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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 (iii) 1990 or closest year with available information

Country		Year	No. of DRD	% Male	% Female	Mean age	% aged under 15 (1)	% aged under 25 (2)	% aged 35+ (3)	% aged 65+	% known toxicology	% opiate	% without opiates
Belgium		1990	50	76	24	34.4	0	30	24	14	56.0	93.0	7.0
Bulgaria		1990	24	83	17	43.2	0	4.7	79.2	12.5
Czech Republic	(4)	2001	84	83.3	16.7	29.9	0	46.4	23.8	1.2	100.0	63.1	36.9
Denmark		1996	268	83	17		0	9	50	0
Germany		1990	1491	82	18		0	27	41
Estonia		1997	4	75	25	28.3	0	25	25	0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Ireland		1990	7	86	14	21.6	0	71.4	0	0	100.0	100.0	0.0
Greece		1990	66	89.4	10.6			3	45.5		100.0	100.0	0.0
Spain		1990	444	85	15	27.5	0	27.7	9	0	65.1	62.2	37.8
France		1998	143	87	13		0	17	22	0	100.0	76.0	24.0
Italy		1990	1161	90	10	27.2	0	28.7	12	0	34.6	96.8	3.2
Cyprus		2004	14	92.9	7.1	28.6	0.0	28.6	14.3	0.0	93.0	85.7	14.3
Latvia		1996	1	100	0	32.0	0	0	0	0	100.0	100.0	0.0
Lithuania		1995	9	78	22	34.7	0	0	55.5	0
Luxembourg		1992	17	82	18	28.2	0	35.3	11.7	0	82.0	79.0	21.0
Hungary		1996	52	63	37		0	30	59.6			98.0	2.0
Malta		1991	3	100	0	24.0	0	66.7	0	0	100.0	100.0	0.0
The Netherlands		1996	108	77	23	31.8	0	5.5	43.5	3.7		86.2	13.8
Austria		1990	43	86	14	27.9	0	34.9	14	0	95.0	93.0	7.0
Poland		1997	253	65.2	34.8		1.2	20.9	51.4	11.1
Portugal		1998	337	88	12	31.1	0	11.3	49		100.0	95.5	4.5
Romania		2002	3	100	0	22.0	0	100	0	0	100.0	100.0	0.0
Slovenia		1990	1	100	0	57.9	0	0	100	0		0.0	100.0
Slovakia		2004	23	82.6	17.4	26.5	0.0	47.8	4.3	4.3	100.0	56.5	43.5
Finland		1990	41	85	15		2	17	61	0	100.0	90.0	10.0
Sweden		1990	62	89	11	34.0	0	12.9	43.5	0
United Kingdom (ONS)	(6)	1990	2356	56	44	44.4	1	16.7	61.7	19.6
United Kingdom (DSD)	(6)	1994	1253	75	25	35.8	0.4	26.9	40	8.4
Norway		1990	70	74	26		0	16	17	0

Notes:

The information refers to 1990 or the closest year for which information on the deceased's characteristics was available.

Toxicology is computed as valid percentages, over the cases with known toxicology. The computation basis for toxicology should be obtained by (No. of DRD) x (% known toxicology).

(1) For Germany, the data refer to age under 14.

(2) For Greece, the data refer to age up to 20.

(3) For Germany, the data refer to age 30+. For Greece the data refer to 31+.

(4) 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).

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

(6) United Kingdom: (ONS) based on standard definition of Office for National Statistics; (DSD) based on definition developed for the Drug Strategy. See Drug-related deaths – methods and definitions .

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 .