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Category: Drug-related deaths by country. 3 languages. ... Drug-related deaths in the United Kingdom (6 C, 2 P) Drug-related deaths in the United States (6 C, 8 P)
This is a list of countries (and some territories) by the annual prevalence of opiates use as percentage of the population aged 15–64 (unless otherwise indicated).. The primary source of information are the World Drug Report 2011 (WDR 2011) and the World Drug Report 2006 (WDR 2006), [1] [2] published by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).
The indicator is the "annual prevalence" rate which is the percentage of the youth and adult population who have consumed the drug at least once in the past year. According to a 2019 study, 5 Swiss cities ( St Gallen , Bern , Zurich , Basel and Geneva ) were listed among top 10 European cities for cocaine use .
[7] [8] Drug use and addiction also increased significantly following the invention of the hypodermic syringe in 1853, [9] with overdose being a leading cause of death among intravenous drug users. [10] Efforts to prohibit various drugs began to be enacted in the early 20th century, though the effectiveness of such policies is debated. Deaths ...
The countries with the most homicides per unit population are generally countries with small populations (very narrow rectangles in chart, 2021). [1] The list of countries by homicide rate is derived from United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) data, and is expressed in number of deaths per 100,000 population per year. For example, a ...
Drug-related deaths by country (54 C) Natural disaster deaths by country (27 C) ... Deaths in Europe by country (7 C) Deaths in North America by country (4 C)
The opioid epidemic, also referred to as the opioid crisis, is the rapid increase in the overuse, misuse/abuse, and overdose deaths attributed either in part or in whole to the class of drugs called opiates/opioids since the 1990s. It includes the significant medical, social, psychological, demographic and economic consequences of the medical ...
Europe 7 7 0 0 0 17,440,000 13.7 2023 3 deaths in incidents in which police used violence [63] New Zealand: Oceania 1 1 0 0 0 4,794,000 2.1 2018 One additional death ruled inconclusive [64] Norway: Europe 1 1 0 0 0 5,258,000 1.9 2016 [65] Finland: Europe 1 1 0 0 0 5,503,000 1.8 2018 [66] Nepal: Asia 5+ 5 0 0 0 29,300,000 1.7 2019 [67] Germany