Written Question · S2W-23804 · Session 2
How many deaths have been recorded as a result of drug overdose or misuse in each of the last five years.
The question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many deaths have been recorded as a result of drug overdose or misuse in each of the last five years.
The answer
The information requested isgiven in the following table.
Deaths Resulting from DrugOverdose or Misuse, Scotland
2000
| 2001
| 2002
| 2003
| 2004
495
| 551
| 566
| 493
| 546
The figures given in the tableinclude all deaths coded to drug misuse together with accidental deaths, suicides,assaults, and events of undetermined intent caused by drug overdose. Each year theGeneral Register Office for Scotland (GROS) publishes a short paper entitled Drug-RelatedDeaths in Scotland. This paper uses a narrower definition of drug-related deathswhich includes all deaths coded to drug misuse together with other deaths involvingdrugs listed under the Misuse of Drugs Act. The latest issue of this paper, whichincludes further information on the definition used, may be found on the GROS websiteusing the following link:
http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/statistics/library/drug-related-deaths/04drug-related-deaths.html.
Deaths Resulting from DrugOverdose or Misuse, Scotland
2000
| 2001
| 2002
| 2003
| 2004
495
| 551
| 566
| 493
| 546
The figures given in the tableinclude all deaths coded to drug misuse together with accidental deaths, suicides,assaults, and events of undetermined intent caused by drug overdose. Each year theGeneral Register Office for Scotland (GROS) publishes a short paper entitled Drug-RelatedDeaths in Scotland. This paper uses a narrower definition of drug-related deathswhich includes all deaths coded to drug misuse together with other deaths involvingdrugs listed under the Misuse of Drugs Act. The latest issue of this paper, whichincludes further information on the definition used, may be found on the GROS websiteusing the following link:
http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/statistics/library/drug-related-deaths/04drug-related-deaths.html.
In the Official Report
No contribution in the Official Report cites S2W-23804 by reference.