Table 1: Drug-related deaths in Scotland, 1996 – 2015
YearDrug-related deaths
registered in year
Annual moving averagesLikely range of values around 5-year average1Drug-related deaths: consistent series2"Extra" deaths counted in consistent series3
3-year average5-year averageLikely lowerLikely upperNumberPercent4
Footnote:
  1. More information can be found in paragraph 3.1.2 of the commentary.
  2. Broadly speaking, counting deaths on the basis of the classification of the drugs at the end of the latest year which is covered by the publication (rather than on the standard definition basis of the classification at the time of the death). Refer to Annex F for the full definition. The year 2000 is the first for which a 'consistent series' figure is available, because that is the first year in National Records of Scotland's (NRS's) current drug-related deaths database.
  3. For example, deaths which are counted in the consistent series but are not counted in the standard definition.
  4. Percentage of the total number of drug-related deaths on the basis of the standard definition.
1996244
1997224239
1998249255260228292
1999291277278245310
200029230530927534429310.30%
200133233532328835833972.10%
200238234433630037238861.60%
2003317352345308381330134.10%
200435633636232540036592.50%
2005336371377339415346103.00%
200642140442838846943092.10%
2007455483466424509474194.20%
2008574525496452540590162.80%
2009545535529484574570254.60%
2010485538554508600512275.60%
2011584550544499590606223.80%
2012581564558512604604234.00%
2013527574602554650557305.70%
201461361561850.80%
201570670600.00%