4,561 deaths related to drug poisoning were registered in 2020 in England & Wales (79.5 deaths per million people).
This is 3.8% higher than the rate seen in 2019 (4,393 deaths or 76.7 deaths per million) and the highest number since records began in 1993 ow.ly/t0zK50FJ9h8
This is 3.8% higher than the rate seen in 2019 (4,393 deaths or 76.7 deaths per million) and the highest number since records began in 1993 ow.ly/t0zK50FJ9h8
There were over twice as many deaths relating to drug poisoning among men (109.7 deaths per million) compared with women (49.8 per million people) registered in 2020 ow.ly/DVm750FJ9jJ
Around half of all drug-poisoning deaths registered in 2020 involved an opiate (49.6% or 2,263 deaths).
777 deaths involved cocaine, 9.7% more than 2019, and more than quadruple the amount recorded a decade ago (144 deaths in 2010) ow.ly/ieDJ50FJ9mh
777 deaths involved cocaine, 9.7% more than 2019, and more than quadruple the amount recorded a decade ago (144 deaths in 2010) ow.ly/ieDJ50FJ9mh
The North East continues to have the highest rate of deaths relating to drug misuse (104.6 deaths per million people) while London had the lowest rate (33.1 deaths per million people) ow.ly/gc1u50FJ9pG
Due to death registration delays, around half of these deaths will have occurred in the previous year (2019), and the majority will have occurred before the #coronavirus pandemic in the UK ow.ly/YSUV50FJ9t6
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