Table C2: Drug-related deaths by underlying cause of death¹ and Council area, 2013

Council area	All causes of death	Underlying cause of death (ICD10 codes)
		Drug abuse (F11-F16, F19)	Accidental poisoning (X40-X44)	Intentional self-poisoning (X60-X64)	Assault by drugs, etc. (X85)	Undetermined intent (Y10-Y14)
Footnotes: The coding rules were changed with effect from the start of 2011, as explained in paragraph 2.6 of the commentary. Briefly, 'drug abuse' deaths from 'acute intoxication' were previously counted under 'mental and behavioural disorders due to psychoactive substance use' (unless they were known to be due to intentional self-harm or assault). They are now counted under the appropriate 'poisoning' category. For example, if the cause of death of a known drug abuser was given as 'adverse effects of heroin' (and it was not intentional self-harm or assault), the underlying cause of death would be coded as follows: (a) up to 2010 - as 'F11 - mental and behavioural disorders due to use of opioids' (b) from 2011 - the appropriate 'poisoning' category, such as 'X42 - accidental poisoning by and exposure to narcotics and psychodysleptics (hallucinogens) not elsewhere classified' National Records of Scotland has estimated what the figures for 2013 would have been, had the data been coded using the old rules.
(i) New coding rules
Scotland	526	22	365	50	1	88
Aberdeen City	24	1	19	2	0	2
Aberdeenshire	21	1	18	2	0	0
Angus	10	0	7	1	1	1
Argyll & Bute	5	0	4	0	0	1
Clackmannanshire	7	0	4	1	0	2
Dumfries & Galloway	9	0	8	1	0	0
Dundee City	23	0	20	2	0	1
East Ayrshire	12	0	10	2	0	0
East Dunbartonshire	1	0	1	0	0	0
East Lothian	8	1	5	0	0	2
East Renfrewshire	3	0	2	1	0	0
Edinburgh, City of	64	3	28	4	0	29
Eilean Siar	2	0	1	1	0	0
Falkirk	11	0	5	1	0	5
Fife	39	2	14	1	0	22
Glasgow City	103	4	85	11	0	3
Highland	13	0	9	2	0	2
Inverclyde	10	0	10	0	0	0
Midlothian	8	1	5	0	0	2
Moray	5	0	3	1	0	1
North Ayrshire	11	1	8	2	0	0
North Lanarkshire	38	2	27	8	0	1
Orkney Islands	1	0	1	0	0	0
Perth & Kinross	3	0	3	0	0	0
Renfrewshire	13	1	12	0	0	0
Scottish Borders	8	1	1	1	0	5
Shetland Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0
South Ayrshire	13	1	10	1	0	1
South Lanarkshire	37	3	27	3	0	4
Stirling	6	0	3	0	0	3
West Dunbartonshire	8	0	8	0	0	0
West Lothian	10	0	7	2	0	1
(ii) Old coding rules
Scotland	526	359	73	50	1	43
Aberdeen City	24	20	0	2	0	2
Aberdeenshire	21	18	1	2	0	0
Angus	10	5	2	1	1	1
Argyll & Bute	5	4	0	0	0	1
Clackmannanshire	7	4	0	1	0	2
Dumfries & Galloway	9	7	1	1	0	0
Dundee City	23	18	2	2	0	1
East Ayrshire	12	8	2	2	0	0
East Dunbartonshire	1	0	1	0	0	0
East Lothian	8	6	1	0	0	1
East Renfrewshire	3	2	0	1	0	0
Edinburgh, City of	64	48	5	4	0	7
Eilean Siar	2	1	0	1	0	0
Falkirk	11	7	0	1	0	3
Fife	39	25	2	1	0	11
Glasgow City	103	69	20	11	0	3
Highland	13	10	0	2	0	1
Inverclyde	10	8	2	0	0	0
Midlothian	8	5	2	0	0	1
Moray	5	3	0	1	0	1
North Ayrshire	11	5	4	2	0	0
North Lanarkshire	38	20	10	8	0	0
Orkney Islands	1	1	0	0	0	0
Perth & Kinross	3	2	1	0	0	0
Renfrewshire	13	10	3	0	0	0
Scottish Borders	8	4	0	1	0	3
Shetland Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0
South Ayrshire	13	12	0	1	0	0
South Lanarkshire	37	24	6	3	0	4
Stirling	6	5	0	0	0	1
West Dunbartonshire	8	5	3	0	0	0
West Lothian	10	3	5	2	0	0