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Treatment for drug addiction. By type of drug. Counties and Aran, and areas

Treatment for drug addiction. By type of drug. Counties and areas 2010
Heroin Cocaine Cannabis Tobacco Alcohol Others Total
Alt Camp 13 13 4 3 23 2 58
Alt Empordà 49 53 22 7 123 23 277
Alt Penedès 39 47 21 1 110 5 223
Alt Urgell 1 2 0 0 1 0 4
Alta Ribagorça 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Anoia 31 52 23 1 128 19 254
Bages 23 77 15 16 142 24 297
Baix Camp 36 69 18 38 121 8 290
Baix Ebre 7 16 9 0 36 1 69
Baix Empordà 28 62 15 4 125 22 256
Baix Llobregat 114 198 93 46 380 18 849
Baix Penedès 17 20 6 2 45 2 92
Barcelonès 733 1,152 357 456 2,472 197 5,367
Berguedà 8 10 4 2 31 1 56
Cerdanya 1 5 0 0 8 0 14
Conca de Barberà 8 16 2 3 20 1 50
Garraf 17 42 14 1 94 3 171
Garrigues 3 1 0 1 6 0 11
Garrotxa 2 22 7 48 66 1 146
Gironès 58 124 47 10 216 21 476
Maresme 74 198 93 24 351 30 770
Montsià 6 23 5 0 30 1 65
Noguera 3 2 1 0 6 0 12
Osona 18 46 13 10 65 2 154
Pallars Jussà 0 2 0 0 0 0 2
Pallars Sobirà 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Pla d'Urgell 0 2 1 0 9 0 12
Pla de l'Estany 2 19 5 1 28 0 55
Priorat 2 2 5 0 13 0 22
Ribera d'Ebre 5 12 1 1 9 0 28
Ripollès 5 13 5 0 22 0 45
Segarra 2 1 0 0 5 0 8
Segrià 22 42 13 2 68 2 149
Selva 36 101 26 3 183 13 362
Solsonès 0 0 3 3 10 1 17
Tarragonès 90 101 96 14 148 4 453
Terra Alta 2 3 0 0 4 0 9
Urgell 0 3 3 0 5 1 12
Val d'Aran 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Vallès Occidental 128 269 99 11 549 29 1,085
Vallès Oriental 61 215 69 152 407 19 923
Outside Catalonia 31 58 48 3 45 15 200
Catalonia 1,675 3,094 1,143 863 6,105 466 13,346
Metropolità 1,110 2,032 711 689 4,159 293 8,994
Comarques Gironines 180 394 127 73 763 80 1,617
Camp de Tarragona 149 201 125 58 325 15 873
Terres de l'Ebre 20 54 15 1 79 2 171
Ponent 30 51 18 3 99 3 204
Comarques Centrals 49 133 35 31 248 28 524
Alt Pirineu i Aran 2 10 0 0 10 1 23
Penedès 104 161 64 5 377 29 740
Source: Ministry of Health.
Note: Others: Includes different opioids to heroin, different stimulants to cocaine, hypnotic, sedative and hallucinogenic substances, inhalable substances and other psycho-active substances.

Last update: October 1, 2012.

Methodological note

Definition of concepts

Drug
Substance of any type that can be introduced in the body, that acts on the central nervous system and causes changes that can affect the behaviour, moods and perceptions.
Drug addiction
Disorder that implies dependence on or addiction to drugs, even the incapacity to reduce or control their consumption.

Methodological aspects

Number of treatments initiated in the Drug Dependency Care Network by county of residence and principal drug dependency requiring treatment.