Table DRD-1. Summary of characteristics of the deceased in drug-induced deaths according to national definitions [see all tables in this series...]

Part (i) Demographic characteristics, 2007 or last year with available information

Country		Year	Type of definition	No of DRD	% Male	% Female	Mean age	% aged under 15	% aged under 25	% aged 35+	% aged 65+
Belgium		1997	Selection B	123	78.9	21.1	34.2	0.8	27.6	34.1	8.1
Bulgaria		2007	:	52	84.6	15.4	30.1	1.9	42.3	19.2	5.8
Czech Republic	(1)	2007	Selection D	40	92.5	7.5	32.4	0.0	30.0	27.5	2.5
Denmark		2006	Selection B	227	73.6	26.4	43.0	0.4	8.8	68.7	8.4
Germany		2007	:	1394	83.6	14.6	35.0	0.0	10.0	53.7	0.3
Estonia		2006	Selection B	68	86.8	13.2	25.6	0.0	8.8	19.1	0.0
Ireland		2005	Selection D	159	73.6	26.4	32.9	1.9	28.3	38.4	1.3
Greece		2007	Selection D	175	93.7	6.3	:	0.0	13.1	37.7	0.0
Spain	(2)	2006	:	518	82.8	17.2	:	0.0	7.3	61.4	5.6
France		2006	Selection B	305	79.3	20.7	39.5	0.0	10.5	52.5	9.8
Italy		2007	Selection D	589	90.3	9.7	35.2	0.0	9.5	53.0	0.3
Cyprus		2007	Selection D	12	91.7	8.3	28.7	0.0	33.3	25.0	0.0
Latvia		2007	Selection B	21	85.7	14.3	29.1	0.0	23.8	19.0	0.0
Lithuania		2007	Aprox. Selection B	72	86.1	13.9	33.0	0.0	20.8	16.7	1.4
Luxembourg		2007	:	27	74.1	25.9	32.4	0.0	14.8	33.3	0.0
Hungary	(3)	2007	Selection D	25	92.0	8.0	34.3	0.0	12.0	32.0	0.0
Malta		2006	Selection B	7	71.4	28.6	28.6	0.0	42.9	14.3	0.0
Netherlands		2007	Selection B	99	75.8	24.2	39.2	0.0	7.1	65.7	3.0
Austria		2007	Selection D	175	77.7	22.3	30.0	1.1	40.0	26.9	0.0
Poland		2006	:	241	60.2	39.8	46.0	0.4	16.6	66.4	18.3
Portugal	(4)	2007	:	314	91.4	8.6	34.0	0.0	14.3	41.7	0.0
Romania	(5)	2007	Selection B	32	96.9	3.1	21.2	0.0	37.5	0.0	0.0
Slovenia		2006	:	39	79.5	20.5	34.5	0.0	30.8	38.5	5.1
Slovakia		2007	Selection D	17	88.2	11.8	29.3	5.9	35.3	17.6	0.0
Finland		2007	Selection B	143	81.1	18.9	36.0	0.0	19.6	47.6	2.1
Sweden		2006	Selection B	157	77.1	22.9	42.4	0.0	14.0	68.2	8.9
United Kingdom (DSD)		2006	Aprox. Selection B	2025	79.0	21.0	37.4	0.1	13.2	52.6	3.1
Croatia		2007	Selection B	115	90.4	9.6	31.0	0.0	21.7	26.1	0.0
Turkey		2007	Selection D	147	93.2	6.8	34.4	0.0	19.0	42.2	0.7
Norway		2006	Aprox. Selection B	222	77.9	22.1	35.5	0.0	15.8	45.0	0.9

Notes:

 The information refers to the last year for which information on the deceased's characteristics was available.  

 Number of deaths per country per year are presented in Table DRD-2 part (i). 

 Type of definition refers to the EMCDDA standard definition; if the national definition matches with the agreed case definition established in the EMCDDA DRD Protocol: Selection B for general mortality registries and Selection D for Special Registries. In some countries equivalence is not total but it is, in practice, relatively similar (see Drug-related deaths — methods and definitions). 

 Figures for EMCDDA standard definitions (Selection B and Selection D) for all countries with available information, see Table DRD-3 and Table DRD-4, and Drug-related deaths — methods and definitions.  

 (1) For the Czech Republic, EMCDDA Selection D was used instead of the national definition. National definition includes also poisoning by psychoactive medicines, which accounts for most cases (173 cases out of 213). 

 (2) From this year onwards, the data coverage is national. In previous years, the information was based on six cities (Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Sevilla, Zaragoza and Bilbao). 

 (3) Data for 2007 cover approximately 65% of the country's population. 

 (4) For Portugal, data refer to age ≤19 and 45+. Data include all cases with post mortem analysis positive for any drug of abuse, which is likely to produce an overestimate compared to selection D. 

 (5) Data refer only to Bucharest and several counties in the competence area of the Toxicology Laboratory from Bucharest. 

 See Drug-related deaths — methods and definitions.  

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

Sources:

 Reitox national reports 2008, taken from national mortality registries or Special Registries (forensic or police). Based on ‘National definitions’ as presented in Drug-related deaths — methods and definitions.  

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