The key facts

  • Since the beginning of the year, 2,665 people have been placed on the psychiatric register in Tashkent for the first time: 1,203 adults, 143 adolescents and 1,321 children
  • 7,460 people are on the narcological register, compared with 6,867 as of 1 October 2025, including 608 women
  • Primary incidence of drug addiction rose from 17.5 to 21.1 per 100,000 population, while alcoholism fell from 8.2 to 5.1

Data from the capital's healthcare report

Head of the Main Department of Healthcare of Tashkent B. Isabekov presented a report on the results of Q3 2026, according to which 2,665 people were placed on the register in connection with mental disorders for the first time since the beginning of the year. Among them are 1,203 adults, 143 adolescents and 1,321 children. In total, 23,377 people are on dispensary registration with mental disorders, of whom 6,188 received inpatient treatment.

Growth of the narcological register

The number of people on the narcological register in the capital reached 7,460, including 608 women. For comparison: as of 1 October 2025 there were 6,867, meaning the figure grew by 593 people over the year. Of the total, 3,885 people have alcohol dependence, 3,215 drug dependence, and another 360 substance abuse (toxicomania).

Dynamics of incidence

The primary incidence of drug addiction rose from 17.5 to 21.1 cases per 100,000 population, and substance abuse from 1.4 to 2.1. At the same time, primary incidence of alcoholism decreased from 8.2 to 5.1. Thus, the growth in the total number of people on the narcological register is accompanied by divergent dynamics across individual dependencies: alcohol dependence remains the most widespread in absolute numbers, but it is drug and substance dependence that are growing in terms of primary incidence.

Treatment and register movement

Over nine months, 728 patients received inpatient treatment, and another 109 outpatient treatment. 987 people were placed on dispensary registration, and 594 were removed from the register.