Table 3: Drug-related deaths by selected drugs reported1, Scotland, 1996-2013
Year
All drug-related deaths
Heroin/morphine2
Methadone
Benzodiazepines
Cocaine
Ecstasy
Amphetamines
Alcohol
Any benzodiazepine
of which:
Diazepam
Temazepam
Footnotes:
More than one drug may be reported per death. These are mentions of each drug, and should not be added to give total deaths. Up to 2007, some pathologists reported only those drugs which they thought caused, or contributed to, the death. From 2008, they report separately:
(a) drugs which were implicated in, or which potentially contributed to the cause of death; and
(b) other drugs which were present but which were not considered to have had any direct contribution to the death.
The figures for 2008 onwards are on the first basis - i.e. basis (a) - which is now the standard basis for figures for individual drugs. The figures for 2008 have been revised from those published in Drug-related Deaths in Scotland in 2008'.
There may be other differences between years and/or areas in the way in which the information was produced - more information can be found in Section 2 of the commentary.
More information can be found in paragraph 3.3.1 of the commentary.