Table 1 |
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Needles Distributed and Recovered by the NGO in Victoria in 2008 and 2009. |
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2008 |
Distributed |
Recovered |
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April |
28,038 |
26,562 |
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May* The closure was May 31. |
n/a |
n/a |
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June |
16,700 |
7.500 |
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July |
25,000 |
19,000 |
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August |
27,000 |
10,700 |
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September |
24,473 |
21,647** |
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October |
22,095 |
7,966 |
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November |
24,862 |
16,503 |
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December |
14,885 |
5,932 |
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January, 2009 |
16,256 |
10,139 |
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February, 2009 |
17,900 |
18,200 |
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March, 2009 |
21,100 |
9,100 |
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April, 2009 |
21,943 |
17,361 |
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May, 2009 |
18,037 |
8,961 |
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TOTAL |
285,151 |
177,409 |
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*The data base of the NGO corrupted the data for May so the numbers are not available. ** This includes one client who brought in 10,000 needles. |
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MacNeil and Pauly Harm Reduction Journal 2010 7:11 doi:10.1186/1477-7517-7-11 |
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