Over the last 14 years the number of the registered drug addicted persons in Azerbaijan increased by more than two times. According to the State Statistics Committee, in 2000, there were 14010 drug addicted people, and in 2013- 28,376.
At the same time, in 2013, for the first time with a diagnosis of "drug addiction" were registered 1509 people. Since 2010, the number of drug addicted reduced, but the number of registered alcoholics and patients with alcoholic psychosis increased from 19591 in 2000 year to 21 584 in 2013 year. Of them, 879 people were registered for the first time last year. The number of registered drug increased since 2000 from 104 to 130.
The number of registered psychiatric patients is also increasing. So, in 2000 there were registered 97,279 people, and in 2013 - 124 134 people.
Since 2010, every year about 5,000 people are registered for the first time with a diagnosis of mental illness.
Azerbaijan's population has reached 9.5 million people.-06D—
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The preliminary report by Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Transport on the investigation into the crash of the Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL) aircraft in Aktau has reignited discussions on the issue. Since the crash occurred in Kazakhstan's territory, the investigation is being conducted by that country.
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In 2024, as a result of external cyberattacks, 16,804 cases of fraud were recorded, and over 22.4 million manat were stolen from citizens' bank cards, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Azerbaijan reported on Wednesday.
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The Ministry of Digital Development and Transport of Azerbaijan has effectively acknowledged that President Ilham Aliyev’s official aircraft, “Baku-1,” encountered external technical interference while flying to St. Petersburg for the informal summit of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) on December 25. The revelation comes amid growing scrutiny of the incident, including reports of a GPS signal loss over Russian airspace.
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