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Focusing on illicit drug use, related harms and drug supply, the report contains a comprehensive set of national data across these themes and key harm reduction interventions.
It is estimated that at least 6 166 overdose deaths involving illicit drugs occurred in the European Union in 2021 (5 796 in 2020). This total rises to an estimated 6 677 deaths if Norway and Türkiye are included (6 434 in 2020).
The European Drug Report 2024: Trends and Developments presents the EMCDDA’s latest analysis of the drug situation in Europe. Focusing on illicit drug use, related harms and drug supply, the report provides a comprehensive set of national data across these themes, as well as on specialist drug treatment and key harm reduction interventions.
Illicit drug use is a major cause of preventable mortality, both directly through overdose and indirectly through drug-related diseases, accidents, violence and suicide (EMCDDA, 2022 [1]). The use of illicit drugs, particularly among people who use...
Drug-related deaths Sources: United States, National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Center on Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Wide-ranging Online Data for Epidemiologic Research; and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Office for National Statistics, “Deaths related to drug poisoning in ...
In 2022, 107,941 drug overdose deaths occurred, resulting in an age-adjusted rate of 32.6 deaths per 100,000 standard population (Figure 1). SOURCE: National Center for Health Statistics, National Vital Statistics System, mortality data file. NCHS reports can be downloaded from: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/index.htm.
r coroner-certified deaths over a 3-year period. Accordingly, data for 2020 and 2021 are classified as ‘revised’ and ‘preliminary revised’ respectively b. drug type, and jurisdiction of usual residence. Average annual percent change was estimated using Joinpoint regression for the trend between 2002-201.
