| Year | Drug- related deaths registered in year |
Annual moving averages |
Likely range of values around 5-year average # |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3-year average | 5-year average | likely lower | likely upper | ||
| 1996 | 244 | ||||
| 1997 | 224 | 239 | |||
| 1998 | 249 | 255 | 260 | 228 | 292 |
| 1999 | 291 | 277 | 278 | 245 | 310 |
| 2000 | 292 | 305 | 309 | 275 | 344 |
| 2001 | 332 | 335 | 323 | 288 | 358 |
| 2002 | 382 | 344 | 336 | 300 | 372 |
| 2003 | 317 | 352 | 345 | 308 | 381 |
| 2004 | 356 | 336 | 362 | 325 | 400 |
| 2005 | 336 | 371 | 377 | 339 | 415 |
| 2006 | 421 | 404 | 428 | 388 | 469 |
| 2007 | 455 | 483 | 466 | 424 | 509 |
| 2008 | 574 | 525 | 496 | 452 | 540 |
| 2009 | 545 | 535 | |||
| 2010 | 485 | ||||
# see paragraph 3.1.2 of commentary