UKCIA Hansard Statistics index

Deaths in England and Wales to children aged 13-16 years, 1992-96	Click here
Death causes Northern Ireland 1988-1996	Click here
Deaths to residents of Wales, 1993-96	Click here
Deaths to residents of Scotland, 1993-96	Click here
Deaths from drug-related causes in England and Wales, 1988-97	Click here
Substances mentioned in the records of deaths assigned to accidental and other poisoning by solid or liquid substances, England and Wales 1993-1996	Click here
Deaths to persons aged 60 years and over, Scotland: selected causes	Click here

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Deaths in England and Wales to children aged 13-16 years, 1992-96

February 1998

	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996
(a) Heroin	--	0	1	2	2
Alone	--	--	0	0	2
With other drugs(5)	--	--	1	2	0
(b) Alcohol(7)	0	2	0	1	3
(c) Ecstasy	--	0	0	0	3
Alone	--	--	--	--	2
With other drugs(5)	--	--	--	--	1
(d) 'Speed' (Amphetamines)	--	0	2	3	0
Alone	--	--	1	0	--
With other drugs(5)	--	--	1	3	--
(e) Glue(6)	22	17	13	15	n/a
(f) Temazepam	--	0	2(1)	2	0
Alone	--	--	0	0	--
With other drugs(5)	--	--	2(1)	2	--
(g) Cannabis	--	1	0	2	0
Alone	--	0	--	0	--
With other drugs(5)	--	1	--	2	--
(h) LSD	--	0	0	0	0
Alone	--	--	--	--	--
With other drugs(5)	--	--	--	--	--

The figures in brackets are those deaths with a mention of alcohol and are included in the non-bracketed figures.

Deaths from alcohol for 1992 are those that were registered in the year, deaths for the years 1993-96 are those that occurred.

The route of administration (i.e., whether swallowed, injected, inhaled, etc.) of a toxic substance is not usually specified on the death certificate. The data above represent all mentions of drugs, however administered, where the death was certified as due to poisoning, drug dependence or non-dependent abuse of drugs.

(5) If, for example, both heroin and cannabis are mentioned on a death certificate, the death will occur twice in the table, once under 'Heroin with other drugs' and once under 'Cannabis with other drugs'.

(6) Data supplied by St. George's Hospital Medical School and are those deaths involving all volatile substances, including glue.

(7) Deaths certified as due to alcoholic psychoses, alcohol dependence syndrome, non-dependent abuse of alcohol, alcoholic cardiomyopathy, chronic liver disease and cirrhosis, and toxic effects of alcohol

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Death causes Northern Ireland 1988-1996

April 1998

	Total deaths
Substance	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996
(a) Heroin	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
(b) Temazepan	3	2	1	1	--	3	1	2	--
(c) Cocaine/Crack	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
(d) LSD	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
(e) Solvents	7	12	9	9	9	11	6	5	4
(f) Amphetamine	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
(g) Ecstasy	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	2	--
(j) Khat	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
(k) Alcohol	51	41	75	70	57	56	84	96	87
(m) Cannabis	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--

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Deaths to residents of Wales, 1993-96

April 1998

	1993	1994	1995	1996
(a) Heroin(15)	1	1	1	3
Alone	1	1	0	3
With other drugs	0	0	1	0
(b) Temazapam(15)	4	8	10	6
Alone	3	5	2	3
With other drugs	1	3	8	3
(c) Cocaine/crack(15)	0	0	0	0
(d) LSD(15)	0	0	0	0
(e) Solvents(16)	6	1	1	n/a
(f) Amphetamines(15)	1	0	1	2
Alone	0	0	1	0
With other drugs	1	0	0	2
(g) Ecstasy(15)	0	2	0	1
Alone	--	0	0	1
With other drugs	--	2	0	0
(h) Paracetamol(15)(17)	5	19	37	21
Alone	6	7	9	7
With other drugs	9	12	28	14
(i) Co-Proxamol(15)(17)	5	0	5	3
Alone	4	0	4	2
With other drugs	1	0	1	1
(j) Khat(15)	0	0	0	0
(k) Alcohol(18)	240	244	289	294
(l) Tobacco(19)	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
(m) Cannabis(15)	1	2	0	1
Alone	0	0	0	0
With other drugs	1	2	0	1

(15) Number of deaths where the substance was mentioned on the death certificate. Where, for example, both heroin and cannabis are mentioned on a death certificate, the death will occur twice in the table, once under 'Heroin with other drugs' and once under 'Cannabis with other drugs'.

