Table HB2: Drug-related deaths by underlying cause of death1 and NHS Board area, 2014
NHS Board areaAll causes of deathUnderlying 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)
Footnote:
  1. 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 2014 would have been, had the data been coded using the old rules.
(i) New coding rules
Scotland613 32 470 45 0 66
Ayrshire & Arran43 1 39 2 0 1
Borders11 0 9 1 0 1
Dumfries & Galloway13 0 12 1 0 0
Fife46 0 26 8 0 12
Forth Valley25 0 19 3 0 3
Grampian36 2 29 3 0 2
Greater Glasgow & Clyde189 19 151 11 0 8
Highland25 0 19 4 0 2
Lanarkshire67 1 57 4 0 5
Lothian105 3 66 7 0 29
Orkney0 0 0 0 0 0
Shetland4 1 3 0 0 0
Tayside48 5 39 1 0 3
Western Isles1 0 1 0 0 0
(ii) Old coding rules
Scotland613 429 108 45 0 31
Ayrshire & Arran43 35 6 2 0 0
Borders11 10 0 1 0 0
Dumfries & Galloway13 8 4 1 0 0
Fife46 28 6 8 0 4
Forth Valley25 15 5 3 0 2
Grampian36 25 6 3 0 2
Greater Glasgow & Clyde189 125 45 11 0 8
Highland25 17 2 4 0 2
Lanarkshire67 47 13 4 0 3
Lothian105 83 7 7 0 8
Orkney0 0 0 0 0 0
Shetland4 4 0 0 0 0
Tayside48 32 13 1 0 2
Western Isles1 0 1 0 0 0