Psychoactive drug-related deaths by drug England 2012

This statistic shows the number of psychoactive drug-related deaths, where no other substance was implicated, as reported to the National Programme on Substance Abuse Deaths (NPSAD) in England in 2012, by drug. These are deaths which involved only one psychoactive drug. The most common drugs to be implicated in such deaths in 2012 were heroin and morphine.

Number of psychoactive drug-related deaths where no other substance was implicated in England in 2012, by drug

Characteristic	Deaths
Heroin/morphine	88
Anti-depressants	48
Other opiates/opioid analgesics	47
Methadone	40
Hypnotics/sedatives	24
Cocaine	24
Ecstasy-type drugs	19
Amphetamines	16
Anti-epileptics	6
GHB/GBL	6
Anti-psychotics	5
Cannabis	2
Mephedrone	1

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Release date

February 2014

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Region

United Kingdom (England)

Survey time period

2012

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deaths reported to NPSAD*

Supplementary notes

National Programme on Substance Abuse Deaths (NPSAD) drug-related deaths are those deaths reported voluntarily to the NPSAD by coroners. Responses were voluntarily submitted from a total of 78 out of 99 coroners' jurisdictions in England, giving a total coverage rate of 78.8%.

An NPSAD case is defined as a death where any of the following criteria are met at a completed inquest, fatal accident inquiry or similar investigation: - One or more psychoactive substance directly implicated in death;
- History of dependence or abuse of psychoactive drugs;
- Presence of Controlled Drugs at post mortem; or
- Cases with deaths directly due to drugs but with no inquest.

There were 1,033 drug-related deaths in 2012 involving psychoactive drugs. The deaths detailed here are those of which that involved a single psychoactive drug.

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