Table 4: Drug-related deaths by sex and age, Scotland, 1996 – 2015

Year	Drug-related deaths	Sex		Age-group1							Age
		Male	Female	14 and under	15 - 24	25 - 34	35 - 44	45 - 54	55 - 64	65 and over	Lower quartile	Median	Upper quartile
Footnote: For 2001, 2003 and 2006, there are differences of one or two between the overall total for the year, and the sum of the figures for the individual age-groups. This is due to the use of a new database - further information can be found in Annex A, paragraph A4.
annual averages:
1996-2000	260	207	53	83		108	46	12	10		..	..	..
2001-2005	345	278	66	0	77	132	92	30	8	6	..	..	..
1996	244	185	59	86		103	32	13	10		22	28	34
1997	224	179	45	76		89	31	14	14		23	29	35
1998	249	194	55	88		103	37	9	12		23	27	34
1999	291	237	54	94		118	62	10	7		23	28	35
2000	292	239	53	0	73	126	69	16	3	5	25	30	36
2001	332	267	65	1	79	140	70	31	8	4	25	31	38
2002	382	321	61	0	100	153	92	27	7	3	24	30	37
2003	317	256	61	0	78	123	81	20	11	6	25	31	37
2004	356	289	67	0	81	138	92	35	2	8	25	31	38
2005	336	259	77	1	47	104	126	37	11	10	28	36	41
2006	421	334	87	0	69	154	127	54	15	1	27	34	40
2007	455	393	62	0	94	149	149	45	11	7	26	34	41
2008	574	461	113	0	92	211	174	71	17	9	27	34	41
2009	545	413	132	2	69	178	189	78	20	9	28	35	43
2010	485	363	122	0	65	161	158	76	20	5	28	35	43
2011	584	429	155	0	58	184	212	94	26	10	30	37	43
2012	581	416	165	0	46	171	199	115	34	16	31	38	46
2013	527	393	134	0	32	138	184	125	39	9	32	40	47
2014	613	452	161	1	46	157	213	148	36	12	32	40	47
2015	706	484	222	0	30	163	249	183	61	20	34	41	49
2011-2015 average	602	435	167	0	42	163	211	133	39	13	..	..	..