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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. 2011
Heroin Cocaine Tobacco Cannabis Alcohol Others Total
By sex
Men 1,364 2,237 1,156 402 4,509 417 10,085
Women 279 503 263 335 1,384 169 2,933
By age groups
<14 years 0 0 20 0 1 0 21
<19 years 12 41 464 10 41 20 588
20-24 years 65 221 348 16 164 40 854
25-29 years 224 503 205 29 375 53 1,389
30-34 years 319 728 158 68 679 88 2,040
35-39 years 360 627 94 90 915 93 2,179
40-44 years 349 320 66 116 978 108 1,937
45-49 years 193 186 35 113 965 91 1,583
50-54 years 92 85 14 124 736 51 1,102
55-59 years 17 18 8 66 494 22 625
60 years and more 9 8 4 104 532 20 677
Unknown 3 3 3 1 13 0 23
By employment situation
Indefinite contract or freelance 174 795 201 342 1,588 110 3,210
Temporary contract 110 304 120 33 458 55 1,080
Unsalaried work 7 23 15 18 33 2 98
No work experience 119 82 132 19 143 30 525
Unemployed 681 1,124 419 99 2,252 226 4,801
Permanently incapacitated or pensioner 176 173 59 171 845 73 1,497
Student 7 19 312 15 33 15 401
Domestic work 7 9 5 12 73 8 114
Other situation 315 174 39 23 360 27 938
Unknown 47 37 117 5 108 40 354
By level of education
No sap llegir ni escriure (ISCED 0) 18 8 8 3 53 9 99
No ha finalizat l'edu. primària oblig. (ISCED 0) 243 217 105 49 604 62 1,280
Ha finalitzat l'edu. primària oblig. (ISCED 1) 478 815 481 212 1,871 151 4,008
Ha finalitzat l'edu. secundària oblig. (ISCED 2) 514 936 432 203 1,653 150 3,888
Finalitzat batx. o cicle form. grau mig (ISCED 3) 263 547 209 152 1,078 123 2,372
Ha finalitzat estudis superiors (ISCED 5 a 8) 67 152 66 115 456 44 900
Desconegut 60 65 118 3 178 47 471
Source: Ministry of Health.
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: April 11, 2013. 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.