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Table PDU-1. Estimates of prevalence of problem drug use at national level: summary table, 2006–11, rate per 1 000 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	2011	3.4	2.5	-	4.8	24810	18286	-	36896	IDU	HM	DRID;OS	Ever IDUs.	4;5
Bulgaria		:	:	:			:	:			:	:		:	:
Czech Republic	1	2011	5.3	5.1	-	5.5	38600	37300	-	39850	IDU	TM	LTS;OS	Current IDUs (EMCDDAs definition, with the excetion that cocaine is not included in Czech definition) because cocaine use prevalence is very low and almost not measurable	7
Denmark	1	2006	3.6	2.8	-	4.7	12754	10066	-	16821	IDU	CR	TR ; DRD	:	7
Germany		:	:	:			:	:			:	:		:	:
Estonia		:	:	:			:	:			:	:		:	:
Ireland		:	:	:			:	:			:	:		:	:
Greece	1	2011	1.0	0.9	-	1.3	7847	6904	-	9951	IDU	CR	TR	The entire population recorded by the TDI, subject to tha age being 15-64 years, who have injected in the last month indeendently of substance	3
Spain	1	2010	0.23	0.2	-	0.2	7393	7098	-	7886	IDU	TM		Current IDU’s (injected at least once within 12 months for non medical purposes). IDU’s population is basically made of heroin/opioid users but data on TDI injection is including injection of any drug (again mainly heroin/opioid but a small proportion of other drugs injectors is included)	3
France		:	:	:			:	:						:	:
Italy		:	:	:			:	:			:	:		:	:
Cyprus	1	2011	0.4	0.3	-	0.5	231	192	-	301	IDU	TP	TR	Current opioid and stimulant injectors.	8
Latvia		:	:	:			:	:			:	:		:	:
Lithuania		:	:	:			:	:			:	:		:	:
Luxembourg	1	2009	5.68	4.5	-	6.9	1907	1524	-	2301	IDU	OT	DRID ;OTS	Current IDUs	5
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		:	:	:			:	:			:	:		:	:
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	2011	0.5	0.4	-	0.6	1431	1184	-	1833	IDU	MM	TR	Opioid. IDU is defined as Injected at least once in a specified period (e.g in the last 12 months, in lifetime) for non-medical reasons)	2
Turkey		:	:	:		:	:	:		:	:	:		:	:
Norway	3	2010	3.0	2.5	-	3.6	9730	8299	-	11757	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 available.

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 substitution treatment registry.

OTS = Other Source

DRID = Infectious Diseases Registries

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

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Table PDU-1. Estimates of prevalence of problem drug use at national level: summary table, 2006–11, rate per 1 000 aged 15–64

Part (ii) Injecting drug use

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