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Notes:
The figure represents data from countries that reported mean age of victims in most recent years.
Information based on ‘national definitions’ as presented in Table DRD-6.
The countries are ordered according to overall average age at death. Note that the mean ages of male deaths are based on less than 20 deaths for Cyprus, Latvia, Luxembourg, Malta, Slovakia and Romania and of females for Cyprus, France, Latvia, Luxembourg, Lithuania, Malta, Hungary, Slovenia, Slovakia, Bulgaria and Romania.
In Romania there were no female deaths recorded.
See also 'General notes for interpreting data' on the Explanatory notes and help page.
Sources:
Reitox national reports (2005), taken from national mortality registries or special registries (forensic or police).