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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 Indexes		1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Total number of deaths (all Member States)		6599	7889	8138	7375	7723	8186	9197	8548	8697	9056	9606	9066	7830	7452	7557	-
Total number of deaths (15 previous Member States and Norway)		6419	7658	7919	7149	7518	7975	8916	8169	8225	8439	8927	8384	7175	6774	6788	-
Total number of deaths (new Member States)		180	231	219	226	205	211	281	379	472	617	679	682	655	678	769	-
Total number of deaths males (all Member States)		4748	5904	6134	5408	5827	6159	7251	6508	6717	7051	7533	7054	5990	5601	5728	-
Total number of deaths females (all Member States)		1666	1750	1882	1838	1757	1862	1919	1885	1965	2000	2072	2003	1824	1835	1810	-
Total number of deaths under the age of 25 (all Member States)		1026	1191	1147	1065	1133	1168	1332	1361	1335	1398	1448	1332	1199	1205	1191	-
Index (15 previous Member States and Norway)	(1)	180.8	215.7	223.0	201.3	211.7	224.6	251.1	230.0	235.2	241.3	255.2	239.7	205.1	193.7	201.5	202.7
Index (new Member States)	(2)	-	-	-	-	-	-	100.0	133.0	122.3	165.1	177.5	174.4	186.1	151.2	163.1	125.7
Index males (15 previous Member States and Norway)	(3)	100.0	120.9	123.2	108.2	116.9	123.7	141.6	125.2	130.6	135.0	144.1	133.9	113.2	104.7	109.6	110.8
Index females (15 previous Member States and Norway)	(3)	100.0	102.2	108.8	106.1	102.1	108.0	109.0	105.4	108.7	109.1	112.0	109.0	97.0	98.0	99.7	98.4
Index under the age of 25 (15 previous Member States and Norway)	(3)	100.0	115.9	111.1	103.4	110.0	113.3	125.1	121.4	115.4	117.5	116.0	103.4	91.2	95.8	95.4	89.9
Index under the age of 25 (new Member States)	(2)	-	-	-	-	-	-	100.0	148.1	157.6	222.2	290.0	249.0	315.1	216.3	239.4	207.5

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 .