Table X: Drug-related deaths in Scotland - different definitions1, 1979 to 2015
Year
Number of drug-related deaths, on the basis of:
Population
Drug-deaths per million population
this paper (based on UK Drug Strategy 'baseline' definition)
Office for National Statistics 'wide' definition
European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction 'general mortality register' definition2
this paper (based on UK Drug Strategy 'baseline' definition)
Office for National Statistics 'wide' definition
European
Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction 'general mortality register' definition2
Footnotes:
Refer to Annex B for information about the other definitions.
The figures for some of the years from 2000 to 2014 have been revised slightly from those that were published in 'Drug-related Deaths in Scotland in 2014'.