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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. 2005
Heroin Cocaine Cannabis Tobacco Alcohol Others Total
By sex
Men 1,615 3,286 464 621 4,697 545 11,228
Women 340 627 90 553 1,211 187 3,008
By age groups
<15 years 1 2 11 0 1 0 15
15-19 years 39 176 125 12 56 23 431
20-24 years 161 670 137 34 154 80 1,236
25-29 years 363 1,090 115 85 425 100 2,178
30-34 years 509 879 78 137 700 162 2,465
35-39 years 425 582 49 170 919 138 2,283
40-44 years 284 318 27 195 1,013 115 1,952
45-49 years 126 130 7 174 954 57 1,448
50-54 years 32 42 5 131 698 31 939
55-59 years 11 15 0 99 492 9 626
60 years and more 4 9 0 137 496 17 663
By employment situation
Indefinite contract or freelance 258 1,408 138 623 2,015 130 4,572
Temporary contract 295 794 92 110 812 94 2,197
Unsalaried work 20 37 7 30 30 5 129
No work experience 151 99 15 8 96 21 390
Unemployed 733 1,059 154 108 1,434 194 3,682
Permanently incapacitated or pensioner 171 148 26 197 853 108 1,503
Student 4 44 90 13 19 7 177
Domestic work 16 18 1 45 158 10 248
Other situation 236 269 21 32 422 50 1,030
Unknown 71 37 10 8 69 113 308
By level of education
No sap llegir ni escriure (ISCED 0) 29 13 3 4 71 10 130
No ha finalizat l'edu. primària oblig. (ISCED 0) 326 290 43 129 783 86 1,657
Ha finalitzat l'edu. primària oblig. (ISCED 1) 716 1,177 152 253 2,004 186 4,488
Ha finalitzat l'edu. secundària oblig. (ISCED 2) 520 1,311 187 274 1,509 159 3,960
Finalitzat batx. o cicle form. grau mig (ISCED 3) 273 882 123 318 1,059 122 2,777
Ha finalitzat estudis superiors (ISCED 5 a 8) 56 183 34 187 372 36 868
Desconegut 35 57 12 9 110 133 356
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.