Table C2: Drug-related deaths by underlying cause of death1 and council area, 2016
Council area2All causes of deathUnderlying cause of death (ICD10 codes)
Drug abuse
(F11-F16, F19)
Accidental poisoning
(X40-X44)
Intentional self-poisoning
(X60-X64)
Assault by drugs, etc.
(X85)
Undetermined intent
(Y10-Y14)

Footnotes

  1. The coding rules were changed with effect from the start of 2011, as explained in paragraph 2.6 of the commentary. Briefly, 'drug abuse' deaths from 'acute intoxication' were previously counted under 'mental and behavioural disorders due to psychoactive substance use' (unless they were known to be due to intentional self-harm or assault). They are now counted under the appropriate 'poisoning' category. For example, if the cause of death of a known drug abuser was given as 'adverse effects of heroin' (and it was not intentional self-harm or assault), the underlying cause of death would be coded as follows:
    • (a) up to 2010 - as 'F11 - mental and behavioural disorders due to use of opioids'.
    • (b) from 2011 - the appropriate 'poisoning' category, such as 'X42 - accidental poisoning by and exposure to narcotics and psychodysleptics (hallucinogens) not elsewhere classified'.

    National Records of Scotland has estimated what the figures for 2016 would have been, had the data been coded using the old rules.

  2. The alphabetical order of the councils has changed due to the adoption of the preferred forms of reference for the Edinburgh and Western Isles areas. Previous versions of this table used the forms 'Edinburgh, City of' and 'Eilean Siar'.

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(i) New coding rules
Scotland867 32 729 48 0 58
Aberdeen City46 2 40 2 0 2
Aberdeenshire12 1 11 0 0 0
Angus13 0 11 2 0 0
Argyll & Bute10 1 9 0 0 0
City of Edinburgh90 8 60 10 0 12
Clackmannanshire12 0 10 0 0 2
Dumfries & Galloway17 1 14 1 0 1
Dundee City38 2 34 1 0 1
East Ayrshire29 0 28 1 0 0
East Dunbartonshire7 0 7 0 0 0
East Lothian11 0 9 1 0 1
East Renfrewshire5 0 5 0 0 0
Falkirk29 0 18 6 0 5
Fife45 1 34 3 0 7
Glasgow City170 8 155 3 0 4
Highland19 0 9 2 0 8
Inverclyde20 2 18 0 0 0
Midlothian8 0 5 3 0 0
Moray10 0 5 3 0 2
Na h-Eileanan Siar1 0 0 0 0 1
North Ayrshire32 0 32 0 0 0
North Lanarkshire49 0 46 0 0 3
Orkney Islands1 0 0 1 0 0
Perth & Kinross11 1 8 2 0 0
Renfrewshire42 3 36 3 0 0
Scottish Borders10 0 8 1 0 1
Shetland Islands1 0 1 0 0 0
South Ayrshire24 1 22 0 0 1
South Lanarkshire64 1 61 1 0 1
Stirling9 0 7 1 0 1
West Dunbartonshire13 0 12 0 0 1
West Lothian19 0 14 1 0 4
(ii) Old coding rules
Scotland867 663 129 48 0 27
Aberdeen City46 39 3 2 0 2
Aberdeenshire12 9 3 0 0 0
Angus13 8 3 2 0 0
Argyll & Bute10 7 3 0 0 0
City of Edinburgh90 70 8 10 0 2
Clackmannanshire12 11 0 0 0 1
Dumfries & Galloway17 10 5 1 0 1
Dundee City38 31 5 1 0 1
East Ayrshire29 25 3 1 0 0
East Dunbartonshire7 4 3 0 0 0
East Lothian11 9 1 1 0 0
East Renfrewshire5 4 1 0 0 0
Falkirk29 20 2 6 0 1
Fife45 36 4 3 0 2
Glasgow City170 134 31 3 0 2
Highland19 7 3 2 0 7
Inverclyde20 18 2 0 0 0
Midlothian8 2 3 3 0 0
Moray10 6 0 3 0 1
Na h-Eileanan Siar1 1 0 0 0 0
North Ayrshire32 25 7 0 0 0
North Lanarkshire49 37 9 0 0 3
Orkney Islands1 0 0 1 0 0
Perth & Kinross11 5 4 2 0 0
Renfrewshire42 35 4 3 0 0
Scottish Borders10 8 1 1 0 0
Shetland Islands1 1 0 0 0 0
South Ayrshire24 23 1 0 0 0
South Lanarkshire64 50 12 1 0 1
Stirling9 5 2 1 0 1
West Dunbartonshire13 8 4 0 0 1
West Lothian19 15 2 1 0 1