Table DRD-5. Mortality due to drug-induced 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, 2007 or last year with available information

Country		Year	Number of DRD: 2007 or last year available				Population mortality rates (DRD/million population)
			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	95 % C.I. for 15–64 aged population rate
Belgium		1997	123	112	92	80	11.7	16.2	27.0	46.5	[9.7 - 13.8]	[13.3 - 19.3]
Bulgaria		2007	52	48	43	40	6.7	9.0	15.8	28.7	[5 - 8.6]	[6.5 - 11.6]
Czech Republic	(1)	2007	40	39	32	29	3.9	5.3	8.5	15.0	[2.7 - 5.2]	[3.7 - 7.1]
Denmark		2006	227	207	98	79	41.8	57.7	56.8	90.4	[36.4 - 47.3]	[49.9 - 65.6]
Germany		2007	1394	1365	891	755	16.9	24.9	34.0	56.5	[16.1 - 17.8]	[23.6 - 26.2]
Estonia		2006	68	68	65	56	50.6	74.2	133.4	228.3	[38.6 - 62.6]	[56.6 - 91.8]
Ireland		2005	159	154	111	90	37.8	53.5	66.7	106.6	[32 - 43.7]	[45.1 - 62]
Greece		2007	175	175	135	126	15.7	23.4	34.4	62.1	[13.4 - 18.1]	[20 - 26.9]
Spain		2006	518	489	324	278	11.8	16.2	19.8	33.1	[10.9 - 12.9]	[14.9 - 17.7]
France		2006	305	275	200	173	4.8	6.7	9.6	16.5	[4.3 - 5.4]	[6 - 7.5]
Italy		2007	589	587	403	369	10.0	15.1	20.9	37.7	[9.3 - 10.9]	[13.9 - 16.4]
Cyprus	(2)	2007	9	9	8	9	11.7	16.9	27.3	61.4	[4.1 - 19.5]	[5.9 - 28]
Latvia		2007	21	21	21	18	9.2	13.3	25.0	42.5	[5.3 - 13.1]	[7.7 - 19]
Lithuania		2007	72	71	64	55	21.2	30.6	51.6	88.2	[16.3 - 26.1]	[23.5 - 37.8]
Luxembourg		2007	27	27	23	16	57.6	85.3	142.0	195.7	[35.9 - 79.3]	[53.2 - 117.5]
Hungary		2007	25	25	20	18	2.5	3.6	5.5	9.8	[1.6 - 3.5]	[2.2 - 5.1]
Malta	(2)	2006	7	7	6	5	17.3	25.0	42.9	69.6	[4.5 - 30.1]	[6.5 - 43.6]
Netherlands		2007	99	96	52	43	6.1	8.7	9.7	15.8	[4.9 - 7.3]	[7 - 10.5]
Austria		2007	175	173	148	117	21.2	30.9	52.7	82.6	[18.1 - 24.4]	[26.4 - 35.6]
Poland		2006	241	196	98	73	6.3	7.3	6.8	10.0	[5.6 - 7.2]	[6.3 - 8.4]
Portugal	(3)	2007	314	282	198	182	29.7	39.6	53.2	97.0	[26.5 - 33]	[35.1 - 44.3]
Romania	(4)	2007	32	32	32	31	16.8	22.9			[11.1 - 22.7]	[15 - 30.8]
Slovenia		2006	39	37	26	23	19.5	26.3	36.6	63.1	[13.4 - 25.6]	[17.9 - 34.8]
Slovakia		2007	17	16	13	11	3.2	4.1	6.1	10.2	[1.7 - 4.7]	[2.2 - 6.2]
Finland		2007	143	140	93	79	27.2	39.9	56.6	94.1	[22.8 - 31.7]	[33.4 - 46.6]
Sweden		2006	157	143	68	58	17.4	24.1	23.3	39.0	[14.7 - 20.1]	[20.2 - 28.2]
United Kingdom (DSD)		2006	2025	1959	1349	1113	33.5	49.0	65.7	107.9	[32.1 - 35]	[46.9 - 51.2]
Croatia		2007	115	115	96	85	26.1	38.3	64.0	106.3	[21.4 - 31]	[31.4 - 45.4]
Turkey		2007	147	137	99	92	2.0	2.9	3.2	5.8	[1.7 - 2.4]	[2.4 - 3.4]
Norway		2006	222	220	157	129	47.8	72.1	101.0	163.5	[41.6 - 54.2]	[62.6 - 81.7]
EU totals							-	-	-	-	-	-
EU average			-	-	-	-	15.2	21.7	29.3	49.1	[14.9 - 15.6]	[21.3 - 22.3]

Notes:

 : indicates data not available 

 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 2006 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 (173 cases out of 213). 

 (2) Due to the low number of drug-induced deaths in a year, three-year (Cyprus and Malta) averages were used. The results have been rounded to the nearest integral. 

 (3) For Portugal, the age groups 15 to 39 and 15 to 64 should be interpreted as 20 to 39 and 20 to 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 

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

 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. 

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

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