Table 8

Table 8: Drug-related deaths per 1,000 population, Scotland, 2000 to 2014
Year	Age-group
Year	15 - 24¹	25 - 34	35 - 44	45 - 54	55 - 64²	Ages 15 - 64	All ages³
Footnotes: Some other tables which provide figures by age-group give the number of drug-related deaths of people who were aged under 25. However, this column's figures are for ages 15-24, inclusive, as there are very few drug-related deaths of people aged 0-14. Some other tables which provide figures by age-group give the number of drug-related deaths of people who were aged 55 and over. However, this column's figures are for ages 55-64, inclusive, as there are few drug-related deaths of people aged 65 and over. Including ages 0-14 and 65+.
Average of rates for 2000 to 2004	0.13	0.20	0.10	0.04	0.01	0.10	0.07
2000	0.12	0.18	0.09	0.02	0.01	0.09	0.06
2001	0.12	0.20	0.09	0.04	0.01	0.10	0.07
2002	0.16	0.23	0.12	0.04	0.01	0.11	0.08
2003	0.12	0.19	0.10	0.03	0.02	0.09	0.06
2004	0.12	0.22	0.12	0.05	0.00	0.10	0.07
2005	0.07	0.16	0.16	0.05	0.02	0.10	0.07
2006	0.10	0.24	0.16	0.08	0.02	0.12	0.08
2007	0.14	0.23	0.19	0.06	0.02	0.13	0.09
2008	0.14	0.33	0.22	0.09	0.03	0.16	0.11
2009	0.10	0.27	0.25	0.10	0.03	0.15	0.10
2010	0.09	0.24	0.21	0.10	0.03	0.14	0.09
2011	0.08	0.27	0.29	0.12	0.04	0.16	0.11
2012	0.07	0.25	0.28	0.14	0.05	0.16	0.11
2013	0.05	0.20	0.27	0.16	0.06	0.15	0.10
2014	0.07	0.22	0.32	0.18	0.05	0.17	0.11
Average of rates for 2010 to 2014	0.07	0.24	0.27	0.14	0.05	0.15	0.11