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The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.Letter from Jill Matheson, dated 8 September 2009:"As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent question asking how many deaths attributed to the use of each illegal drug there have been in each region in each year since 2000. (290826)""Drugs classified under the Misuse of Drugs Act (1971) are termed 'controlled substances', and unlawful possession of a controlled substance is illegal, as is possession with intent to supply. Lawful possession of a controlled substance would include when the drug was in the possession of a person it had been prescribed to. It is not possible to ascertain from information collected at death certification whether a drug was obtained lawfully or not.""The table attached provides the total number of drug misuse deaths, and the number of drug misuse deaths where selected controlled substances were mentioned on the death certificate, in each government office region in England from 2000 to 2008 (the latest year available).""There are over 400 controlled substances listed under the Misuse of Drugs Act (1971). Figures have been provided for those substances, or categories of substances, most commonly associated with drug misuse deaths."<Table width="100%" summary="" cellspacing="3" cellpadding="3" border="0"><thead><tr><th>Table 1. Numbers of deaths related to drug misuse,¹ and numbers of deaths related to drug misuse where selected controlled substances were mentioned on the death certificate,²,³,4,5 government, office regions in England,6 2000-087</th></tr></thead><TR><TD>Deaths (persons)</TD></TR><TR><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD>2000</TD><TD>2001</TD><TD>2002</TD><TD>2003</TD><TD>2004</TD><TD>2005</TD><TD>2006</TD><TD>2007</TD><TD>2008</TD></TR><TR><TD>North East</TD><TD>Deaths related to drug misuse</TD><TD>64</TD><TD>108</TD><TD>108</TD><TD>76</TD><TD>83</TD><TD>90</TD><TD>95</TD><TD>91</TD><TD>104</TD></TR><TR><TD></TD><TD>Heroin and Morphine</TD><TD>40</TD><TD>73</TD><TD>67</TD><TD>42</TD><TD>36</TD><TD>44</TD><TD>42</TD><TD>29</TD><TD>47</TD></TR><TR><TD></TD><TD>Methadone</TD><TD>6</TD><TD>5</TD><TD>7</TD><TD>10</TD><TD>17</TD><TD>28</TD><TD>17</TD><TD>29</TD><TD>32</TD></TR><TR><TD></TD><TD>Cocaine</TD><TD>3</TD><TD>3</TD><TD>5</TD><TD>5</TD><TD>6</TD><TD>10</TD><TD>14</TD><TD>10</TD><TD>11</TD></TR><TR><TD></TD><TD>All amphetamines</TD><TD>2</TD><TD>6</TD><TD>10</TD><TD>7</TD><TD>3</TD><TD>7</TD><TD>8</TD><TD>9</TD><TD>6</TD></TR><TR><TD></TD><TD>MDMA/Ecstasy</TD><TD>0</TD><TD>6</TD><TD>9</TD><TD>7</TD><TD>1</TD><TD>5</TD><TD>5</TD><TD>4</TD><TD>4</TD></TR><TR><TD></TD><TD>Cannabis</TD><TD>0</TD><TD>1</TD><TD>1</TD><TD>0</TD><TD>0</TD><TD>0</TD><TD>0</TD><TD>1</TD><TD>0</TD></TR><TR><TD></TD><TD>All