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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, 2009 or last year with available information

Country		Year	Number of DRD: 2009 or last year available				Population mortality rates (DRD/million population)
Country		Year	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		2004	74	70	53	43	6.9	9.9	15.4	24.8	[5.4 - 8.5]	[7.6 - 12.2]
Bulgaria		2009	38	37	33	32	5.0	7.0	12.4	23.6	[3.5 - 6.6]	[4.8 - 9.3]
Czech Republic	(1)	2009	49	48	37	29	4.7	6.5	9.6	14.6	[3.4 - 6]	[4.7 - 8.3]
Denmark		2008	208	187	90	75	37.7	51.5	52.3	86.0	[32.7 - 42.9]	[44.2 - 59]
Germany		2009	1331	1307	811	681	16.2	24.1	32.9	54.2	[15.4 - 17.2]	[22.9 - 25.5]
Estonia		2009	133	133	125	114	99.2	146.1	259.4	468.5	[82.4 - 116.1]	[121.3 - 171]
Ireland		2008	208	207	155	131	46.7	68.4	90.0	151.9	[40.4 - 53.1]	[59.1 - 77.7]
Greece		2009	59	59	46	43	5.2	7.8	12.2	22.0	[4 - 6.6]	[5.9 - 9.9]
Spain		2008	540	540	310	264	11.8	17.2	18.8	31.0	[10.8 - 12.8]	[15.8 - 18.7]
France		2008	374	322	223	191	5.8	7.7	10.8	18.5	[5.3 - 6.4]	[6.9 - 8.6]
Italy		2009	484	483	288	262	8.1	12.2	15.3	27.4	[7.4 - 8.8]	[11.2 - 13.4]
Cyprus	(2)	2009	12	12	10	9	14.6	20.8	32.6	58.6	[6.6 - 23.6]	[9.4 - 33.7]
Latvia		2009	19	19	18	17	8.4	12.2	21.8	40.6	[4.7 - 12.2]	[6.8 - 17.7]
Lithuania		2009	68	68	56	51	20.3	29.5	45.8	82.5	[15.5 - 25.2]	[22.5 - 36.5]
Luxembourg		2009	14	14	11	7	28.4	41.7	65.3	82.4	[13.6 - 43.3]	[19.9 - 63.5]
Hungary		2009	31	31	27	24	3.1	4.5	7.5	13.2	[2.1 - 4.2]	[3 - 6.1]
Malta	(2)	2009	8	8	7	5	20.1	27.6	47.9	66.2	[6.0 - 32.8]	[8.5 - 46.8]
Netherlands		2009	139	134	61	54	8.4	12.1	11.6	20.4	[7.1 - 9.9]	[10.1 - 14.2]
Austria		2009	187	186	141	106	22.4	33.0	51.5	76.9	[19.2 - 25.6]	[28.3 - 37.7]
Poland		2008	244	198	117	87	6.4	7.3	8.1	11.9	[5.6 - 7.3]	[6.3 - 8.4]
Portugal		2009	54	50	32	31	5.1	7.0	8.8	16.9	[3.8 - 6.5]	[5.1 - 9.0]
Romania		2009	32	32	31	30	1.5	2.1	3.8	7.2	[1 - 2.1]	[1.4 - 2.9]
Slovenia		2009	28	28	21	18	13.8	19.8	30.2	49.6	[8.7 - 18.9]	[12.5 - 27.2]
Slovakia		2008	25	25	19	16	4.6	6.4	8.9	14.7	[2.9 - 6.5]	[3.9 - 8.9]
Finland		2009	175	166	107	87	32.9	46.9	65.0	103.3	[28 - 37.8]	[39.8 - 54]
Sweden		2008	241	223	120	99	26.0	36.7	40.0	64.6	[22.8 - 29.4]	[32 - 41.6]
United Kingdom (DSD)		2009	2481	2393	1470	1212	40.3	58.6	71.5	116.6	[38.7 - 41.9]	[56.3 - 61]
Croatia		2009	61	61	48	46	13.8	20.5	32.8	61.9	[10.4 - 17.3]	[15.4 - 25.7]
Turkey		2009	160	156	110	97	2.2	3.3	3.7	6.3	[1.9 - 2.6]	[2.8 - 3.8]
Norway		2008	263	258	138	115	54.8	81.1	86.3	140.9	[48.2 - 61.5]	[71.2 - 91]
EU totals			7519	7237	4557	3833	-	-	-	-	-	-
EU average			-	-	-	-	14.9	21.4	27.0	44.8	[14.5 - 15.2]	[20.8 - 21.8]

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 2009 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 (176 cases out of 225).

(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.

See also 'General notes for interpreting data' on the Explanatory notes and help page.

Sources:

Reitox national reports 2010, 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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