All drug-related deaths (on the 'wide' definition) | 546 | 480 | 577 | 630 | 737 | 716 | 692 | 749 | 734 | 685 | 743 |
of which: |
on the basis used for this report's statistics (i.e. the Drug Strategy 'baseline' definition, as implemented by National Records of Scotland (NRS)) | 356 | 336 | 421 | 455 | 574 | 545 | 485 | 584 | 581 | 527 | 613 |
Deaths within the Drug Strategy 'baseline' definition, but excluded from this report's statistics because:1 |
(a) cause of death was a secondary infection or a related complication2 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 23 | 22 | 33 | 16 | 14 | 22 | 22 |
(b) controlled substance was present only as part of a compound analgesic or a cold remedy | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
Other deaths counted as 'drug-related' by the 'wide' definition - but not on the basis used for this report3 | 184 | 131 | 141 | 157 | 130 | 146 | 169 | 145 | 138 | 132 | 103 |
Deaths from some causes which may be associated with present or past drug misuse4 |
Underlying cause of death, with its ICD105 code(s): |
Hepatitis C(B18.2) | 5 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 18 | 21 | 19 | 25 | 22 | 23 | 18 |
HIV(B20-24) | 16 | 31 | 19 | 21 | 18 | 17 | 21 | 16 | 18 | 14 | 14 |
Total all deaths from the specified causes | 21 | 41 | 33 | 33 | 36 | 38 | 40 | 41 | 40 | 37 | 32 |
Volatile Substance Abuse deaths |
Deaths in Scotland - International Centre for Drugs Policy (ICDP) figures6 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 17 | .. | .. | .. | .. |