Table C2: Drug-related deaths by underlying cause of death¹ and Council area, 2015

Council area	All causes of death	Underlying cause of death (ICD10 codes)
		Drug abuse (F11-F16, F19)	Accidental poisoning (X40-X44)	Intentional self-poisoning (X60-X64)	Assault by drugs, etc. (X85)	Undetermined intent (Y10-Y14)
Footnotes: The coding rules were changed with effect from the start of 2011, as explained in paragraph 2.6 of the commentary. Briefly, 'drug abuse' deaths from 'acute intoxication' were previously counted under 'mental and behavioural disorders due to psychoactive substance use' (unless they were known to be due to intentional self-harm or assault). They are now counted under the appropriate 'poisoning' category. For example, if the cause of death of a known drug abuser was given as 'adverse effects of heroin' (and it was not intentional self-harm or assault), the underlying cause of death would be coded as follows: (a) up to 2010 - as 'F11 - mental and behavioural disorders due to use of opioids' (b) from 2011 - the appropriate 'poisoning' category, such as 'X42 - accidental poisoning by and exposure to narcotics and psychodysleptics (hallucinogens) not elsewhere classified' National Records of Scotland has estimated w hat the figures for 2015 w ould have been, had the data been coded using the old rules.
(i) New coding rules
Scotland	706	49	553	54	0	50
Aberdeen City	45	1	34	3	0	7
Aberdeenshire	14	0	9	3	0	2
Angus	17	1	15	1	0	0
Argyll & Bute	11	0	7	1	0	3
Clackmannanshire	7	1	4	0	0	2
Dumfries & Galloway	11	2	8	0	0	1
Dundee City	36	3	29	3	0	1
East Ayrshire	14	0	14	0	0	0
East Dunbartonshire	9	1	8	0	0	0
East Lothian	10	1	7	0	0	2
East Renfrewshire	8	1	5	2	0	0
Edinburgh City of	69	5	55	5	0	4
Eilean Siar	1	0	0	1	0	0
Falkirk	14	2	10	1	0	1
Fife	44	2	31	5	0	6
Glasgow City	157	14	131	6	0	6
Highland	24	0	16	4	0	4
Inverclyde	16	3	12	1	0	0
Midlothian	6	1	4	1	0	0
Moray	10	0	8	1	0	1
North Ayrshire	15	0	13	2	0	0
North Lanarkshire	42	2	36	2	0	2
Orkney Islands	1	0	1	0	0	0
Perth & Kinross	10	0	9	1	0	0
Renfrewshire	19	3	15	0	0	1
Scottish Borders	13	1	5	4	0	3
Shetland Islands	1	0	1	0	0	0
South Ayrshire	14	0	13	0	0	1
South Lanarkshire	31	2	25	4	0	0
Stirling	10	0	6	2	0	2
West Dunbartonshire	12	3	9	0	0	0
West Lothian	15	0	13	1	0	1
(ii) Old coding rules
Scotland	706	495	123	54	0	34
Aberdeen City	45	38	2	3	0	2
Aberdeenshire	14	8	1	3	0	2
Angus	17	14	2	1	0	0
Argyll & Bute	11	3	4	1	0	3
Clackmannanshire	7	7	0	0	0	0
Dumfries & Galloway	11	9	1	0	0	1
Dundee City	36	25	7	3	0	1
East Ayrshire	14	12	2	0	0	0
East Dunbartonshire	9	7	2	0	0	0
East Lothian	10	9	0	0	0	1
East Renfrewshire	8	4	2	2	0	0
Edinburgh, City of	69	46	15	5	0	3
Eilean Siar	1	0	0	1	0	0
Falkirk	14	11	1	1	0	1
Fife	44	33	4	5	0	2
Glasgow City	157	111	35	6	0	5
Highland	24	15	1	4	0	4
Inverclyde	16	12	3	1	0	0
Midlothian	6	5	0	1	0	0
Moray	10	8	0	1	0	1
North Ayrshire	15	12	1	2	0	0
North Lanarkshire	42	21	17	2	0	2
Orkney Islands	1	1	0	0	0	0
Perth & Kinross	10	5	4	1	0	0
Renfrewshire	19	15	3	0	0	1
Scottish Borders	13	5	1	4	0	3
Shetland Islands	1	1	0	0	0	0
South Ayrshire	14	14	0	0	0	0
South Lanarkshire	31	18	9	4	0	0
Stirling	10	7	0	2	0	1
West Dunbartonshire	12	10	2	0	0	0
West Lothian	15	9	4	1	0	1