Infographic. Number of sterile syringes distributed per person who injects drugs and proportion of high-risk opioid users in opioid agonist treatment (OAT)
Description
This graphic is part of the Elimination barometer on viral hepatitis among people who inject drugs in Europe (prevention component).
Source data
| Country | People who inject drugs, year of estimate | Number people who inject drugs | High-risk opioid use, year of estimate | Number high-risk opioid users | Total number of syringes distributed | Total number of OST clients | Proportion in OST | Syringes per person who injects drugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Croatia | 2015 | 6344 | 2015 | 8874 | 376537 | 5202 | 0.59 | 59 |
| Cyprus | 2020 | 710 | 2020 | 974 | 7920 | 208 | 0.21 | 11 |
| Czechia | 2020 | 42200 | 2020 | 11100 | 8892977 | 5000 | 0.45 | 211 |
| Finland | 2017 | 25000 | 2017 | 26200 | 6595051 | 4729 | 0.18 | 264 |
| France | 2019 | 129703 | 2019 | 202485 | 12572530 | 177100 | 0.87 | 97 |
| Greece | 2020 | 2488 | 2020 | 12351 | 386745 | 9211 | 0.75 | 155 |
| Latvia | 2016 | 7715 | 2017 | 7100 | 1118439 | 721 | 0.1 | 145 |
| Lithuania | 2016 | 8868 | 2016 | 7503 | 245592 | 1044 | 0.14 | 28 |
| Luxembourg | 2019 | 822 | 2019 | 1427 | 394690 | 1176 | 0.82 | 480 |
| Norway | 2019 | 8476 | 2013 | 9015 | 3400000 | 8099 | 0.9 | 401 |
| Portugal | 2015 | 13162 | 2018 | 28287 | 1155728 | 17614 | 0.62 | 88 |
| Spain | 2019 | 9158 | 2019 | 63660 | 1821923 | 58540 | 0.92 | 199 |
| Belgium | 2019 | 7018 | 2019 | 1243152 | 177 |
