Cornwall local authority · 2022/23
Opiate and crack use
6.9
Estimated users per 1,000 people aged 15 to 64.
Estimated prevalence of opiate and/or crack cocaine use · Persons, 15-64 yrs
England: 8.5 · 2022/23 — Better
healthcards · Cornwall · 2022/23
What this means
An estimated 6.9 in every 1,000 people aged 15 to 64 in Cornwall use opiates and/or crack cocaine — about 2,348 people.
Source population denominator: 342,580 (Persons, 15-64 yrs); this measure is modelled, not a direct count of cases.
Fingertips comparison: Better England.
Recorded value (Cornwall)
- 2022/23: 6.9
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Source & provenance
- Indicator:
- Estimated prevalence of opiate and/or crack cocaine use (ID 91117)
- Source:
- DHSC and UKHSA, opiate and crack cocaine use prevalence estimates 2022 to 2023 (via OHID Fingertips)
- Area:
- Cornwall (E06000052), Upper-tier local authority (post Apr 2023)
- Period:
- 2022/23; retrieved 2026-10-13 (distinct from reporting period)
- Population:
- Persons, 15-64 yrs
- Note:
- Value for Cornwall and Isles of Scilly combined
Caveats
- A modelled estimate of a hidden population, not a count of people identified or in treatment.
- Published every few years, not annually — the latest estimate is 2022/23. Confidence interval: 6.2 to 7.5 per 1,000.
- Covers opiates and/or crack cocaine only: not all drugs, and not alcohol.
- The 2022/23 method changed: earlier estimates must not be directly compared with this release.
- Area-level estimate. It says nothing about any individual.
- Higher means more estimated opiate and/or crack cocaine use. Not a measure of treatment need or of harm to any person.
Missing or suppressed values are never shown as zero — every card above passed validation with a real numeric value.