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Table DRD-2. Number of acute drug-related deaths recorded in EU Member States (25 members and candidates) according to national definitions [see all tables in this series...]

Part (v) Totals and indexes, 1990 to 2005

Totals and Indexes1990199119921993199419951996199719981999200020012002200320042005
Total number of deaths (all Member States)659978898138737577238186919785488697905696069066783074527557-
Total number of deaths (15 previous Member States and Norway)641976587919714975187975891681698225843989278384717567746788-
Total number of deaths (new Member States)180231219226205211281379472617679682655678769-
Total number of deaths males (all Member States)474859046134540858276159725165086717705175337054599056015728-
Total number of deaths females (all Member States)166617501882183817571862191918851965200020722003182418351810-
Total number of deaths under the age of 25 (all Member States)102611911147106511331168133213611335139814481332119912051191-
Index (15 previous Member States and Norway)(1)180.8215.7223.0201.3211.7224.6251.1230.0235.2241.3255.2239.7205.1193.7201.5202.7
Index (new Member States)(2)------100.0133.0122.3165.1177.5174.4186.1151.2163.1125.7
Index males (15 previous Member States and Norway)(3)100.0120.9123.2108.2116.9123.7141.6125.2130.6135.0144.1133.9113.2104.7109.6110.8
Index females (15 previous Member States and Norway)(3)100.0102.2108.8106.1102.1108.0109.0105.4108.7109.1112.0109.097.098.099.798.4
Index under the age of 25 (15 previous Member States and Norway)(3)100.0115.9111.1103.4110.0113.3125.1121.4115.4117.5116.0103.491.295.895.489.9
Index under the age of 25 (new Member States)(2)------100.0148.1157.6222.2290.0249.0315.1216.3239.4207.5

Notes:

 The national definitions used to report to the EMCDDA and the methods used are described in Drug-related deaths – methods and definitions .       

 For 2005 the index is provisional, computed on the basis of the percentage change in the countries that provided data for both 2004 and 2005.       

 United Kingdom: Only data based on the definition used by Office for National Statistics (ONS) and not the DSD figures are used to compute the indices.       

 (1) Corrected Index: 1985=100.       

 Some countries did not provide data for some years (see Table DRD-2 part (i)). To correct this situation, the computation method used is defined in the report ['European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (2001). Coordination of the implementation of the EMCDDA standard guidelines on the drug-related deaths in the EU Member States, and the collection and analysis of information on drug-related deaths'], Project CT.99.RTX.04, Co-ordinated by the Trimbos Institute. Lisbon: EMCDDA.          

 (2) Corrected Index: 1996=100.       

 Some countries did not provide data for some years ( Table DRD-2 part (i)). To correct this situation, the computation method used is defined in the report ['European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (2001). Coordination of the implementation of the EMCDDA standard guidelines on the drug-related deaths in the EU Member States, and the collection and analysis of information on drug-related deaths'], Project CT.99.RTX.04, Co-ordinated by the Trimbos Institute. Lisbon: EMCDDA.          

 (3) Corrected Index: 1990=100.       

 Some countries did not provide data for some years (see Table DRD-2 part (iii), Table DRD-2 part (iv) and Table DRD-2 part (v)).          

 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 .       

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