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Table DRD-3. Number of acute drug-related deaths recorded in EU Member States, Norway and candidate countries according to EMCDDA standard definition 'Selection B', 1990 to 2005

Country		National definition	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Belgium		Selection B	50	63	64	123	122	132	137	123
Bulgaria			24	10	8	9	8	19	11	16	21	28	41	24	13	15	26	40
Denmark			123	169	166	187	284	214	242	256	243	217	240	240
Germany			1077	1582	1619	1347	1308	1227	1305	1088	1280	1337	1487	1239	1139	1161
Estonia		Selection B								4	7	22	31	45	86	36	98	57
Ireland		Selection B	7	9	15	20	19	36	44	78	82	122	113	93	90	96
Spain										942	923	609	604		536	579	480
France			271	316	413	430	451	445	377	204	184	193	138	155	133
Italy			1327	1460	1319	967	1033	1231	1369	1097	1068	950	851	698	530
Latvia		Selection B							1	5	3	32	42	36	35	12	14	14
Lithuania		Approx Selection B						9	23	34	32	37	45	35	33	40	38	32
Luxembourg											22	14	21	16	12	10	5	12
Hungary																	23	19
Malta		Selection B		3	6	1	9	1	2	5	5	5	6	7	8	5	6	8
Netherlands		Selection B	70	80	75	75	87	70	108	108	110	115	131	144	103	104	127	122
Austria	(1)										119	135	167	153	84	192	185	196
Portugal			31	49	95	90	134	132	114	92	87	60	52	76	34	23	18
Romania		Selection B												12	3	7	4	6
Slovenia		Selection B													38	32	40
Finland	(2)	Selection B							107	98	84	119	134	110	97	101	135	126
Sweden	(3)	Selection B	62	62	66	83	86	70	122	133	138	153	191	162	160	152
United Kingdom	(4)	Approx Selection B							1370	1428	1640	1780	1945	1831	1807	1419	1646
Norway	(5)	Approx Selection B							204	194	282	256	374	405	307	223	231
Totals			3042	3803	3846	3332	3541	3586	5536	5905	6330	6184	6613	5481	5248	4207	3076	-

Notes:

See: Drug-related deaths – methods and definitions , the EMCDDA definitions.

Absolute numbers from different countries are not directly comparable since differences remain in quality of recording methods.

(1) Data for Austria is under review.

(2) From 2002, the full Selection B has been used.

(3) T40.4 code (other synthetic narcotics, which includes mainly dextropropoxyphene) is not included in the Swedish extraction.

(4) Here data for full Selection B is presented. The national 'Drug Strategy Definition' is similar to Selection B, but excludes cases with only dextropropoxyphene, dihydrocodeine and codeine.

(5) Selection B is approximate to the national definition, which does not include 'intentional poisoning' (ICD - 10 codes: X61, X62).

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

Sources:

Reitox national reports 2006, taken from national mortality registries.