Treated drug addicts - Slovakia

Summary data are extracted from the annual reports of The Institute of Health Information and Statistics of the Slovak Republic. Data are centralized via paper forms filled and sent monthly by all healthcare institutions.

Dominant drug for the last years has become heroin - that's why the selected numbers deal mostly with heroin dependence.

Table of contents :

Treated drug addicts - Slovakia

Treated alcoholics, alcohol and cigarettes consumption - Slovakia

Treated heroin addicts - Slovakia


Absolute numbers of treated drug addicts - Slovakia

Year

Total

heroin a opiates

volatile
substances

hypno. and
sedatives

stimulants
(incl.cocaine)

cannabis

hallucinogens

others

1992

2671

56

632

1255

111

16

112

489

1993

2567

245

416

998

243

8

200

173

1994

1189

892

139

89

29

26

5

9

1995

1239

1026

89

51

25

25

2

21

1996

1594

1289

140

63

31

51

5

15

Attention ! Years 1992-93 were collected by different record sheet and results are not strictly comparable to subsequent years.
Year 1996 - preliminary numbers so far.


Absolute numbers of treated alcoholics and alcohol and cigarettes consumption -Slovakia

Year

First treated
alcoholics

Alcoholic drinks consumption
in litres of 100% alcohol per capita

Cigarettes consumption
in pieces per capita

1991

24873

10,3

1582

1992

17778

9,7

1622

1993

15670

9,3

1652

1994

13261

8,2

1344

1995

11331

7,9

1248


Absolute numbers of treated HEROIN addicts - Slovakia

Year

Total number

% male

% Bratislava and
surrounding

Age
%0-14 years

Age
% 15-19 years

% injecting

1992

56

1993

245

1994

892

76 %

77 %

2 %

45 %

62 %

1995

1026

75 %

86 %

2 %

53 %

67 %

1996

1289

Alarming annual increase nearly 400 % was artificially slowed in 1995 due to inability to adjust the capacities of treatment centres to the real need.

Portion of young patients - even younger than 15 years - is striking ! We will update this table with anticipation annually, hopefully soon quarterly !

Year 1996 - preliminary numbers so far.


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