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Table DRD-3. Number of drug-induced deaths recorded in EU Member States and Norway according to EMCDDA standard definition 'Selection B', 1995 to 2006

Country		National definition	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Belgium		Selection B	132	137	123
Bulgaria		Selection B	19	11	16	21	28	41	24	13	15	26	40	29
Denmark		Selection B	214	242	256	243	217	240	221				207
Germany			1227	1305	1088	1280	1337	1487	1239	1139	1161	1104	1223
Estonia		Selection B			4	7	22	31	45	86	36	98	57	68
Ireland		Selection B	36	44	78	82	122	113	93	90	96	112
Italy			1231	1369	1097	1068	950	851	698	530
Latvia		Selection B		1	5	3	32	42	36	35	12	14	14	17
Lithuania		Approx Selection B	9	23	34	32	37	45	35	33	40	38	32
Luxembourg						22	14	21	16	12	10	5	12	11
Hungary												23	19	36
Malta		Selection B	1	2	5	5	5	6	7	8	5	6	8	7
Netherlands		Selection B	70	108	108	110	115	131	144	103	104	127	122	112
Austria						119	135	167	153	84	192	185	196	202
Portugal			132	114	92	87	60	52	76	34	23	18	9
Romania		Selection B							12	3	7	7	6	21
Slovenia										31	23	37	36
Finland	(1)	Selection B		107	98	84	119	134	110	97	101	135	126	138
Sweden	(2)	Selection B	70	122	133	138	153	191	162	160	152	135
United Kingdom	(3)	Approx Selection B		1152	1264	1456	1636	1714	2011	1857	1601	1721	1827
Norway	(4)	Approx Selection B		204	194	282	256	374	405	307	223	231	190

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

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

(3) 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.

(4) 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 2007, taken from national mortality registries.

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