
UK Government data confirm much higher drug death rate among younger users in England & Wales than in Scotland
Today, I received data (a re-run of table 2 for the link below) from the UK Statistics Authority, to enable me to confirm that drug deaths among younger users are much higher in England & Wales than in Scotland. The researcher sent me a rerun of the data for the 25-34 group so that I could compare with Scotland’s equivalent group. The published data in the link below uses different groupings from the published version making direct comparison impossible. I’m grateful to him. In 2021, in England and Wales, there were 501 deaths from drug abuse among the 25-34 age … Continue reading UK Government data confirm much higher drug death rate among younger users in England & Wales than in Scotland