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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 (ii) Proportional mortality due to drug-related deaths, 2005 or last year with available information

Country		Number of deaths (all causes): 2004 (1)				Proportional mortality for DRD (%DRD of all deaths) (2)
Country		Total	Aged 15-64	Aged 15-39	Males aged 15-39	Entire population	Aged 15-64	Aged 15-39	Males aged 15-39
Belgium		103800	19095	3166	2224	0.12	0.59	2.91	3.60
Bulgaria		110110	26227	2824	1966	0.04	0.14	1.24	1.53
Czech Republic		107177	26255	2792	2094	0.06	0.23	1.86	2.15
Denmark		57632	10954	1218	837	0.48	2.48	11.82	15.41
Germany		818271	147823	15978	11168	0.16	0.89	5.73	6.88
Estonia		17685	5305	792	658	0.32	1.07	6.94	7.75
Ireland		28151	5661	972	688	0.34	1.61	6.89	7.12
Greece		104942	16689	2872	2137	0.27	1.70	0.00	0.00
Spain	(3)					0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
France		562587	109039	16531	11794	0.01	0.00	0.00	0.00
Italy		560390	84664	12808	9245	0.11	0.71	3.51	4.49
Cyprus	(4)	5225	875	112	80	0.22	1.31	8.93	11.25
Latvia		32437	10014	1449	1105	0.04	0.14	0.90	0.90
Lithuania		41340	13296	2309	1900	0.07	0.23	1.00	1.11
Luxembourg	(4)	3530	722	88	66	0.33	1.62	9.43	10.15
Hungary		132492	38507	3370	2488	0.02	0.07	0.68	0.72
Malta	(4)	2999	490	39	28	0.21	1.22	12.82	15.36
Netherlands		136553	25598	2812	1793	0.09	0.47	2.28	2.90
Austria		74292	14117	1902	1380	0.26	1.35	8.15	9.57
Poland		363522	105751	13142	10300	0.06	0.18	0.86	0.79
Portugal		102371	19387	3618	2686	0.21	1.13	4.17	5.25
Romania	(4) (5)	20821	5527	560	354	0.03	0.10	1.02	1.69
Slovenia		18523	4582	578	427	0.22	0.85	5.36	5.85
Slovakia		51980	14645	1862	1401	0.03	0.12	0.75	0.71
Finland		47757	10823	1378	995	0.26	1.03	4.79	5.73
Sweden		93003	12623	1504	990	0.16	1.18	5.59	6.46
United Kingdom (ONS)		584757	97180	14166	9506	0.54	2.90	12.04	13.88
United Kingdom (DSD)		584757	97180	14166	9506	0.31	1.76	8.73	10.81
Norway		41257	6575	1102	754	0.53	3.32	11.89	13.13

Notes:

It is important to underline that direct comparisons of national figures (population rates or proportional mortality) should be made with extreme caution since there are still some differences in case definitions and quality of reporting may differ.

(1) Number of deaths (all causes) refers to 2004, as last common and recent year with information for more Member States in Eurostat. For Belgium data refer to 1997. Italian data refer to 2002. For Denmark and Slovakia data refer to 2001, and for France, Latvia and Sweden data refer to 2003.

(2) The 'Proportional mortality' was computed as the rate of 'acute drug-related deaths' (for last year available in each country, See Table DRD-5 part (i) over 'Number of deaths for all causes'). It is assumed that the total number of deaths for all causes presents far smaller variations from year to year than DRD. The Proportional mortality for drugs for 2000 or 2001 would be higher in most countries, due to the higher number of DRD recorded in those years.

(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) 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 death for the EU countries are extracted from Eurostat for the last year available.