Table 6: Drug-related deaths by sex, age and selected drugs reported<sup>1</sup>, Scotland, 2016

Table 6: Drug-related deaths by sex, age and selected drugs reported¹, Scotland, 2016
	All drug-related deaths	Heroin / morphine²	Methadone	Heroin / morphine, Methadone or Bupren-orphine	Codeine or a codeine-containing compound	Dihydro-codeine or a d.h.c-containing compound	Any opiate or opioid	Benzodiazepines		Cocaine	Ecstasy-type	Amphet-amines	Alcohol
	All drug-related deaths	Heroin / morphine²	Methadone	Heroin / morphine, Methadone or Bupren-orphine	Codeine or a codeine-containing compound	Dihydro-codeine or a d.h.c-containing compound	Any opiate or opioid	Any benzo-diazepine	of which: Diazepam	Cocaine	Ecstasy-type	Amphet-amines	Alcohol
Footnotes More than one drug may be reported per death. These are mentions of each drug, and should not be added to give total deaths. Part (i) counts only drugs which, the pathologist believed, were implicated in, or potentially contributed to, the cause of death. Part (ii) counts all the drugs which the pathologist found to be present in the body, including those which the pathologist did not consider to have had any direct contribution to the death. More information can be found in paragraph 3.3.1 of the commentary. © Crown Copyright 2017
(i) drugs which were implicated in, or which potentially contributed to, the cause of death
All deaths	867	473	362	650	43	114	765	426	154	123	28	25	112
Males	592	345	237	455	20	65	510	292	111	96	25	19	84
Females	275	128	125	195	23	49	255	134	43	27	3	6	28
Under 25	42	16	7	20	4	6	26	16	6	8	10	2	2
25-34	199	122	74	152	3	19	173	118	38	36	8	3	29
35-44	327	184	154	261	20	32	289	182	66	46	6	11	39
45-54	213	108	109	168	7	36	195	94	37	29	4	9	30
55 and over	86	43	18	49	9	21	82	16	7	4	0	0	12
Males
Under 25	25	11	4	12	3	4	15	10	6	5	7	0	1
25-34	151	94	47	114	1	11	127	88	28	32	8	2	21
35-44	237	140	103	187	11	24	206	127	49	36	6	9	30
45-54	131	70	65	106	1	19	115	52	22	19	4	8	22
55 and over	48	30	18	36	4	7	47	15	6	4	0	0	10
Females
Under 25	17	5	3	8	1	2	11	6	0	3	3	2	1
25-34	48	28	27	38	2	8	46	30	10	4	0	1	8
35-44	90	44	51	74	9	8	83	55	17	10	0	2	9
45-54	82	38	44	62	6	17	80	42	15	10	0	1	8
55 and over	38	13	0	13	5	14	35	1	1	0	0	0	2
(ii) all drugs which were found to be present in the body
All deaths	867	483	375	662	80	150	779	632	365	145	30	30	330
Males	592	354	247	464	42	93	520	442	260	113	27	23	239
Females	275	129	128	198	38	57	259	190	105	32	3	7	91
Under 25	42	16	7	20	5	7	26	22	11	10	10	2	12
25-34	199	124	75	154	12	33	176	163	79	44	10	3	74
35-44	327	188	163	267	34	42	296	249	147	55	6	14	127
45-54	213	111	112	172	17	44	198	156	100	32	4	11	84
55 and over	86	44	18	49	12	24	83	42	28	4	0	0	33
Males
Under 25	25	11	4	12	3	4	15	13	8	7	7	0	7
25-34	151	96	47	115	8	24	129	120	59	38	10	2	56
35-44	237	144	112	193	20	31	212	182	110	43	6	12	97
45-54	131	72	66	108	5	24	117	93	62	21	4	9	56
55 and over	48	31	18	36	6	10	47	34	21	4	0	0	23
Females
Under 25	17	5	3	8	2	3	11	9	3	3	3	2	5
25-34	48	28	28	39	4	9	47	43	20	6	0	1	18
35-44	90	44	51	74	14	11	84	67	37	12	0	2	30
45-54	82	39	46	64	12	20	81	63	38	11	0	2	28
55 and over	38	13	0	13	6	14	36	8	7	0	0	0	10