Dataset(s): Deaths related to drug poisoning, England and Wales

Annual number of deaths registered related to drug poisoning and median registration delays, in England and Wales. Data presented by cause of death, sex, age, substance(s) involved in the death, country and region, and areas of deprivation.

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Paul Breen and Rebecca Smith

Release date:
19 December 2023

Next release:
To be announced

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Correction See correction
A small error occurred in Table 15 of Deaths Related to Drug Poisoning, England and Wales within the occurrences back series. We have corrected this error. You can see all previous versions of this data on the previous versions page. We apologise for any inconvenience.
4 August 2017 09:49
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Correction See correction
A correction has been made to the ‘New psychoactive substances (including “legal highs”)’ section of this statistical bulletin. In addition, statistics showing deaths involving New Psychoactive Substances (NPS) in Table 1 and Figures 4 and 5 have also been corrected. This was due to an error when a number of substances that should have been included in the NPS category were accidentally missed out (see below for more details). You can see the original data here. We apologise for any inconvenience.
8 March 2016 14:50

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