"Figure 3: Over the past decade, those aged between 30 to 49 years have had the highest rate of drug misuse","" "Age-specific mortality rates for deaths related to drug misuse, by age group, England and Wales, registered between 1993 to 2018","" "","" "Notes","1. Age-specific mortality rates per million people. 2. Cause of death was defined using the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision (ICD-9) for the years 1993 to 2000 and Tenth Revision (ICD-10) from 2001 onwards. More details can be found in the Quality and Methodology Information. 3. Figures are for deaths registered, rather than deaths occurring in each calendar year. 4. Figures for England and Wales include deaths of non-residents." "Unit","Rate per million people" "","" "Registered year","Under 20 ","20 to 29 ","30 to 39 ","40 to 49 ","50 to 69 ","70 and over" "1993","3.9","34.7","28.5","16.5","9.5","15.3" "1994","4.8","43.6","35.0","19.9","9.5","12.8" "1995","5.2","53.4","41.4","21.2","8.9","11.5" "1996","5.5","61.6","44.4","22.7","7.2","11.4" "1997","6.9","76.8","44.0","27.2","9.0","10.0" "1998","7.5","77.7","58.5","34.4","7.8","9.4" "1999","7.1","83.9","72.9","32.8","10.2","12.8" "2000","5.7","78.1","71.3","42.8","10.8","9.7" "2001","5.8","91.1","77.7","46.3","11.3","13.4" "2002","5.4","85.4","70.6","34.3","13.2","10.0" "2003","4.0","65.2","68.2","34.9","10.8","10.2" "2004","3.4","63.7","71.8","37.0","15.1","10.8" "2005","3.2","58.7","81.7","44.3","15.8","9.4" "2006","3.7","57.5","75.7","43.7","16.5","9.3" "2007","3.0","60.5","86.1","52.8","16.8","8.4" "2008","4.2","58.1","91.0","65.6","20.4","9.1" "2009","3.1","56.2","88.2","64.6","21.8","9.8" "2010","2.9","45.7","89.9","57.6","23.5","12.9" "2011","2.5","36.3","69.5","63.8","23.9","11.7" "2012","1.9","30.5","67.5","62.6","23.0","9.6" "2013","2.2","40.5","81.8","70.5","26.6","11.9" "2014","2.4","40.5","87.9","88.4","33.3","12.2" "2015","2.7","39.8","98.4","95.1","40.1","11.5" "2016","2.2","43.7","97.5","108.0","39.4","10.7" "2017","2.2","39.6","87.3","102.8","42.0","12.5" "2018","3.6","49.9","98.9","125.7","46.8","11.2"