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STATISTICS OF DRUG ADDICTS BY CASE STATUS, 2014 - 2018
CATEGORY		PER CASE / PER HEAD	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
CASE STATUS/ YEAR	New Case	Per Case	13,605	20,289	22,923	18,440	17,474
		Per Head					17,474
		Per Head	11,712	17,947	22,814	18,112	17,315
	Relapse Case	Per Case	8,172	6,379	7,921	7,482	7,793
	Relapse Case	Per Head	9,863	7,643	4,648	3,242	2,908
	Total	Per Case	21,777	26,668	30,844	25,922	25,267
	Total	Per Head	21,575	25,590	27,462	21,354	20,223

Notes :

New Case - Newly detected drug addicts to receive treatment/rehabilitation/ supervision with NADA

Relapse Cases - Drug addicts who formerly detected and received treatment/ rehabilitation program with NADA

’Per Case’ data refers to those who have one or more offences in the current year. Whilst the ‘Per Head’ data refers to only once detected within five (5) years period.

STATISTICS OF DRUG ADDICTS BY STATES, 2014 - 2018
CATEGORY		PER CASE / PER HEAD	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
STATE/ YEAR	Johor	Per Case	1,992	2,541	2,565	2,108	2,352
		Per Head					2,352
		Per Head	1,999	2,470	2,403	1,901	2,085
	Kedah	Per Case	2,535	2,945	3,862	2,655	2,693
	Kedah	Per Head	2,559	2,893	3,641	2,343	2,155
	kelantan	Per Case	1,399	1,994	3,233	3,700	4,153
	kelantan	Per Head	1,384	1,944	2,860	3,179	3,336
	Melaka	Per Case	845	944	930	613	736
	Melaka	Per Head	828	936	876	527	582
	Negeri Sembilan	Per Case	951	1,050	1,172	1,012	1,374
	Negeri Sembilan	Per Head	937	1,038	1,123	847	1,128
	Pahang	Per Case	1,903	2,066	2,419	2,088	1,749
	Pahang	Per Head	1,865	1,985	2,119	1,712	1,420
	Perak	Per Case	2,716	3,106	2,639	1,557	1,820
	Perak	Per Head	2,716	3,058	2,439	1,323	1,466
	Perlis	Per Case	499	781	692	654	582
	Perlis	Per Head	470	694	596	489	405
	Pulau Pinang	Per Case	2,780	4,280	5,081	3,844	2,303
	Pulau Pinang	Per Head	2,715	3,784	3,549	2,077	1,043
	Sabah	Per Case	940	898	1,044	1,047	1,200
	Sabah	Per Head	939	891	1,025	1,008	1,147
	Sarawak	Per Case	854	658	534	440	693
	Sarawak	Per Head	845	639	515	419	630
	Selangor	Per Case	2,051	2,987	3,176	2,375	2,228
	Selangor	Per Head	2,054	2,907	3,015	2,159	1,940
	Terengganu	Per Case	579	1,022	1,676	2,044	2,057
	Terengganu	Per Head	576	1,006	1,629	1,845	1,766
	WP Kuala Lumpur	Per Case	1,698	1,328	1,695	1,655	1,223
	WP Kuala Lumpur	Per Head	1,653	1,282	1,548	1,395	1,021
	WP Labuan	Per Case	19	36	79	92	72
	WP Labuan	Per Head	19	35	78	92	70
	WP Putrajaya	Per Case	16	32	47	38	32
	WP Putrajaya	Per Head	16	28	46	38	29
	TOTAL	Per Case	21,777	26,668	30,844	25,922	25,267
	TOTAL	Per Head	21,575	25,590	27,462	21,354	20,223

Notes:-

’Per Case’ data refers to those who have one or more offences in the current year. Whilst the ‘Per Head’ data refers to only once detected within five (5) years period.

STATISTICS OF DRUG ADDICTS BY GENDER, 2014 - 2018
CATEGORY		PER CASE / PER HEAD	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
GENDER/ YEAR	Male	Per Case	21,078	25,655	29,660	24,926	24,314
		Per Head					24,314
		Per Head	20,878	24,599	26,396	20,464	19,392
	Female	Per Case	699	1,013	1,184	996	953
	Female	Per Head	697	991	1,066	890	831
	TOTAL	Per Case	21,777	26,668	30,844	25,922	25,267
	TOTAL	Per Head	21,575	25,590	27,462	21,354	20,223

Notes:-

’Per Case’ data refers to those who have one or more offences in the current year. Whilst the ‘Per Head’ data refers to only once detected within five (5) years period.

