Table Y: Drug-related deaths, on the basis of the Office for National Statistics (ONS) 'wide' definition, by selected drugs reported, 2006 to 2016

Table Y: Drug-related deaths, on the basis of the Office for National Statistics (ONS) 'wide' definition, by selected drugs reported, 2006 to 2016
Drugs^{1, 2}	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
Footnotes More than one drug may be reported per death. These are mentions of each drug, so do not add up to the overall total. Up to 2007, some pathologists reported only those drugs which they thought caused, or contributed to, the death. With effect from 2008, pathologists report separately: drugs which were implicated in, or which potentially contributed to, the cause of death; and other drugs which were present but which were not considered to have had any direct contribution to the death. The figures for 2008 onwards are on the first basis - i.e. basis (a) - which has been the standard basis for figures for individual drugs with effect from the "... in 2009" edition. There may be other differences between years and/or areas in the way in which the information was produced - more information can be found in Section 2 of the commentary. The figures for some of the 'controlled' drugs may differ slightly from those given in earlier tables for two reasons. First, they were produced from what was the then General Register Office for Scotland's new database, rather than the old database (more information can be found in paragraph A4). Second, a small proportion of the deaths which involved controlled drugs were excluded from the figures which appear in the earlier tables, for reasons such as those given in paragraph A3. For example; amitriptyline, citalopram, dothiepin, fluoexetine, prothaiaden. For example; chlorpromazine, clozapine, olanzapine. For example; diazepam and temazepam. For example; co-codamol. For example; co-dydramol. More information can be found in paragraph 3.3.1 of the commentary. This is one or more of heroin/diamorphine, morphine, methadone and buprenorphine. Any opiate or opioid, including (e.g.) co-codamol, codeine, dihydrocodeine, heroin, methadone, morphine, oxycodone and tramadol. For example; co-codamol or co-proxamol, or mention of dextropropoxyphene or propoxyphene (even if there is no mention of paracetamol or a compound analgesic). © Crown Copyright 2017
All drug-related deaths (on the 'wide' definition)	577	630	737	716	692	749	734	685	743	813	997
Alprazolam	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	24
Amitriptyline	29	24	41	32	41	37	44	60	41	47	54
Amphetamines	11	12	12	7	3	24	18	27	22	17	26
Anti-depressants³	93	84	101	97	123	116	121	120	103	132	130
Anti-psychotics⁴	21	26	25	19	21	32	35	29	23	30	29
Benzodiazepines⁵	94	109	150	158	124	187	198	149	125	192	431
Buprenorphine	0	2	0	2	4	10	8	11	29	25	40
Cannabis	3	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	5
Citalopram	25	22	19	20	26	22	18	13	11	18	11
Cocaine	33	47	41	33	34	36	31	45	45	94	123
Codeine or a compound thereof⁶	38	30	40	46	20	48	41	46	45	40	45
Delorazepam	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	21
Dihydrocodeine or a compound thereof⁷	45	55	74	65	65	87	86	81	72	95	115
Diazepam	78	79	116	120	94	124	161	106	85	122	154
Diclazepam	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	9	75
Ecstasy-type	12	12	5	2	0	9	9	17	14	15	29
Etizolam	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	37	43	225
Fluoxetine	8	11	6	7	16	11	13	9	10	11	16
Gabapentin	0	0	3	2	4	10	24	51	67	102	154
Heroin/diamorphine or Morphine⁸	260	291	327	326	256	207	222	221	312	349	477
Heroin / morphine, Methadone or Buprenorphine⁹	328	372	449	440	400	431	403	383	454	497	656
Methadone	96	115	171	177	177	275	241	216	216	252	366
Mirtazepine	5	8	12	14	9	18	24	26	20	39	35
Olanzapine	5	10	8	6	7	9	14	8	5	11	11
Opiate or opioid¹⁰	403	451	550	540	480	558	531	499	553	619	776
Oxycodone	0	1	8	6	3	12	11	9	7	12	17
Paracetamol or a compound¹¹	53	56	55	43	48	45	37	38	43	36	41
Phenazepam	0	0	0	0	0	14	20	34	6	8	8
Pregabalin	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	12	26	42	71
Propranolol	4	8	4	9	5	11	15	18	17	13	15
Sertraline	5	2	4	2	6	3	6	7	11	13	16
Temazepam	9	4	7	9	3	8	6	4	4	8	8
Tramadol	17	26	32	40	40	34	48	64	38	53	64
Zopiclone	1	4	5	9	12	14	16	16	9	20	22
Alcohol	151	181	196	187	151	148	136	129	116	123	135