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 (ii) Male drug-related deaths 1990-2002

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

Belgium	38	44	50	84	92	95	108	97	na	na	na	na	na
Denmark		153	162	166	227	226	222	227	211	201	197	211	216
Germany	1227	1770	1750	1419	1346	1293	1447	1223	1401	1513	1712	1537	1263
Greece	59	74	70	70	135	162	202	209	216	245	285	300	242
Spain	382	506	485	393	328	332	356	270	233	220	213	219	203
France	288	339	413	363	473	395	336	185	125	94	100	96	76
Ireland	6	8	11	16	18	37	44	67	70	92	90	66	na
Italy	1041	1247	1117	781	806	1082	1428	1072	984	897	931	737	475
Luxembourg	9	16	14	12	24	17	13	6	15	15	19	15	9
Netherlands ⁽¹⁾	36	46	40	30	38	24	48	58	55	68	83	83	na
Austria	37	60	107	135	148	141	165	114	94	94	132	117	114
Portugal	73	hna	134	89	124	177	214	hna	298	333	280	253	135
Finland	35	30	17	17	27	37	30	38	42	55	63	52	na
Sweden	55	52	55	66	73	56	98	116	114	130	160	140	na
U.K. total (ONS) ⁽²⁾	1150	1215	1353	1365	1529	1643	1811	1932	1944	2043	2058	2019	na
U.K. (England & Wales) (ONS)				616	762	855	992	1046	1130	1311	1343	1317	na
U.K. (N. Ireland) (ONS)	14	18	13	12	20	26	21	19	24	35	32	16	na
U.K. (Scotland) (ONS)	159	167	195	228	260	271	314	290	306	342	353	365	na
Norway							168	155	224	180	297	302	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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