Table DRDeath-2. Number of acute drug-related deaths recorded in EU Member States (15 members up to 2004) according to national definitions, 1985-2002. Part (iii) Female drug-related deaths 1990-2002

Country	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002

Belgium	12	19	14	39	30	37	29	26	na	na	na	na	na
Denmark		35	46	44	44	48	46	51	40	38	50	47	36
Germany	264	329	332	298	264	254	238	250	258	294	318	289	237
Greece	7	5	9	8	11	14	20	23	29	20	19	21	17
Spain	69	71	69	46	55	60	60	48	37	38	37	47	28
France	62	72	86	91	91	70	57	43	18	24	20	11	21
Ireland	1	0	3	2	1	6	9	14	27	22	29	22	na
Italy	120	136	100	107	61	113	138	88	96	105	85	88	41
Luxembourg	2	1	3	3	5	5	4	3	1	2	7	3	2
Netherlands ⁽¹⁾	7	3	3	8	12	9	15	12	6	8	15	20	na
Austria	6	11	22	21	25	29	26	22	15	34	35	22	25
Portugal	9	hna	21	11	18	19	18	hna	39	36	38	27	21
Finland	6	4	10	9	8	14	13	5	10	10	12	11	na
Sweden	7	10	11	17	13	14	24	17	24	23	31	22	na
U.K. total (ONS) ⁽²⁾	891	838	934	887	875	920	910	926	978	900	910	879	na
U.K. (England & Wales) (ONS)				248	240	245	255	256	329	257	320	306	na
U.K. (N. Ireland) (ONS)	25	28	15	16	15	20	19	20	16	15	22	8	na
U.K. (Scotland) (ONS)	117	108	118	146	162	155	146	157	143	150	142	186	na
Norway							27	30	50	57	63	66	na

Notes:
(hna): historical data not available; (na): data of recent years not yet available.
Absolute numbers from different countries are not directly comparable because differences remain in case definition and recording methods.
The national definitions used to report to the EMCDDA and the methods used are described in [Methods and definitions - Drug-related deaths].
National definitions usually refer to acute deaths directly related to drug consumption ("overdoses", "poisonings" or "drug-induced"). Note that, in a few countries, the figures include also a limited number of cases of deaths indirectly related to drug use (e.g. AIDS, accidents with positive toxicology). See [Methodological notes with national definitions]. Note in addition that in some countries, statistics published at national level may differ from those presented here for differences of case definition used at national level.
⁽¹⁾ The Netherlands adopted the EMCDDA definition for general mortality registries ("Selection B") in 2001, yielding 144 cases. In this table, the figure based on the previous definition was maintained until retrospective recomputation of figures is done consistently, based on data reported to EMCDDA.
⁽²⁾ United Kingdom (ONS): Definition used by Office for National Statistics (ONS).

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