benzodiazepines</TD><TD>20</TD><TD>27</TD><TD>39</TD><TD>30</TD><TD>36</TD><TD>22</TD><TD>21</TD><TD>29</TD><TD>33</TD></TR><TR><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD>North West</TD><TD>Deaths related to drug misuse</TD><TD>253</TD><TD>288</TD><TD>235</TD><TD>214</TD><TD>218</TD><TD>226</TD><TD>269</TD><TD>225</TD><TD>307</TD></TR><TR><TD></TD><TD>Heroin and Morphine</TD><TD>135</TD><TD>160</TD><TD>126</TD><TD>92</TD><TD>101</TD><TD>106</TD><TD>105</TD><TD>120</TD><TD>148</TD></TR><TR><TD></TD><TD>Methadone</TD><TD>70</TD><TD>57</TD><TD>45</TD><TD>53</TD><TD>47</TD><TD>43</TD><TD>54</TD><TD>57</TD><TD>83</TD></TR><TR><TD></TD><TD>Cocaine</TD><TD>11</TD><TD>14</TD><TD>19</TD><TD>21</TD><TD>26</TD><TD>26</TD><TD>34</TD><TD>30</TD><TD>43</TD></TR><TR><TD></TD><TD>All amphetamines</TD><TD>11</TD><TD>11</TD><TD>17</TD><TD>10</TD><TD>14</TD><TD>18</TD><TD>18</TD><TD>21</TD><TD>20</TD></TR><TR><TD></TD><TD>MDMA/Ecstasy</TD><TD>4</TD><TD>6</TD><TD>6</TD><TD>5</TD><TD>6</TD><TD>10</TD><TD>7</TD><TD>9</TD><TD>7</TD></TR><TR><TD></TD><TD>Cannabis</TD><TD>0</TD><TD>2</TD><TD>0</TD><TD>3</TD><TD>4</TD><TD>5</TD><TD>6</TD><TD>4</TD><TD>5</TD></TR><TR><TD></TD><TD>All benzodiazepines</TD><TD>20</TD><TD>40</TD><TD>52</TD><TD>46</TD><TD>42</TD><TD>34</TD><TD>40</TD><TD>21</TD><TD>33</TD></TR><TR><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD>Yorkshire and the Humber</TD><TD>Deaths related to drug misuse</TD><TD>192</TD><TD>198</TD><TD>195</TD><TD>181</TD><TD>198</TD><TD>189</TD><TD>182</TD><TD>168</TD><TD>166</TD></TR><TR><TD></TD><TD>Heroin and Morphine</TD><TD>137</TD><TD>130</TD><TD>125</TD><TD>117</TD><TD>118</TD><TD>120</TD><TD>101</TD><TD>96</TD><TD>102</TD></TR><TR><TD></TD><TD>Methadone</TD><TD>20</TD><TD>14</TD><TD>19</TD><TD>19</TD><TD>27</TD><TD>21</TD><TD>22</TD><TD>37</TD><TD>43</TD></TR><TR><TD></TD><TD>Cocaine</TD><TD>6</TD><TD>5</TD><TD>14</TD><TD>16</TD><TD>23</TD><TD>29</TD><TD>24</TD><TD>17</TD><TD>19</TD></TR><TR><TD></TD><TD>All amphetamines</TD><TD>14</TD><TD>10</TD><TD>14</TD><TD>12</TD><TD>18</TD><TD>17</TD><TD>17</TD><TD>13</TD><TD>13</TD></TR><TR><TD></TD><TD>MDMA/Ecstasy</TD><TD>4</TD><TD>6</TD><TD>8</TD><TD>3</TD><TD>10</TD><TD>11</TD><TD>6</TD><TD>8</TD><TD>3</TD></TR><TR><TD></TD><TD>Cannabis</TD><TD>2</TD><TD>1</TD><TD>2</TD><TD>2</TD><TD>1</TD><TD>0</TD><TD>2</TD><TD>1</TD><TD>1</TD></TR><TR><TD></TD><TD>All benzodiazepines</TD><TD>21</TD><TD>22</TD><TD>21</TD><TD>23</TD><TD>37</TD><TD>14</TD><TD>15</TD><TD>21</TD><TD>25</TD></TR><TR><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD>East Midlands</TD><TD>Deaths related to drug misuse</TD><TD>98</TD><TD>106</TD><TD>123</TD><TD>96</TD><TD>109</TD><TD>93</TD><TD>95</TD><TD>110</TD><TD>111</TD></TR><TR><TD></TD><TD>Heroin and Morphine</TD><TD>58</TD><TD>71</TD><TD>77</TD><TD>57</TD><TD>62</TD><TD>54</TD><TD>53</TD><TD>65</TD><TD>60</TD></TR><TR><TD></TD><TD>Methadone</TD><TD>11</TD><TD>11</TD><TD>10</TD><TD>16</TD><TD>14</TD><TD>19</TD><TD>13</TD><TD>25</TD><TD>20</TD></TR><TR><TD></TD><TD>Cocaine</TD><TD>2</TD><TD>7</TD><TD>6</TD><TD>9</TD><TD>11</TD><TD>6</TD><TD>5</TD><TD>4</TD><TD>9</TD></TR><TR><TD></TD><TD>All