 

2004

1045

23.0

69.3

7.6

82.6

31.6

Finland

 

2004

735

23.5

70.2

8.3

69.8

34.2

Sweden

 

2004

1413

31.1

40.4

35.0

65.0

16.8

United Kingdom

(8)

2004

29865

31.0

39.0

22.0

72.0

29.0

Bulgaria

 

2004

667

22.2

76.5

1.5

84.0

61.8

Romania

 

2004

710

27.9

56.0

17.0

78.0

55.0

Turkey

 

2004

599

26.9

45.3

16.3

90.5

15.0

Notes:

Data were not available for: Estonia, Norway, Turkey

(1) Last data available refer to 1999.

(2) Last data available refer to 2002.

(3) Data on treatment demand referred to the annual census on clients in treatment carried out in November 2003. Last data available refer to 2003.

(4) Last data available refer to 2003.

(5) Data refer to clients in substitution treatment only; figures for opioids as main drug and injecting use are 100 %.

(6) Last data available refer to 2003.

(7) Data refer only to outpatient treatment centres.

(8) Data relate to the period from 1 April 2003 to 31 March 2004 for UK.

(9) Data on first treatment were not reported in 2004 as the figures were too small.

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

Sources:

2005 Reitox national reports - Standard Table 3 (see Table TDI-1 for details on sources)

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