§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what was the number of deaths in each of the last 10 years for which one of the underlying causes was related to drug abuse.
Number of deaths from drug* abuse, 1974 to 1983 England and Wales ICD Codes Year 8th Rev 9th Rev 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981† 1982† 1983 304 304 Drug dependence 72 90 71 71 106 111 111 61 132 108 305.2–305.9 Non-dependent abuse of drugs — 5 3 10 4 E850–E859 E850–E858 Accidental poisoning by drugs, medicaments and biologicals 549 576 507 518 528 436 428 424 448 379 E950 (Part) E950.0–E950.5 Suicide and self inflicted injury by drugs and medicaments 1,756 1,577 1,500 1,565 1,527 1,509 1,444 1,353 1,004 1,219 E962 (Part) E962.0 Homicide by drugs and medicaments 7 8 2 7 6 3 4 4 4 3 E980 (Part) E980.0.0–E980.5 Injury undetermined whether accidentally or purposely inflicted by drugs and medicaments 532 604 668 649 618 600 537 463 493 418 * Deaths from alcohol and tobacco abuse are not included. † Figures may have been affected by an industrial dispute between some registration officers and the local authorities.