Table 1

Methadone treatment case-register data.


Treatment years included
Number of patients (mean)
Age (mean)
Age at first regular heroin use (mean)
Proportion with known onset (mean)

Zurich
1998–2006
3,701
35.4
21.5
76%
Bern
1999–2005
2,650
34.8
20.9
50%
Genève
1999–2006
1,581
37.3
20.1
16%
Vaud
2001–2006
1,684
36.0
20.8
36%
Ticino
1998–2006
987
35.5
20.8
90%
St. Gallen
2001–2007
910
35.2
22.9
31%
Neuchâtel
2000–2006
689
36.1
21.1
32%
Fribourg
1999–2005
496
33.4
20.2
51%
Graubünden
1998–2006
267
34.3
19.7
6%
Schaffhausen
2000–2006
140
33.9
19.2
28%
Zug
2006
79
36.2
20.8
72%

Methadone treatment case-registers data from 11 cantons of Switzerland, 1998–2008.

Nordt et al. Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2009 4:14   doi:10.1186/1747-597X-4-14

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