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Table 1 Percentage of patients from specialist treatment centres in Cape Town, Gauteng and Eastern Cape with cocaine (HCL/crack) as a primary or overall1 drug of abuse, ratio of crack users to total cocaine users as a %, and % of new admissions among patients with cocaine as a primary drug of abuse

From: Cocaine treatment admissions at three sentinel sites in South Africa (1997–2006): findings and implications for policy, practice and research

 

Cape Town

Gauteng

Eastern Cape

 

Users in treatment for cocaine or crack (primary)

% of crack to total cocaine

% of users reporting cocaine overall1

% new adm.3,4

Users in treatment for cocaine or crack (primary)

% of crack to total cocaine

% of users reporting cocaine overall1

% new adm.3,4

Users in treatment for cocaine or crack (primary)

% of crack to total cocaine

% of users reporting cocaine overall1

% new adm.3,4

 

n

%

 

n

%

 

n

%

 

n

%

 

n

%

 

n

%

 

1997a

71

3.4

85.9

91

4.3

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1997b

78

3.6

64.1

117

5.4

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1998a

131

5.7

78.6

265

11.5

-

157

8.0

52.5

271

12.8

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1998b

99

7.3

65.7

198

14.5

-

204

8.6

79.6

374

15.8

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1999a

126

8.3

72.2

168

11.0

-

283

10.3

78.6

453

16.5

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1999b

137

8.8

70.1

299

19.3

61.3

273

10.5

78.1

491

18.8

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

2000a

132

7.8

65.9

284

16.8

61.2

267

10.6

77.4

430

17.1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

2000b

121

7.1

67.8

252

14.9

59.5

198

7.5

80.0

383

14.3

59.6

-

-

-

-

-

-

2001a

144

9.2

68.1

335

21.3

54.8

210

7.4

77.0

466

16.4

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

2001b

88

5.6

73.9

231

14.8

57.5

155

5.8

74.1

386

14.4

52.9

-

-

-

-

-

-

2002a

106

6.6

52.8

211

13.1

63.2

183

5.2

84.6

429

14.6

59.6

-

-

-

-

-

-

2002b

104

6.7

58.7

247

15.9

67.0

146

5.6

67.9

355

13.7

54.8

-

-

-

-

-

-

2003a

136

7.9

72.1

312

18.1

55.9

155

5.9

66.1

381

14.6

51.0

-

-

-

-

-

-

2003b

139

8.4

66.9

358

21.6

61.6

182

6.8

70.6

394

14.5

56.6

-

-

-

-

-

-

2004a

219

9.7

65.8

491

21.8

59.4

256

9.1

72.3

507

18.0

69.5

33

5.1

48.5

76

11.6

69.7

2004b

210

9.1

67.1

463

20.1

63.8

263

9.9

68.4

510

19.2

63.1

42

7.0

31.0

82

13.7

47.6

2005a

205

8.3

62.9

475

19.2

69.3

271

9.0

69.0

577

19.0

63.1

73

10.9

65.8

125

18.6

62.5

2005b

163

7.6

69.32

386

18.1

71.1

287

10.1

69.3

574

20.2

71.4

53

9.1

75.52

88

15.0

71.7

2006a

159

6.0

65.42

415

15.6

59.1

345

11.1

71.3

667

21.4

64.1

145

18.4

78.22

218

27.7

63.7

2006b

134

4.8

62.52

346

12.4

57.5

353

10.7

67.1

778

23.6

68.3

124

19.2

83.92

187

29.0

65.3

Trend test

Z = 4.461

 

Z = 15.982

 

Z = 3.775

 

Z = 11.964

 

Z = 9.941

 

Z = 2.578

 

Sigif.

p < 0.0001

 

p < 0.0001

 

p < 0.0001

 

p < 0.0001

 

p < 0.0001

 

p < 0.005

 
  1. - data not recorded at that site; 1 includes cocaine or crack as 1st, 2nd, 3rd or 4th substance of abuse; 2 distinction between cocaine and crack no longer recorded, have used mode as a proxy with "smoking" taken as indicative of crack cocaine use; 3 primary substance of abuse; 4 % new admissions among cocaine/crack patients