Why are drug-related deaths among women increasing in Scotland? - full report

Appendix 4. Additional tables and figures

Table A1. Comparison of numbers of drug-related deaths using the standard definition and consistent series, 2000-2016

Source: National Records of Scotland. Broadly speaking, the standard definition counts deaths on the basis of the drugs at the time of death, whereas the consistent series counts death on the basis of the classification of the drugs at the end of the latest year which is covered by the publication (in this case 2016). See (National Records of Scotland, 2017a) for more detail.

Table A2. Number of drug-related deaths between 2011 and 2016 by underlying cause of death and gender, using the NRS ‘new’ coding rules as applied from 2011 onwards.

Source: National Records for Scotland (bespoke request). For more information on coding rules applied to the underlying cause of death, see (National Records of Scotland, 2017a).

Figure A1. Trend over time in the proportion of NESI participants who are aged >35 years, by gender.

Source: Health Protection Scotland, University of the West of Scotland, Glasgow Caledonian University, and the West of Scotland Specialist Virology Centre: Needle Exchange Surveillance Initiative (bespoke request). Note different age category threshold to Scottish Drugs Misuse Database.

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