Cause of death | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
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Footnotes
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All drug-related deaths (on the 'wide' definition) of which: | 577 | 630 | 737 | 716 | 692 | 749 | 734 | 685 | 743 | 813 | 997 |
on the basis used for this report's statistics (i.e. the Drug Strategy 'baseline' definition, as implemented by National Records of Scotland (NRS)) | 421 | 455 | 574 | 545 | 485 | 584 | 581 | 527 | 614 | 706 | 867 |
deaths within the Drug Strategy 'baseline' definition, but excluded from this report's statistics because1: | |||||||||||
(a) cause of death was a secondary infection or a related complication2 | 13 | 10 | 23 | 22 | 33 | 16 | 14 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 27 |
(b) controlled substance was present only as part of a compound analgesic or a cold remedy | 2 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 |
other deaths counted as 'drug-related' by the 'wide' definition - but not on the basis used for this report3 | 141 | 157 | 130 | 146 | 169 | 145 | 138 | 132 | 102 | 80 | 100 |
Deaths from some causes which may be associated with present or past drug misuse4 | |||||||||||
Underlying cause of death, with its ICD105 code(s): | |||||||||||
Hepatitis C (B18.2) | 14 | 12 | 18 | 21 | 19 | 25 | 22 | 23 | 18 | 45 | 25 |
HIV (B20-24) | 19 | 21 | 18 | 17 | 21 | 16 | 18 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 24 |
Total all deaths from the specified causes | 33 | 33 | 36 | 38 | 40 | 41 | 40 | 37 | 32 | 57 | 49 |
Volatile Substance Abuse deaths | |||||||||||
Deaths in Scotland - International Centre for Drugs Policy (ICDP) figures6 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 17 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |