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Drug-related deaths in Scotland in 2008

Table 5 Drug-related deaths by sex, age and cause of death, Scotland, 2008

All categories

Cause of death category (ICD10 codes)

Drug abuse

Accidental
poisoning

Intentional
self-poisoning

Assault by
drugs, etc.

Undetermined
intent

(F11-F16, F19)

(X40-X44)

(X60-X64)

(X85)

(Y10-Y14)

All deaths

574

370

59

34

0

111

Males

461

304

55

26

0

76

Females

113

66

4

8

0

35

Under 25

92

51

19

4

0

18

25-34

211

157

20

6

0

28

35-44

174

122

13

12

0

27

45 and over

97

40

7

12

0

38

Males

Under 25

68

36

17

3

0

12

25-34

178

129

19

5

0

25

35-44

145

103

13

9

0

20

45 and over

70

36

6

9

0

19

Females

Under 25

24

15

2

1

0

6

25-34

33

28

1

1

0

3

35-44

29

19

0

3

0

7

45 and over

27

4

1

3

0

19

 

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