amphetamines</TD><TD>3</TD><TD>7</TD><TD>10</TD><TD>6</TD><TD>8</TD><TD>7</TD><TD>6</TD><TD>7</TD><TD>9</TD></TR><TR><TD></TD><TD>MDMA/Ecstasy</TD><TD>1</TD><TD>6</TD><TD>3</TD><TD>1</TD><TD>4</TD><TD>1</TD><TD>5</TD><TD>2</TD><TD>4</TD></TR><TR><TD></TD><TD>Cannabis</TD><TD>0</TD><TD>1</TD><TD>0</TD><TD>0</TD><TD>2</TD><TD>0</TD><TD>0</TD><TD>0</TD><TD>0</TD></TR><TR><TD></TD><TD>All benzodiazepines</TD><TD>12</TD><TD>20</TD><TD>11</TD><TD>11</TD><TD>18</TD><TD>8</TD><TD>8</TD><TD>17</TD><TD>12</TD></TR><TR><TD>West Midlands</TD><TD>Deaths related to drug misuse</TD><TD>138</TD><TD>137</TD><TD>128</TD><TD>124</TD><TD>133</TD><TD>148</TD><TD>134</TD><TD>157</TD><TD>155</TD></TR><TR><TD></TD><TD>Heroin and Morphine</TD><TD>81</TD><TD>86</TD><TD>76</TD><TD>71</TD><TD>65</TD><TD>82</TD><TD>72</TD><TD>78</TD><TD>85</TD></TR><TR><TD></TD><TD>Methadone</TD><TD>26</TD><TD>16</TD><TD>15</TD><TD>15</TD><TD>21</TD><TD>15</TD><TD>19</TD><TD>32</TD><TD>35</TD></TR><TR><TD></TD><TD>Cocaine</TD><TD>9</TD><TD>4</TD><TD>12</TD><TD>5</TD><TD>4</TD><TD>9</TD><TD>15</TD><TD>12</TD><TD>20</TD></TR><TR><TD></TD><TD>All amphetamines</TD><TD>3</TD><TD>5</TD><TD>3</TD><TD>5</TD><TD>2</TD><TD>10</TD><TD>1</TD><TD>11</TD><TD>3</TD></TR><TR><TD></TD><TD>MDMA/Ecstasy</TD><TD>2</TD><TD>2</TD><TD>2</TD><TD>4</TD><TD>1</TD><TD>8</TD><TD>0</TD><TD>6</TD><TD>1</TD></TR><TR><TD></TD><TD>Cannabis</TD><TD>0</TD><TD>0</TD><TD>2</TD><TD>0</TD><TD>1</TD><TD>3</TD><TD>2</TD><TD>1</TD><TD>0</TD></TR><TR><TD></TD><TD>All benzodiazepines</TD><TD>23</TD><TD>24</TD><TD>28</TD><TD>17</TD><TD>13</TD><TD>23</TD><TD>13</TD><TD>27</TD><TD>19</TD></TR><TR><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD>East of England</TD><TD>Deaths related to drug misuse</TD><TD>133</TD><TD>146</TD><TD>147</TD><TD>116</TD><TD>126</TD><TD>139</TD><TD>99</TD><TD>129</TD><TD>161</TD></TR><TR><TD></TD><TD>Heroin and Morphine</TD><TD>70</TD><TD>80</TD><TD>82</TD><TD>48</TD><TD>50</TD><TD>65</TD><TD>46</TD><TD>67</TD><TD>76</TD></TR><TR><TD></TD><TD>Methadone</TD><TD>27</TD><TD>25</TD><TD>16</TD><TD>17</TD><TD>21</TD><TD>19</TD><TD>17</TD><TD>30</TD><TD>39</TD></TR><TR><TD></TD><TD>Cocaine</TD><TD>5</TD><TD>7</TD><TD>14</TD><TD>11</TD><TD>17</TD><TD>14</TD><TD>10</TD><TD>14</TD><TD>19</TD></TR><TR><TD></TD><TD>All amphetamines</TD><TD>2</TD><TD>9</TD><TD>5</TD><TD>3</TD><TD>6</TD><TD>8</TD><TD>2</TD><TD>5</TD><TD>7</TD></TR><TR><TD></TD><TD>MDMA/Ecstasy</TD><TD>1</TD><TD>7</TD><TD>4</TD><TD>2</TD><TD>2</TD><TD>2</TD><TD>1</TD><TD>3</TD><TD>2</TD></TR><TR><TD></TD><TD>Cannabis</TD><TD>0</TD><TD>4</TD><TD>1</TD><TD>0</TD><TD>1</TD><TD>0</TD><TD>1</TD><TD>0</TD><TD>5</TD></TR><TR><TD></TD><TD>All