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Drug-related deaths in Scotland in 2009

Statistics of drug-related deaths in 2009 and earlier years, broken down by cause of death, selected drugs reported, age and sex. Includes three tables of figures for Health Board areas, and three for Council areas

Published on 17 August 2010

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 Health Board areas: trends, causes, drugs reported, and death rates 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 GROS 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

Table 1 Drug-related deaths in Scotland, 1996 - 2009
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 - 2009
Table 3 Drug-related deaths by selected drugs reported, Scotland, 1996 - 2009
Table 4 Drug-related deaths by sex and age, Scotland, 1996 - 2009
Table 5 Drug-related deaths by sex, age and cause of death, Scotland, 2009
Table 6 Drug-related deaths by sex, age and selected drugs reported, Scotland, 2009
Table 7 Drug-related deaths involving only one drug by sex, age and selected drugs reported, Scotland, 2009
Table 8 Drug-related deaths per 1,000 population, Scotland, 2000 to 2009, and NHS Boards, annual averages for 2005 to 2009
Table HB1 Drug-related deaths by NHS Board area, 1999 - 2009 (with averages for 1996-2000 and 2005-2009)
Table HB2 Drug-related deaths by cause of death and NHS Board area, 2009
Table HB3 Drug-related deaths by selected drugs reported and NHS Board area, 2009
Table C1 Drug-related deaths by Council area, 1999 - 2009 (with averages for 1996-2000 and 2005-2009)
Table C2 Drug-related deaths by cause of death and Council area, 2009
Table C3 Drug-related deaths by selected drugs reported and Council area, 2009
Table X Drug-related deaths in Scotland - different definitions, 1996 - 2009
Figure 2 Drug-related deaths in Scotland - different definitions
Table Y Drug-related deaths, on the basis of the ONS "wide" definition, by selected drugs reported, 2000 - 2009
Table Z Drug-related deaths, on the basis of the ONS "wide" definition, by how they relate to the Drug Strategy "baseline" definition, and deaths from some causes which may be associated with present or past drug misuse, 2000 - 2009

 

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