(16) Data are supplied by St. George's Hospital Medical School and are those deaths involving all volatile substances, including solvents.

(17) Paracetamol is one of the ingredients in co-proxamol. When ONS quantifies deaths from paracetamol, they include deaths where co-proxamol and other paracetamol compounds are mentioned on the death certificate under 'paracetamol with other drugs'. Hence this method is used here and deaths attributed to co-proxamol are also included under 'paracetamol with other drugs'.

(18) Deaths certified as due to alcoholic psychoses, alcohol dependence syndrome, non-dependent abuse of alcohol, alcoholic cardiomyopathy, chronic liver disease and cirrhosis, and toxic effects of alcohol.

(19) The Health Education Authority estimates the number of deaths of people in the UK as a result of their own smoking in 1988 as 110,000 and in 1995 as 120,000. No sub-national breakdowns are available

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Deaths to residents of Scotland, 1993-96

April 1998

	1993	1994	1995	1996
(a) Heroin	11(2)	19(1)	49(4)	32(10)
alone	3	8	25	11
with other drugs	8(2)	11(1)	24(4)	21(10)
(b) Temazepam	49(8)	84(20)	68(12)	48(19)
alone	12	12	4	1
with other drugs	37(8)	72(20)	64(12)	47(19)
(c) Cocaine/crack	2(1)	2	3	3
alone	0	2	1	1
with other drugs	2(1)	0	2	2
(d) LSD	0	1(1)	0	0
alone	0	0	0	0
with other drugs	0	1(1)	0	0
(e) Solvents	8	7	6	9
(f) Amphetamines	4	3(3)	3(1)	5(1)
alone	4	0	1	0
with other drugs	0	3(3)	2(1)	5(1)
(g) Ecstasy	0	4	3	6
alone	0	4	2	0
with other drugs	0	0	1	6
(h) Paracetamol	59(8)	59(17)	82(15)	56(14)
alone	38	32	24	24
with other drugs	21(8)	27(17)	58(15)	32(14)
(i) Co-proxamol	19(8)	27(11)	26(10)	35(11)
alone	11	13	15	20
with other drugs	8(8)	14(11)	11(10)	15(11)
(j) Khat	0	0	0	0
(k) Alcohol	421	513	599	709
(l) Tobacco	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
(m) Cannabis	0	0	6(2)	2(1)
alone	0	0	0	0
with other drugs	0	0	6(2)	2(1)

The figures correspond to the number of deaths where the substances were mentioned on the death certificate or were identified following investigation. Where, for example, both heroin and temazepam were involved, each will be counted in the table; once under 'heroin with other drugs' and once under 'temazepam with other drugs'. The figures in brackets are those deaths with a mention of alcohol and are included in the non-bracketed figures. None of these cases is included in line (k) which covers deaths certified as due to alcoholic psychoses, alcohol dependence syndrome, non-dependent abuse of alcohol, alcoholic cardiomyopathy, chronic liver disease and cirrhosis, and toxic effects of alcohol.

Data for years prior to 1994 are available but there are undercounts of the types of drugs involved due to the methods of data collection and processing in use at the time. From 1994, a new method was introduced which gives a more accurate count of drug deaths. Data for 1993 are not directly comparable and are provided for information purposes only.

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Deaths from drug-related causes in England and Wales, 1988-97

June 1998

Letter from Tim Holt to Mrs. Gwyneth Dunwoody, dated 25 June 1998:

Year	Number of deaths
1988	2,061
1989	1,942
1990	2,041
1991	2,053
1992	2,287
1993	2,252
1994	2,405
1995	2,563
1996	2,722
1997	2,816

Note:

Deaths data for the years 1988-1992 and 1997 correspond to deaths registered in the year, deaths data for the years 1993-1996 relate to deaths that occurred during the year.