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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 2008
Heroin Cocaine Cannabis Tobacco Alcohol Others Total
Alt Camp 8 16 4 1 14 0 43
Alt Empordà 30 46 7 4 87 11 185
Alt Penedès 16 45 7 0 71 4 143
Alt Urgell 5 4 1 0 2 1 13
Alta Ribagorça 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Anoia 14 54 10 1 105 13 197
Bages 3 92 12 14 93 27 241
Baix Camp 34 85 11 85 111 28 354
Baix Ebre 15 42 11 1 36 0 105
Baix Empordà 47 56 15 1 86 17 222
Baix Llobregat 141 362 76 30 504 38 1,151
Baix Penedès 22 35 3 0 39 0 99
Barcelonès 695 1,227 229 378 2,324 173 5,026
Berguedà 2 2 1 0 8 0 13
Cerdanya 0 5 0 0 1 0 6
Conca de Barberà 3 7 2 2 13 1 28
Garraf 24 46 6 1 86 4 167
Garrigues 2 2 1 0 5 0 10
Garrotxa 2 16 16 27 44 3 108
Gironès 59 111 19 9 162 30 390
Maresme 70 226 76 33 359 27 791
Montsià 4 27 1 1 33 1 67
Noguera 7 4 0 0 5 0 16
Osona 7 35 2 1 40 3 88
Pallars Jussà 2 1 0 0 2 0 5
Pallars Sobirà 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Pla d'Urgell 2 18 2 0 19 3 44
Pla de l'Estany 2 5 0 0 1 0 8
Priorat 3 23 2 2 14 1 45
Ribera d'Ebre 6 10 1 2 16 1 36
Ripollès 6 11 0 0 21 0 38
Segarra 0 1 0 0 4 1 6
Segrià 44 43 9 0 49 3 148
Selva 22 110 18 3 154 13 320
Solsonès 0 2 0 1 9 1 13
Tarragonès 65 58 7 14 121 2 267
Terra Alta 0 3 0 0 6 0 9
Urgell 1 8 0 0 7 1 17
Val d'Aran 0 1 0 0 1 0 2
Vallès Occidental 165 352 50 16 483 34 1,100
Vallès Oriental 42 236 52 105 331 18 784
Outside Catalonia 22 41 12 3 29 1 108
Catalonia 1,593 3,468 663 735 5,495 460 12,414
Metropolità 1,153 2,494 496 563 4,158 298 9,162
Comarques Gironines 168 355 75 44 555 74 1,271
Camp de Tarragona 135 224 29 104 312 32 836
Terres de l'Ebre 25 82 13 4 91 2 217
Ponent 56 76 12 0 89 8 241
Comarques Centrals 26 185 25 17 255 44 552
Alt Pirineu i Aran 8 11 1 0 6 1 27
Source: Departament de Salut. Direcció General de Salut Pública.
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: June 16, 2010.

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.