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Drug-related deaths in Scotland in 2011

Statistics of drug-related deaths in 2011 and earlier years, broken down by age, sex, selected drugs reported, underlying cause of death and NHS Board and Council areas

Published on 17 August 2012

A National Statistics publication for Scotland

Contents

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 rates by age-group

5. Council areas (trends, causes, drugs reported and death rates by age-group) and areas with smaller populations

Annexes

Annex A -The definition of drug-related deaths used for these statistics (the National Records of Scotland (NRS) implementation of the 'baseline' definition for
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

Table 1: Drug-related deaths in Scotland, 1996 - 2011
Table 2: Drug-related deaths by underlying cause of death, Scotland, 1996 - 2011
Table 3: Drug-related deaths by selected drugs reported, Scotland, 1996 - 2011
Table 4: Drug-related deaths by sex and age, Scotland, 1996 - 2011
Table 5: Drug-related deaths by sex, age and underlying cause of death, Scotland, 2011
Table 6: Drug-related deaths by sex, age and selected drugs reported, Scotland, 2011
Table 7: Drug-related deaths involving only one drug by sex, age and selected drugs reported, Scotland, 2011
Table 8 Drug-related deaths per 1,000 population, Scotland, 2000 to 2011
Table HB1: Drug-related deaths by NHS Board area, 2001 - 2011 (with averages for 1997-2001 and 2007-2011)
Table HB2: Drug-related deaths by underlying cause of death and NHS Board area, 2011
Table HB3: Drug-related deaths by selected drugs reported and NHS Board area, 2011
Table HB4: Drug-related deaths per 1,000 population, NHS Board areas, annual averages for 2007 to 2011
Table C1: Drug-related deaths by Council area, 2001 - 2011 (with averages for 1997-2001 and 2007-2011)
Table C2: Drug-related deaths by underlying cause of death and Council area, 2011
Table C3: Drug-related deaths by selected drugs reported and Council area, 2011
Table C4: Drug-related deaths per 1,000 population, Council areas, annual averages for 2007 to 2011
Table X: Drug-related deaths in Scotland - different definitions, 1996 - 2011
Table Y: Drug-related deaths, on the basis of the Office for National Statistics (ONS) 'wide' definition, by selected drugs reported, 2001 - 2011
Table Z: Drug-related deaths, on the basis of the Office for National Statistics (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, 2001 - 2011

List of Figures

Figure 1: Drug-related deaths in Scotland, 3- and 5-year moving averages, and likely range of values around 5-year moving average
Figure 2: Drug-related deaths in Scotland - different definitions

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