Drug-related deaths in Scotland in 2007

Year	Drug-related deaths	Sex		Age-group				Age
Year	Drug-related deaths	Male	Female	under 25	25 - 34	35 - 44	45 & over	Lower quartile	Median	Upper quartile
1996-2000 average	260	207	53	83	108	46	23	..	..	..
1996	244	185	59	86	103	32	23	22	28	34
1997	224	179	45	76	89	31	28	23	29	35
1998	249	194	55	88	103	37	21	23	27	34
1999	291	237	54	94	118	62	17	23	28	35
2000	292	239	53	73	126	69	24	25	30	36
2001	332	267	65	80	140	69	43	25	31	38
2002	382	321	61	100	153	92	37	24	30	37
2003	317	256	61	78	123	80	36	25	31	37
2004	356	289	67	81	138	92	45	25	31	38
2005	336	259	77	48	104	126	58	28	36	41
2006	421	334	87	69	154	128	70	27	34	40
2007	455	393	62	94	149	149	63	26	34	41
2003-2007 average	377	306	71	74	134	115	54	..	..	..