Heroin/morphine related deaths in the UK 2000-2012

This statistic shows the amount of heroin/morphine related deaths reported to NPSAD in the United Kingdom from 2000 to 2012. Figures rose almost every year from 2000 to 2009, at which point heroin/morphine related deaths reached their peak of this 13 year period. After this, deaths fell significantly and continued to decrease in number each year up to the most current figure of 537 for 2012.

Number of heroin/morphine related deaths reported to NPSAD in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2000 to 2012

Characteristic	Number of deaths
2012	537
2011	576
2010	718
2009	1,219
2008	1,012
2007	1,041
2006	981
2005	887
2004	878
2003	661
2002	855
2001	826
2000	767

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Release date

February 2014

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United Kingdom

Survey time period

2000 to 2012

Supplementary notes

* Data also includes figures from Guernsey, Jersey, and the Isle of Man.
National Programme on Substance Abuse Deaths (NPSAD) drug-related deaths are those deaths reported voluntarily to the NPSAD by coroners.
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.
The deaths detailed here are those which involved heroin/morphine as an implicated substance. There may also have been other implicated substances in any of these cases.

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