STATISTICS OF DRUG ADDICTS BY ETHNICITY, 2014 -2018
CATEGORY		PER CASE / PER HEAD	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
ETHNICITY/ YEAR	Malay	Per Case	17,122	21,335	24,901	20,956	20,671
		Per Head					20,671
		Per Head	16,940	20,515	22,340	17,405	16,497
	Chinesse	Per Case	1,828	2,117	2,182	1,947	1,480
	Chinesse	Per Head	1,809	1,987	1,826	1,475	1,148
	India	Per Case	1,657	2,113	2,428	1,760	1,602
	India	Per Head	1,660	2,002	2,010	1,260	1,159
	Indigenous Sabah	Per Case	842	774	977	999	1,087
	Indigenous Sabah	Per Head	839	766	948	975	1,038
	Indigenous Sarawak	Per Case	180	148	154	113	223
	Indigenous Sarawak	Per Head	179	148	154	111	202
	Others*	Per Case	148	181	202	147	204
	Others*	Per Head	148	172	184	128	179
	TOTAL	Per Case	21,777	26,668	30,844	25,922	25,267
	TOTAL	Per Head	21,575	25,590	27,462	21,354	20,223

Notes :

*Others refer to Punjabi, Siam Eurasian and Natives
’Per Case’ data refers to those who have one or more offences in the current year. Whilst the ‘Per Head’ data refers to only once detected within five (5) years period.

STATISTICS OF DRUG ADDICTS BY AGE WHILST DETECTED , 2014 - 2018
CATEGORY		PER CASE / PER HEAD	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
THE AGE WHILST DETECTED/ YEAR	Adolescence (13-18 Year)	Per Case	622	717	826	694	550
		Per Head					550
		Per Head	615	713	810	683	541
	Youth (19-39 Year)	Per Case	541	19,578	22,709	18,823	18,417
	Youth (19-39 Year)	Per Head	15,540	18,799	20,335	15,812	15,131
	Adult (≥40 Year)	Per Case	5,463	6,373	7,309	6,405	6,300
	Adult (≥40 Year)	Per Head	5,420	6,078	6,317	4,859	4,551
	TOTAL	Per Case	21,777	26,668	30,844	25,922	25,267
	TOTAL	Per Head	21,575	25,590	27,462	21,354	20,223

’Per Case’ data refers to those who have one or more offences in the current year. Whilst the ‘Per Head’ data refers to only once detected within five (5) years period.

STATISTICS OF DRUG ADDICTS BY OCCUPATION, 2014 - 2018
CATEGORY		PER CASE / PER HEAD	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
OCCUPATION/ YEAR	Construction	Per Case	606	531	453	297	303
		Per Head					303
		Per Head	540	483	437	263	261
	General Workers	Per Case	4,805	5,086	5,232	5,416	5,621
	General Workers	Per Head	4,594	4,924	5,025	4,726	4,489
	Entertainment	Per Case	37	48	27	41	19
	Entertainment	Per Head	37	45	23	39	19
	Sales	Per Case	1,837	2,061	2,101	1,708	1,607
	Sales	Per Head	1,657	1,908	2,034	1,542	1,392
	Unemployed	Per Case	2,746	3,911	4,533	4,125	3,650
	Unemployed	Per Head	2,688	3,713	4,345	3,547	2,986
	Transportation	Per Case	1,144	1,245	1,230	950	940
	Transportation	Per Head	1,066	1,185	1,182	854	796
	Management*	Per Case	179	199	215	247	207
	Management*	Per Head	166	192	211	234	197
	Student	Per Case	197	269	298	281	186
	Student	Per Head	179	260	295	274	184
	Clerical	Per Case	51	52	66	66	58
	Clerical	Per Head	48	47	64	64	55
	Services	Per Case	2,460	2,348	2,299	1,744	1,822
	Services	Per Head	2,219	2,190	2,210	1,576	1,595
	Manufacturing	Per Case	502	522	576	465	421
	Manufacturing	Per Head	468	475	563	432	378
	Agriculture & Fisheries	Per Case	1,814	1,969	1,857	1,443	1,457
	Agriculture & Fisheries	Per Head	1,633	1,856	1,794	1,242	1,197
	Part Time Workers	Per Case	4,155	7,117	10,643	8,173	8,086
	Part Time Workers	Per Head	5,152	7,079	8,011	5,676	5,890
	Technical	Per Case	1,244	1,310	1,314	966	890
	Technical	Per Head	1,128	1,233	1,268	885	784
	TOTAL	Per Case	21,777	26,668	30,844	25,922	25,267
	TOTAL	Per Head	21,575	25,590	27,462	21,354	20,223

Notes :

* Civil Servants data are included in the category of management.
’Per Case’ data refers to those who have one or more offences in the current year. Whilst the ‘Per Head’ data refers to only once detected within five (5) years period.

SSTATISTICS OF DRUG ADDICTS BY ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS, 2014 - 2018
CATEGORY		PER CASE / PER HEAD	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS/ YEAR	Never Attend The School/ Quit The School	Per Case	1,909	2,681	3,351	3,751	4,044
		Per Head					4,044
		Per Head	1,784	2,441	2,992	3,293	3,563
	Primary School	Per Case	2,694	2,862	2,898	2,370	2,118
	Primary School	Per Head	2,707	2,773	2,529	1,848	1,588
	LCE/SRP/ PMR	Per Case	8,662	10,326	11,730	9,082	8,451
	LCE/SRP/ PMR	Per Head	8,570	9,911	10,297	7,192	6,459
	MCE/SPM/ /SPMV	Per Case	7,502	9,445	11,314	9,311	9,114
	MCE/SPM/ /SPMV	Per Head	7,520	9,156	10,189	7,760	7,283
	HSC/STP/ STPM	Per Case	188	171	218	166	166
	HSC/STP/ STPM	Per Head	184	158	205	135	132
	Diploma	Per Case	290	453	506	473	540
	Diploma	Per Head	289	449	475	439	479
	Degree/Master/ Phd	Per Case	44	77	96	113	114
	Degree/Master/ Phd	Per Head	43/td>	77	92	106	103
	Others (E.G: Certificate Of Specific Skills **	Per Case	488	653	731	656	720
	Others (E.G: Certificate Of Specific Skills **	Per Head	478	625	683	581	616
	TOTAL	Per Case	21,777	26,668	30,844	25,922	25,267
	TOTAL	Per Head	21,575	25,590	27,462	21,354	20,223

