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Table DRD-4. Number of drug-induced deaths recorded in EU Member States according to EMCDDA standard definition 'Selection D', 1995 to 2008

Country		1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Belgium		:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:
Bulgaria		:	:	:	:	:	:	79	33	56	36	36	18	47	32
Czech Republic	(1)	:	:	:	61	79	80	84	44	55	57	62	42	40	44
Denmark		:	:	216	:	:	:	201	198	198	211	202	221	205	239
Germany		:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:
Estonia		:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:
Ireland		:	:	:	104	115	113	107	126	108	126	164	181	185	:
Greece		176	222	232	245	265	304	321	259	217	255	325	253	205	110
Spain	(2)	371	381	321	271	258	254	240	204	274	212	237	218	188	:
France	(3)	:	351	184	113	85	98	101	82	79	58	:	:	:	:
Italy		1195	1566	1160	1080	1002	1016	825	520	517	653	652	517	589	502
Cyprus		:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	14	9	7	12	11
Latvia		:	:	:	:	115	52	51	54	45	39	25	47	53	46
Lithuania		:	:	:	:	23	23	23	19	31	:	:	:	:	:
Luxembourg		22	17	9	16	17	26	18	11	14	13	:	:	:	:
Hungary		:	52	47	31	42	38	40	:	32	34	28	25	25	27
Malta		2	3	5	6	4	5	8	5	5	7	7	5	:	:
Netherlands		:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:
Austria	(4)	170	191	136	109	128	167	139	139	163	185	191	197	175	169
Poland		:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:
Portugal	(5)	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:
Romania		:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:
Slovenia						:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:
Slovakia		:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	23	17	20	17	25
Finland		30	31	42	51	87	96	60	66	67	74	72	88	92	:
Sweden		:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:
United Kingdom		:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:
Croatia		:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:
Turkey		:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	147	159
Norway		132	184	177	270	220	327	338	210	172	223	184	195	200	179

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) National definition includes also poisoning by psychoactive medicines, which accounts for most cases.

(2) Data refer to the six major cities (Based on SEIT information system): Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Zaragoza, Sevilla and Bilbao. Between 1997 and 2000 data for Sevilla are not included. In 2003 and 2004 data for Zaragoza are not included.

(3) Based on information from OCRTIS.

(4) In the year 2008 the number of cases on which no autopsy has been performed tripled (up to 32 cases) in comparison with previous years. Thus the number reported for 2008 might be the lower limit, adding up to 201 cases if all 32 suspicious non confirmed cases were included.

(5) Data has not been included this year due to major discrepancies existing in previous years between figures from the General Mortality Register and the Special Register (reporting all cases with a positive toxicology, not only Selection D). Ongoing work is conducted by Portugal to harmonise data reporting with EMCDDA Selection D, and to make data available in next reporting year.

Sources:

Reitox national reports 2009, taken from national special registries (forensic or police).

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