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. 2019 Mar 1;116(9):137–143. doi: 10.3238/arztebl.2019.0137

eTable. Estimated numbers of individuals addicted to opioids by status (substitution treatment, no substitution treatment, and no substitution treatment or case documentation) by federal state.

Men Women Total
Federal state n*1 % Substitution treatment AC*2 NCD*3 AC*2 NCD*3 Estimate Inhabitants in 2016*5 Rate per 1000
Lower limit Upper limit Lower limit Upper limit Lower limit Upper limit Mean*4
Baden-Württemberg 10 313 13.1 12 391 6689 508 776 2004 42 168 21 635 22 029 21 832 10 951 893 1.9
Bavaria 7895 10.1 9486 5121 389 594 1534 32 129 16 563 16 864 16 713 12 930 751 1.3
Berlin 5169 6.6 6211 3353 255 389 1005 21 84 10 844 11 041 10 943 3 574 830 3.1
Brandenburg 117 0.1 141 76 6 9 23 0 2 245 250 248 2 494 648 0.1
Bremen 1769 2.3 2125 1147 87 133 344 7 29 3711 3779 3745 678 753 5.5
Hamburg 4179 5.3 5 21 2711 206 314 812 17 68 8767 8927 8847 1 810 438 4.9
Hesse 7578 9.6 9105 4915 374 570 1473 31 124 15 898 16 187 16 042 6 213 088 2.6
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 254 0.3 305 165 13 19 49 1 4 533 543 538 1 610 674 0.3
Lower Saxony 7933 10.1 9531 5146 391 597 1542 32 130 16 642 16 945 16 794 7 945 685 2.1
North Rhine-Westphalia 25 438 32.4 30 564 16 500 1254 1914 4944 104 415 53 366 54 337 53 851 17 890 100 3.0
Rhineland-Palatinate 2207 2.8 2652 1432 109 166 429 9 36 4630 4714 4672 4 066 053 1.1
Saarland 699 0.9 840 453 34 53 136 3 11 1466 1493 1480 996 651 1.5
Saxony 634 0.8 762 411 31 48 123 3 10 1330 1354 1342 4 081 783 0.3
Saxony-Anhalt 693 0.9 833 450 34 52 135 3 11 1454 1480 1467 2 236 252 0.7
Schleswig-Holstein 3288 4.2 3951 2133 162 247 639 13 54 6898 7023 6961 2 881 926 2.4
Thuringia 387 0.5 465 251 19 29 75 2 6 812 827 819 2 158 128 0.4

*1Substitution treatment registry, sampled on July 1, 2016; *2AT: Individuals not undergoing substitution treatment and in addiction care; *3NCD: Individuals not undergoing substitution treatment and with no case documentation; *4Mean of upper and lower limits; *5Extrapolation of figures of Germany’s Federal Statistical Office (Destatis, Statistisches Bundesamt), sampled on December 31, 2016