TABLE 2.
Total number of records, and the number of individual IDU cases defined in the capture sources used and selected characteristics of IDU cases (aged 15–44) in the capture sources for the period of 2005–2009
| Data source | Police | EHIF: drug treatment |
EHIF: overdose |
Mortality Database |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Total number of records identified as IDUs (for definition see Table 1) |
24305 | 12292 | 238 | 560 |
| % of records where full identification was possible (initials, gender, day/month/year of birth) |
99.7% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Number of individual IDU cases | 8331 | 1811 | 188 | 560 |
| Number of individuals defined as IDUs aged 15–44 (n, % of all) |
8100 (97.2%) |
1655 (91.4%) |
155 (82.4%) |
545 (97.3%) |
|
Number of individual IDUs aged 15–44 years identified |
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| 2005 | 2484 | 407 | 40 | 81 |
| 2006 | 2808 | 524 | 29 | 108 |
| 2007 | 3018 | 661 | 55 | 103 |
| 2008 | 3090 | 722 | 43 | 152 |
| 2009 | 2100 | 758 | 49 | 101 |
|
Age: mean (SD) (in the age group of 15– 44 years) |
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| 2005 | 24.1 (5.6) | 24.8 (5.2) | 25.3 (7.0) | 26.1 (4.9) |
| 2006 | 24.3 (5.7) | 25.8 (5.3) | 24.4 (5.7) | 26.8 (4.9) |
| 2007 | 24.9 (5.8) | 26.7 (5.0) | 24.7 (5.9) | 28.1 (5.7) |
| 2008 | 25.0 (5.8) | 27.5 (5.2) | 24.9 (5.1) | 28.5 (4.7) |
| 2009 | 25.4 (5.8) | 28.7 (5.2) | 28.5 (5.2) | 29.1 (5.2) |
| p-value * | <0.01 | <0.01 | 0.02 | <0.01 |
|
Proportion of residents in Tallinn area (Harjumaa county) (%) (in the age group of 15–44 years) |
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| 2005 | 72.3 | 50.9 | 55.0 | 80.3 |
| 2006 | 68.0 | 51.5 | 55.2 | 65.7 |
| 2007 | 63.6 | 49.0 | 38.2 | 83.5 |
| 2008 | 57.3 | 46.0 | 60.5 | 73.0 |
| 2009 | 57.7 | 42.4 | 55.1 | 73.3 |
| p-value * | <0.01 | <0.01 | 0.99 | 0.27 |
*
P-value for trend