Year | Number of drug-related deaths, on the basis of: | Population | Drug-deaths per million population | ||||
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this paper (based on UK Drug Strategy 'baseline' definition) | Office for National Statistics 'wide' definition | European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction 'general mortality register' definition2 | this paper (based on UK Drug Strategy 'baseline' definition) | Office for National Statistics 'wide' definition | European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction 'general mortality register' definition2 | ||
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1979 | 339 | 5,203,600 | 65.1 | ||||
1980 | 306 | 5,193,900 | 58.9 | ||||
1981 | 307 | 5,180,200 | 59.3 | ||||
1982 | 265 | 5,164,540 | 51.3 | ||||
1983 | 212 | 5,148,120 | 41.2 | ||||
1984 | 201 | 5,138,880 | 39.1 | ||||
1985 | 242 | 5,127,890 | 47.2 | ||||
1986 | 223 | 5,111,760 | 43.6 | ||||
1987 | 250 | 5,099,020 | 49.0 | ||||
1988 | 238 | 5,077,440 | 46.9 | ||||
1989 | 264 | 5,078,190 | 52.0 | ||||
1990 | 275 | 5,081,270 | 54.1 | ||||
1991 | 275 | 5,083,330 | 54.1 | ||||
1992 | 311 | 5,085,620 | 61.2 | ||||
1993 | 372 | 5,092,460 | 73.0 | ||||
1994 | 422 | 5,102,210 | 82.7 | ||||
1995 | 426 | 5,103,690 | 83.5 | ||||
1996 | 244 | 460 | 208 | 5,092,190 | 47.9 | 90.3 | 40.8 |
1997 | 224 | 447 | 188 | 5,083,340 | 44.1 | 87.9 | 37.0 |
1998 | 249 | 449 | 230 | 5,077,070 | 49.0 | 88.4 | 45.3 |
1999 | 291 | 492 | 272 | 5,071,950 | 57.4 | 97.0 | 53.6 |
2000 | 292 | 495 | 320 | 5,062,940 | 57.7 | 97.8 | 63.2 |
2001 | 332 | 551 | 378 | 5,064,200 | 65.6 | 108.8 | 74.6 |
2002 | 382 | 566 | 417 | 5,066,000 | 75.4 | 111.7 | 82.3 |
2003 | 317 | 493 | 331 | 5,068,500 | 62.5 | 97.3 | 65.3 |
2004 | 356 | 546 | 387 | 5,084,300 | 70.0 | 107.4 | 76.1 |
2005 | 336 | 480 | 352 | 5,110,200 | 65.8 | 93.9 | 68.9 |
2006 | 421 | 577 | 415 | 5,133,100 | 82.0 | 112.4 | 80.8 |
2007 | 455 | 630 | 450 | 5,170,000 | 88.0 | 121.9 | 87.0 |
2008 | 574 | 737 | 559 | 5,202,900 | 110.3 | 141.7 | 107.4 |
2009 | 545 | 716 | 534 | 5,231,900 | 104.2 | 136.9 | 102.1 |
2010 | 485 | 692 | 482 | 5,262,200 | 92.2 | 131.5 | 91.6 |
2011 | 584 | 749 | 558 | 5,299,900 | 110.2 | 141.3 | 105.3 |
2012 | 581 | 734 | 549 | 5,313,600 | 109.3 | 138.1 | 103.3 |
2013 | 527 | 685 | 516 | 5,327,700 | 98.9 | 128.6 | 96.9 |
2014 | 614 | 743 | 574 | 5,347,600 | 114.8 | 138.9 | 107.3 |
2015 | 706 | 813 | 637 | 5,373,000 | 131.4 | 151.3 | 118.6 |
2016 | 867 | 997 | 772 | 5,404,700 | 160.4 | 184.5 | 142.8 |