John Gormley
Question:75 Mr. Gormley asked the Taoiseach the statistics available since 1990 in relation to the number of people who have died directly as a result of the consumption of substances (details supplied). [3584/98]
Written Answers. - Substance Abuse.
Statistics on causes of death are compiled by the Central Statistics Office using the World Health Organisation's Ninth Revision of the International Classification of Diseases, Injuries and Causes of Death (ICD-9). The relevant statistics in relation to deaths recorded as directly related to drug or alcohol consumption are set out in the following table. Deaths which may have been indirectly affected by the consumption of substances such as nicotine, alcohol or other drugs are not separately identified in the statistics.
Deaths directly related to drug or alcohol consumption, 1990-1998
|
ICD-9 code |
Cause of death |
1990 |
1991 |
1992 |
1993 |
1994 |
1995 |
1996 |
|
303 |
Alcohol dependence syndrome |
15 |
13 |
37 |
32 |
30 |
44 |
54 |
|
304 |
Drug dependence of which: |
4 |
5 |
13 |
13 |
15 |
27 |
36 |
|
304.0 |
Morphine type |
1 |
2 |
7 |
6 |
12 |
16 |
24 |
|
304.2 |
Cocaine |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
|
304.3 |
Cannabis |
– |
– |
– |
– |
1 |
1 |
– |
|
304.5 |
Hallucinogens |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
1 |
– |
|
305 |
Non-dependent abuse of drugs |
4 |
9 |
15 |
6 |
11 |
15 |
7 |
|
305.0 |
Alcohol |
4 |
9 |
11 |
5 |
11 |
15 |
7 |
|
965.0 |
Poisoning by opiates and related narcotics |
3 |
3 |
1 |
5 |
4 |
6 |
8 |
|
969.6 |
Poisoning by psychotropic agents: psychodysleptics |
– |
1 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
|
969.7 |
Poisoning by psychotropic agents: Psychostimulants |
– |
– |
– |
1 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
|
980 |
Toxic effect of alcohol |
10 |
13 |
4 |
11 |
12 |
8 |
13 |
|
Total of codes 303, 304, 305, 965.0, 969.6, 969.7 and 980 |
36 |
44 |
70 |
68 |
73 |
102 |
120 |
Note: For 1990 to 1994, deaths are classified above by year of occurrence. The figures for 1995 and 1996 relate to deaths registered in those years.