§ Mr. HopkinsTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many deaths are attributable to drug misuse in each of the last five years. [38651]
§ Ruth KellyI have been asked to reply.
1621WThe information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from John Kidgel to Mr. Kelvin Hopkins, dated 28 February 2002:
The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your question concerning how many deaths were attributable to drug misuse in each of the last five years. I am replying in his absence. (38651)The figures requested are given in the table below:
Drug misuse-related1 deaths, England and Wales, 1996–20002 Calendar year Number of deaths 1996 1,247 1997 1,302 1998 1,459 1999 1,568 2000 1,662 Source:
Office for National Statistics, Report. Deaths related to drug poisoning: results for England and Wales, 1993 to 2000. Health Statistics Quarterly 13 (2002), 76-82.
Notes: 1 Defined as deaths where the underlying cause is poisoning, drug abuse or drug dependence and where any of the substances controlled under the Misuse of Drugs Act (1971) are involved. 2 Data are for occurrences of death per calendar year.