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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 2009
Heroin Cocaine Cannabis Tobacco Alcohol Others Total
Alt Camp 12 16 3 4 30 1 66
Alt Empordà 60 47 17 2 103 26 255
Alt Penedès 18 48 8 1 94 4 173
Alt Urgell 3 0 0 0 2 0 5
Alta Ribagorça 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Anoia 40 73 27 1 125 14 280
Bages 3 88 9 6 161 36 303
Baix Camp 37 91 32 83 149 5 397
Baix Ebre 10 20 6 0 32 3 71
Baix Empordà 25 72 13 5 86 12 213
Baix Llobregat 152 304 92 30 613 39 1,230
Baix Penedès 33 55 7 0 50 2 147
Barcelonès 824 1,492 390 408 2,761 260 6,135
Berguedà 1 2 2 1 9 1 16
Cerdanya 4 13 2 0 5 0 24
Conca de Barberà 6 6 0 1 16 1 30
Garraf 24 81 18 1 123 5 252
Garrigues 3 1 1 1 3 0 9
Garrotxa 4 30 18 72 80 3 207
Gironès 49 87 29 10 149 24 348
Maresme 96 220 104 38 377 26 861
Montsià 11 22 3 1 15 0 52
Noguera 6 9 2 0 8 1 26
Osona 12 34 7 1 34 1 89
Pallars Jussà 1 0 0 0 1 0 2
Pallars Sobirà 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Pla d'Urgell 0 1 2 0 6 1 10
Pla de l'Estany 4 11 2 1 9 0 27
Priorat 2 8 2 4 13 1 30
Ribera d'Ebre 4 8 0 1 14 2 29
Ripollès 3 8 2 3 29 0 45
Segarra 0 1 1 0 9 2 13
Segrià 76 54 22 1 120 2 275
Selva 46 102 18 4 175 12 357
Solsonès 2 2 0 2 9 1 16
Tarragonès 84 95 45 25 153 7 409
Terra Alta 1 3 0 1 4 0 9
Urgell 3 1 0 0 4 0 8
Val d'Aran 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Vallès Occidental 192 458 118 14 653 36 1,471
Vallès Oriental 63 216 67 186 378 22 932
Outside Catalonia .. 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
Catalonia 1,916 3,779 1,069 908 6,603 550 14,825
Metropolità 1,428 2,873 808 683 5,079 391 11,262
Comarques Gironines 179 348 101 97 625 84 1,434
Camp de Tarragona 158 251 85 120 389 14 1,017
Terres de l'Ebre 19 43 10 0 54 0 126
Ponent 94 68 28 0 146 3 339
Comarques Centrals 32 181 35 8 305 57 618
Alt Pirineu i Aran 6 15 2 0 5 1 29
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.
(..) Confidential data, low reliability or not available.

Last update: July 15, 2011.

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.