Statistics of drug-related deaths in 2010 and earlier years, broken down by cause of death, selected drugs reported, age and sex. Includes three tables of figures for NHS Board areas, and three for Council areas
Published on 9 August 2011
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Main Points
1 Introduction
2 Data sources
3 Drug-related deaths: trends, causes of death, drugs reported, sex and age
3.1 Overall numbers
3.2 Underlying causes of death
3.3 Selected drugs reported
3.4 Sex and age
4 NHS Board areas: trends, causes, drugs reported, and death rate by age-group
5 Council areas (trends, causes and drugs reported) and areas with smaller populations
Annex A The definition of drug-related deaths used for these statistics (the NRS 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 drug-related deaths, with effect from 2008
List of Tables and Figures
Table 1 Drug-related deaths in Scotland, 1996 - 2010
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 - 2010
Table 3 Drug-related deaths by selected drugs reported1, Scotland, 1996 -2010
Table 4 Drug-related deaths by sex and age, Scotland, 1996 - 2010
Table 5 Drug-related deaths by sex, age and cause of death, Scotland, 2010
Table 6 Drug-related deaths by sex, age and selected drugs reported1, Scotland, 2010
Table 7 Drug-related deaths involving only one drug by sex, age and selected drugs reported1, Scotland, 2010
Table 8 Drug-related deaths per 1,000 population, Scotland, 2000 to 2010, and NHS Boards, annual averages for 2006 to 2010
Table HB1 Drug-related deaths by NHS Board area, 2000 - 2010 (with averages for 1996-2000 and 2006-2010)
Table HB2 Drug-related deaths by cause of death and NHS Board area, 2010
Table HB3 Drug-related deaths by selected drugs reported1 and NHS Board area, 2010
Table C1 Drug-related deaths by Council area, 2000 - 2010 (with averages for 1996 - 2000 and 2006 - 2010)
Table C2 Drug-related deaths by cause of death and Council area, 2010
Table C3 Drug-related deaths by selected drugs reported1 and Council area, 2010
Table X Drug-related deaths in Scotland - different definitions, 1996 - 2010
Figure 2 Drug-related deaths in Scotland - different definitions
Table Y Drug-related deaths, on the basis of the Office for National Statistics (ONS) 'wide' definition, by selected drugs reported, 2000 -2010
Table Z Drug-related deaths, on the basis of the ONS 'wide' definition, by how they relate to the Drug Strategy 'baseline' definition, deaths from some causes which may be associated with present or past drug misuse, and volatile substance abuse deaths, 2000 - 2010
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