Table NPS2: Drug-related deaths on the basis of the Office for National Statistics (ONS) 'wide' definition which involved New Psychoactive Substances (NPSs), 2006 to 2016
20062007200820092010201120122013201420152016

Footnotes

  1. The substances which are counted (for the purpose of these figures) as 'New Psychoactive Substances' are described in Annex E.
  2. For example, 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. For example, 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. For example, 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. For example, 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. For example, 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.

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All drug-related deaths (on the 'wide' definition)577630737716692749734685743813997
Deaths which involved 'New Psychoactive Substances'1
of which:
0004114747113114112346
(a) deaths for which one (or more) New Psychoactive Substances was implicated in, or potentially contributed, to the death000392832606274286
(i) included in this report's statistics (i.e. in the Drug Strategy 'baseline' definition, as implemented by NRS)
of which:
000262630585672281
NPS the only substance(s)* implicated in the death200004034322
Other substance(s)** also implicated in the death3000222627545370279
(ii) not included in this report's statistics
of which:
00013222625
NPS the only substance(s)* implicated in the death400003122412
Other substance(s)** also implicated in the death500010100213
(iii) total of (i) + (ii): NPS the only substance(s)* implicated in the death00007156734
Other substance(s)** also implicated in the death000322727545571282
(b) deaths for which one (or more) New Psychoactive Substances was present but not considered to have contributed to the death
of which:
00012191553523860
(i) included in this report's statistics600012191552513659
(ii) not included in this report's statistics700000001121
Total: all deaths which involved New Psychoactive Substances
of which:
0004114747113114112346
(i) included in this report's statistics000384545110107108340
(ii) not included in this report's statistics00013223746