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Opioid Availability and Consumption in Uzbekistan

Table 2: Average daily consumption of defined daily doses (for statistical purposes) of morphine per million inhabitants, 2002-2004 Central and Eastern Europe/Commonwealth of Independent States (plus Mongolia)

Average Daily Consumption of Morphine

Source: International Narcotics Control Board Narcotic Drugs: Estimated World Requirements for 2006. Statistics for 2002-2004. New York: United Nations, 2006.

For the years 2002-2004, the average defined daily dose consumption of morphine for statistical purposes (S-DDD)7 in Uzbekistan was 3. This compares with other Commonwealth of Independent States as follows: Kazakhstan 4; Kyrgyzstan 3; Tajikistan 0; Turkmenistan 2 (Table 2). The International Narcotics Control Board8 has published the following figures for the consumption of narcotic drugs in Uzbekistan (2004): morphine 2 kg.


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