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Treatments for drug addiction. By type of drug, sex, age groups, employment situation and level of education

Treatment for drug addiction. By type of drug, sex, age groups, employment situation and level of education Catalonia. 2004
Heroin Cocaine Cannabis Tobacco Alcohol Others Total
By sex
Men 1,740 3,033 479 780 4,752 423 11,207
Women 408 650 98 728 1,275 171 3,330
By age groups
<15 years 0 0 12 0 0 1 13
15-19 years 41 218 148 15 44 28 494
20-24 years 187 711 134 52 189 60 1,333
25-29 years 425 1,007 113 118 430 113 2,206
30-34 years 546 816 71 168 707 116 2,424
35-39 years 504 523 45 234 975 114 2,395
40-44 years 295 277 32 260 1,058 85 2,007
45-49 years 106 84 14 206 957 38 1,405
50-54 years 34 33 4 165 667 24 927
55-59 years 9 10 2 117 500 5 643
60 years and more 1 4 2 173 500 10 690
By employment situation
Indefinite contract or freelance 318 1,346 128 765 2,160 107 4,824
Temporary contract 307 762 107 168 782 67 2,193
Unsalaried work 16 31 3 21 43 2 116
No work experience 142 74 26 11 105 18 376
Unemployed 845 994 144 122 1,415 166 3,686
Permanently incapacitated or pensioner 184 127 26 248 860 91 1,536
Student 11 49 106 21 24 14 225
Domestic work 13 15 1 79 168 13 289
Other situation 259 256 28 51 412 42 1,048
Unknown 53 29 8 22 58 74 244
By level of education
No sap llegir ni escriure (ISCED 0) 34 10 5 10 89 5 153
No ha finalizat l'edu. primària oblig. (ISCED 0) 365 249 33 152 955 57 1,811
Ha finalitzat l'edu. primària oblig. (ISCED 1) 717 1,039 127 312 1,970 163 4,328
Ha finalitzat l'edu. secundària oblig. (ISCED 2) 642 1,356 236 397 1,500 144 4,275
Finalitzat batx. o cicle form. grau mig (ISCED 3) 270 823 137 369 1,044 96 2,739
Ha finalitzat estudis superiors (ISCED 5 a 8) 84 165 34 253 378 46 960
Desconegut 36 41 5 15 91 83 271
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.

Last update: June 18, 2009. Revised series on July 19, 2024.

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 at the Care Network for Drug Addictions.