Notes:

The national definitions used to report to the EMCDDA and the methods used are described in Drug related deaths – methods and definitions.

For 2004 the Index is provisional, computed on the basis of the percentage change in the countries that provided data for both 2003 and 2004

United Kingdom: Only data based on the definition used by Office for National Statistics (ONS) and not the DSD figures are used to compute the indices

(1) Corrected Index: 1985=100
Some countries did not provide data for some years (see Table DRD-2 part (i)). To correct this situation, the computation method used is defined in the report [‘European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (2001). Coordination of the implementation of the EMCDDA standard guidelines on the drug-related deaths in the EU Member States, and the collection and analysis of information on drug-related deaths’], Project CT.99.RTX.04, Co-ordinated by the Trimbos Institute. Lisbon: EMCDDA.

(2) Corrected Index: 1996=100
Some countries did not provide data for some years (Table DRD-2 part (i)). To correct this situation, the computation method used is defined in the report [‘European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (2001). Coordination of the implementation of the EMCDDA standard guidelines on the drug-related deaths in the EU Member States, and the collection and analysis of information on drug-related deaths’], Project CT.99.RTX.04, Co-ordinated by the Trimbos Institute. Lisbon: EMCDDA.

(3) Corrected Index: 1990=100
Some countries did not provide data for some years (see Table DRD-2 part (iii), Table DRD-2 part (iv) and Table DRD-2 part (v)).

See also 'General notes for interpreting data' on the Explanatory notes and help page.

Sources:

Reitox national reports 2005, taken from national mortality registries or special registries (forensic or police). Based on ‘National definitions’ as presented in Drug related deaths – methods and definitions.