Drug abuse treatment
    On this page, you can find information about drug abuse treatment in Denmark. There are numbers on the number of people in drug abuse treatment given by the municipalities. Privately paid treatment is not included in these statistics, just as people in anonymous substance abuse treatment are not included either. It is also possible to see figures of the number of new treatment courses and the number of courses, where the treatment guarantee was exceeded., Persons in drug abuse treatment, This graph show the number of women and men in drug abuse treatment., In Statbank Denmark, you can find more data on  Drug abuse treatment (SMDBV003), More about the figure, Last update, 13.6.2025, Next update, 15.6.2026, Source data, Reports from the municipalities and drug abuse treatment centers. From January 1, 2024, it is only mandatory to report for drug abuse offers that have authorization to report on behalf of a municipality., Read more about sources, method and quality in the documentation of statistics on Drug Abuse Treatment, Drug abuse treatment courses, This graph show the number of new drug abuse treatment courses, In Statbank Denmark, you can find more data on  Drug abuse treatment (SMDBV004), More about the figure, Last update, 13.6.2025, Next update, 15.6.2026, Source data, Reports from the municipalities and drug abuse treatment centers. From January 1, 2024, it is only mandatory to report for drug abuse offers that have authorization to report on behalf of a municipality., Read more about sources, method and quality in the documentation of statistics on Drug Abuse Treatment, Persons in drug abuse treatment by municipality, This map show the number of persons in drug abuse treatment by municipality, Get your own statistics in the Statbank about Drug abuse treatment (SMDBV002), More about the figure, Last update, 13.6.2025, Next update, 15.6.2026, Source data, Reports from the municipalities and drug abuse treatment centers. From January 1, 2024, it is only mandatory to report for drug abuse offers that have authorization to report on behalf of a municipality., Read more about sources, method and quality in the documentation of statistics on Drug Abuse Treatment, Exceedances of the drug treatment guarantee, This map shows how many instances the municipalities have exceeded the treatment guarantee of 14 days from request to initiation of treatment., Get your own statistics in the Statbank about Drug abuse treatment (SMDBV004), More about the figure, Last update, 13.6.2025, Next update, 15.6.2026, Source data, Reports from the municipalities and drug abuse treatment centers. From January 1, 2024, it is only mandatory to report for drug abuse offers that have authorization to report on behalf of a municipality., Read more about sources, method and quality in the documentation of statistics on Drug Abuse Treatment, On the statistics – documentation, sources and method, Gain an overview of the purpose, contents and quality of the statistics. Learn about the data sources of the statistics, the contents of the statistics and how often they are published., See the documentation of statistics to learn more:, Drug Abuse Treatment, The purpose of the statistics is to shed light on drug abuse treatment in Denmark provided by municipalities to citizens under Section 101 of the Social Services Act, Section 142 of the Health Act, and Section 33 of the Child Act. The statistics are used, among other things, to account for the number of citizens in drug abuse treatment, the number and types of drug abuse treatments, and to monitor adherence to the 14-day treatment guarantee from request to initiation of treatment. The statistics have been published since 2015 and are comparable throughout the period, but significant improvements in data quality have been made continuously. In this release, all municipalities have approved their reports for 2021-2024., Read more about sources, method and quality in the documentation of statistics on Drug Abuse Treatment, Need more data on Drug abuse treatment?, For more information, see StatBank, where you can find detailed data for instance on the number of requests, initiations and ended treatment courses, persons in treatment below and over age of 18 years of age, number of courses with exceedances of the drug treatment guarantee compared to new treatment courses in total and data about status at ended treatment course., Go to the StatBank, Contact, SMDB-support, Phone: +45 39 17 34 90, Mail: , smdb@dst.dk
    https://www.dst.dk/en/Statistik/emner/sociale-forhold/social-stoette/stofmisbrugsbehandling
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