Table TDI-5. Characteristics of all clients entering treatment: demographics and primary drug at treatment in 2004 or most recent year available – Part (i) Demographics and injecting status of all clients entering treatment

Country

Year

N. of clients

Mean age

%
Age <25

%
Age 35+

% Male

% injecting main drug

Belgium

(1)

1999

10242

26.0

52.0

16.0

77.0

12.0

Czech Republic

 

2004

8845

24.1

55.5

9.0

69.1

67.3

Denmark

 

2004

5212

31.5

26.8

34.7

77.2

12.9

Germany

 

2004

44448

28.1

43.0

23.0

80.0

20.0

Greece

 

2004

4269

28.0

39.1

19.1

84.0

44.4

Spain

(2)

2002

43831

31.4

22.0

32.0

84.0

15.0

France

(3)

2003

22118

33.7

20.8

35.5

78.5

 

Ireland

(4)

2003

5146

25.8

49.0

12.1

71.0

34.9

Italy

 

2004

162230

33.9

16.0

43.0

87.0

67.0

Cyprus

 

2004

450

27.5

40.9

17.8

87.0

52.4

Latvia

 

2003

2680

23.3

70.0

6.0

79.0

85.0

Lithuania

 

2004

5011

26.8

44.0

28.0

82.0

91.9

Luxembourg

 

2004

389

30.4

28.5

34.9

70.0

62.0

Hungary

 

2004

14165

29.6

41.0

27.0

67.0

12.0

Malta

 

2004

667

24.3

55.3

9.7

84.8

 

Netherlands

 

2004

9887

32.5

24.7

40.8

82.0

3.2

Austria

(5)

2004

6995

33.5

20.2

46.0

71.0

100.0

Poland

(6)

2003

11778

28.0

53.6

21.8

76.0

 

Portugal

(7)

2003

29596

 

 

 

 

 

Slovenia

(8)

2004

1130

25.4

52.2

6.9

78.1

61.1

Slovakia

 

2004

2315

25.3

56.5

9.8

79.2

45.2

Finland

 

2004

3150

26.5

50.8

15.0

71.7

57.4

Sweden

 

2004

4389

32.6

29.1

40.6

69.0

41.0

United Kingdom

(9)

2004

99482

31.1

29.2

25.7

72.0

40.2

Bulgaria

 

2004

2037

24.6

60.1

5.8

81.0

75.9

Romania

 

2004

1502

30.5

45.3

27.7

69.0

62.0

Turkey

 

2004

1427

29.1

36.2

23.3

90.7

20.4

Notes:

Data were not available for: Estonia, Norway.

(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.

(4) Last data available refer to 2003.

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

(6) Last data available refer to 2003.

(7) The total number of clients is available for 2003. No data available for 2004.

(8) Data refer to outpatient treatment centres and prison.

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

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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