Notes:
The figure for 2004 is provisional, since only 10 countries provided data for 2004. The figure for 2004 is based on the countries which provided data for both 2003 and 2004.
Index: 1990 = 100. Numbers of cases per country per year are presented in Table DRD-2 part (i) and Table DRD-2 part (v) in the 2006 statistical bulletin.
Belgium did not provide data for 1998-2001 and Ireland and Spain for 2003. A computation method, defined in EMCDDA (2001), has been used to make corrections for this situation.
See also 'General notes for interpreting data' on the Explanatory notes and help page.
Sources:
Reitox national reports (2005), taken from general mortality registries or special registries (forensic or police), based on national definitions as presented in Table DRD-6.