We analyzed the users of the Bordeaux Regional Centre - defined as any
person calling the Centre for an inquiry - between 1986 and 1991. Dur
ing this 6-year period, 3,046 different users called our Centre. Among
them, 2,578 (85 %) called the Centre for the first time during this p
eriod and among them, more than 700 became regular users. The Bordeaux
Centre works in regular cooperation with approximetaly 1,200 health p
rofessionnals. This corresponds to the surveillance of 500,000 inhabit
ants.