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

Treatments for drug addiction. By type of drug. Counties and Aran 2016
Heroin Cocaine Cannabis Tobacco Alcohol Others Total
Alt Camp 11 27 10 2 24 4 78
Alt Empordà 8 34 10 0 65 0 117
Alt Penedès 16 26 17 4 76 13 152
Alt Urgell 4 5 7 0 19 2 37
Alta Ribagorça 1 0 0 0 1 0 2
Anoia 14 38 38 2 100 43 235
Aran 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Bages 11 54 29 4 112 35 245
Baix Camp 44 106 52 19 159 18 398
Baix Ebre 3 33 15 0 59 14 124
Baix Empordà 6 46 28 2 96 7 185
Baix Llobregat 108 246 177 28 516 47 1,122
Baix Penedès 24 43 12 0 70 7 156
Barcelonès 792 947 507 306 2,541 313 5,406
Berguedà 1 0 1 0 4 0 6
Cerdanya 1 5 1 0 16 0 23
Conca de Barberà 8 8 3 1 17 5 42
Garraf 8 56 19 0 74 6 163
Garrigues 2 2 2 0 13 2 21
Garrotxa 1 19 10 0 31 0 61
Gironès 18 34 17 0 73 8 150
Lluçanès .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
Maresme 58 127 170 45 254 27 681
Moianès 0 4 1 0 6 0 11
Montsià 1 35 22 0 53 15 126
Noguera 10 7 4 1 25 6 53
Osona 8 78 34 3 127 27 277
Pallars Jussà 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pallars Sobirà 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Pla d'Urgell 4 5 6 0 33 9 57
Pla de l'Estany 1 4 6 0 13 0 24
Priorat 2 0 3 3 4 1 13
Ribera d'Ebre 7 8 1 0 15 2 33
Ripollès 1 7 5 2 20 0 35
Segarra 3 7 2 0 5 0 17
Segrià 27 23 21 0 63 20 154
Selva 15 34 24 1 71 6 151
Solsonès 2 0 0 0 8 0 10
Tarragonès 73 87 98 14 187 17 476
Terra Alta 0 3 1 1 11 1 17
Urgell 1 8 1 0 19 1 30
Vallès Occidental 116 275 246 25 513 77 1,252
Vallès Oriental 55 164 89 83 327 74 792
Unknown 96 257 172 57 556 21 1,159
Catalonia 1,561 2,862 1,861 603 6,378 828 14,093
Source: Departament de Salut. Direcció General de Salut Pública.
Note: Others types of drug includes different opioids to heroin, different stimulants to cocaine, hypnotic, sedative and hallucinogenic substances, inhalable substances and other psycho-active substances.
(..) Confidential data, low reliability or not available.

Last update: September 2, 2021.

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.