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National Statistics: Drug-related deaths in Scotland in 2011

Table 8 Drug-related deaths per 1,000 population, Scotland, 2000 to 2011

Age-group
15 - 24 1 25 - 34 35 - 44 45 - 54 55 - 642 Ages 15 - 64 All ages3
2000 0.12 0.18 0.09 0.02 0.01 0.09 0.06
2001 0.12 0.20 0.09 0.04 0.01 0.10 0.07
2002 0.16 0.23 0.12 0.04 0.01 0.11 0.08
2003 0.12 0.19 0.10 0.03 0.02 0.09 0.06
2004 0.12 0.22 0.12 0.05 0.00 0.10 0.07
2005 0.07 0.17 0.16 0.05 0.02 0.10 0.07
2006 0.10 0.25 0.16 0.08 0.02 0.12 0.08
2007 0.14 0.24 0.19 0.06 0.02 0.13 0.09
2008 0.13 0.33 0.23 0.10 0.03 0.16 0.11
2009 0.10 0.28 0.25 0.10 0.03 0.15 0.10
2010 0.09 0.24 0.22 0.10 0.03 0.14 0.09
2011 0.08 0.27 0.30 0.12 0.04 0.16 0.11
average of rates for latest
five years (2007 to 2011)
0.11 0.27 0.24 0.10 0.03 0.15 0.10

 

Footnotes
1) Other tables which provide figures by age-group give the number of drug-related deaths of people who were aged under 25. However, this column's figures are for ages 15-24, inclusive, as there are very few drug-related deaths of people aged 0-14.

2) Other tables which provide figures by age-group give the number of drug-related deaths of people who were aged 55 and over. However, this column's figures are for ages 55-64, inclusive, as there are few drug-related deaths of people aged 65 and over.

3) Including ages 0-14 and 65+.

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