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. 2020 Jan 14;86(3):482–498. doi: 10.1111/bcp.14183

Table 3.

Drug‐related death mortality rates per 1 000 000 population, by country, UK, 2017 and 2018

Country Drug poisoning deaths
2017 2018
Number Rate per million population Number Rate per million population
England 3482 62.6 3,983 71.15
Wales 260 83.1 327 104.19
Northern Ireland 136 72.6 NA NA
Scotland 1045 192.6 1,313 241.44
UK 4923 74.5 NA NA

Abbreviations: NA, not applicable.

Sources. NISRA34, NRS32 and ONS33, 35