Table 4: Drug-related deaths by sex and age, Scotland, 1996 – 2013

Year	Drug-related deaths	Sex		Age-group1					Age
		Male	Female	under 25	25 - 34	35 - 44	45 - 54	55 & over	Lower quartile	Median	Upper quartile
Footnote: For 2001, 2003 and 2006, there are differences of one or tw o betw een the overall total for the year and the sum of the figures for the individual agegroups. 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	..	..	..
1999-2003	323	264	59	85	132	75	21	11	..	..	..
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	73	126	69	16	8	25	30	36
2001	332	267	65	80	140	70	31	12	25	31	38
2002	382	321	61	100	153	92	27	10	24	30	37
2003	317	256	61	78	123	81	20	17	25	31	37
2004	356	289	67	81	138	92	35	10	25	31	38
2005	336	259	77	48	104	126	37	21	28	36	41
2006	421	334	87	69	154	127	54	16	27	34	40
2007	455	393	62	94	149	149	45	18	26	34	41
2008	574	461	113	92	211	174	71	26	27	34	41
2009	545	413	132	71	178	189	78	29	28	35	43
2010	485	363	122	65	161	158	76	25	28	35	43
2011	584	429	155	58	184	212	94	36	30	37	43
2012	581	416	165	46	171	199	115	50	31	38	46
2013	526	393	133	32	137	184	125	48	32	40	47
2009-2013 average	544	403	141	54	166	188	98	38	..	..	..