Table NPS2: Drug-related deaths on the basis of the Office for National Statistics (ONS) 'wide' definition, which involved New Psychoactive Substances (NPSs), 2004 to 2014
20042005200620072008200920102011201220132014
Footnotes:
  1. The substances which are counted (for the purpose of these figures) as 'New Psychoactive Substances' are described in Annex E.
  2. e.g. the death was after 15 April 2010, the cause of death was certified as 'mephedrone intoxication', and no other substance was said to have been found.
  3. e.g. the cause of death was certified as 'adverse effects of methadone and mephedrone'. Note that the date of death is not a factor, because methadone has 'always' been controlled.
  4. e.g. the death occurred up to 15 April 2010, the cause of death was certified as ""mephedrone intoxication"", and no other substance was said to have been found.
  5. e.g. the death occurred up to 15 April 2010, and both mephedrone and an uncontrolled volatile substance were said to be implicated in, or potentially contributed, to the death.
  6. e.g. the cause of death was given as 'heroin, alcohol and diazepam toxicity', and BZP and TFMPP were also present.
  7. an artificial example would be a death which occurred up to 15 April 2010, co-codamol was said to be implicated in, or potentially contributed, to the death; mephedrone was said to be present but did not contribute to the death.
* apart, perhaps, from alcohol.
** apart, perhaps, from alcohol.
All drug-related deaths (on the 'wide' definition)546480577630737716692749734685743
Deaths which involved 'new psychoactive substances'1000004114747113114
of which:
(a) deaths for which one (or more) new psychoactive substances was implicated in, or potentially contributed to the death000003928326062
(i) included in this report's statistics (i.e. in the Drug Strategy 'baseline' definition, as implemented by NRS)000002626305855
of which:
NPS the only substance(s)* implicated in the death200000040342
Other substance(s)** also implicated in the death3000002226275453
(ii) not included in this report's statistics00000132227
of which:
NPS the only substance(s)* implicated in the death400000031225
Other substance(s)** also implicated in the death500000101002
(iii) total of (i) + (ii):
NPS the only substance(s)* implicated in the death00000071567
Other substance(s)** also implicated in the death000003227275455
(b) deaths for which one (or more) new psychoactive substances was present, but not considered to have contributed to the death000001219155352
of which:
(i) included in this report's statistics6000001219155251
(ii) not included in this report's statistics700000000011
Total: all deaths which involved new psychoactive substances000004114747113114
of which:
(i) included in this report's statistics00000384545110106
(ii) not included in this report's statistics00000132238