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, 2008 or last year with available information

Country		Year	Number of DRD: 2008 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		:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:
Bulgaria		2008	74	69	58	52	9.7	13.0	21.5	37.8	[7.5 - 11.9]	[10 - 16.2]
Czech Republic	(1)	2008	44	44	39	31	4.2	6.0	10.2	15.8	[3 - 5.5]	[4.2 - 7.8]
Denmark		2007	211	185	89	73	38.5	51.2	52.0	84.2	[33.4 - 43.8]	[43.9 - 58.6]
Germany		2008	1449	1405	879	753	17.6	25.8	34.9	58.7	[16.8 - 18.6]	[24.5 - 27.2]
Estonia		2008	67	67	62	56	50.0	73.5	127.6	228.4	[38.1 - 62]	[55.9 - 91.1]
Ireland		2007	185	180	147	121	42.0	59.7	84.5	137.7	[36 - 48.1]	[51 - 68.4]
Greece		2008	110	110	86	81	9.8	14.6	22.5	40.9	[8 - 11.7]	[11.9 - 17.4]
Spain		2007	519	519	331	292	11.5	16.7	20.0	34.2	[10.5 - 12.5]	[15.3 - 18.1]
France		2007	333	287	187	164	5.2	6.9	9.0	15.8	[4.7 - 5.8]	[6.1 - 7.7]
Italy		2008	502	499	336	301	8.4	12.7	17.7	31.3	[7.7 - 9.2]	[11.6 - 13.9]
Cyprus	(2)	2008	10	10	9	8	12.7	18.1	29.6	52.9	[4.9 - 20.6]	[5.7 - 27.0]
Latvia		2008	24	24	23	16	10.6	15.3	27.6	37.9	[6.4 - 14.8]	[9.2 - 21.5]
Lithuania		2008	60	60	50	48	17.8	25.9	40.5	77.1	[13.4 - 22.4]	[19.4 - 32.5]
Luxembourg		2008	10	10	8	6	20.7	30.5	48.4	72.0	[7.9 - 33.5]	[11.6 - 49.4]
Hungary		2008	27	27	25	19	2.7	3.9	6.9	10.4	[1.7 - 3.8]	[2.5 - 5.4]
Malta	(2)	2006	7	7	6	5	17.1	24.4	41.7	67.4	[4.5 - 29.8]	[6.4 - 42.5]
Netherlands		2008	129	118	56	49	7.9	10.7	10.6	18.4	[6.6 - 9.3]	[8.8 - 12.6]
Austria	(3)	2008	169	168	140	109	20.3	29.9	50.8	78.4	[17.3 - 23.4]	[25.4 - 34.5]
Poland		2007	214	164	88	70	5.6	6.1	6.1	9.5	[4.9 - 6.4]	[5.2 - 7]
Portugal	(4)	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:
Romania	(5)	2008	33	33	31	29	1.5	2.2	3.7	6.8	[1.1 - 2.1]	[1.5 - 3]
Slovenia		2008	36	36	25	18	17.9	25.7	36.1	50.4	[12.1 - 23.8]	[17.3 - 34.1]
Slovakia		2008	25	25	19	16	4.6	6.4	8.9	14.8	[2.9 - 6.5]	[3.9 - 9]
Finland		2008	169	167	108	88	31.9	47.3	65.8	104.8	[27.1 - 36.7]	[40.2 - 54.5]
Sweden		2007	232	215	110	90	25.3	35.6	37.1	59.3	[22.1 - 28.6]	[30.9 - 40.5]
United Kingdom (DSD)		2008	2368	2288	1459	1201	38.7	56.4	70.9	115.5	[37.2 - 40.3]	[54.1 - 58.7]
Croatia		2008	87	87	75	68	19.6	29.3	51.1	91.3	[15.5 - 23.8]	[23.2 - 35.5]
Turkey		2008	159	159	123	117	2.3	3.4	4.1	7.8	[2 - 2.7]	[2.9 - 4]
Norway		2007	275	266	164	136	58.1	84.8	103.8	168.8	[51.2 - 65]	[74.7 - 95.1]
EU totals			7282	6983	4535	3832	-	-	-	-	-	-
EU average			-	-	-	-	14.5	20.7	26.7	44.5	[14.5 - 15.2]	[20.7 - 21.7]

Notes:

 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 2008 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 (194 cases out of 238). 

 (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) In the year 2008 the number cases on which no autopsy has been performed tripled (up to 32 cases) in comparison with previous years. 

 (4) 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. 

 (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 2009, 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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