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Drug-related deaths in Scotland in 2009

Table 4 Drug-related deaths by sex and age, Scotland, 1996 - 2009

Year

Drug-
related
deaths

Sex

Age-group #

Age

Male

Fem-
ale

under
25

25 -
34

35 -
44

45 -
54

55 &
over

Lower
quartile

Median

Upper
quartile

1996-2000 average

260

207

53

83

108

46

12

10

..

..

..

1996

244

185

59

86

103

32

13

10

22

28

34

1997

224

179

45

76

89

31

14

14

23

29

35

1998

249

194

55

88

103

37

9

12

23

27

34

1999

291

237

54

94

118

62

10

7

23

28

35

2000

292

239

53

73

126

69

16

8

25

30

36

2001

332

267

65

80

140

70

31

12

25

31

38

2002

382

321

61

100

153

92

27

10

24

30

37

2003

317

256

61

78

123

81

20

17

25

31

37

2004

356

289

67

81

138

92

35

10

25

31

38

2005

336

259

77

48

104

126

37

21

28

36

41

2006

421

334

87

69

154

127

54

16

27

34

40

2007

455

393

62

94

149

149

45

18

26

34

41

2008

574

461

113

92

211

174

71

26

27

34

41

2009

545

413

132

71

178

189

78

29

28

35

43

2005-2009 average

466

372

94

75

159

153

57

22

..

..

..

#. For 2001, 2003 and 2006, there are differences of one or two between the overall total for the year and the sum of the figures for the individual age-groups. This is due to the use of a new database - see Annex A, paragraph A4.

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