Notes :

*Includes Matriculation; Non MLVK Skill Certificate ; Advanced Non MLVK Skill Certificate; Non Technical Skills Certificate; MLVK Skill Certificate and others.
’Per Case’ data refers to those who have one or more offences in the current year. Whilst the ‘Per Head’ data refers to only once detected within five (5) years period.

STATISTICS OF DRUG TYPES USE, 2014 - 2018
CATEGORY		PER CASE / PER HEAD	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
TYPE DRUGS/YEAR	Opiat	Per Case	14,502	16,616	16,985	10,154	7,746
		Per Head					7,746
		Per Head	13,959	13,959	14,579	7,580	5,773
	Methamphetamine (Crystalline)	Per Case	4,117	8,133	10,107	10,419	11,531
	Methamphetamine (Crystalline)	Per Head	4,124	7,457	8,624	8,392	8,698
	Methamphetamine(Tablet)	Per Case	1,919	1,389	1,236	1,066	4,853
	Methamphetamine(Tablet)	Per Head	1,221	861	2,310	3,697	3,822
	Marijuana	Per Case	1,239	674	2,631	4,366	1,122
	Marijuana	Per Head	1,762	1,354	1,192	974	944
	AAmphetamine – Type Stimulants (Excludes Methamphetamine)	Per Case	535	635	764	764	1,152
	AAmphetamine – Type Stimulants (Excludes Methamphetamine)	Per Head	478	604	726	695	954
	Others****	Per Case	8	7	18	9	19
	Others****	Per Head	24	19	19	11	17
	Pil Psychotropic***	Per Case	35	25	23	13	26
	Pil Psychotropic***	Per Head	7	7	12	5	15
	TOTAL	Per Case	21,777	26,668	30,844	25,922	25,267
	TOTAL	Per Head	21,575	25,590	27,462	21,354	20,223

Notes :

*Refer to Heroine and Morphine
**Refer to Ecstacy and Amphetamine
Marijauna
Methamphetamine (crystalline): Syabu
Methamphetamine (tablets): YABA Pill, & YAMA Pill
***Include Benzodiazepine, Psychotropic Pill & Eramine 5.
****Includes Kratom Leaves, Depressant, Dissoaciative, Hallucinogens, Inhalan dll.
The data on the number of drugs used do not necessarily match the number of drug addicts. This is because some of the drug addicts are poly drug users.
’Per Case’ data refers to those who have one or more offences in the current year. Whilst the ‘Per Head’ data refers to only once detected within five (5) years period.

STATISTICS OF THE INITIAL REASONS FOR USING DRUGS, 2014 - 2018
CATEGORY		PER CASE / PER HEAD	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
THE INITIAL REASONS FOR USING DRUGS/YEAR	Peer Influence	Per Case	13,466	16,943	17,990	16,209	14,459
		Per Head					14,459
		Per Head	13,189	15,844	15,634	13,134	11,324
	Curiosity	Per Case	3,221	4,523	5,618	4,813	5,009
	Curiosity	Per Head	3,137	4,056	4,626	3,656	3,720
	For Fun	Per Case	2,270	2,550	3,944	3,323	3,286
	For Fun	Per Head	2,215	2,529	3,400	2,495	2,510
	Stress	Per Case	1,986	1,572	1,910	1,214	1,953
	Stress	Per Head	1,725	1,462	1,727	1,043	1,428
	Others*	Per Case	752	1,059	1,442	840	1,187
	Others*	Per Head	719	957	1,284	690	878
	Relief Pain	Per Case	461	617	698	345	462
	Relief Pain	Per Head	421	557	640	297	295
	Stimulant	Per Case	174	206	145	39	84
	Stimulant	Per Head	144	176	134	33	61
	Ignorance/Unaware	Per Case	25	9	17	8	9
	Ignorance/Unaware	Per Head	25	9	17	6	7
	Total	Per Case	21,777	26,668	30,844	25,922	25,267
	Total	Per Head	21,575	25,590	27,462	21,354	20,223

Notes :

Other categories include aggressive, work-based, entertainment, lack of religious affliation, financial problems, slimming,domestic violence, medical, craving for drugs, sex, betrayed, ignorance the dangers of drugs, for study purposes and so on.
’Per Case’ data refers to those who have one or more offences in the current year. Whilst the ‘Per Head’ data refers to only once detected within five (5) years period.

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