benzodiazepines</TD><TD>12</TD><TD>12</TD><TD>20</TD><TD>17</TD><TD>15</TD><TD>17</TD><TD>8</TD><TD>17</TD><TD>21</TD></TR><TR><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD>London</TD><TD>Deaths related to drug misuse</TD><TD>257</TD><TD>279</TD><TD>193</TD><TD>182</TD><TD>177</TD><TD>235</TD><TD>230</TD><TD>202</TD><TD>203</TD></TR><TR><TD></TD><TD>Heroin and Morphine</TD><TD>69</TD><TD>84</TD><TD>57</TD><TD>54</TD><TD>51</TD><TD>68</TD><TD>52</TD><TD>69</TD><TD>52</TD></TR><TR><TD></TD><TD>Methadone</TD><TD>46</TD><TD>44</TD><TD>34</TD><TD>17</TD><TD>26</TD><TD>20</TD><TD>39</TD><TD>30</TD><TD>26</TD></TR><TR><TD></TD><TD>Cocaine</TD><TD>30</TD><TD>35</TD><TD>29</TD><TD>29</TD><TD>30</TD><TD>43</TD><TD>38</TD><TD>60</TD><TD>54</TD></TR><TR><TD></TD><TD>All amphetamines</TD><TD>8</TD><TD>8</TD><TD>10</TD><TD>8</TD><TD>9</TD><TD>9</TD><TD>8</TD><TD>11</TD><TD>12</TD></TR><TR><TD></TD><TD>MDMA/Ecstasy</TD><TD>7</TD><TD>8</TD><TD>6</TD><TD>7</TD><TD>8</TD><TD>8</TD><TD>5</TD><TD>6</TD><TD>8</TD></TR><TR><TD></TD><TD>Cannabis</TD><TD>0</TD><TD>1</TD><TD>0</TD><TD>1</TD><TD>0</TD><TD>0</TD><TD>0</TD><TD>0</TD><TD>1</TD></TR><TR><TD></TD><TD>All benzodiazepines</TD><TD>22</TD><TD>18</TD><TD>10</TD><TD>7</TD><TD>5</TD><TD>12</TD><TD>8</TD><TD>7</TD><TD>8</TD></TR><TR><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD>South East</TD><TD>Deaths related to drug misuse</TD><TD>233</TD><TD>253</TD><TD>223</TD><TD>180</TD><TD>227</TD><TD>229</TD><TD>211</TD><TD>222</TD><TD>209</TD></TR><TR><TD></TD><TD>Heroin and Morphine</TD><TD>123</TD><TD>140</TD><TD>121</TD><TD>86</TD><TD>136</TD><TD>136</TD><TD>98</TD><TD>127</TD><TD>134</TD></TR><TR><TD></TD><TD>Methadone</TD><TD>43</TD><TD>40</TD><TD>26</TD><TD>30</TD><TD>27</TD><TD>30</TD><TD>29</TD><TD>40</TD><TD>37</TD></TR><TR><TD></TD><TD>Cocaine</TD><TD>10</TD><TD>8</TD><TD>17</TD><TD>14</TD><TD>23</TD><TD>21</TD><TD>31</TD><TD>25</TD><TD>39</TD></TR><TR><TD></TD><TD>All amphetamines</TD><TD>7</TD><TD>10</TD><TD>12</TD><TD>9</TD><TD>10</TD><TD>13</TD><TD>16</TD><TD>10</TD><TD>11</TD></TR><TR><TD></TD><TD>MDMA/Ecstasy</TD><TD>5</TD><TD>6</TD><TD>8</TD><TD>8</TD><TD>4</TD><TD>6</TD><TD>9</TD><TD>6</TD><TD>5</TD></TR><TR><TD></TD><TD>Cannabis</TD><TD>5</TD><TD>4</TD><TD>5</TD><TD>2</TD><TD>6</TD><TD>10</TD><TD>5</TD><TD>5</TD><TD>5</TD></TR><TR><TD></TD><TD>All benzodiazepines</TD><TD>42</TD><TD>42</TD><TD>31</TD><TD>30</TD><TD>33</TD><TD>39</TD><TD>28</TD><TD>33</TD><TD>32</TD></TR><TR><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD>South West</TD><TD>Deaths related to drug misuse</TD><TD>142</TD><TD>182</TD><TD>153</TD><TD>143</TD><TD>144</TD><TD>157</TD><TD>154</TD><TD>175</TD><TD>201</TD></TR><TR><TD></TD><TD>Heroin and Morphine</TD><TD>91</TD><TD>106</TD><TD>81</TD><TD>79</TD><TD>89</TD><TD>108</TD><TD>84</TD><TD>116</TD><TD>126</TD></TR><TR><TD></TD><TD>Methadone</TD><TD>8</TD><TD>17</TD><TD>19</TD><TD>12</TD><TD>16</TD><TD>14</TD><TD>19</TD><TD>25</TD><TD>40</TD></TR><TR><TD></TD><TD>Cocaine</TD><TD>3</TD><TD>7</TD><TD>3</TD><TD>9</TD><TD>6</TD><TD>6</TD><TD>9</TD><TD>8</TD><TD>11</TD></TR><TR><TD></TD><TD>All