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, 2008 or last year with available information

Country		Number of deaths (all causes): 2007 (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		:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:
Bulgaria		113004	26215	2732	1915	0.1	0.3	2.1	2.7
Czech Republic		104636	25692	2660	2027	0.0	0.2	1.5	1.5
Denmark		55218	10983	1000	704	0.4	1.7	8.9	10.4
Germany		827155	134880	13178	9080	0.2	1.0	6.7	8.3
Estonia		17409	4881	775	624	0.4	1.4	8.0	9.0
Ireland		28050	5881	1119	804	0.7	3.1	13.1	15.0
Greece		109353	16833	2796	2112	0.1	0.7	3.1	3.8
Spain		385361	63183	9345	6795	0.1	0.8	3.5	4.3
France		530820	106783	13693	9794	0.1	0.3	1.4	1.7
Italy		572881	76803	10432	7583	0.1	0.6	3.2	4.0
Cyprus		5380	943	194	151	0.2	1.1	4.6	5.3
Latvia		33043	9786	1443	1125	0.1	0.2	1.6	1.4
Lithuania		45624	15247	2607	2097	0.1	0.4	1.9	2.3
Luxembourg		3709	813	115	79	0.3	1.2	7.0	7.6
Hungary		132938	37886	3091	2238	0.0	0.1	0.8	0.8
Malta		3111	594	79	61	0.2	1.2	7.6	8.2
Netherlands		133022	24148	2421	1544	0.1	0.5	2.3	3.2
Austria		74625	12946	1622	1192	0.2	1.3	8.6	9.1
Poland		377226	112390	13208	10386	0.1	0.1	0.7	0.7
Portugal	(3)	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:
Romania	(4)	251965	65317	8305	5991	0.0	0.1	0.4	0.5
Slovenia		18584	4280	544	427	0.2	0.8	4.6	4.2
Slovakia		53856	15313	1713	1265	0.0	0.2	1.1	1.3
Finland		49093	10848	1325	998	0.3	1.5	8.2	8.8
Sweden		91820	12556	1454	1003	0.3	1.7	7.6	9.0
United Kingdom (DSD)		574681	97074	13406	9233	0.4	2.4	10.9	13.0
Croatia		52367	10505	1126	848	0.2	0.8	6.7	8.0
Turkey		:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:
Norway		41963	6489	899	606	0.7	4.1	18.2	22.4
EU totals		4736517	917498	113239	82103	-	-	-	-
EU average		-	-	-	-	0.2	0.8	4.0	4.7

Notes:

 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 2007, as last common and recent year with information for more Member States in Eurostat. For Denmark, Luxembourg and Portugal data, refer to 2006. 

 (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) 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. 

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

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