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Table DRD-5. Mortality due to drug-related deaths in European countries, in all adults and adults aged 15 to 39 years (total and males) [see all tables in this series...]

Part (i) Population mortality rates, 2005 or last year with available information

Country		Year	Number of DRD: 2005 or last year available				Population mortality rates (DRD/million population)
Country		Year	Total	Aged 15-64	Aged 15-39	Males aged 15-39	Entire population	Aged 15-64	Aged 15-39	Males aged 15-39	95% C.I. for entire population rate
Belgium		1997	123	112	92	80	11.8	16.4	26.8	46.1	[9.8 - 14]
Bulgaria		2005	40	38	35	30	5.1	7.1	12.8	21.5	[3.6 - 6.8]
Czech Republic	(1)	2005	62	61	52	45	6.1	8.4	13.8	23.4	[4.6 - 7.6]
Denmark		2005	275	272	144	129	50.9	76.1	81.9	144.6	[45 - 57]
Germany		2005	1326	1313	916	768	16.1	23.7	33.8	55.4	[15.3 - 17]
Estonia		2005	57	57	55	51	42.2	62.2	113.8	210.4	[31.3 - 53.2]
Ireland		2003	96	91	67	49	23.8	33.2	42.3	61.5	[19.1 - 28.7]
Greece	(2)	2005	284	284			25.7	38.0			[22.8 - 28.8]
Spain	(3)	2004	212	208	127	108	31.2	44.3	48.8		[27 - 35.4]
France		2005	57				0.9				[0.7 - 1.2]
Italy		2005	603	603	449	415	10.4	15.6	22.9	41.8	[9.6 - 11.3]
Cyprus	(4)	2005	11.5	11.5	10	9	15.7	23.1	36.5	66.2	[6.7 - 24.9]
Latvia		2005	14	14	13	10	6.0	8.8	15.6	23.7	[2.9 - 9.2]
Lithuania		2005	31	31	23	21	9.0	13.4	18.3	33.4	[5.9 - 12.2]
Luxembourg	(4)	2005	11.7	11.7	8.3	6.7	25.9	38.6	52.8	84.4	[11.1 - 40.8]
Hungary		2005	28	28	23	18	2.8	4.0	6.4	9.9	[1.8 - 3.8]
Malta	(4)	2005	6.3	6	5	4.3	15.8	21.8	36.0	60.3	[3.5 - 28.1]
Netherlands		2005	122	120	64	52	7.5	10.9	11.6	18.6	[6.2 - 8.9]
Austria		2005	191	190	155	132	23.5	34.3	54.9	92.6	[20.2 - 26.8]
Poland		2004	231	191	113	81	6.0	7.2	7.9	11.1	[5.3 - 6.9]
Portugal	(5)	2005	219	219	151	141	20.9	31.0	40.0	74.3	[18.2 - 23.7]
Romania	(4) (6)	2005	5.7	5.7	5.7	6	3.0	4.1	7.1	15.0	[0.6 - 5.5]
Slovenia		2004	40	39	31	25	20.0	27.8	42.8	67.5	[13.9 - 26.3]
Slovakia		2005	17	17	14	10	3.2	4.5	6.6	9.3	[1.7 - 4.7]
Finland		2005	126	111	66	57	24.1	31.8	39.9	67.4	[20 - 28.4]
Sweden		2003	152	149	84	64	16.9	25.5	28.9	43.2	[14.3 - 19.7]
United Kingdom (ONS)		2004	3161	2822	1706	1319	52.9	71.8	83.6	128.8	[51.2 - 54.8]
United Kingdom (DSD)		2004	1786	1710	1236	1028	29.9	43.5	60.6	100.4	[28.6 - 31.4]
Norway		2004	220	218	131	99	48.1	72.8	84.6	125.7	[41.8 - 54.5]

Notes:

It is important to underline that comparisons of population rates should be made with extreme caution since there are still some differences in case definitions and quality of reporting may differ.

The calculations of population mortality rates are based on 2004 population sizes as reported by Eurostat.

Confidence intervals for the entire population are approximate, based on assuming a simple Poisson distribution for the number of deaths within each country. These intervals are likely to be an underestimate of the true 95% C.I. width.

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

(2) In Greece, all cases are included as the age breakdowns do not follow the standards. In previous years where the detailed age distribution was available, there were no cases below 15 and above 64.

(3) In Spain, the population included is that corresponding to the coverage of information on drug-related deaths (five cities).

(4) Due to the low number of drug-related deaths in a year, two-year (Cyprus) and three-year ((Luxembourg, Malta and Romania) averages were used.

(5) For Portugal, the age groups 15 to 39 and 15 to 64 should be interpreted as 20 to 39 and 20 to 45+.

(6) Data refer to Bucharest only.

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 .

Populations and total numbers of death for the EU countries are extracted from Eurostat, for the last year available.