Drug-related deaths
Printer-friendly versionThe following tables summarise by country and definition the number of drug-related deaths (DRD) recorded in the UK:
Number of deaths in the UK, using the EMCDDA definition of DRD, by country from 1996 to 20031
|
Country |
1996 |
1997 |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
|
Northern Ireland |
9 | 15 | 17 | 22 | 21 | 9 | 12 | 4 |
|
Scotland |
208 | 188 | 230 | 272 | 318 | 376 | 417 | 343 |
|
England and Wales |
1,153 | 1,225 | 1,393 | 1,486 | 1,606 | 1,443 | 1,385 | 1,069 |
|
Total |
1,370 | 1,428 | 1,640 | 1,780 | 1,945 | 1,828 | 1,814 | 1,416 |
Number of drug-related deaths in the UK from 1996 to 2003, according to definition
|
Definition |
1996 |
1997 |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
|
ONS "Standard" |
3,221 | 3,344 | 3,411 | 3,485 | 3,517 | 3,473 | 3,297 | 2,964 |
|
EMCDDA DRD |
1,370 | 1,428 | 1,640 | 1,780 | 1,945 | 1,827 | 1,815 | 1,416 |
|
UK drug strategy |
1,531 | 1,566 | 1,748 | 1,912 | 2,011 | 1,983 | 1,972 | 1,718 |
| Source: UK Focal Point | ||||||||
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References
- United Kingdom Drug Situation 2005: The UK report to the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA). London: UK Focal Point on Drugs, 2005.