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 (ii) Proportional mortality due to drug-induced deaths, 2007 or last year with available information

Country		Number of deaths (all causes): 2006 (1)				Proportional mortality for DRD (% DRD of all deaths) (2)
		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	0.1	0.6	2.9	3.6
Bulgaria		113438	26789	2775	1972	0.0	0.2	1.5	2.0
Czech Republic		104441	25628	2519	1841	0.0	0.2	1.3	1.6
Denmark		57632	10954	1218	837	0.4	1.9	8.0	9.4
Germany		821627	137617	13757	9487	0.2	1.0	6.5	8.0
Estonia		17316	4967	728	577	0.4	1.4	8.9	9.7
Ireland		27479	5523	999	710	0.6	2.8	11.1	12.7
Greece		104968	16178	2696	2103	0.2	1.1	5.0	6.0
Spain		371478	62093	9735	7048	0.1	0.8	3.3	3.9
France		526566	106787	14218	10081	0.1	0.3	1.4	1.7
Italy		558614	77285	10658	7745	0.1	0.8	3.8	4.8
Cyprus	(3)	5127	863	163	117	0.2	1.0	4.9	7.7
Latvia		33119	10352	1479	1148	0.1	0.2	1.4	1.6
Lithuania		44813	14769	2425	1893	0.2	0.5	2.6	2.9
Luxembourg		3596	706	94	60	0.8	3.8	24.5	26.7
Hungary		131603	38010	3179	2317	0.0	0.1	0.6	0.8
Malta	(3)	3216	584	61	30	0.2	1.2	9.8	16.7
Netherlands		135372	24519	2483	1580	0.1	0.4	2.1	2.7
Austria		74295	13007	1716	1219	0.2	1.3	8.6	9.6
Poland		369686	109675	12962	10137	0.1	0.2	0.8	0.7
Portugal	(4)	101990	18734	3083	2269	0.3	1.5	6.4	8.0
Romania	(5)	258094	66198	8569	6076	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.5
Slovenia		18180	4346	508	403	0.2	0.9	5.1	5.7
Slovakia		53301	14816	1694	1309	0.0	0.1	0.8	0.8
Finland		48106	10630	1259	956	0.3	1.3	7.4	8.3
Sweden		91271	12635	1458	962	0.2	1.1	4.7	6.0
United Kingdom (DSD)		582860	96739	13643	9233	0.3	2.0	9.9	12.1
Croatia		50378	10381	1102	821	0.2	1.1	8.7	10.4
Turkey		:	:	:		:	:	:
Norway		41242	6578	980	698	0.5	3.3	16.0	18.5
EU totals		4803230	936077	118225	85853	-	-	-	-
EU average		-	-	-	-	0.2	0.7	4.0	3.6

Notes:

 : indicates data not available 

 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 2006, as last common and recent year with information for more Member States in Eurostat. For Belgium data, refer to 1997. For Malta, Luxembourg and United Kingdom refer to 2005. For Denmark data, refer to 2001. 

 (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. 

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

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

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