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Figure 5.3 Numbers registered with (outpatient) addiction care for primary or secondary<br />

amphetamine problems from 1994<br />

1600<br />

Number<br />

1400<br />

1200<br />

1000<br />

800<br />

600<br />

400<br />

200<br />

1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008<br />

Primary<br />

Secondary<br />

497 566 667 794 870 810 623 482 543 735 954 1118 1215 1473 1446<br />

489 566 558 610 590 560 498 474 481 552 645 728 760 878 910<br />

Source LADIS, IVZ (2009).<br />

Age <strong>and</strong> Gender<br />

Ecstasy<br />

• In 2008 approximately seven out of ten (73%) of primary Ecstasy clients were male.<br />

The percentage of female clients (27%) is greater than for cannabis, cocaine or<br />

opiates (18-21%). Between 2000 <strong>and</strong> 2008 the percentage of female clients rose<br />

from 19 to 27 percent.<br />

• The average age of primary Ecstasy clients was 27. Accordingly, they are the youngest<br />

of all drugs clients. The peak age group is 20-24 (see Figure 5.4).<br />

Amphetamine<br />

• In 2008 three quarters of primary amphetamine clients were male (76%). The percentage<br />

of female clients rose slightly from 21% in 2000 to 24% in 2008.<br />

• The average age is 29, somewhat older than Ecstasy clients, <strong>and</strong> slightly higher than<br />

the average age in 2005, when it was 26. For amphetamine clients, the peak age is<br />

20-29 (Figure 5.4).<br />

120 <strong>Netherl<strong>and</strong>s</strong> <strong>National</strong> <strong>Drug</strong> <strong>Monitor</strong> - NDM Annual Report 2009

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