Table 2 Characteristics of new treatment episodes of substance use problems by data source: the TDI subpopulation referred/motivated by caregivers and the SGP population, Belgium 2016–7

 Man

11,476/16,543

69.5

220/314

70.1

  < 20

674/16,543

4.1

14/312

4.5

 20–29

2982/16,543

18.1

35/312

11.2

 30–39

4518/16,543

27.4

67/312

21.5

 40+

8327/16,543

50.5

196/312

62.8

 None or primary

3865/13,877

27.9

 Secondary

7519/13,877

54.2

 Tertiary

2493/13,877

18.0

Recent stable accommodation

13,075/16,219

80.6

Recently employed

3394/14,989

22.6

135/292

46.2

 Flanders

9936/16,543

60.0

198/314

63.1

 Wallonia

4495/16,543

27.1

82/314

26.1

 Brussels

2112/16,543

12.8

34/314

10.8

Previous treatment

10,952/16,039

68.3

178/282

63.1

 Alcohol only (I)

7354/16,543

44.5

176/314

56.1

 Pharmaceuticals (and alcohol) (II)

1047/16,543

6.3

46/314

14.7

 Cannabis only/primarily (III-a)

2077/16,543

12.6

30/314

9.6

 Street drugs minus cannabis primarily (III-b)

6065/16,543

36.7

62/314

19.8

Mono-substance use

10,427/16,543

63.0

254/314

80.9

 No use in last 30 days

2193/15,576

14.1

12/258

4.7

  ≤ 1 day a week

923/15,576

5.9

8/258

3.1

 2–3 days a week

1386/15,576

8.9

16/258

6.2

 4–6 days/week

1775/15,576

11.4

22/258

8.5

 Daily

9299/15,576

59.7

200/258

77.5

Type of treatment

 Outpatient treatment

5254/16,543

31.8

  Inpatient, non-hospital

2064/16,543

12.5

  Psychiatric hospital

3897/16,543

23.6

  General hospital (psychiatric service)

5220/16,543

31.6

  Treatment for criminal law offenders

108/16,543

0.7

 GP

4515/16,543

27.3

 Care services for substance use problems

2349/16,543

14.2

 Hospital

5277/16,543

31.9

 Medical-psycho-social services

4402/16,543

26.6