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, 2009 or last year with available information

Country		Number of deaths (all causes): 2008 (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		101256	17849	2475	1752	0.1	0.4	2.1	2.5
Bulgaria		110523	25684	2795	2010	0.0	0.1	1.2	1.6
Czech Republic		104948	25664	2602	1908	0.0	0.2	1.4	1.5
Denmark		55218	10983	1000	704	0.4	1.7	9.0	10.7
Germany		844439	134413	12534	8661	0.2	1.0	6.5	7.9
Estonia		16675	4434	658	519	0.8	3.0	19.0	22.0
Ireland		28192	5937	1129	805	0.7	3.5	13.7	16.3
Greece		107979	16915	2605	2001	0.1	0.3	1.8	2.1
Spain		386324	62752	8784	6291	0.1	0.9	3.5	4.2
France		543139	107833	13406	9483	0.1	0.3	1.7	2.0
Italy		572881	76803	10432	7583	0.1	0.6	2.8	3.5
Cyprus		5194	991	179	135	0.2	1.2	5.6	6.7
Latvia		31034	8802	1316	1032	0.1	0.2	1.4	1.6
Lithuania		43832	13933	2267	1809	0.2	0.5	2.5	2.8
Luxembourg		3437	617	78	58	0.4	2.3	14.1	12.1
Hungary		130027	36461	2846	2042	0.0	0.1	0.9	1.2
Malta		3111	594	79	61	0.3	1.3	8.9	8.2
Netherlands		135136	24672	2332	1478	0.1	0.5	2.6	3.7
Austria		75083	12692	1529	1083	0.2	1.5	9.2	9.8
Poland		379399	112895	13265	10434	0.1	0.2	0.9	0.8
Portugal		104768	18353	2686	1928	0.1	0.3	1.2	1.6
Romania		253202	67014	8207	5996	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.5
Slovenia		18308	4084	442	335	0.2	0.7	4.8	5.4
Slovakia		53164	15163	1742	1366	0.0	0.2	1.1	1.2
Finland		49090	10864	1247	926	0.4	1.5	8.6	9.4
Sweden		91820	12556	1454	1003	0.3	1.8	8.3	9.9
United Kingdom (DSD)		579690	97332	13575	9268	0.4	2.5	10.8	13.1
Croatia		52151	10798	1131	859	0.1	0.6	4.2	5.4
Turkey
Norway		41716	6577	961	661	0.6	3.9	14.4	17.4
EU totals		4869585	932867	112625	81332	-	-	-	-
EU average		-	-	-	-	0.2	0.8	4.1	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 2008, as last common and recent year with information for more Member States in Eurostat. For Belgium data, refer to 2004. For Denmark data, refer to 2006. For Italy, Malta and Sweden refer to 2007. 

 (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. 

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

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