Table 6: Drug-related deaths by sex, age and selected drugs reported1, Scotland, 2015
All drug-related deathsHeroin/morphine2MethadoneHeroin / morphine, methadone or buprenorphineCodeine or a codeine-containing compoundDihydro-codeine or a d.h.c-containing compoundAny opiate or opioidBenzodiazepines
of which:
CocaineEcstasyAmphetaminesAlcohol
Any benzodiazepineDiazepam
Footnotes:
  1. More than one drug may be reported per death. These are mentions of each drug, and should not be added to give total deaths.
    Part (i) counts only drugs which, the pathologist believed, were implicated in, or potentially contributed to, the cause of death.
    Part (ii) counts all the drugs which the pathologist found to be present in the body, including those which the pathologist did not consider to have had any direct contribution to the death.
  2. More information can be found in paragraph 3.3.1 of the commentary.
(i) Drugs which were implicated in or which potentially contributed to the cause of death
All deaths7063452514933194606191128931517107
Males48426615735218564141178082151284
Females222799414113381927448110523
Under 2530123171421728717
25-34163101591271131375641355434
35-44249128971879342177853302835
45-54183747712313251613827171414
55 and over813015397187012530017
Males
Under 252492121215628717
25-341188138950101003826325328
35-44170101611324191484834242527
45-5412254498510141072116161310
55 and over5021728311444220012
Females
Under 256315026100000
25-3445202132133718153016
35-44792736555156930196038
45-54612028383115417111014
55 and over3198114726831005
(ii) All drugs which were found to be present in the body
All deaths706356272509631266295014341051525258
Males4842741723593575423336290881517189
Females222821001502851206165144170869
Under 253013417342116118718
25-3416310163130720140120108385971
35-442491341091952544225193166392990
45-5418376801261737170131116171655
55 and over81321641112173413330034
Males
Under 25241031222151398718
25-341188140963151008777345759
35-44170105711361325153130110282561
45-5412256518712211108678161439
55 and over502272851245201620022
Females
Under 256315126320000
25-34452023344540333140212
35-44792938591219726356110429
45-546120293951660453810216
55 and over31109136928211710012