A National Statistics publication for Scotland
Statistics of drug-related deaths in 2007 and earlier years, broken down by cause of death, selected drugs involved, age and sex. Includes three tables of figures for Health Board areas, and three for Council areas
Published on 7 August 2008
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Contents
1. Introduction
2. Data sources
3 Drug-related deaths: trends, causes of death, drugs involved, sex and age
3.1 Overall numbers
3.2 Underlying causes of death
3.3 Selected drugs involved
3.4 Sex and age
4 Drug-related deaths in Health Board areas: trends, causes, and drugs involved
5 Drug-related deaths in Council areas: trends, causes and drugs involved
Annex A The definition of drug-related deaths used for these statistics (the GROS implementation of the "baseline" definition for the UK Drugs Strategy)
Annex B Some other definitions of drug-related deaths
Annex C References
Annex D The questionnaire used to obtain further information about some of the drug-related deaths which occurred in 2007
Notes on Statistical Publications
List of tables and figures
Table 1 Drug-related deaths in Scotland, 1996 - 2007
Figure 1 Drug-related deaths in Scotland, 3- and 5-year moving averages, and likely range of values around 5-year moving average
Table 2 Drug-related deaths by cause of death, Scotland, 1996 - 2007
Table 3 Drug-related deaths by selected drugs involved, Scotland, 1996 - 2007
Table 4 Drug-related deaths by sex and age, Scotland, 1996 - 2007
Table 5 Drug-related deaths by sex, age and cause of death, Scotland, 2007
Table HB1 Drug-related deaths by NHS Board area, 1996 - 2007
Table HB2 Drug-related deaths by cause of death and NHS Board area, 2007
Table HB3 Drug-related deaths by selected drugs involved and NHS Board area, 2007
Table C1 Drug-related deaths by Council area, 1996 - 2007
Table C2 Drug-related deaths by cause of death and Council area, 2007
Table C3 Drug-related deaths by selected drugs involved and Council area, 2007
Table X Drug-related deaths in Scotland - different definitions, 1996 - 2007
Figure 2 Drug-related deaths in Scotland - different definitions