Breen, Paul and Smith, Rebecca (2023) Deaths related to drug poisoning in England and Wales: 2022 registrations. London: Office of National Statistics.
External website: https://www.ons.gov.uk/releases/deathsrelatedtodru...
Deaths related to drug poisoning in England and Wales from 1993 to 2022, by cause of death, sex, age and substances involved in the death.
- In England and Wales, 4,907 deaths related to drug poisoning were registered in 2022, equivalent to a rate of 84.4 deaths per million people, this is similar to the rate recorded in 2021 (84.0 deaths per million, 4,859 deaths); the age-standardised mortality rate for deaths related to drug poisoning has risen every year since 2012.
- Among males, there were 114.3 drug-poisoning deaths registered per million in 2022 (3,240 deaths), compared with 55.8 deaths per million among females (1,667 deaths).
- Of drug-poisoning deaths registered in 2022, 3,127 were identified as drug misuse, accounting for 53.9 deaths per million people.
- Rates of drug misuse deaths continue to be elevated among those born in the 1970s, often referred to as "Generation X", with the highest rate in those aged 40 to 49 years.
- Just under half of all drug-poisoning deaths registered in 2022 involved an opiate (46.1%; 2,261 deaths), while 857 deaths involved cocaine, which is 2.0% more than 2021 and represents the 11th consecutive annual rise.
- The North East continues to have the highest rates of deaths relating to drug poisoning and drug misuse (133.9 deaths per million people and 81.7 per million, respectively); London had the lowest rate for drug poisonings (56.6 deaths per million people), and the East of England had the lowest rate for drug misuse (37.2 per million).
Item Type
Report
Publication Type
International, Web Resource
Drug Type
All substances
Intervention Type
Harm reduction
Date
19 December 2023
Publisher
Office of National Statistics
Place of Publication
London
EndNote
Subjects
B Substances > Cocaine
B Substances > Opioids (opiates)
G Health and disease > Substance use disorder > Drug use disorder > Drug intoxication > Poisoning (overdose)
P Demography, epidemiology, and history > Population dynamics > Substance related mortality / death
T Demographic characteristics > Homeless person
VA Geographic area > Europe > United Kingdom > Wales
VA Geographic area > Europe > United Kingdom > England
B Substances > Opioids (opiates)
G Health and disease > Substance use disorder > Drug use disorder > Drug intoxication > Poisoning (overdose)
P Demography, epidemiology, and history > Population dynamics > Substance related mortality / death
T Demographic characteristics > Homeless person
VA Geographic area > Europe > United Kingdom > Wales
VA Geographic area > Europe > United Kingdom > England
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