Historique
Chapitre
Update of the Epidemiologic Surveillance System of Addictions (SISVEA) in Mexico: first half 2003
(Actualisation du système de surveillance des addictions (SISVEA) au Mexique : premier semestre 2003)
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Auteur(s) :
TAPIA-CONYER, R. ;
CRAVIOTO, P. ;
PKURI, P. ;
GALVAN, F. ;
CORTES, M.
Année
2004
Page(s) :
337-348
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Éditeur(s) :
Bethesda, MD : NIDA
Domaine :
Plusieurs produits / Several products
Discipline :
EPI (Epidémiologie / Epidemiology)
Thésaurus mots-clés
TYPE D'USAGE
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SURVEILLANCE EPIDEMIOLOGIQUE
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CANNABIS
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INHALANTS
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ALCOOL
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TRAITEMENT
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COCAINE
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HEROINE
Thésaurus géographique
MEXIQUE
Note générale :
In : Epidemiologic trends in drug abuse, Vol.II: Proceedings of the Community Epidemiology Work Group, 55th Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, December 9-12, 2003, Bethesda, NIDA, 2004, 337-348
Résumé :
Mexicos Epidemiologic Surveillance System of Addictions gathered data on 9,650 patients at govern-ment treatment centers (GTCs) and 19,707 patients in nongovernment treatment centers (NGCs) in the first half of 2003. During that timeframe, 23.1 per-cent of patients admitted to GTCs and 13.3 percent of patients admitted to NGCs reported cocaine as their current (primary) drug of abuse. According to the Juvenile Detention Centers, cocaine abuse was reported by 18.1 percent of young arrestees in the first half of 2003. Heroin was the fifth most com-mon primary drug of abuse at GTCs in the first half of 2003 (accounting for 2.4 percent of admissions), and it was the most common primary drug of abuse at NGCs (21.7 percent). Only 1 percent of juveniles arrested during the first half of 2003 reported heroin use. As a primary drug of use, marijuana ranked third at GTCs (16.2 percent) and fourth at NGCs (10.2 percent). More than one-third (34.6 percent) of the 4,644 juveniles arrested during the first half of 2003 reported use of marijuana. Inhalant abuse was reported as the primary drug problem by 10.4 percent of patients entering GTCs and 10.2 percent of patients entering NGCs. Fourteen percent of juvenile arrest-ees reported inhalant use in the first half of 2003. (Author' s abstract)
Affiliation :
Ministry of Health of Mexico, Delegacion Coyoacan, D.F., Mexico City, Mexico