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Table DRD-1. Summary of characteristics of the deceased in drug-related deaths according to national definitions [see all tables in this series...]

Part (i) 2005 or last year with available information (demographic characteristics)

Country		Year	Type of definition	No. of DRD	% Male	% Female	Mean Age	% aged under 15	% aged under 25	% aged 35+	% aged 65+
Belgium		1997	Selection B	123	79.0	21.0	34.2	1.0	28.0	34.0	8.0
Bulgaria		2005		40	80.0	20.0	28.1	0.0	52.5	15.0	5.0
Czech Republic	(1)	2005	Selection D	62	90.3	9.7	30.0	1.6	33.9	27.4	1.6
Denmark		2005		275	85.1	14.9	38.3	0.0	9.1	61.8	1.1
Germany		2005		1326	84.1	15.2	35.0	0.0	11.8	50.5	0.2
Estonia		2005	Selection B	57	91.2	8.8	26.0	0.0	45.6	8.8	0.0
Ireland		2003	Selection B	96	70.8	29.2	35.7	0.0	20.8	41.7	5.2
Greece	(2)	2005	Selection D	284	91.5	8.5			4.9	40.1
Spain	(3)	2004	Aproxi Selection D	212	81.6	18.4	37.4	0.0	3.8	61.8	0.0
France		2005	Aproxi Selection D	57	73.7	26.3
Italy		2005	Selection D	603	92.0	8.0	34.8	0.0	9.1	53.1	0.0
Cyprus		2005	Selection D	9	88.9	11.1	29.1	0.0	33.3	22.2	0.0
Latvia		2005	Selection B	14	78.6	21.4	27.5	0.0	35.7	21.4	0.0
Lithuania		2005	Aproxi Selection B	31	93.5	6.5	32.2	0.0	29.0	32.3	0.0
Luxembourg		2005		8	100.0	0.0	31.5	0.0	37.5	37.5	0.0
Hungary		2005	Selection D	28	82.1	17.9	31.0	0.0	17.9	28.6	0.0
Malta		2005	Selection B	8	87.5	12.5	29.1	0.0	12.5	25.0	0.0
Netherlands		2005	Selection B	122	73.0	27.0	38.9	0.0	14.0	61.5	1.6
Austria		2005	Selection D	191	77.5	22.5	28.9	0.5	39.8	28.3	0.0
Poland		2004		231	62.0	38.0	42.4	0.9	21.2	58.0	16.5
Portugal	(4)	2005		219	90.4	9.6	35.5	1.4	5.5	37.4	11.0
Romania	(5)	2005	Selection B	6	83.3	16.7	23.0	0.0	83.3	0.0	0.0
Slovenia		2004	Aproxi Selection D	40	77.5	22.5	33.5	0.0	30.0	40.0	2.5
Slovakia		2005	Selection D	17	58.9	41.1	29.6	0.0	47.1	17.6	0.0
Finland		2005	Selection B	126	75.4	24.6	42.0	0.8	17.5	57.1	11.1
Sweden		2003	Aproxi Selection B	152	78.9	21.1	37.7	0.0	12.5	55.9	2.0
United Kingdom (ONS)	(6)	2004		3161	67.3	32.7	41.6	0.3	11.8	62.1	10.4
United Kingdom (DSD)		2004	Aproxi Selection B	1786	78.4	21.6	36.6	0.1	14.7	49.6	4.2
Norway		2004	Aproxi Selection B	220	74.1	25.9	37.1	0.0	11.8	60.0	0.9

Notes:

The information refers to the last year for which information on the deceased's characteristics was available.

Number of deaths per country per year are presented in Table DRD-2 part (i).

Type of definition refers to the EMCDDA standard definition; if the National definition matches with the agreed case definition established in the EMCDDA DRD Protocol: Selection B for General Mortality Registries and Selection D for Special Registries. In some countries equivalence is not total but it is, in practice, relatively similar (see Drug-related deaths – methods and definitions ).

Figures for EMCDDA Standard definitions (Selection B and Selection D) for all countries with available information, see Table DRD-3 and Table DRD-4, and Drug-related deaths – methods and definitions .

(1) For the Czech Republic, EMCDDA Selection D was used instead of the national definition. National definition includes also poisoning by psychoactive medicines, which accounts for most cases (156 cases out of 218).

(2) For Greece, data refer to up to 20 and 31+.

(3) For Spain, the data is based on 5 cities (Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Sevilla and Bilbao).

(4) For Portugal, data refer to age under 19 and 45+.

(5) Data refer only to Bucharest.

(6) United Kingdom: (ONS) based on standard definition of Office for National Statistics; (DSD) based on definition developed for the Drug Strategy.

See also 'General notes for interpreting data' on the Explanatory notes and help page.

Sources:

Reitox national reports 2006, taken from national mortality registries or special registries (forensic or police). Based on 'National definitions' as presented in Drug-related deaths – methods and definitions .