amphetamines</TD><TD>3</TD><TD>6</TD><TD>7</TD><TD>6</TD><TD>2</TD><TD>7</TD><TD>8</TD><TD>5</TD><TD>13</TD></TR><TR><TD></TD><TD>MDMA/Ecstasy</TD><TD>1</TD><TD>5</TD><TD>5</TD><TD>3</TD><TD>2</TD><TD>3</TD><TD>5</TD><TD>0</TD><TD>7</TD></TR><TR><TD></TD><TD>Cannabis</TD><TD>0</TD><TD>0</TD><TD>1</TD><TD>0</TD><TD>3</TD><TD>0</TD><TD>1</TD><TD>0</TD><TD>1</TD></TR><TR><TD></TD><TD>All benzodiazepines</TD><TD>17</TD><TD>17</TD><TD>16</TD><TD>17</TD><TD>19</TD><TD>7</TD><TD>18</TD><TD>16</TD><TD>16</TD></TR><tfoot><TR><td>¹ Cause of death was defined using the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision (ICD-9) for the year 2000, and the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) from 2001 onwards. Deaths were included where the underlying cause was due to drug poisoning (shown in Box 1 following) and where a drug controlled under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 was mentioned on the death certificate.</td></TR><TR><td>² Some deaths may be counted in more than one category. For example if heroin and cocaine are recorded on the death certificate, the death would be counted once under each substance. Where more than one drug is mentioned on the death certificate, it is not possible to tell which was primarily responsible for the death.</td></TR><TR><td>³ Heroin breaks down in the body to morphine, and the latter may be detected at post mortem and recorded on the death certificate. Therefore, a combined figure for deaths where heroin or morphine was mentioned on the death certificate is given.</td></TR><TR><td>4 The figures for deaths associated with cocaine include those associated with crack cocaine.</td></TR><TR><td>5 The figure for all amphetamines includes deaths mentioning MDMA/Ecstasy.</td></TR><TR><td>6 Based on boundaries as of 2009.</td></TR><TR><td>7 Figures for deaths registered in 2008 are provisional.</td></TR></tfoot></Table><Table width="100%" summary="" cellspacing="3" cellpadding="3" border="0"><thead><tr><th>Box l</th></tr></thead><TR><TD>Description</TD><TD>ICD-9</TD><TD>ICD-10</TD></TR><TR><TD>Mental and behavioural disorders due to drug use (excluding alcohol and tobacco)</TD><TD>292, 304, 305.2—305.9</TD><TD>F11—F16, F18—F19</TD></TR><TR><TD>Accidental poisoning by drugs, medicaments and biological substances</TD><TD>E850—E858</TD><TD>X40—X44</TD></TR><TR><TD>Intentional self-poisoning by drugs, medicaments and biological substances</TD><TD>E950.0—E950.5</TD><TD>X60—X64</TD></TR><TR><TD>Assault by drugs, medicaments and biological substances</TD><TD>E962.0</TD><TD>X85</TD></TR><TR><TD>Poisoning by drugs, medicaments and biological substances, undetermined intent</TD><TD>E980.0—E980.5</TD><TD>Y10—Y14</TD></TR></Table> |