Table X: Drug-related deaths in Scotland - different definitions1, 1996 to 2013
| Year | this paper (based on UK Drug Strategy 'baseline' definition) | Office for National Statistics 'wide' definition | European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction 'general mortality register' definition |
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Footnotes:
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| 1996 | 244 | 460 | 208 |
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| 1997 | 224 | 447 | 188 |
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| 1998 | 249 | 449 | 230 |
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| 1999 | 291 | 492 | 272 |
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| 2000 | 292 | 495 | 318 |
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| 2001 | 332 | 551 | 376 |
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| 2002 | 382 | 566 | 417 |
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| 2003 | 317 | 493 | 331 |
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| 2004 | 356 | 546 | 387 |
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| 2005 | 336 | 480 | 352 |
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| 2006 | 421 | 577 | 416 |
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| 2007 | 455 | 630 | 450 |
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| 2008 | 574 | 737 | 556 |
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| 2009 | 545 | 716 | 532 |
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| 2010 | 485 | 692 | 479 |
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| 2011 | 584 | 749 | 556 |
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| 2012 | 581 | 734 | 548 |
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| 2013 | 526 | 685 | 513 |
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