Number of male and female drug addicts in Azerbaijan made public

Number of male and female drug addicts in Azerbaijan made public
# 18 April 2014 15:31 (UTC +04:00)

Baku. Ramiz Mikayiloglu – APA. The number of registered drug users in Azerbaijan in 2013 has been made public, APA reports.

As of December 31, 2013, Republic Drug Treatment Center under the Health Ministry said that 28 376 people were registered at the center. This indicator was 27 910 people last year.

22 533 people were registered at dispensaries. 5 843 people were prophylactically registered. The number of anonymous persons registered stood at 756. 539 of registered drug users are women. 130 of them are drug addicts. 20 004 people, 393 of them being women are injecting drug users.

In 2013, 1,509 people were newly-registered, 1,049 – unregistered.

Regarding group of ages, 4 of registered drug users (2 girls, 2 boys) are 14-17 years old, 8,443 – 18-29 years old and 14,692 – 30-39 years old.

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