A National Statistics publication for ScotlandStatistics of drug-related deaths in 2008 and earlier years, broken down by cause of death, selected drugs reported, age and sex. Includes three tables of figures for Health Board areas, and three for Council areas
A National Statistics publication for Scotland
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Main Points
1 Introduction
2 Data sources
3 Drug-related deaths: trends, causes of death, drugs reported, sex and age
3.1 Overall numbers
3.2 Underlying causes of death
3.3 Selected drugs reported
3.4 Sex and age
4 Health Board areas: trends, causes, and drugs reported
5 Council areas (trends, causes and drugs reported) and postal districts
Annex A The definition of drug-related deaths used for these statistics (the GROS implementation of the "baseline" definition for the UK Drugs Strategy)
Annex B Some other definitions of drug-related deaths
Annex C References
Annex D The questionnaire used to obtain further information about drug-related deaths, with effect from 2008
List of tables and figures
Table 1 Drug-related deaths in Scotland, 1996 - 2008
Figure 1 Drug-related deaths in Scotland, 3- and 5-year moving averages, and likely range of values around 5-year moving average
Table 2 Drug-related deaths by cause of death, Scotland, 1996 - 2008
Table 3 Drug-related deaths by selected drugs reported, Scotland, 1996 - 2008
Table 4 Drug-related deaths by sex and age, Scotland, 1996 - 2008
Table 5 Drug-related deaths by sex, age and cause of death, Scotland, 2008
Table HB1 Drug-related deaths by NHS Board area, 1998 - 2008 (with averages for 1996-2000 and 2004-2008)
Table HB2 Drug-related deaths by cause of death and NHS Board area, 2008
Table HB3 Drug-related deaths by selected drugs reported and NHS Board area, 2008
Table C1 Drug-related deaths by Council area, 1998 - 2008 (with averages for 1996-2000 and 2004-2008)
Table C2 Drug-related deaths by cause of death and Council area, 2008
Table C3 Drug-related deaths by selected drugs reported and Council area, 2008
Table X Drug-related deaths in Scotland - different definitions, 1996 - 2008
Figure 2 Drug-related deaths in Scotland - different definitions
Table Y Drug-related deaths, on the basis of the Office for National Statistics (ONS) "wide" definition, by selected drugs reported, 2000 - 2008