Abstract
Background: The results of the activity of the Drug Addiction Information System (SIDC) for 2015 and 2016 are presented. Material and methods: Data were mainly obtained from the Catalan Drug Abuse Care Centre Network’s (XADC) abuse and drug treatment admissions. Outcomes: In 2015 and 2016, 13,779 and 14,093 outpatient treatment admissions were notified in Catalonia respectively for substance use disorders (SUD). Substances causing most frequent treatment admissions were alcohol (47.4% and 45.3%), cocaine (17.9% and 20.3%), cannabis derivatives (13.8% and 13.2%), and heroin (12.2% and 11.1%). The average age of reported cases was 40.9 and 41.1 years, for 2015 and 2016, respectively, with predominance of men (76.5% and 76.7%) over women (23.5% and 23.3%). A total of 37.7% and 31.5% of persons admitted to treatment were unemployed, and 10.5% and 10.3% corresponded to persons that had not completed primary education. Over these years, 780 and 905 patients were admitted in hospital detoxification units in 2015 and 2016, respectively, and 7,452 (at the end of 2015) and 7,670 (at the end of 2016) were in methadone maintenance programmes. Regarding drug consumption rooms, more than 100,000 consumptions in 2015 and almost 110,000 in 2016 were performed. Needle and Syringe programmes distributed 745,000 syringes in 2015 and 749,000 in 2016.
Keywords
Drug addiction; Substance abuse; Notification
Bibliographic citation
Muñoz R, Majó X, Colom J. Atenció a les drogodependències a Catalunya els anys 2015 i 2016. Butll Epidemiol Catalunya. 2018;39(07):148-160.
Audience
Professionals
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