§ Baroness MACLEOD of BORVEasked Her Majesty's Government:
1060WAHow many people in England, Scotland and Wales died as a result of narcotic drugs in each of the last 10 years.
§ Lord CULLEN of ASHBOURNEThe numbers of deaths from opiates alone or in combination with certain other drugs and/or alcohol in England and Wales and Scotland, 1969 to 1978 are as follows:
ICD Number 304.0 ICD Number 965.0 Number 978.0 Number 979.0 Year Drug dependence opium, opium alkaloids and their derivative. Adverse effects of opiates and synthetic analogues alone or in combination with other drugs and/or alcohol England and Wales Scotland England and Wales Scotland 1969 13 — 37 — 1970 11 — 29 1 1971 2 — 25 2 1972 7 — 43 2 1973 12 — 41 3 1974 10 2 28 4 1975 10 — 53 3 1976 10 — 48 5 1977 7 — 59 4 1978 21 4 60 4 Further details of drug dependence deaths and adverse effects of drugs are published for England and Wales in the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys' annual reference volumes series DH2 (cause) and DH4 (accidents and violence) from 1974 and in the Registrar General's Statistical Review, Part I, prior to 1974. For Scotland, further details can be obtained from the annual reports of the Registrar General for Scotland.