title: [Admission to treatment for opiate and cocaine consumption in Spain. Workshop of the State Information System on Drug Addiction].
abstract: The State Information System for Drug Addiction (SEIT) was designed to monitor the magnitude of the abuse of opiates and cocaine by indirect indicators (treatment admissions, hospital emergencies and deaths). The notification of initiation of treatment started to run in all the Autonomous Communities (Comunidades Autónomas) during 1987. In this study we analyze the characteristics of 10,338 individuals who initiated a treatment for illegal drug abuse (opiates or cocaine) during 1987 in 224 centres spread along the Autonomous Communities and which had been notified to SEIT. 97.1% were heroin users, with a mean age of 24.8 years, basically males (80.5%) and who had been taking the drug which caused the treatment for the last 5 years. 69.4% reported having first time used heroin between 1980 and 1985. The absolute number of drug users who were treated in specific centres in the different Autonomous Communities allow us a first approximation to the magnitude of heroin addiction in Spain. Moreover, the data we present help to characterize this subgroup of the heroin population from the demographic and the consumption points of view.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000553:Ambulatory Care; D000555:Ambulatory Care Information Systems / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003042:Cocaine; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009293:Opioid-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy; D010343:Patient Admission / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy
chemical_list: D003042:Cocaine
vernacular_title: Admisiones a tratamiento por consumo de opiáceos y cocaína en España. Grupo de Trabajo del SEIT.