Drug Statistics for Worcestershire

The data presented on this page were obtained from the West Midlands Regional Drug Misuse Database. This is a body set up by the Department of Health to collate data from all agencies within the region that come into contact with drug users. The data only represents those users that have presented themselves to services and therefore is an underestimation of the real extent of drug abuse within the county. These data cover the latest period of 01/04/96 to 31/03/97.

Graph showing age/sex of presenting users

Graph of age/sex of users

85% of reported users were male

The male to female ratio was 5.7:1 compared with 2.9:1 nationally

The highest proportion of users were in the 20-24 year age group (33.7%)

Graph showing employment status of presenting users

Graph of user employment status

The data shows that the majority of presenting drug users are unemployed

69.3% were unemployed and 16.9% were employed

Graph showing main drug of use during the past month

Graph of main drug of use

57.1% of individuals were using heroin as their main drug

opiate use overall accounts for more than 65.4% of the stated main drug of use

stimulants were used by 21.3% of users as their main drug

Graph showing age at first use of any drug

Graph of age at first use

Solvents are experimented with at the youngest age (15) even before alcohol (17)

'harder drugs' such as opiates and cocaine are tried in the twenties

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Worcestershire Drug Action Team
Mitre House
27 The Strand
Bromsgrove B61 8AB
Worcestershire
England

E-mail comments to dat.worcs@virgin.net

Last updated January 2001

Thanks to Jennie Lowdell (acting project manager WMDMD) for permission to use these data.