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Methodological sheet of the indicator available for the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country.

Available indicator

Number of admissions to treatment for alcohol and illegal drug abuse or dependence per 100,000 inhabitants
Target

3.5 Strengthen the prevention and treatment of substance abuse, including narcotic drug abuse and harmful use of alcohol
Goal

3- Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages
Definition

Number of first-time outpatient treatment admissions for addictive substance abuse or dependence at a treatment center in a given year per 100,000 population
Theoretical formula \[TAT_{addictive\, substances}^{t} = \frac{AT_{addictive\, substances}^{t}}{P^{t}} \cdot 100.000\]

where:

$AT_{addictive\, substances}^{t} =$ Number of admissions to outpatient treatment for addictive substance abuse or dependence at a treatment center for the first time in the year $t$

$P^{t} =$ population on July 1 of year $t$
Available disaggregations

Addictive substances

Sex
Frequency

Annual
Observations

There may be some overestimation of the indicator at the state level, given that the same person may have been notified in two or more different communities and their identification is not possible for confidentiality reasons.

Treatment: Any intervention performed by qualified professionals to eliminate, reduce, or control drug use.

Outpatient: the person does not spend the night at the facility. This criterion does not apply to penitentiary centers.

Illegal drugs: Alcohol and nicotine (tobacco) are not considered illegal drugs.
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Indicator calculated using a methodology harmonised across the central statistical bodies of the autonomous communities
Data last updated 2025/05/08
Metadata last updated 2025/06/18

This section provides more information about the United Nations indicator or the European Union Sustainable Development Indicator, such as its rationale, international results, metadata, and other relevant statistics.

Rationale

This United Nations indicator measures the coverage of treatment interventions for substance use disorders is defined as the number of people who received treatment in a year divided by the total number of people with substance use disorders in the same year. This indicator is disaggregated by two broad groups of psychoactive substances: (1) drugs, (2) alcohol and other psychoactive substances.

According to United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and World Health Organization (WHO) data, around 296 million people aged 15 to 64 years worldwide used an illicit drug at least once in 2021, about 2.3 billion people are current drinkers of alcohol, some 35 million of people suffer from drug use disorders and 289 million from alcohol use disorders.

Substance use disorders are serious health conditions that present a significant burden for affected individuals, their families and communities. Untreated substance use disorders trigger substantial costs to society including lost productivity, increased health care expenditure, and costs related to criminal justice, social welfare, and other social consequences.

Strengthening treatment services entails providing access to a comprehensive set of evidence-based interventions (-laid down in the international standards and guidelines) that should be available to all population groups in need. The indicator will inform the extent to which a range of evidence-based interventions for treatment of substance use disorder are available and are accessed by the population in need at country, regional and global level.

Even though effective treatment exists, only a small amount of people with substance use disorders receive it. For instance, it is estimated that globally one out of 7 people with drug use disorders have access to or provided drug treatment services (World Drug Report 2019). WHO ATLAS-Substance Use data showed that in 2014 only 11.9 % (out of 103 responding) countries reported high coverage (40% or more) for alcohol dependence. SDG indicator 3.5.1 is crucial for measurement the progress towards strengthening the treatment of substance abuse worldwide as formulated in the Target 3.5.

Source: United Nations Statistics Division
Comparability between the available indicator and the UN indicator

The available indicator does not meet the UN indicator metadata requirements, but provides complementary information.
International results

Coverage of treatment interventions (pharmacological, psychosocial and rehabilitation and aftercare services) for substance use disorders (%) SH_SUD_TREAT UNSTATS
Link to UN metadata

Metadata 3-5-1.pdf
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